Necrons: Bitter Defeat!

I played Sam-I-Am and his Orks-In-Progress not too long ago... and it was a fairly crushing defeat.

Ah, the balanced approach!  

I was testing (aren't I always) an idea... if one HBU with Veil is great - and it is - wouldn't two be better?  I was also curious how a foot list would do.

While I'm close to the action, the Wraiths and Scarabs are leading this little shindig.  There was a bit of bad luck in the backfield, since I couldn't destroy a simple Trukk... you know, the one with the Nobs Mob inside!  The Scarabs assaulted the Trukk, destroying it... to which the Nobs said, "Who cares?"

I wasn't able to defeat the Bikes on the charge, and the counter was a bitch.  Without the Destroyer Lord, the Wraiths combat punch is lacking.  Still a great unit - you just can't... you know...  throw them up the middle like I did!

Bye, bye.

This was a bit of a desperation move.  I really needed another turn before using Veil, but the Orks were on me too quick.  I needed a great turn here, but no mas.

And here's why!  I drifted a bit too close with the unpainted unit, so I was going to be countered by one unit or another.

Here, I'd left the Lord behind to slow the advance.  He did fine against Bikes, but the Power Klaws will do him in.

The Trukk is wrecked; the Nobs?  Not so much.

That was game!

I liked Sam-I-Am's army, since I'm a fan of the mixed-arms approach.  My army lost a lot of steam with the changes I'd made, so the double-Veil idea can be considered a failure.

At least with HBUs...  uh.

I've got another idea to test...