Warmachine double-header 15/09/09 - part 1

I had signed myself up for two games of Wamachine/Hordes in one night. This was a night were I massively overstepped my Warmachine mark. As a relative newbie to the game, I made the mistake of jumping from 350 point games to a 750 point game! I didn't even graduate from playing 500 pointers. The difference was huge, I had to control more models than I was prepared for.

I took up a challenge from a Skorne player called Den. Den brought with him a wonderfully painted force, with a great blue and gold theme throughout. His force was led by the Lord Assassin Makeda who creeps me out a little, crouching with his fans. The rest of the force consisted of:

Warbeasts: A Titan Cannoneer, a Titan Gladiator, a Basilisk Krea and a Cyclops Savavge.
Units: 5 Paingivers and two units of 9 Praetorian Swordsmen.
Solos: An Ancestral Guardian, two Extoller Soulwards, one Void Spirit and Orin Midwinter.

Against this I fielded a force led by Severius and his Hierophant attachment. He was accompanied by:
Warjacks: A Crusader, a Revenger, a Repenter and a Devout.
Solos: Exemplar Seneschal, Reclaimer, a Vassal and three Wracks.
Units: A full-strength Choir,9 x Deliverers, 7 x Exemplar Errants and 10 x Holy Zealots with Monolith Bearer attachment.

The game was massively overwhelming for me so I wish I had taken pics in order to record the game better. The game started off sluggishly partly beacuase I just couldn't figure out in which order to do things, but then warmed up when I started dying. A lot of things went wrong for me as most of these units and solo's were making their debuts.
There was just a bit too much going on to actually write a proper report here, so I'll just list my high and low points.

LOW:

• I didn't use my Hierophant as I should have. All he did was take three points of damage from Severius.
• The Exemplar Seneschal was totally not effective and therefore deserved to one of the ones to die first.
• My Revenger with Arc Node died quickly. As did my Reclaimer.
• I didn't use my Wracks enough.
• I deployed in a way that I was sometimes blocking my own troops.

HIGH:

• A Severius 'Death Sentence'/Deliverers combo took out the Titan Cannoneer.
• The Zealots proved to be quite a tough screen for some time (I love giving them Holy Vigil and then when they get close enough, pulling off Greater Destiny).
• The Exemplars Errant were effective at range.

Makeda was never in danger as firstly he was sat behind a unit of Paetorians, and then able to teleport himself close to Severius and kill him. I thought maybe Severius might have been safe enough as can't be targeted by spells and he had a Devout in tow blocking ranged attacks.

But still, it was an enjoyable game. I really hope that Den wasn't put off by my mistake to play such a big game.