Well I’ve
spent the weekend playing with my airbrush but since I still suck with that
thing so far I figured I’d put up where I plan on starting my lists for now
with Iron Warriors.
Troop
15 Cultists –
70
15 Cultists –
70
Fast Attack
Heldrake –
170
Baleflamer
Heldrake –
170
Baleflamer
5 Spawn –
180
Mark of
Nurgle
Heavy
Support
5 Havocs –
115
4xAutocannon
5 Havocs –
115
4xAutocannon
5 Havocs –
115
4xAutocannon
Total: 1005
So why? Well
the heavy weapons should be obvious. 12 Autocannons for so cheap is a pretty
solid start, being much cheaper than the guard you can ally in. The Heldrakes
make for some nasty anti-marine while maybe being able to drop a flyer between
them on the turn they come with their vector strike. Spawn are a solid, fast, and tough cc unit.
And naturally 2 squads of cultists for some objective holding goodness.
The rest of
the list will be tailored to what I’m feeling while I play test. I feel the
above gives me a solid starting point for how I’m going to move forward. Once I
get comfortable with more of the book I can see the above changing.
And what is
the first thing I’m thinking about running in addition to the above not
counting allies?
HQ
Chaos Lord –
185
Mark of
Nurgle, Bike, Black Mace, Boon of Mutation, Sigil of Corruption, Veteran of the
Long War
Chaos Lord –
80
Mark of
Slaanesh
Troop
12 Noise
Marines – 280
Sonic
Blaster, FnP Icon
12 Noise
Marines – 280
Sonic
Blaster, FnP Icon
The above
leaves you with 20 extra points to put somewhere. I like it as a starting point
but then I feel like I’ve got a chaos army without too many chaos marines. So
this is something I’d also be considering.
HQ
Chaos Lord –
185
Mark of
Nurgle, Bike, Black Mace, Boon of Mutation, Sigil of Corruption, Veteran of the
Long War
Troop
10 Chaos
Space Marines – 210
BP/CCW, 2
Melta Guns, Rhino, Power Axe
10 Chaos
Space Marines – 210
BP/CCW , 2
Melta Guns, Rhino, Power Axe
10 Chaos
Space Marines – 210
BP/CCW , 2
Melta Guns, Rhino, Power Axe
As you can
see my starting point has me being a big fan of the Nurgle Bike Lord w/the
Mace. I’m just dying to try him in with a unit of nurgle spawn. The above list
does add more basic marines as well as some mobility but it lacks some more
character support and the ability to drop lightly armored troops hiding in
cover.
Either way,
this is where I’m starting. What do you guys thing?