500 Point List - Infantry Type Only

[cdrwattz]

So I'll be going to a 500 point mini tourni at a friends house for christmas. It's just for fun but there are some restrictions...

Single CAD
500 points
Infantry and Walkers only

Normally Im a vet guard player and I always try to play wysiwyg so this is what I've come up with.
Criticism and comments welcome. This will be my first time since I've been playing guard that I will have used a platoon.

HQ - (Motha Flippin) Yarrick
Primaris Psyker
Priest

Troop #1 - Veteran, 3x Grenade Launchers, Krak Grenades, 6x Shotguns.

Troop #2 - Infantry Platoon
Infantry Squad - Sgt/Melta Bombs
Infantry Squad - Sgt/Melta Bombs
Infantry Squad - Sgt/Melta Bombs

I think its kinda obvious. The priest and Yarrick join the combined arms squad. The Psyker joins the Vets.
What do ya think?

-Cdr.Wattz-

[glutebite]

I would take BOLTGUNS on the Sgt where possible/desired. The 1 pt for each boltgun with S4 AP5 rapid fire get's ignored by lots of Guard players and can help.

[gamma016]

It looks like a pretty solid list, however I fear your veterans will not do all that well. I'd suggest giving them an Autocannon and snipers so you can sit them back and gun people down. Also, I never find bolt guns to be worth their points. One boltgun won't do anything, especially with BS3.

[cdrwattz]

Cheers guys.

Sorry I should have been more specific. It's an 'indoor' scenario, basically zone of mortalis style. So I can't really have any unit's sitting back. Otherwise I totally would have gone for some back field heavy weapon support. I do sometime give my sergeants bolt guns but only if I have the points spare. Often Ill slip a couple of sniper rifles into a vet squad leaving me with a point I can spend on a serge.
Thanks guys

Keep the comments coming.

-Cdr.Wattz-

[gamma016]

Ah I see, well then I'd suggest flamers over grenade launchers then. You will be able to stack a bunch of wounds in the right quarters and not have to worry about scattering onto yourself.

[Aeon]

H.Q
Company Command
Carapace armor, medic, vox caster, heavy flamer
98

Psyker x2
50

Troops:
Veteran squad
Carapace armor, heavy flamer, 2x plasma guns, bolt pistol
116

Veteran squad
Carapace armor, heavy flamer, 2x plasma guns, bolt pistol
116

If deep striking is allowed, being a Scion squad with 2 melta guns to drop in and pop walkers
If deep striking is forbidden, try filling in the remaining points with lascannon sentinels

Psyker attach to your 2 heavy squads and give the prescience for twin linked plasma guns and re rolls to wound with the heavy flamer.
Your command squad gives them the Fire in my target order and you now have twin linked BS 4 plasma guns that ignore cover

Or if the target is outside of cover, tel them to FRFSRF, and unleash flashlight death upon your foes

Enjoy the holiday death fest!!

[cdrwattz]

Ooooo Aeon,
You are good.
Me like very much.

Unfortunately I don't have any sentinels. But i'll have a look in my bag of goodies.
And I'll have to proxy and astropath as another psyker.

-Cdr.Wattz-

[gamma016]

Aeon brings up some good points, however there are a few changes that I would make.

Firat the CCS I'd drop th Vox as it is doing nothing right now, and the heavy flamer. Then give them two plasma and a regimental standard. This way they can sit behind you're veterans giving orders, firing over their heads and holding the line with rerolls on LD.

Next I would make the psykers mastery level 2. If you want to reliably cast prescience you need to throw four dice at it. With mastery level 1 Psykers that would mean you need to roll a 6 for warp dice. Also this give you a chance to get some other fun powers like misfortune and forewarning.

Thirdly, and this is more so just my opinion, but I would rather put ponts into more guardsmen than carapace and bolt weapons. But like I said that's just me