Modelling progress and a game of Kill Team!

Because I have been of a mind of late that I should get a small 'Kill Team' force ready to start gaming and getting to grips with the rules, well obviously I knew I'd need some models for the job. I have a special thing for Chosen, there is something about their Infiltrate special rule and the amount of special weapons they can take that tickles my fancy, not to mention their name. With that in mind I've fiddled with a list like this:

1 Aspiring Champion (Fleet), 1 Chosen with Flamer (Feel No Pain), 1 Chosen with Flamer, 1 Chosen with Heavy Bolter (Relentless), 5 Chosen with Bolters.

I've been building a few models here and there for a while but I couldn't find the inspiration and motivation to get my thumb out my arse. But today that finally changed as I assembled what I needed to make the entire team. I'll get the pictures up tomorrow (including the ones of my fiancés Witch Hunters force that I promised ages ago) alongside some comments.

Playing Kill Team: I fielded the above list and she did a not entirely legit list of 4 Seraphim (1 Veteran) and 9 Battle Sisters. The game itself was interesting, frustrating but ultimately fun. I had to check rules quite a few times and we did a few mistakes, most notably forgetting about rolling leadership tests for the Victory Conditions when reduced to half or less of starting number of models and when we realised we decided to just go total death match. The result? I lost, quite heavily I might add. I think she had 7 models left on the table when she mopped the floor with my last Chosen courtesy of the Flying Burrito Sisters (two remaining Seraphim).

Lessons learnt: Chosen, for what they do in games of 200 points aren't exactly cutting the mustard. Next time I think I'll drop them to normal Marines, drop a flamer and instead get in another two boltgun armed models. Firstly it'll give me more shooting and more bodies for when we remember to test for leadership when the models start dropping off. Flamers aren't that good to be honest but I like the idea of them.