~2000 Pt. Army, The Noble Wolves

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Doctrines

Ogryns (Love these guys, and it's a harsh world, so yeah)

Conscripts (Love the platoon size and the 14-man morale buffer on fully-reinforced teams. Made up of Convicts captured during the retaking of the planet by my HSO)

Drop Troops (Tunnels. So there.)

Close Order Drill (+1 Initiative for assaults[if it comes to that] and +1 Leadership for my drop troop platoon)
Iron Discipline (All officers wear the pelt of the Noble wolf, an honor and a morale boon to their troops.)

HQ

Shean Aleksander (Heroic Senior Officer)
Bolt Pistol and Power Weapon
Carapace Armor
Trademark Item (Wolf Pelt)
Iron Discipline

Attendant Staff

1 Standard Bearer (Lasgun)
1 Plasma Gunner
1 Missile Launcher team

Points Total: 132

Elites

Hardened Vets (Catachans borrowed from their homeworld, as Volv 2 is also a deathworld, but more pine than tropical)

Drop Troops

6 Vets
2 Flamers
1 Meltagun
Vet Sergeant w/ Power Sword and Plasma Pistol, Meltabombs, Carapace Armor, Trademark Item, and a Greenpeace Sticker.

Points Total: 118

Ogryn Squad

5 Ogryn
Bone 'ead w/ Meltabombs, Bionics, and Carapace Armor
Mounted in a Chimera (Standard Multilaser/H Bolter combo with Smoke Launchers)

Points Total: 263

Fast Attack

Three 1-man Sentinel Squads with Drop Troops, Multilasers

Points Total: 135 altogether, 45 separately

Troops

(For the sake of space, I'll say now that I have 3 platoons, not including Conscripts. 1 Platoon is my drop troop platoon, listed below, and the second entry covers the other two platoons. Standardization for the win.)

Drop Troop Platoon

Command Section

Junior Officer w/ Bolt Pistol and Power Weapon, Iron Discipline, Carapace Armor, Trademark Item

Attendant Staff

2x Flamer
2x Meltagun

Squad 1

Plasma Gun
Vet Sergeant with Storm Bolter and Meltabombs

Squad 2

Same

Total Point: 270

Stand and Fight Platoons

Command Section
Junior Officer w/ Bolt Pistol and Power Weapon, Iron Discipline, Trademark Item

Attendant Staff

2x Plasma
1 Missile Launcher

Squad 1

Grenade Launcher
Autocannon

Squad 2

Grenade Launcher
Heavy Bolter

Total Points: 514

Convicts

30-man Conscript Team
3 Flamers

Total Points: 147

Heavy Support

2x Leman Russ Tanks, Lascannon addition

Total Points: 310

Basilisk with Indirect Fire and H. Bolter

Total Points: 125

Company Total Points: 2014 (This is also the year the world is supposed to end according to the Aztec calender. :tinfoil:)

Any comments or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[twerd]

nice can't see any problem possible lack of heavy weapons but that isn't a problem you have plenty of plasma and meltas to go around i see

good work

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Hooray! My life is validated! ::Champagne, Ogryns get funky...dangerously so::

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Looks awesome, one thing I might suggest: take those sentinels as drop sentinels, from imperial armour 3 ;D costs exactly the same and can have the same equipment, but has a choice of heavy bolter(for the cost of a heavy flamer) or a multi-melta(which is the same price as a lascannon) and they come with deep strike as standard. They kick serious ass, with either weapon choice.

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Hmm...the H. Bolter ones could prove more useful than the multilaser, and at a cheaper price. Multilaser strength is great, but it's AP...eeeeh, notsomuch.

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My thoughts exactly :] I'm a bit of a sentinel freak though.. I take 2 with armored crew compartment, autocannon/lascannon as my HQ sentinel squad, then I take 3 drop sentinels with multi-melta/multi-melta/heavy bolter ;D One good multi-melta shot and you can easily make back the cost of the whole squad

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Even with ACC, those things are so weak that if you go up against Nec, SM, CSM, or even Eldar, they'll be toast after their first or second attack.

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Yeah you gotta work fast with sents i'm afraid. Having bigger targets to shoot at helps their survivability though

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Do they work better with the Scouts rule or as Drop Troops?

Lemme rephrase- if I use them as Scouts, can I also use Deep Strike? That would most assuredly kick 300% of your daily allotment of ass.

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hmmm.....how can u be scouts on the ground when you're up on low orbit onboard a dropship? probably not, however along with your dropping platoon, i would say the opponent would have a rather difficult time choosing which to pick of first. With that in hand, you have a basilisk and 2 lemun russes on the prowl, so deep striking sentinals should be ok, so long as your opponent keeps occupied with the rest of your army......try it out....i like it the list though, nice job

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They're not in dropships, they're tunneling under the ground.

Also, what I meant was, if I use them as Scouts (i.e., set up before my army), would they be able to Deep Strike when I set them up?

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All right, I've made MANY revisions to my list.

Firstly, no doctrines. I need a good variety of units to keep things running smoothly, and I ended up buying back three different units, with only Sharpshooters and Close Order Drill remaining. Underwhelming, to say the least.

So, I decided to screw it and create some lists for various games.


400 pt. Combat Patrol games

Troops- 349 pts

1st Platoon

CO- JO w/P. Fist, retinue w/ 2x plasma guns, Missile Launcher

2 Squads- 2x Grenade Launchers, 2x Heavy Bolters

The Convicts (20 Conscripts)- 2x Flamers

Fast Attack- 51 Pts

Sentinel (1)- Autocannon, Camo Netting



1000 pt. games

HQ- 126 pts

Junior Officer w/ Honorifica Imperialis, Laspistol, P. Fist, retinue w/Standard Bearer,Meltagunner, Missile Launcher

Troops- 619 pts

2 Platoons

2 CO- JO w/ Power Weapon, Laspistol, retinue w/ 2x Plasma guns, Missile Launcher

4 Squads- 4x Grenade Launchers, 4x Heavy Bolters

Convicts (30 Conscripts)- 3x Flamers

Elites- 55 pts

5 Ratlings- 5x Sniper Rifles

Fast Attack- 45 pts

Sentinel (1)- Multilaser

Heavy Support- 155 pts

Leman Russ Battle Tank- Lascannon sponson


2000 pt. games (added on to 1000 pt. list)

HQ- 110 pts

2 Sentinel Support Team- 2x Lascannons

Troops- 236 pts.

1 Infantry Platoon

Same as 1000 pt. game Infantry Platoons

Elites- 284 pts

7-man Shock Trooper Squad- 2x Plasma/Meltagun, Deep Strike

7-man Hardened Veterans Squad- 3x Flamers, Sergeant w/ Laspistol/P. Fist, mounted in Chimera (Multilaser/Heavy Flamer hull, Smoke Launchers)

Fast Attack- 90 pts

2x Sentinels- 2x Multilasers

Heavy Support- 280 pts

Basilisk- Indirect Fire

Leman Russ Battle Tank- Lascannon Sponson



All in all, for a 2000 pt game, I use all of my Elite, Fast Attack, and Heavy Support choices, and all but 2 of my Troops choices

The total amount of Infantry for a 2000 pt game comes to: 124 (my movement phase will be longer than my [censored] )

Total Armor for a 2000 pt game, including dedicated transports and Sentinels- 9

Total heavy weapons for a 2000 pt. game, including sponsons and hull mounted weapons- 49

Total girlfriend(s) I have- 0

Comments and criticisms, please.