Terminator in Chaplain Armor

[Grabula]

hey all, I was flipping through my SM codex in preperation for some games the other day when my eyes became focuse on the picture of the Chaplain in termie armor. For whatever reason, I was enthralled so bought the figure and got him painted up this week. he's fantastic as far as minis go, so far one of my favorites but now I need to figure out what to do with him lol. I have two armies I could potentially slip him into, my Crimson fists army or my growing blood angels army. Can you suggest what units in either army would be a solid buy to escort this model? I'm not looking for a this model sucks or doesn't suck discussion, or a discussion on whether he works well in the game or what are better buys. I'm set on using him and just need to maximize his potential or atleast have some fun with him on the tabletop. I've found my librarian in termie armor to be useful and fun now to work this guy in!

[Smotku]

I have a termy chaplain model and I use him regularly with my Blood Angel Assault termies. My hammer squad is 6 assault termies 3 th/ss 3 lc, a sang priest in termie armor and the chaplain in a LRC.

I converted the term sgt from the black reach set with the arm and some bits from an extra Corbulo model I had to make the sang priest in termie armor.

But a termie chappy is good in any term assault squad.

[somerandomdude]

Biggest benefit of using him in your Blood Angels army is that he will not take up an HQ slot (unless you run him as a Reclusiarch).

[Grabula]

Lol, just noticed it's a' terminator in chaplain armor'!
I'm poking through the ba codex now but not having to fill an hq slot sounds awesome.

[Sister Rosette Soulknyt]

Run it alonside a Librarian in Terminator armour, and join them with a assault termie squad, with the Chaplains rules adding to them, and protected by a Librarian i have seen them survive a lot longer and become really worth the points.

[plawolf]

If you are taking a termie libby, unleashed rage and shield is good to take for BA, and gate is a must for vanilla marines.

If you have the points, a storm shield on the libby can also be useful. You can use it against perils hits, although having to re-roll successful saves sucks a bit.

[Tynskel]

My personal favorite is to run the Terminator Chaplain with Tactical Terminators. Their close combat ability sky rockets, and they have firepower.

I usually run them with Blood Angels. I like to teleport in, and blast something. Hv Flamer + Chaplain = Bringing the Emperor's Blinding Light to your opponents!

People will argue the merits of CC terminators and Tactical Terminators. I find them both good- one just needs to recognize their weaknesses and strengths. I find that Close Combat terminators are already great at their job and do not need a Chaplain to aide them, but Shooty Terminators could use the close combat edge. Ultimately, Terminators are close combat units. Allowing them to shoot or not before hand, in my mind, is the difference of doing some 'Initiative 10' wounds or not.