Warhammer 40,000 Second Edtion Battle Report Blood Angels and Genestealer Cult

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[@Brodraugen]

See, this is what battle reports should be like! You have literally upped your game!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks so much

[@volcano3493]

Great vintage board. Modern models fit in as could be seen when given an appropriate paint job.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Yeah thanks and that is a flocked board using the same flock as GW sold in baggies in the 90’s from Javis scenics. I would prefer a cloth flocked mat that Citadel released in 6th or 7th edition. Way less messy than I what I did lol

[@blastvader]

I think that what also helps is that GSC (alongside 'nids and Skaven) have a design language that hasn't really changed since their introduction. As such they all fit quite well together. They're the three ranges whose models I personally like from the '80s to today.

[@towertabletop]

Love the new narrative focus and increased production value. Well done, guys. Keep 'em coming!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks mate and will do

[@Cuthbo]

Brilliant stuff, perfect format and so nostalgic with these bright schemes, old sculpts and cocktail stick cactus terrain 😂

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks and yes a second edition table isn’t complete without the cactus plants lol. My tutorial on how I made them is on my channel also if you’re interested in making them yourself.

[@cspo]

Amazing new format.Also, that shot @1:20 is the most authentic 2nd Ed display of an army I've seen since that one White Dwarf where Captain Tycho got his face melted by the Ork Weird Boy. 11/10.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you my friend and glad you enjoyed it. It’s not perfect but it is a start to something great. Just imagine Necromunda games in this format

[@cspo]

​@@thecrownofcommand5830 Necrmunda in this format would be amazing! I can't wait!!!

[@LifeofDie]

I know how much time and effort must have went in to crafting this battle report, terrific job, Josh! Looking forward to seeing more! ~ Gordon

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks my friend and yes many hours went into making this baby

[@darsis]

Should have double-teamed that Patriarch with your Librarian AND Terminator Captain. Excellent report, thank you very much for sharing!

[@albertbargery9619]

I just love everything in this video but those genestealers have got to get onto combat quicker! Don't think i have ever seen them fallback before! This is the definitive 40k for me. The paint style amd sculpts of this era just brings up so many memories. Brilliant.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Really taken aback with the number of responses so far. And it’s great to hear from so many people I have not engaged with before in the channel. I’ll be playing the Genestealers on Monday and there will be no falling back I can tell you. Let’s see what the Xenos shock troops can do to marine armor lol

[@KneeCapHill]

Love the ''Childhood memory'' cinematography

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks mate

[@Mark-nh2hs]

I've forgot how powerful Space Marines are in this edition esp Terminators

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Yeah they are beasts! I did however call them the dreadnought squad by mistake. Not wrong though lol

[@Mark-nh2hs]

@@thecrownofcommand5830 if I recall they had some outrageous save throw using two dice 😂 practically impossible to kill.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

@@Mark-nh2hs yes that is true.

[@Eric-jt8yx]

What a great video! Perfectly encapsulates all that we enjoy about the war gaming hobby and, in particular, these type of minis. I love the character of the old sculpts and the paint. Plus great cinematography! Thanks for

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks so much Eric and I think going by the comments so far it made quite the impact which I’m delighted by. It makes me genuinely excited to film the next one which will be Orks v Dark Angels :)

[@tabletoppdx]

Love those bunkers, so well painted!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you :)

[@snikch5329]

Really, I really love tour work which make me turn back when I started the hobby in 1996. Merci beaucoup

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Merci and I love taking people back to the glory days of the hobby. Even for the younger people in the hobby, they find this period really interesting. Thanks for watching my and commenting

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Love it mate. Flows really well and engaging! 👌

[@KimNixed]

I love it, great work, cant wait to see more 🎉

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you

[@Jasper-ry8gu]

Thanks for using the name suggestions😁 Great batrep, would love to more of this format. Far more engaging than watching every single movement and roll. That being said, I can imagine it take a long time to edit!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

I love the names that you and other came up with and will try that again for future videos as I like your input and engagement into the videos. That’s fun!

[@graefx]

Wonderful batrap and beautiful armies and terrain. Really satisfying

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you very much for watching and I’m really happy that you enjoyed the video

[@dicehammer8450]

Awesome battle report with beautifully painted miniatures!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

That’s guys and I love your dedication to 2nd edition on your channel also. Take care

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Wonderful video. You've totally nailed the second edition aesthetic and vibe. Bravo.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks for watching

[@Lavendeer201]

Thumbnail reeled me in lol. I love retro warhammer!

