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Heyhey!

I'm cross-posting a little bit here from my intro-post, as I included a few lists that I wanted some advice on. We've modified Combat Patrol a bit, as mentioned below, to facilitate that particular ruleset as a friendly hobby project.

Long story short; a friend of mine and I wanted to play a little bit of 40k, and more importantly use the minis for a useful miniatures modelling project, but the model count in "normal" games was kind of daunting, so we've settled for a slightly modified version of the Combat Patrol rules, where the following are changed:
- One model is allowed to have up to W3 (modification of the normal Combat Patrol rules that state no models with more than W2)
- 2+ saves allowed (Combat Patrol states no saves better than 3+ or 4+ invulnerable)

As mentioned we've changed these to allow us to use some of the more interesting HQ choices that will let us make a small warband that looks somewhat more interesting and will be fun as a hobby project and not as a competitive thing.

I would like a little advice on is my proposed lists, if that'd be possible. I played 40k from 3rd edition through 4th edition, but packed up my armies (IG with Witch Hunter allies, and a small collection of Eldar) a long time ago. I've always liked Chaos Space Marines, mostly from a fluff stand-point, and especially Nurgle and Khorne are interesting to me (Liber Chaotica: awesome).

The theme is pretty set; a Chaos Lord with Terminator Armour, the respective Mark and a daemon weapon, along with a unit of either 8 Plague Marines or 10 Khorne Berserkers depending on the Mark of the Lord (yeah, I know that Nurgle's number is 7 and Khorne's is 8, but I'd be quite some points under if I went for that setup). I was thinking that this would be a Chaos Lord with his personal retinue of Marines (not Chosen though, because we need a troops choice).

So, either:

399/400
Chaos Lord
> Terminator Armour, Mark of Nurgle, Plague Bringer (daemon weapon), Combi-melta
Plague Marines [7]
> 2x Melta Gun
Plague Champion
> Twin Linked Bolter
> Melta Bombs

Using Typhus for the Lord, and the Forge World kit for the Plague Marines.

or
400/400
Chaos Lord
> Terminator Armour, Mark of Khorne, Bloodfeeder (daemon weapon), Combi-melta
Khorne Berserkers [9]
Skull Champion
> Power Weapon

Using Forge World's Lord Zhufor as the Lord, and the Forge World kit for the Berzerkers.

The Nurgle list is a lot more gun-line than the Khorne list (d'uh) and they're widely different playstyles, although that is not the primary concern. Would either of these lists be totally gimped in our modified version of Combat Patrol, or completely overpowered? I'm a little worried that either one might be too hardcore and just run over my opponents, or if I'd just be setting myself up to fail each time we play. Yeah, it's mostly a hobby project, but we'd be playing too, and no-one likes to lose everytime

I hope you can help me out, and give me some advice on the most glaring weaknesses and strengths of my purely fluff and looks based choices
~Hjelmen

Do you know what his list looks like?

There's a few guys actually ... I'm pretty sure that one will be a EDIT: Sounds like it's gonna be a Generic Space Marine list with some Scouts with sniper rifles, a Hero and some Veterans, and the other will be a Slaanesh list with a Chaos Marine squad in a Rhino, a Sorceror and some bikes (probably with melta guns).

I've gotta remember to say that I'm not looking for advice on how I stomp my friends into the dirt in the cruelest possible way Just if I'm setting myself up to fail/stomp with the chosen lists

Just run Abaddon with 5 marines for ultimate cheese! lol... kidding

Seems pretty good. I doubt at 400 points you'll see much in the ways of vehicles anyway, even IG you might face a tank or two and a ton of vets.

Never played combat patrol games or I'd provide more feedback :(