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I've never really put together a list much over 1500 points so I'm not sure how this one looks. Rip it apart guys.

Company C, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Eridani 8th Regiment of Foot

Company Command Squad: 82 Points
Captain Lipmann (40)
Doctrine: Iron Discipline (5)
Bolter (1)
Honorifica Imperialis (25)
Standard Bearer with Company Standard (11)

Las Cannon Team A: 120 Points
Base (35)
Doctrine: Sharpshooters (10)
3 Las Cannon (75)

Las Cannon Team B: 120 Points
(As above)

Demolition Team A: 63 Points
Base (35)
Doctrine: Deepstrike
Demolition Charge (10)
2 Flamers (18)

Demolition Team B: 63 Points
(As above)

5-Man, 3-Gun Hardened Veteran Squad A: 75 Points
Hardened Veteran Sergent (13)
4 Hardened Veteran Troopers (32)
Doctrine: Deepstrike (0)
3 Melta Guns (30)

5-Man, 3-Gun Hardened Veteran Squad B: 75 Points
(As above)

5-Man, 3-Gun Hardened Veteran Squad C: 75 Points
(As above)

Infantry Platoon A: 300 Points
Platoon Command Squad: 45 Points
Junior Officer (40)
Doctrine: Iron Discipline (5)

Infantry Squad: 85 Points
Base (60)
Auto Cannon (15)
Plasma Gun (10)

Infantry Squad: 85 Points
Base (60)
Auto Cannon (15)
Plasma Gun (10)

Infantry Squad: 85 Points
Base (60)
Auto Cannon (15)
Plasma Gun (10)

Infantry Platoon B: 300 Points
(As above)

Infantry Platoon C: 300 Points
(As above)

Armored Fist Squad A: 178 Points
Base (60)
Plasma Gun (10)
Auto Cannon (15)
Chimera (70)
Turret Multilaser (10)
Hull Heavy Bolter (5)
Extra Armor (5)
Smoke (3)

Armored Fist Squad B: 178 Points
(As above)

Armored Fist Squad C: 178 Points
(As above)

Basilisk SPG A: 145 Points
Base (100)
Indirect Fire (25)
Improved Communications (20)

Basilisk SPG B: 125 Points
Base (100)
Indirect Fire (25)

Basilisk SPG C: 125 Points
(As above)

Totals: 2502 Points

179 Men
6 Vehicles

6 Las Cannon (Sharpshooters)
2 Demolition Charges (Single Shot)
4 Flamers
9 Melta Guns (BS 4, could just as easily be changed to 9 Plasma Guns)
12 Plasma Guns
12 Auto Cannon
3 Multi Lasers
3 Earthshakers (Indirect Fire)

Second Edit: Undid first edit. I am dumb.

No one?

Seems a little light on Lascannons for my taste and they are all concentrated in 2 small squads. My 1,000 point gaurd list has 6 lascannons. I would drop a few of the autocannons and take some extra lascannons. Also maybe switch and put the autocannons in the heavy weapon squads and the lascannons in the line squad.

Other than that one big issue the list looks good.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

If I killed off the demo teams I could upgrade every auto cannon and change the las cannon teams to auto cannon.

On the other hand, don't the 9 Melta Guns help any?

Sure, when you get to 6" but that's not reliable. You can drop one Hardened Vets squad and upgrade 7 autocannons to Lascannons.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Does this sound better? I added a Las Cannon in each Platoon. Had to drop sharpshooters but now each squad has Close Order Drill which is free at least:

Company C, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Eridani 8th Regiment of Foot (Supported by Battery "D" and elements of Company B, 1st Engineering Battalion, detached from Regimental Headquarters, 8th Eridani Regiment of Foot)
Operations on Maldus Prime, 003M42

Doctrines:
Close Order Drill
Deepstrike
Hardened Veterans
Iron Discipline
Special Weapons Teams

Company Command Squad: 82 Points
Captain Lipmann (40)
Doctrine: Iron Discipline (5)
Doctrine: Close Order Drill (0)
Bolter (1)
Honorifica Imperialis (25)
Standard Bearer with Company Standard (11)

Las Cannon Team A: 110 Points
Base (35)
Doctrine: Close Order Drill (0)
3 Las Cannon (75)

Las Cannon Team B: 110 Points
(As above)

Engineering Team A: 63 Points
Base (35)
Doctrine: Deepstrike (0)
Doctrine: Close Order Drill (0)
Demolition Charge (10)
2 Flamers (18)

Engineering Team B: 63 Points
(As above)

5-Man, 3-Gun Hardened Veteran Squad A: 75 Points
Hardened Veteran Sergent (13)
4 Hardened Veteran Troopers (32)
Doctrine: Deepstrike (0)
Doctrine: Close Order Drill (0)
3 Melta Guns (30)

5-Man, 3-Gun Hardened Veteran Squad B: 75 Points
(As above)

5-Man, 3-Gun Hardened Veteran Squad C: 75 Points
(As above)

Infantry Platoon A: 310 Points
Platoon Command Squad: 45 Points
Junior Officer (40)
Doctrine: Iron Discipline (5)
Doctrine: Close Order Drill (0)