[@TheJankmaster]

Fun report, and mostly impressive old school models with metal Genestealers trumping the plastics.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks mate and happy to hear you enjoyed it buddy

[@lupamorph3114]

Best video yet man keep it up

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Wow! Thanks for that. I felt there were a lot of areas that could do with improvement, but it wasn’t a bad first effort in this format.Thanks for watching and commenting

[@kharnifex]

Praise the Four armed Emperor!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Lots of arms means extra dice in HTH

[@Eric-jt8yx]

😁

[@jh7605]

What a fantastic battle report! 😍 The armies are sumptuously painted, and format is really good too. My only small requests would be a slightly more detailed rundown of each force, and a nice big lingering shot of each army at the start. Really well done, and thank you so much for making and sharing this!

[@WargamersAnonymous]

Picture perfect terrain and miniatures. Top tier as usual mate!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks mate and I’m just happy that nobody picked up on my sloppy mistakes in this one lol

[@ellesse3862]

What a treat, I really enjoyed this fun length batrep. Beautiful armies. Those terminators are still my favourite sculpts.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you and they were a pure nostalgic please to paint. Just finished the last one today and now they are going to be packed up to send home to their owner. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@D1-Games]

Great stuff; brings me way back to the nineties 😊

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Awesome to hear and thanks for watching

[@MedievalWargamer]

Brilliant battle report my friend very enjoyable! Great presentation!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you my friend

[@chrissnyder4120]

Excellent work! I enjoy all the battle reports, whether they be in the “guys standing around playing a game and talking” style, or in the more cinematic style. But the hard work you put into this one definitely paid off! Loved it. Great to see you reaching the sweet spot.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks for all your support Chris over the years mate and for your friendship. I hope I can get you over here one day with your wonderfully painted armies to play some MoW and 40K together for the channel. Keeping the dream alive

[@moseth7606]

A lovely reminiscent report dude. Thanks for the memories. Should be way longer than 18 mins though haha

[@jeremyshannon7482]

Love this! Brings back so many memories.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

That’s wonderful and happy to hear that. More to come I promise

[@jonathanhenrikborregaardba6598]

Dude this was AWESOME :D More of this :D :D

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks Dude

[@aglumm9469]

love this style of batrep. well done!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Cheers

[@FreeguildJoe]

Amazing stuff, great work. I can't wait for 4th/5th ed. Warhammer fantasy or Renaissance battle reps like this.

[@artless303]

This was great! I’d love to see a bit more of the board to get a wider view of the tactics. Also love to get to know a bit about the players, and see a bit of ‘drama’. Love the narrative, that GSC needs to be in a display cabinet what a treat!! Well done

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you for watching and appreciate your feedback as that’s always helpful. I thought about doing a turn by turn player analysis of how the game was going and what tactics they had in mind given the situation. Maybe for the next one I can think of doing something like that. Thanks again

[@Pitdmn]

Excellent job on this video. This was fun to watch.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you for watching and commenting to let me know you enjoyed it. Means a lot

[@nexusparadigm4062]

The best of all your reports up to date in the meaning of form. Absolutely love that space marine scouts shot sound on the first round!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you and I hope the next battle report live up to this one.

[@PhilipPrentis]

Gorgeous miniatures and nice editing.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you

[@Mattw1987]

Great vid, much prefer this format due to the close ups of the models which is the main thing for me! and easier to follow for me with the rules seeing as I don't really play the games with my models. Looking forward to the next one.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks Matt for all your support as a friend and patron to my channel. I really also enjoy the models sometimes more than the gameplay. But building a narrative experience takes away the rules and they are not so important anymore. We could have been playing a different edition but the cards give it away. Cheers mate and the next one is planned already and filming on Monday with Paul.

[@quakeSanchez]

Beautiful table and armies! Not sure it's wise to play cagey with the terminators - typically they have to march and win their points back. More narratively appropriate, too!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks and yes. I wish I had pushed up early but I was thinking he would come charge me anyway. How wrong I was lol

[@Hal-zs4qu]

wonderful and fluff! thank you for this really interesting battle report!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks for watching and letting me know you loved it

[@bendalgleish1894]

My favourite style of battle report. Well made, good editing. Just recommend less haze and keep the dice rolls/card reveals in 1 consistent space to reduce camera movements.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks Ben for your feedback as that is always welcome and I will take your comments on board for future videos

[@GarfsWorkshop]

Sweet to see the mole mortor in action, surprised to see GSC win my money was on the marines !

