Welsh Open 2012 the beginning

Okay so after a crazy week work wise I'm finally going to be able to start thinking more about the Welsh Open and this brings me to my first choice caster Lich Lord Terminus.

I have loved Terminus ever since I saw the model and read his entry in the Cryx army book. I've had a fair number of games with Terminus and like most I started off by playing him with Mechanithralls and Necrosurgeons.However I found this to be very cumbersome and take a lot of time to activate everything.
I went searching on the forums for some inspiration and came across a poster called Lamoron and he had a link to his blog (which I now religiously read everyday). In his blog he wrote about a concept called the Dark Swarm where instead of having easy to hit and cumbersome to move and activate Mechanithralls, it was all about Bane Thralls. All the usual components of Terminus were there so Madelyn Corbeau, Darragh Wrathe, Withershadow Combine, Saxon Orrik and Skarlock Thrall.
However the difference between the two ways of thinking is flow. Because the Dark Swarm uses the a thought process called the water theory everything flows so when the Bane Thralls get knocked down due to tough they don't clog up in front of Terminus because they have to skip either their action or movement to be able to stand up again. They are also not going to fall down to blasts as their high armour is more than capable of keeping them safe from anything but a direct hit. Stealth means that they are also safe from most shooting in the game.
If you want to read some more about Terminus and the water theory I suggest you read Lamoron's blog he has an excellent spotlight section on Terminus and an article on the water theory can be found here:
Water Theroy
And here:
Terminus Spotlight

This Monday I will be taking Terminus out for another playtest and will be playing the following list.
Terminus
Skarlock Thrall
Erebus
Malice
Full Bane Thralls w U/A
Min Bile Thralls
Withershadow Combine
Saxon Orrik
Madelyn Corbeau
Darragh Wrathe
Bane Lord Tartarus
Warwitch Siren

That's 50pts for my 10pts of reinforcements I'm going to proxy and take a full unit of Soulhunters and a Machine Wraith. The Soulhunters should be able to arrive on the table and go incorporeal and get right in behind the lines of my opponent. The Machine Wraith will also force my opponent to be wary of his jack placement as the ability to be able to control his jack even if it is for a turn means that your opponent will have to adjust his plans which gives you the advantage of play.

Anyway I will post more on Mondays game soon.....

/Junzo