Infantry Squad: 85 Points
Base (60)
Doctrine: Close Order Drill (0)
Auto Cannon (15)
Plasma Gun (10)

Infantry Squad: 85 Points
Base (60)
Doctrine: Close Order Drill (0)
Auto Cannon (15)
Plasma Gun (10)

Support Squad: 95 Points
Base (60)
Doctrine: Close Order Drill (0)
Las Cannon (15)
Plasma Gun (10)

Infantry Platoon B: 310 Points
(As above)

Infantry Platoon C: 310 Points
(As above)

Armored Fist Squad A: 178 Points
Base (60)
Doctrine: Close Order Drill (0)
Plasma Gun (10)
Auto Cannon (15)
Chimera (70)
Turret Multilaser (10)
Hull Heavy Bolter (5)
Extra Armor (5)
Smoke (3)

Armored Fist Squad B: 178 Points
(As above)

Armored Fist Squad C: 178 Points
(As above)

Basilisk SPG A: 125 Points
Base (100)
Indirect Fire (25)

Basilisk SPG B: 125 Points
(As above)

Basilisk SPG C: 125 Points
(As above)

Point Total:
2492 Points

Model Count:
179 Men
6 Vehicles

Weapon Count:
9 Las Cannon
2 Demolition Charges (Single Shot)
4 Flamers
9 Melta Guns (BS 4) [These could be changed to Plasma Guns if needed]
12 Plasma Guns
9 Auto Cannon
3 Multi Lasers
3 Earthshakers (Indirect Fire)

As I am still learning IG myself I cannot offer you the veterans advice but I can tell you that based on all the advice I have recently been given it looks rather good. I as well was originally going for a 2500 point build that I could scale down for smaller games but have come to the conclusion of screw that. I will never build an army over 2000 points, generally I am going to stick with 1500. I now know that building anything larger is just giving into my friends wanting to play more apocalypse games which SUCKS. But I digress, you and I seem to be going with similar builds, the only major differences are our heavies, and you taking SWS doctrine and I am taking Rough Riders. Once you do get your list nailed down and start really playing it please message me with things you are learning from your battles with your build and I will do the same if you wish. Anyway best luck to you!
Aztral

Doc, I'd say your best bet is to put the anti-tank weapons (Lascannons) where they'll stick around as long as possible. Having 9 ablative wounds for each Lascannon is absolutely crucial to keeping them alive for later in the game when you must bring down that vehicle this turn.

The Autocannons shouldn't completely disappear - I field a pair of Fire Support Squads packing three each with Sharpshooters. With sharpshooters, I've used them to great effect against my brother's Tau on a regular basis.

The Lascannons are more important due to their ability to pop AV14. They also don't rely on incredibly short-ranged 2d6 armor penetration, which can be either avoided in the case of faster vehicles or ignored in the case of Monoliths (not that you'll face them that often, but in my case I do so on a more regular basis than most). Str9 should be spread throughout, not concentrated in 12 T3 5+ models.

I think if you took Lascannons in your Line Squads, and Autocannons in your Fire Support and Armored Fist Squads, you'd be in good shape. Enough Str7 ranged fire to scare off light skimmers and medium infantry, and enough Str9 to kill any armor you need to take down.

CK

Corpsman_of_Krieg wrote:Doc, I'd say your best bet is to put the anti-tank weapons (Lascannons) where they'll stick around as long as possible. Having 9 ablative wounds for each Lascannon is absolutely crucial to keeping them alive for later in the game when you must bring down that vehicle this turn.

The Autocannons shouldn't completely disappear - I field a pair of Fire Support Squads packing three each with Sharpshooters. With sharpshooters, I've used them to great effect against my brother's Tau on a regular basis.

The Lascannons are more important due to their ability to pop AV14. They also don't rely on incredibly short-ranged 2d6 armor penetration, which can be either avoided in the case of faster vehicles or ignored in the case of Monoliths (not that you'll face them that often, but in my case I do so on a more regular basis than most). Str9 should be spread throughout, not concentrated in 12 T3 5+ models.

I think if you took Lascannons in your Line Squads, and Autocannons in your Fire Support and Armored Fist Squads, you'd be in good shape. Enough Str7 ranged fire to scare off light skimmers and medium infantry, and enough Str9 to kill any armor you need to take down.

CK

How about switching the Vet Meltas to Plasmas?

I would definitely do that. Six Str7 shots are better than 4 Str8 shots when targeting anything except AV13+ under 13". They'll act as a fantastic charge deterrent for bigger stuff like TMCs and Terminators - they'll completely gut whatever they shoot at.

You'll be reliant on your gunline for anti-tank, which I have no experience with since most of my tank busting abilities come in the form of Deep Striking 4-Melta Sharpshooter Command Squads, but I think with so many Autocannons and Lascannons, you'll be fine.

CK

I have found plasmas work better on vets rather then melta's because if you can't deepstrike, then you are stuck on the table with 12 inch weapons. I've found them with 24 inch range works better.

I like taking a HSO with standard, and then a JO with the Honorifica in a platoon command squad, and it allows two really hard command bubbles, one with a reroll.

Basilisks suck. Most enemies deploy within the indirect fire area, and then the front armor of the Basilisk is easily popped. Take Leman Russes, you get mobile firepower and they are hardcore.