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Yeah mate the Mole Mortar is a really weird weapon. Never seen one used until that game. Fun though to see it in action

[@nexusparadigm4062]

You recorded it beautifully. Those blurred screen borders and music. Masterpiece!!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you my friend for all these years supporting the channel. And I’m really happy that you enjoyed this latest video. Many more planned

[@markuszenger7709]

Thanks for this great battle report. The only thing I didn't understand were the rapid firing scouts around minute 9:00. I thought only fully grown SM could do so. 😍

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks Markus

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Oh I have to check that thanks

[@secondeditionwargaming]

A really nice battle report, some great tactical play as well! 👍

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks Rob and I was thinking of you today mate. Hope you are well and I miss your Space Fleet videos

[@secondeditionwargaming]

@@thecrownofcommand5830 Thanks, will get around to more eventually!

[@doju7516]

Excellent ! Thanks !

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you for watching and commenting

[@kellydavis3108]

Like the new format. Much easier to hear vs camera /phone mic

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you abs yes I think this is the format for life now

[@cachofriki]

your filming and editing skills are getting better!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Wow! Good to hear from Angel. It’s been too long my friend and thank you for your kind comments

[@Bagration421]

Awesome work I love this kind of videos, I’m really happy to see some good old 40K I kinda give up on the game since years and the recent version will not get me back into it … thanks for the good job 👍

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks for watching and it’s never too late to jump back into the older editions. I did and don’t regret a single day in the hobby. Thanks for your comment also.

[@matthewcolosus]

Great battle report!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks Colosus and it’s been great to connect with you and Halspaints on Discord. Happy to hear you enjoyed it mate

[@robodog3571]

Amazing battle report

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks Robodog

[@sig02medic15]

The terrain!!!!!!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you and yes it’s very nice to play with

[@0ff868]

man, these Blood Angels are strong

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Tough as old nails mate

[@bringbattlewargaming8720]

Very good mate. Enjoyed that

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thanks Richard and if I will the lotto mate book me a place at the second edition gamesday this year for me. Do I need to to bring a tea mug for the event? Lol

[@bringbattlewargaming8720]

@@thecrownofcommand5830 lol, we got enough mugs to make you some cups of tea 😉

[@paologiglio3277]

This is great

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Hey Paolo and good to see you back mate. Hope you are doing well my friend

[@turret75]

Being a Patreon, I cant be disappointed with what you offer here; so many good points. However, not a big fan of the narrative style... Or said another way, bigger fan of classic style with chit chats, laughs, surprises and such. It lacks a bit of the gaming atmosphere though its a lot more immersive. 👍🏼 To each his own.

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Hi Turret and thank for your patronage and honest feedback mate. I appreciate that you enjoyed the older format and I do too as well as others. But as I creator I have always wanted to do more narrative style battles but didn’t know how to approach it that way. With Ed’s inspiration it gave me a style that I could accomplish something similar. I will though however post up the older style batreps on Patreon from time to time mate or do live stream games. They are always there but I prefer live streams due to editing hours etc. thanks again mate and happy to see you here :)

[@Aphex26]

Fantastic video. Maybe remove the blurines at the edges? They are sort of bothersome...

[@weirdwwii8775]

Great game!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you for watching

[@benevans7564]

Great!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you for watching and letting me know you enjoyed the video

[@Schalazarro]

Super cool battel reportd! This scenery makes me feel like in 90's :D Are those 3D prints? Where to get STL's?

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you and yes they are. Here is the link: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/glorious-1990s-bunker-fortifcation-terrain

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/glorious-1990s-barricade-fortifcation-terrain-set

[@brim-skerdouglasson]

About the terrain, what did you use for the base of your bunkers?

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Great question. It’s the same foam core I used for my cactus tutorial on the channel. So please check that out. I used 7mm think hard foam core them

[@shitstormbringer]

I loved it

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Love your username mate lol and thanks again for your support and I will never forget your name

[@ernestgraves4401]

COOL!

[@tjones9973]

Those bunkers are ace! How did you do them please?

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you. They were painted using an air brush and paint brush. Colors are just using dark to lighter shades of blue grey.

[@tjones9973]

@@thecrownofcommand5830 thank you! Are they hand made or a printed file?

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

@@tjones9973 They are printed files and maybe available on 3D Cults.

[@jaredsmith4507]

Why did the genestealers fall back?

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

You will have to consult with the Fated Farher for that decision as I have no idea tbh lol. It surprised me also but I guess Paul wanted to reserve points and allow me to claim the win if I had caused more than 50% casualties on his broods as they assaulted the marine positions given that the Terminators were in overwatch

[@nrais76]

I miss 2nd...

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Never too late to jump back in. Join our Discord ( links in the channel ) and connect with someone local to play some games.

[@HallBr3gg]

Great!

[@thecrownofcommand5830]

Thank you for watching