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My thought here is that scouts can really benefit from the combat squad rule. As you can give any model in the unit a weapon exchange, you can field a list where you have squads of scouts, 4 w/ CCW/Bolt Pistol, 4 w/ sniper rifles, 1 heavy weapon, and 1 powerfist sgt.

Splitting into combat squads, splitting the CCW guys from the sniper guys yields a setup where you have 30 guys w/ 6 powerfists to charge the enemy (infiltrating with scout moves or outflanking), and 6 heavy weapons + 24 sniper rifles to hold objectives on your side of the field, setting up a firebase.

Adding a unit of scout bikers, a couple of MM Land Speeder Storms (also able to extract troubled youth), and the captain of the 10th company should yield something like 1750 points:

So, the core of the army looks like:

10 Scouts: Heavy Bolter, 4 sniper rifles, 4 BP/CCW, sgt w/ powerfist: 175
10 Scouts: Heavy Bolter, 4 sniper rifles, 4 BP/CCW, sgt w/ powerfist: 175
10 Scouts: Heavy Bolter, 4 sniper rifles, 4 BP/CCW, sgt w/ powerfist: 175
10 Scouts: rocket launcher, 4 sniper rifles, 4 BP/CCW, sgt w/ powerfist: 175
10 Scouts: rocket launcher, 4 sniper rifles, 4 BP/CCW, sgt w/ powerfist: 175
10 Scouts: rocket launcher, 4 sniper rifles, 4 BP/CCW, sgt telion: 200

1075 points there.

Add a unit of 10 scout bikers w/ 3 grenade launchers, the terrain traps and a PF sgt: 275

Two MM storm speeders: 130

Total to 1480.

That leaves 270 points to come up with an HQ choice that works with the idea of a scout company. Maybe a captain and command squad in a drop pod (add a few locator beacons above), to represent the idea that the captain is going to come down and check out how well his trainees have been able to secure the battlefield personally.

I like the idea of a 10th Company. The list is really fluffy. The list lacks anti-heavy-armor.

switch those heavy bolters to missle launchers. That shpild up your anti armor capabilities. I think that super shooty armies are going to be a trouble for that list, like a good tau gun line. Going to have to play test them to see if agressive play will get you through the gun line. Good luck

You could ignore the speeders altogether and instead take 3 units of scout bikers with cluster mines. Doesn't matter how big bare back unit of 3 is like 100pts off the top of my head so 3 units is 25pts more then your unit of 10 and suddenly there are 3 chunks of terrain that become death traps to the first unit that waltz's into it. Take a Librarian, the crazy chap can gate all over the place to help out then, be a cunning chap and give him terminator armour and the vortex of doom power to get more anti tank that whilst heavy he is in termie armour and can fire heavy weapons whilst on the move...a pair of those chaps, epistolaries could work exceedingly well here, and don't be afraid to chop and change scout units down in size to get the few extra points you need.

Auretious Taak.

Its just too bad you can't field a captain in scout armor. I'd love to see a WD article with points costs for HQ's in Scout Armor, with the Infiltrate, Scout, and Move Through Cover special rules, and a special gear option tree for 10th company themed armies.

Breton wrote:Its just too bad you can't field a captain in scout armor. I'd love to see a WD article with points costs for HQ's in Scout Armor, with the Infiltrate, Scout, and Move Through Cover special rules, and a special gear option tree for 10th company themed armies.

Yeah, the day GW gets a certain level of foresight to enable all HQ units or at least one of them somewhere to get the full range of mounting/armour options available across the entire army, then I'll be a happy man. I hope to the Primogenitor that they enable Rough Rider Mounted Imperial Guard Command Squads in the new codex...

Auretious Taak.