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christmas: 500 pts


troops:

santa:250
jesus:250


mqhhahahah who likes my list

Sorry, but you are nuts.

lol mad

I'm not sure you'd do well with 3 models, especially in objective games. Drop Santa (you're paying a premium for deep-striking, and you can't afford that at this point level). Plus, buying Jesus is kind of a waste if you don't get him Reincarnation.

With 250 points you can get a squad of 3 Wise Men, get them each a prayerbook. With the 100 points you have left, you can get Jesus 2 powers.

Of course, one of them should be reincarnation.
My favorite power for him is Water Into Wine - you turn the targets' body water into wine, and they die of alcohol poisoning - 48", AP2, Poisoned (2+), Large Blast. With Jesus' BS8 you should have a good chance of nuking the most threatening squads, while the Wise Men use Prayers for antitank. Christmas, of course, does what it always does.

WiW ignores covers saves too, so it's money for rooting out things like buried Lootas and the odd skulking Roman.

I only take Santa in bigger games. Without that retinue of Cyber Reindeer he's pretty pants. If you're going to replace him with wisemen you need to equip them with Myrrh bombs, since Frankincense is strictly an anti-infantry. They can outflank from the east, and you want to be able to use the 12" charge on their camels to take out armoured targets of opportunity.

I feel a strange compulsion to dress a greater daemon as santa, make rough riders into wise men, and... Not sure how to model a raging jesus, but it would sooooo be worth it.

model jesus out of the nightbringer lol

Drop them all and Take Chuck Norris.

Really? Did this have to end with the Norris? The dude is 70 and has had bad plastic surgery. Ya woulda done better with a sly marbo joke, at least that would fit better lol.

o.o marbo is just chuck norris after he takes reincarnation...

i do have to take into account meerry and joseph

merry can always drop the p bomb on her male apponents, while joseph whem mary is in the army he can rant to every one of how he never did marry its ap1 str 4 assult 30


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while the p bomb (pregnant bomb) is large blast ap3 str 10 with a 24" range

Well to get back on the topic at hand!... You should try to work in some points for some apostle bases. They are wonderful for tarpitting while your jesus and santa work their destructive magic. Also don't forget to give christmas the little drummer boy psychic ability!

If you were to expand to a 1500 point force I'd highly recommend you get an Animal Herd. The Swarm special rules can let you tie up Terminators, at at 35pts per base they're not too expensive to use as suicide squads. I'd upgrade them with 'saddles and harnesses' though, as this gives them the effective profile of Warp Beasts.

The best thing about Jesus is his 'Water Walking' psychic power. This makes him immune to the 'Freezing Flood' special rule. (Detailed here: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=&pIndex=1&aId=4400101a&start=2)

All in all, a very, very solid list; good job!

L. Wrex

I'd include the three Magi: Caspar, Melchior und Balthasar.
The adoration of the Magi gives them an inv. save.

Arent you required to buy Santa a retinue of 8 tiny reindeer as part of the unit, y'know, like a Broodlord's Genestealers?

(might be a little late lol)

T-

Nope, the Reindeer retinue is optional, but since it makes him jump infantry and gives him Deepstrike, and Outflank, plus adding a pile of FNP ablative wounds to him I think it's a no brainer. It's a little pricey of course, so it's best suited for bigger games. If you're goung to take Santa though you have to take the Reindeer, Santa's only good in HtH and the Reindeer are what gets him there.