Thursday, 25 November 2010

In the warp time flows differently

It's been well and truly long since I posted anything here and there has been next to no progress since last. This is mainly due to me mismanaging my time and being preoccupied with life. But there is another reason that I have felt it wasn't the prudent time to move forward. I know I posted a small 500pts force that I was going to start out with and build on, but I've come to the conclusion that I'd much rather have a standard 1500pts force that I can build towards in chunks. So I've been mulling over different things but haven't really gotten that much wiser. But I do have a list in mind, only problem is that I don't know if it is any good;

Warhost of the Boltgun Choir   1498pts

Headquarters     295pts
Daemon Prince – Ur-Ereshkigal (110)    140pts
Wings (20), Doombolt (10)
Chaos Lord – Khor Gaalen, Dark Apostle (90)   155pts
Terminator armour (30), Daemon weapon (25), Combi- flamer (5), Personal icon (5)

Elites      401pts
5 Chaos Terminators (150)    185pts
Power fist (10), 5xCombi-plasmaguns (25)
7 Chosen Chaos Space Marines (126)    216pts
Aspiring Champion (10), Power fist (25), 4xMeltaguns (40), Flamer (5)  Icon of Chaos Glory (10)

Troops      470pts
10 Chaos Space Marines (150)    240pts
Aspiring Champion (15), Power weapon (10), Icon of Chaos Glory (10), 2xMeltagun (20)
Assigned Chaos Rhino transport (35)
10 Chaos Space Marines (150)    230pts
Aspiring Champion (15), Power weapon (10), 2xFlamer (10), Icon of Chaos Glory (10)
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 Assigned Chaos Rhino transport (35)

Heavy support                 150pts
Obliterator (75)     75pts
Obliterator (75)     75pts

Summoned Daemons    182pts
7 Summoned Lesser Daemons (91)   91pts
7 Summoned Lesser Daemons (91)   91pts


I am happy with the kind of squads/units/models I'd be fielding with such a list. Daemon Princes are too cool for school, every Word Bearer force of any repute is going to need a Dark Apostle and some Daemons, Chaos Space Marines and their Rhinos add that disciplined army element (+tanks of sorts) I'm after whilst Terminators and Chosen add units with that special elite feel to the list with their special rules and equipment possibilities. The only thing I'm not too fond of are the Obliterators. Ideally I'd rather have a Predator, because I like tanks, but I feel Obliterators are too good to pass up on in comparison. But there's not a snowball's chance in Hell that I'm going to use their models (!). I'll figure something out.

I know it isn't what might pass for an effective Chaos Marines force if forums are to be believed, but it is a list I like the look of and with varied choices. I do fret a lot about the weapon choices I've made for my units though and whilst the rest of the list is pretty much what I think I want to go for, that bit really is up for discussion, internally as well as externally.