The time is almost here! Adepticon!

The time is almost here. The return of Adepticon! Once again all eye and ears in the 40K universe turn to the Westin Hotel in Lombard, Illinois for 4 days of hard fought battles, classes between titans and a beer on every table corner. This will be my third appearance at the event and as part if it I will not be resuming my role as roving servitor chronicling the event for those at the far ends of the warp. So no spiked skull reports or pict feeds of the painted goodness. No reports of xenos or heresies that may later be censored by the Inquisition. The feed will go dark.

But why, well I am one of those xenos, I am a Tau. As such I am sending in a dx-4 technical drone. This one one specially equipped with additional sensor equipment and upload capabilities for extended missions. This superior technology will be able to broadcast crisper, more detailed images and audio. The new refitted drone has been given a better AI and is designed to take active input from users via email communications to lathanm2501 "at" gmail. So send in your request of what you want to see and I will direct the drone to investigate further. 

Display board

Minor forward progress. With any luck it will be usable befor Adepticon. I really need to press forward on this. Too many projects and no where near enough time.

Done!

Got the last few seals done. Just need to do a final count of each style so I can bag them up. Going on the first com first served for the choices.

So what do he purity seals say?

So I showed a quick preview of the council level seals. These are larger and will be going to a select few Freeboota members that were instrumental in setting up things for our Adepticon meetup. So what will these seals say? Well...

A little hard to see? Ok for those with glasses here is the text.

1st Company of the Freebootaz

the Council of Order

Chapter Master - Maldus

Master of the Arsenal -Total Anorky

Masters of the Watch - Brother Grimm

Master of Recruits - HockeyHyper

Chief Victualler - TIC

Master of the Rites - Diehard

the Brothers of the Blade

huoshini mattraptor

Z|insane txMaddog

BigBagBull AlexofCharmCity

ScottyPotty Celsork

MightyTim Nomad77

the Brothers of the Bolter

Randl Dzer0

Epic Kywallac

CrayolaSmoker HiveLord

Rancor709 Vallhallan42nd

Mattcor Arinaud

the Order of Flame

Dream Evil Napkinbaron

Cogliostro Shortfuse

Regulator HarakoniTool

Kymmerus Roleplayer

Snake Doctor Crimthaan

the Masters of Fate

Groundpounder MrInquisitor

Smittyrj78 Aslskfan

Willow316 FloppyK

Veritechc Greenhead

PaintMyFigs Darksheer

Eyes of the Fallen

Big Rob

Lt. Renen

Lt. Gregor

Acefisher1

The second is a prayer I found on I think the Bolter and Chainsword forum. This one shows up along with other in Latin on the regular ribbons. 

I am trying to decide is I want to weather the rest of them like the sample one. Parchment burns fast and it is a  bit of a pain to work with for weathering. For a single badge it is no big deal but when you have dozens to do it can be overwhelming. 

The Freebootaz 1st Company

Test shots of the near complete special purity seals. Stay tuned for details.

Battleplan - Adepticon Combat Patrol Revised

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Commander,

In response to your request for approval, the Aun of Voi’la have requested your patrol be accompanied ny Shas’Ui Rio’Myroi, a veteran battlesuit pilot of the Thoth campaigns. His command will help bring much needed fire support should your patrol encounter enemy forces.

The Aun also suggest rounding up a gaggle of Kroot, whose attunement to natural surrounds will assist in routing out any concealed forces amoung the vegation on the sector.

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So got my reply form Old Shatter Hands and he suggested 2 alternatives for the mission. The first strips things down to the basics but stays with the theme of an advance scouting squad.

Troops:
6 Fire Warriors with Pulse Rifles 60 points
1 Devilfish, Disruption Pod 85 points
This unit has had it’s SMS and upgrades removed. The Gun Drones are more valuable than SMS anyday. They will pop off and contribute fire and get in the way of assaulters.

Fast Attack:
1 Piranha, Fusion Blaster 65 points
Again, stripped of it’s upgrades. Sure we lose BS4, but we need those points for more guns.

Fast Attack:
1 Piranha, Fusion Blaster 65 points

Elites:
2 Crisis Suits: Twin-linked Missile Pods, Flamers. 94 Points

Total: 399.

The second is a little tougher but also fits a theme assuming the area being scouted is a little more dense with terrain.

Troops:
10 Kroot. 70 points.

10 Kroot. 70 points.

Elites:
2 Crisis Suits: Twin-linked Missile Pods, Flamers. 94 Points

2 Crisis Suits: Twin-linked Missile Pods, Flamers. 94 Points

Fast Attack:
Piranha with Fusion Blaster and Targetting Array. 70 Points

Total: 398

So what did I do, well here we go.

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Commander,

Due to the speed of events and the need to redeploy some of our Firewarriors we are calling in some of the Kroot for additonal support. The area they will be scouting is a little rougher and their physical nature will allow them to keep up with the other fast moving units. We also suspect that the area will be hot with enemy patrols. To counter this were are deploying Stealth teams to allow us to get closer than we can with heavier units.

For the Greater Good.
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Modified patrol list

400 Pts - Tau Empire Roster - ESWAT Combat Patrol 2

Total Roster Cost: 396

Troops: Kroot Carnivore Squad (10#, 70 pts)
   10 Kroot Carnivore Squad, 70 pts = 10 * 7

Elite: Stealthsuits (4#, 120 pts)
   4 Stealthsuits, 120 pts = 4 * 30

Elite: Crisis Battlesuit (3#, 141 pts)
   3 Crisis Battlesuit, 141 pts = 3 * 47 (base cost 25 + Flamer 4 + Twin Linked Missile Pod 18)

Fast Attack: Piranha Light Skimmer (3#, 65 pts)
   1 Piranha Light Skimmer, 65 pts = (base cost 60) + Fusion Blaster x1 5

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More seals

A prayer for the Emperor

Just a quick look at a completed purity seal before the final weathering.

Battleplan - Adepticon Combat Patrol

Greetings from the beach head at Adepticon. We are preparing our scouting patrol units to survey the area for a suitable location for the primary force strongpoint. We are spread thin due to the number of potential landing zones. Currently we are unable to send the normal Pathfinder units forward in this process. The teams we are sending forth are being taken from regular units. With the blessings of the Greater Good I trust this will be enough to hold the positions long enough for the main force to join them.



400 Pts - Tau Empire Roster - ESWAT Combat Patrol
Total Roster Cost: 399

Troops: Fire Warrior (7#, 196 pts)
   6 Fire Warrior w/ Photon Grenades
      1 Devilfish w/Disruption Pod, Flechette Discharger, Multi-Tracker, Smart Missile System, Targeting Array
Fast Attack: Piranha Light Skimmer (3#, 75 pts)
   1 Piranha Light Skimmer w/ Flechette Discharger, Targeting Array
Fast Attack: Piranha Light Skimmer (3#, 75 pts)
   1 Piranha Light Skimmer w/ Flechette Discharger, Targeting Array
Elite: Crisis Battlesuit (1#, 53 pts)
   1 Crisis Battlesuit w/ Twin Linked Missile Pod, Targeting Array

 For the Greater Good!