Angel's Keep: A 40K Dark Angels Blog

Greetings honored battle brethren! This is going to be a short one, because for some reason there were hardly any singles events over the weekend, leaving me with a grand total of two lists to look at. One of those lists was an event-winning one though, so that at least rates an article.  Dylan Cowan is our triumphant brethren, who went 5-0 with his Assault Brethren+Darkflight Pursuit+Stormlance Task Force (T&H) list at  Calling the Banners 2026 , beating out 66 other players for the top spot. Let's check out his list! I lied (Ooh, cryptic!) Sammael - Warlord Ravenwing Command Squad     Attached: Outrider Squad: 3 choppy biker boys Librarian     Attached: Inner Circle Companions: 6 spooky awesome swordy boys Chaplain on Bike: Imperium's Sword     Attached: Outrider Squad: 3 choppy biker boys Company Heroes: 4 awesome flashy boys Impulsor Eradicator Squad with melta rifles: 3 chonky melta boys Incursor Squad: 5 spotty boys Land Speeder Vengea...

  Greetings honored battle brethren! Once again I have the privilege of bringing you the weekend's GT news. It was a more modest weekend than the last few, but still with a very respectable 60 players. Since I started writing this blog, there have been stretches when player count in the 30's was routine.  A fair share of those 60 brethren did well at their events, and I would like to bring to your attention the top three lists of the weekend.  I actually have a personal connection to the top list of the weekend, a Darkflight Pursuit+Deathwatch Support+Ironstorm Spearhead (Recon) list  played by my friend Benjamin Rubenstein. This list took him to the top spot of the Clever Kobold's Halloween Hellscape GT, besting 31 other players. Let's check out his list! Incredible Violence Delivered at Incredible Speeds  (A+ on the list name) Captain in Phobos Armour - Warlord Impulsor Deathwatch Terminator Squad: 3 awesome chonky plasma boys, 2 awesome chonky hammer boys De...

  Greetings honored battle brethren! We're fully in the new Codex Space Marine meta now! It was a big weekend with a lot if events, some quite large, but there were numerous smaller events as well. The floodgates are fully open with players trying all manner of detachment combinations. Some community favorites are starting to emerge, but our brethren are experimenting with and finding success with a wide variety of combinations. I'll only be able to touch on a few here, but don't make the mistake of thinking they are the only ways to play. There were three event winning lists over the weekend. The largest event topped by a Dark Angels list was  Beast Coast Gaming Fall Brawl 2026 , where Keegan Watters brought his Assault Brethren+Wrath of the Rock (T&H) list to go 4-0-1 and rise to the top of a pack of 41 players. Let's check that out! Only shmucks put a bounty on the Lion Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Ancient: Imperium's Sword     Attached: Inner Circle Companion...

  Greetings esteemed batttle brethren! This past weekend I had the privilege of attending my first-ever super-major: Battle For Salvation , held in the Palisades Center in West Nyack, NY. It's kind of-sort of local to me, as I live in northeastern Connecticut. I have a friend who was also interested in going, so we carpooled and shared a hotel room. I thought I'd share my experience with you, my brethren. I hope you find my recounting both amusing and informative.  Friday morning I got up at 3:30. Leaving the house at 4:30, I drove to pick up my friend Brian who was attending with me, and we then drove about an additional two and a half hours to get there a little before 9 am. This was not ideal, but it did get us there on time. As you all know, Codex: Space Marines dropped just the weekend before, just before list cutoff for the event, so I was obliged to write a whole new list. I did not have time for any practice games before the event, as I was painting a couple models to ...

Greetings honored battle brethren, and welcome to the new meta! This was the weekend of throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks. The results were not what we've been accustomed to in the most recent months passed, but there were a few lists that rose above the pack for us to check out.  The most successful list of the weekend belongs to Josh Swank, who went 4-1 and took 2nd out of 28 players at the  Games4Life's 2-Day 40k GT! with a Darkflight Pursuit+Devastator Brethren+Ironstorm Spearhead (Purge) list . Let's check it out! fast guns Lion Dad - Warlord Intercessor Squad: 5 bolter boys Impulsor Impulsor Eradicator Squad with melta rifles: 3 chonky melta boys Eradicator Squad with melta rifles: 3 chonky melta boys Incursor Squad: 5 spotty boys Incursor Squad: 5 spotty boys Land Raider Redeemer Land Speeder Land Speeder Land Speeder Vengeance: Nightforged Battery Land Speeder Vengeance: Nightforged Battery Scout Squad Storm Speeder Thunderstrike I had to really ...