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Chapter Master - bike, mastercrafted thunder hammer,  teleport homer and adamantine mantle 190

Elites

5 Veterans - heavy bolter, flamer, 4 honours, tank hunters and vet with purity seals plasma pistol, bionics and iron halo 201

Dreadnaught Futilious - multimelta searchlight, and furious charge 126

Troops

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Tactical Marines - vet with plasma pistol, bionics, purity seals and krak  112

5 Tactical Marines - vet with plasma pistol, bionics, purity seals and krak  112

Fast

5 Assault Marines - 2 plasma pistols, vet with plasma pistol, purity seals, meltabombs, and bionics 165

Heavy

10 Devestators - 4 multimeltas, vet with plasma pistol and thunder hammer 285

10 Devestators - 4 plasmacannons, vet with plasma pistol, LC,  meltabombs and bionics  340

10 Devestators - 4 plasmacannons, vet with plasma pistol, LC,  meltabombs and bionics  340

total 2503

Nearly every member of this legion has been grievously injured.  Indeed it is considered a right of passage to lose a limb to exploding plasma.  They favour the tactics of confusion.  When their enemies are in the open scratching their heads the Legion of the Doomed strike.  The foe is pinned and exploding plasma and super heated melta fire does the rest.

Oops, only venerable dreads can have a skill. My bad. Don't want to look stupid in front of my foes.

Chapter Master - bike, mastercrafted thunder hammer, teleport homer and
adamantine mantle 190

Elites

5 Veterans - heavy bolter, flamer, 4 honours, tank hunters and vet with purity seals plasma pistol, bionics and iron halo 201

Dreadnaught Futilious - multimelta and searchlight 116

Troops

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Tactical Marines - vet with plasma pistol, bionics, purity seals and krak 112

5 Tactical Marines - vet with plasma pistol, bionics, purity seals and krak 112

Fast

5 Assault Marines - 2 plasma pistols, vet with plasma pistol, purity seals, meltabombs, and bionics 165

Heavy

10 Devestators - 4 multimeltas, vet with plasma pistol and thunder hammer 285

10 Devestators - 4 plasmacannons, vet with plasma pistol, LC, purity seals, meltabombs and bionics 345

10 Devestators - 4 plasmacannons, vet with plasma pistol, LC, purity seals, meltabombs and bionics 345

total 2503

Take this with a grain of salt, 'cause I've been drifting away from 40k and am working from memory as far as the Codex goes. (which I assume is C: SM, 4th ed English-language version as printed for North America)

Chapter Master - bike, mastercrafted thunder hammer, teleport homer and adamantine mantle 190


Elites

5 Veterans - heavy bolter, flamer, 4 honours, tank hunters and vet with purity seals plasma pistol, bionics and iron halo 201

Iron Halo is one thing you can't take, unless they're getting rid of the 0-1 Relic rule for the battle. If you've got the figures, I'd vote for hand-to-hand stuff on these guys - they get an option for Furious Charge and bolt pistol/close combat weapon.

Dreadnaught Futilious - multimelta searchlight, and furious charge 126

Sucks not to have one with an assault cannon available.

Troops

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

5 Scouts - 5 sniper rifles, vet with thunder hammer, purity seals, plasma pistol, meltabombs and bionics 158

That's a whackload of points for fighty Sergeants in otherwise pretty shooty units...if you own any Scouts with missile launchers or heavy bolters I might suggest including them. I think this setup sucks for a competitive list, but in a Mega Battle could be pretty amusing.

5 Tactical Marines - vet with plasma pistol, bionics, purity seals and krak 112

5 Tactical Marines - vet with plasma pistol, bionics, purity seals and krak 112

So the full-fledged Marines DON'T get melta bombs?

Fast

5 Assault Marines - 2 plasma pistols, vet with plasma pistol, purity seals, meltabombs, and bionics 165

Heavy

10 Devestators - 4 multimeltas, vet with plasma pistol and thunder hammer 285

10 Devestators - 4 plasmacannons, vet with plasma pistol, LC, meltabombs and bionics 340

10 Devestators - 4 plasmacannons, vet with plasma pistol, LC, meltabombs and bionics 340

I'm guessing they have the Lightning Claw for looks...that's a really weird way to feild devs. See comments on Scouts.

total 2503

Definitely not competitive at all, but should be pretty amusing. Considering your post count, if your goal is to have a hearty belly laugh playing a typical mash-up style Mega Battle, I think this fits the ticket. From the irrelevant competetive point of view, it's like you read about what options were considered worst and chose all of them - something for which I can actually see the logic.

HF

Heh heh, yeah that was the idea. To create the most difficult marine army to play with a load out of largely useless options. Also curious to see how many exploding plasma casualties will result. I once had a guard game where I lost 10 plasmaguns in 8 turns.

Posted By WarsmithDave on 04/28/2007 3:36 PM
Heh heh, yeah that was the idea. To create the most difficult marine army to play with a load out of largely useless options. Also curious to see how many exploding plasma casualties will result. I once had a guard game where I lost 10 plasmaguns in 8 turns.

Try playing with LATD's "Firearms". 24'' - S4 - AP6 - Rapid Fire, Gets Hot!. Also: The highest BS that firearms are ever fired from is a 2.