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Ok boys and girls, looking at the new Space Marine rule book and the dramatic drop in prices of their tanks... What would be a fair price for the good ole IG sentinal? One of arguably the the best lookng models for IG if not in the whole game?

Assuming no rules changes, and no changes to any weapons upgrades, what should an av10 walker with one gun and no close combat weapons cost? Personally, I am leaning toward 20 points base cost. Any thoughts?

Currently, a Sentinel weighs in at 35 pts before weapons, paying +5 pts for HF, +10 for Multi-Laser, +15 for Autocannon, or +20 for Lascannon. Closing the top is +15 pts.

Given that I see an AV12/12/10 dual HB/HF Chimera weighing in at 40-50 pts total, a closed AV10 single HF Chimera would weigh in at no more than 40 pts.

So, if being conservative, I'd set that closed HF Sentinel at 40 pts, as it is available in Squadron of up to 30 models. At the AV10 point, closed vs open isn't a huge deal - the Sentinel would die regardless of whether it's open or not. So I'd only subtract 5 pts if it becomes Open. Then I'd look at upgrades as Multi-Laser / Heavy Bolter / Heavy Flamer for free; Autocannon = +5; Lascannon = +10.

I'd say a Lascannon sentinel should be no more than 40pts, with AC/multilaser sentinels being 35 and heavy flamer ones being 30, all assuming its no longer open topped.

The best solution has always been to chance Sentinels to this:

Sentinel - 25 Points
WS4 BS3 S5 T4(5) W2 I3 A2 Ld7 Sv4+
Heavy Flamer +5
Multi-Laser +5
Autocannon +10
Lascannon +10

We've done this to all our walkers (Warwalkers have a 5+(I) save on top of the above profile, Dreads are T8 W3, Defilers are T8 W4 and Killer Kanz are T5 Sv3+).

Makes walkers into useful items rather than targets.

Still, if we're sticking to the AV10/10/10 open topped thing, then just use the points values I listed above.

BYE