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Post by bigbrother on Jun 16, 2014 17:08:20 GMT -5
Hi all,
I a, primarily a fantasy player who doesn't get to play much, but I also like painting and collecting small armies. I have a small Ravenwing squad I put together just after 6th came out, but I still don't know the 40k rules much.
This is is the list I am looking at to start. I know it won't be optimized, but there are some bits which I want to do purely for the painting reasons (ie medics and vox-casters). And I want to theme the army after paratroopers (at least a significant portion), so that has led some of my decisions. At this level, veterans are the drop troops.
So, on to the list (500 exact)
Company Command Squad
-medic
-voxcaster
-standard
Platoon
-PCS
--medic
--voxcaster
--standard
--flamer
-Infantry Squad
--voxcaster
-Infantry Squad
--voxcaster
Veterans
-voxcaster
-plasma gun
-plasma gun
Valkyrie
Any comments would be appreciated.
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Post by jenburdoo on Jun 16, 2014 20:25:44 GMT -5
Welcome to the IMGB! It doesn't look bad, except that there's nothing that can reliably kill a tank (unless you have hunterkiller missiles and lascannon on the Valk). I guess that would be appropriate for paratroops.
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Post by macknight on Jun 17, 2014 0:14:55 GMT -5
The infantry squad and company command could use a special weapon and/or heavy weapon, the medic on the platoon command is a waste. Welcome to the AM/IG board.
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Post by bigbrother on Jun 17, 2014 12:14:20 GMT -5
Ok, made some changes after reading a bit more on the boards.
CCS
-vox-caster
-medic
-grenade launcher
-Chimera
Platoon
-PCS
--vox-caster
-Infantry Squad
--vox-caster
--grenade launcher
-Infantry Squad
--vox-caster
--grenade launcher
Veteran Squad
-vox-caster
-gernade launcher
Valkyrie
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Post by Hetfiltrator on Jun 17, 2014 13:01:38 GMT -5
Awww... Plasma guns... that's cute...
Reading the second list.
There is even less tank killing power now... How you do that?
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Post by macknight on Jun 17, 2014 13:30:12 GMT -5
Company command and Vets should have plasma, melta as priority rather than grenade launchers, platoon command with flamers or snipers; infantry squads are fine, though you can save some pts by having just 1 vox if you plan to combine them(model them with 2 just in case).
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Post by cheminhaler on Jun 17, 2014 14:05:09 GMT -5
I think drop 3 of the vox-casters (you'll still have 2) and get a missile launcher in a infantry squad. You can say the platoon only has one vox to communicate with the hq and that the munitorum nerfed them hard or they were lent to a tech-priest, or something.
One heavy weapon team is still woefully lacking and they die very easily, despite having 2 wounds, because anything Strength 6 or over hitting it will inflict Instant Death on it.
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Jun 17, 2014 16:51:44 GMT -5
Nobody has issued the proper "Welcome to the IGMB" greeting for the new conscript yet... I deputize cheminhaler for the duty with all the power invested in me by D.o.N.T. |
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Post by cheminhaler on Jun 17, 2014 18:10:18 GMT -5
Fair enough!
I hereby issue conscript BigBrother (please don't say you watch that voluntarily) with a master-crafted plastek knife and order him to Bring It Down on that large group of sixteen Ork Stompaz over there..
*Waves at the Stompaz before ducking back into cover.*
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Jun 17, 2014 18:13:58 GMT -5
Fair enough! I hereby issue conscript BigBrother (please don't say you watch that voluntarily) with a master-crafted plastek knife and order him to Bring It Down on that large group of sixteen Ork Stompaz over there.. *Waves at the Stompaz before ducking back into cover.* YOU FORGOT THE CLONING TISSUE SAMPLE!!! *Estimates that disaster will ensue*  |
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Post by Paradill on Jun 17, 2014 18:31:47 GMT -5
*brandishes rusty spoon*
Don't worry, I'll get it!
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Post by Adkenpachi on Jun 17, 2014 18:53:39 GMT -5
Damn it, I gave him MY dna sample
>.>
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Post by bigbrother on Jun 17, 2014 19:34:35 GMT -5
Oh, don't worry. Disaster will definitely ensue.
I'm going to read some of the battle reports today to get a better feeling on weapon load outs.
I have my first basic cadian squad. I'll probably get the cadian hammer squad soon enough.
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Post by bigbrother on Jun 18, 2014 23:30:28 GMT -5
Fair enough! ... BigBrother (please don't say you watch that voluntarily) Just figured out what you meant there, and heck no. Big Brother is in reference to Orwell's 1984. |
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