After some deliberation and receiving the bill for a recent emergency room visit, I've decided that starting a full army from scratch while still building up my Tau would not be a financially prudent choice. I can build a counts as force fairy cheaply. I think I could make it work with 2 or 3 strike squad boxes, a tactical squad box, and a of course a Dread Knight box. With that much, I should have no problem putting out a 1500 point list with the help of a few chapter assets for support.
I don't have ready access to the codex, so I've been trying to guesstimate an army based on the few minutes I looked at the codex on Saturday. I'm hoping that I can squeeze the following into 1500 points:
Grand Marshal
Libby
Purifier Squad(The cool honor guard)
Vindicare Assassin(Telion)
2x Strike Squads(The not quite as cool honor guard)
Psy-Rifleman Dread
Dreadnight(Calgar)
I'll probably have to go light on the upgrades, but the plan is to make the squads 10x men strong with rhinos. Arming them with psycannons, psybolt and hammer for the strike squads and hammer, halberds, and incinerators for the purifiers. I'm also thinking of taking a heavy incinerator for DreadCalgar. I may have to drop the Vindicare or reduce the purifier squad size to make the army work. For 2000 points I want to add in another psy-rifleman and a Storm Raven.
Showing posts with label Honor Gaurd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Honor Gaurd. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Should I add sprinkles to my vanilla or get butter pecan?
I really like the fluff and the models for the Ultramarines Honor Guard. As more Grey Knight rumors became available, it started to seem like their new codex would make a good basis for a Honor Guard counts as army.
It seems like an easy enough thing to do, but playing a count's as army can be rather trying. For instance; the only HQ model that could lead an honor guard force is Calgar, but you can't equip a grand marshal with two powerfists. Now you have to explain to your opponents every game that those two really big fists are actually a demon hammer and psycannon. It can be confusing for your opponents, and I don't want to be accused of being a flavor of the month player.
There are advantages to running the counts as army. I already have most of the support units I'll need, like rhinos and dreadnoughts. I probably will only need to buy a tactical box and grey knight strike team box to fill out a basic 1500 point army. I'll probably get a Dreadknight and a Stromraven too, since I like the models.
Dude....I could convert Calgar as the driver for a Dreadknight! That could totally work! Wait, now who am I going to use for my Grand Marshal?
So what do people think? Should I go down the counts as route, or start a Grey Knight army from scratch?
It seems like an easy enough thing to do, but playing a count's as army can be rather trying. For instance; the only HQ model that could lead an honor guard force is Calgar, but you can't equip a grand marshal with two powerfists. Now you have to explain to your opponents every game that those two really big fists are actually a demon hammer and psycannon. It can be confusing for your opponents, and I don't want to be accused of being a flavor of the month player.
There are advantages to running the counts as army. I already have most of the support units I'll need, like rhinos and dreadnoughts. I probably will only need to buy a tactical box and grey knight strike team box to fill out a basic 1500 point army. I'll probably get a Dreadknight and a Stromraven too, since I like the models.
Dude....I could convert Calgar as the driver for a Dreadknight! That could totally work! Wait, now who am I going to use for my Grand Marshal?
So what do people think? Should I go down the counts as route, or start a Grey Knight army from scratch?
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