Laertes' Folly
07-26-2012, 06:53 PM
Hey all. So I put down my miniatures, at the time I thought for good, way back in the day. I'm talking 3ed back in the day. I've rediscovered the little guys recently, and am thinking of taking another foray into the galaxy of chaos, destruction, and invulnerable saves. I'm afraid it seems I've chosen a pretty tumultuous time to return to the hobby, however, since 6ed seems to have shaken everything up pretty well. I've been silently stalking forums for a week or two now, here and over at dakka, and everyone is talking about flyers and changes from 5th. I never even played 4th, let alone fifth, so I'm way out of my element. I stopped when Tau was as newfangled as newfangled got. Anywhoo, I'm thinking of starting up a little Blood Angels army (love the fluff), scrubbing down my old models, repainting them, and picking up some new toys (I used to play generic codex marines). I've been trying to toss around a decent 1500 point list. Something more fun, but that might be able to win once or twice. i'm curious to see what y'all think, and how much the game has really changed.
What I'm thinking is:
Librarian w/ termie armor and ss
Sanguinary priest w/ jump pack x2
Assault squadx10 w/ 2 plasguns
Assault squadx10 w/2 plasguns
Death companyx10 w/ bolters and 2 pfs in drop pod
Death company dread in drop pod (with either blood claws or talons depending on the opponent - I'd magnetize the model)
Vidicator
Dakka Pred w/ storm bolter
Totals to 1470, giving me 30 points to toy with.
The plan is each assault squad gets its own sangpriest to tag along and the libby goes in the front of one of the squads to suck everything up. (2+/3++, plus the FnP, equals yay) He'd have to use Wings as one of his psychic powers to keep up, which I know is kind of limiting and not the most reliable. But I love the idea of him being, quite literally, a mobile fortress. The tanks obviously sit back and shoot things. First turn sees the dc drop and shoot some stuff, then charge in if still alive, which I hope they would be. Second turn the dread arrives if it can. Hopefully by then the enemy is pretty tied up with the rest of my force and can't dedicate all its fire to the dread.
I'm also contemplating chucking the tanks for a unit of sangguardx5, which would get its own jump sangpriest. I love the models, but taking that unit would mean the army would lack ANY firepower, which it's already not huge on.
Any thoughts or criticism (i.e. go back to not playing 40k, this list is trash :p) would be appreciated. Especially thoughts on whether the tanks have any place on this list. Thanks in advance :)
What I'm thinking is:
Librarian w/ termie armor and ss
Sanguinary priest w/ jump pack x2
Assault squadx10 w/ 2 plasguns
Assault squadx10 w/2 plasguns
Death companyx10 w/ bolters and 2 pfs in drop pod
Death company dread in drop pod (with either blood claws or talons depending on the opponent - I'd magnetize the model)
Vidicator
Dakka Pred w/ storm bolter
Totals to 1470, giving me 30 points to toy with.
The plan is each assault squad gets its own sangpriest to tag along and the libby goes in the front of one of the squads to suck everything up. (2+/3++, plus the FnP, equals yay) He'd have to use Wings as one of his psychic powers to keep up, which I know is kind of limiting and not the most reliable. But I love the idea of him being, quite literally, a mobile fortress. The tanks obviously sit back and shoot things. First turn sees the dc drop and shoot some stuff, then charge in if still alive, which I hope they would be. Second turn the dread arrives if it can. Hopefully by then the enemy is pretty tied up with the rest of my force and can't dedicate all its fire to the dread.
I'm also contemplating chucking the tanks for a unit of sangguardx5, which would get its own jump sangpriest. I love the models, but taking that unit would mean the army would lack ANY firepower, which it's already not huge on.
Any thoughts or criticism (i.e. go back to not playing 40k, this list is trash :p) would be appreciated. Especially thoughts on whether the tanks have any place on this list. Thanks in advance :)