Space Hulk 024X

 The Club game returned to the original Space Hulk to recreate the discovery of Oks of and by Tyranids. The struggle was epic!

The battlefield, with the Oks appearing from the left and the 'Nids from the right...

A gang of Hormagaunts charge a mob...

A closeup...

Tyranid Warriors and a Lictor strike back...

The Lictor (t-l)and friends...

Last two standing, the Lictor and one Warrior...

The Boyz smashing up some more Hormagaunts...

Some Beast Snagga Boyz dealing with Ripper Swarms...

The last of the 'Gaunts go down...

The Beast Snagga Boyz also put a hurt on another group of Hormagaunts...

Some of the Boyz dealing with 'stealers and Barbcasters...

Termagaunts facing down other Boyz...

The last Hormagaunts go down...

Hard fighting between Genestealers and some of the Boyz. note the Broodlord to the right...

The Boyz striving to finish off the Lictor while in the background, von Ryan's Leapers get ready to aid their master...

The Beast Snagga Boyz and Genestealers are going at it...

The Lictor has only one wound left!

But the Genestealers save the beast...

The last of the Boyz are fighting their way to reach the Broodlord...

Although the Boyz take down all of the Genestealers, the Broodlord is the last standing...

The groups first conflict involving Orks and Tyranids contained a lot of fun. The Orks will attempt to evacuate the Hulk and find a tempting planet nearby. That is next up.

The Custodes Defend Terra

 Underneath the deeper regions of Terra, the majestic Custodes are raging against a deadly cult of the Genestealers. Numerous lift stations must be neutralized to limit the Cult.

An initial wave of cultist is destroyed utterly at no cost...

A second group is likewise despatched by the Custodes...

The cultists are dropping like flies...

Losing yet more, the cultists finally bring down a Custodes (c)...

Two inhuman mutants take down two Custodes!

One more Custodes trades his life in order to destroy numerous cultists...

One lone Custodes attempts to hold back the forces of evil...

None shall pass this hatchway...

Yet, two more Custodes sell their lives dearly...

Overview of the battlefield with all of the fighting having taken place at the central hallway. The cultist leadership is seen at bottom..

The Custodes counterattack begins as three members teleport behind the cultists (c-r)...

The fighting continues in the central hallway...

A cultist Kelermoph moves to engage his enemies...

The Custodes pushing out from the Central Hallway...

After taking down one and badly wounding another, the Kelermoph himself is despatched. (bottom l)..

Custodes taking down another Mutant...

Close to the Genestealer Leadershop, the Custodes are carving through the Cultist forces...

The Central Hallway is cleansed...

The counterattack getting closer to the Leadership...

At the other end of the Central Hallway, another group of cultists appeared, only to be butchered...

A Monstrosity destroys a Custodes before it to falls...

The cultists throw everything they have to give their Leadership time to escape. They do take down one Custodes, but are devastated...

To the north of the Central Hallway, the last cultist is destroyed...

Cultist Leadership is prepared to flee...

Just before the Custodes arrive, the Leadership pass through the gateway...

Frustrated with the escape, the Custodes at least destroyed the Genestealers in this sector...

As expected, the Genestealer Cult was hard-pressed to be competitive. although they did bring down half of the mighty warriors. But the Cultists lost over 150 warriors! Till next time...

The Ork's Last Stand on Ulant

 Following the defeat of the Greenskins at the Shrines, the Imperial Forces pushed on to smash their final holdings on the Hive World, Ulant. With the departure of the Bad Moons under their WarBoss Uthak Blackhawk, the much weakened Evil Sunz were forced to follow the Blood Axe WarBoss Uzrog Trakeye. The last stronghold for both Clans was Codenamed Cobalt by the Imperium. This was that battle...

Looking over the Forces of the Imperium towards the Orks encampment, with the Orks drawing first blood, destroying a Sentinel. In the background (left to right) you can see a Gorkanaut; Battlewagon; Deff Dread and Grot tanks; Monster Squigs and a second Battleagon; and some SquigBoyz..

A Krieg Squad and a Ogryn detachment, unload from their Chiimeras which have taken hits. To the left is a Plasma Cannon LemanRuss..

One of the Battlewagons has taken heavy hits already from the Imperial Armor and one of the SquigBoyz is down as well...

On the Ork right Flank, more Krieg and Ogryns have unloaded, while here too, the Battlewagon has taken numerous hits...

Even the Gorkanaut has been hit. Unfortunately it moved beyond the assistance of its Mek (seen to the lower left)...

The Grots and their tanks charge into the Krieg and Ogryns and take down some. The Chimera take some hits as well. But they are then annihilated in return...

The Grot Mega Tank charges into the LemanRus but all of its damage (9 pts) are self-inflicted by overloading Plasma!

The Battlewagon with the Greenskins left flanks charges and nearly wipes out three Ogryns; but it too pays the price as Imperial tanks brew it up...

The SquigBoyz are pushing on, preparing for their charge...

The battlefield at the end of two rounds, with Imperial Armor reinforcements at far left (inc LemanRuss tanks lower left, and RogalDorn tanks top left). Ork Stompa has arrived (top right) as well as a Super-Stompa and MegaDread (lower right). Note a Deff Dread has been lost by the Orks at bottom...

Opposite view...

The Mega Dread has some serious damage as well! The LemanRuss tanks can sting...

Numerous losses suffered by both sides; a Leman Rus and the Walkanator (Mega Dredd); a Chimera and a couple of Squigsaurs...

The last Ogryn was lost as well...

The Imperium strikes hard, downing a Dreff Dredd, Grot Mega Tank and some Squigs while losing another Chimera...

Then the Gorganaut destroys yet another Chimera...

The Gargantuan Squiggoth charges and takes down another Chimera...

The Mega Dredd charges and destroys the final Chimera, while the Monster Squigs take on the Baneblade which just appeared...

While the Gorganaut devastates a large Krieg unit, it fails to charge home (by a single inch!) and then gets laid low by the Imperium...

During the same charge phase, the Stompa failed its charge by two inches and now has only a few hit points remaining. And talking about a really bad phase, the Super Stumpa fails its charge by two inches!...

A view of the Ork supporting artillery...

Located right behind the Gargantuan Squiggith is the Bubble Chucker Gun (center)...

Another piece of Ork artillery, along with a Kill Rig and Killa Kans...

A Sentinel and Squigsaur face off while a Leman Russ and another large Krieg unit move up...

Two Rogal Dorns move up towards the downed Gorganaut...

The Super Stompa has lost nearly half its points...

Great view of the upper works of the Gargantuan Squiggoth, a lot of weapons...

to be continued...