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HQ:
1 space marine captain w/ CCW weps

Troops:
5 man tac. squad w/ seargent , melta bombs , Razorback , tl Lascannon
10 man squad w/ seargent combi plasma gun, melta bombs, plasma gun, multi melta, DROP POD

This is 500 pts. on the dot....
Tell me what you think.
I am vs. IG, tau, chaos, BT, SOB

Right, IMO there are some odd combination's here.

1) your army is split in halve by drop podding one unit and razoring the other. At these point levels you either want to do full drop pods or all mech. If you face tau your lone razor will be gone in the first turn leaving the 5 men and captain stuck in a killing ground while the 10 drop guys are left to deal with the rest of the force. The same could be applied to IG but there are so many ways to field them it'll be unpredictable. Against the rest you'll have to think cleverly to succeed.

2) This irks me a bit. The sergeant in the 10man squad has a combi-plasma and melta bombs. It just seems a slightly odd combination. Thats all so YMMV

3)Multi-melta. Tactical squad. No. You have the option of a missle launcher which will be much, much more useful than a weapon tanks can avoid easily. It has a 12" threat range where it is more useful than a ML which has a 48" threat range.

Also, IMO, at this point level a chaplain will serve you much better than a plain captain. Another this of opinion is the razorback. If you decide to keep it, I'd go with a lascannon and Tl plasmagun instead of just lascannon.

Also watch the spelling in your tittle. You'll get more replies with a well spelt tittle.

PS: As a bit of fore warning, marines tend to suffer slightly in the low point games. Just saying...

Quick pointer, change the captain for a libby. A naked captain does close to nothing (kit him out with a relic blade or dual claws it's another story).
A libby gains a power weapon aswell as 2 powers of you choice, avenger in a pod can hurt the enemy bad and might of the ancients make him kind of good in combat.
Note that "normally" nullzone is always taken, but it is of little value in a 500p game.

I would trade the pod out for a normal rhino, and drop the captain for a chaplain. Also change the Razor to be Lascannon + TL Plasma. Also, drop the melta bombs for a Combi-Melta for the Sergeant. Multi-Melta should probably become a Missile Launcher.

500 points is a difficult level for vanilla Space Marines, partially because you are required to take an HQ, but it's hard for them to find a place to ride. Tactical Squads ideally should be a full 10 men, as 5 guys is just not worth the investment since you cannot take a heavy weapon or special weapon unless the squad is full. Additionally, a basic Tactical Squad in a Rhino with basic equipment is 205 points, and if you take a pair of them it leaves you with only 90 points to spend on an HQ (all of which are 100 points or more) and no place for him to ride.

The result is that it's better to take a non-mech list at this level unless you are fielding Space Wolves or Blood Angels, which can effectively run undersized units. (I know, I know! That goes against everything I normally advocate!). I'd run something like this:

Librarian (Null Zone, The Avenger) - 100
10 Tactical Marines (Missile Launcher, Meltagun) - 175
9 Scouts (Sniper Rifles, Missile Launcher) - 137
Predator (Autocannon, heavy Bolter Sponsions) - 85
Total 497

It's a gunline list to the core, but it should be able to handle most anything as it approaches with the exception of a Land Raider (which you should not see at 500 points!).

Just my thoughts on the matter.

Papaskittels wrote:Capt pace marine captain w/ CCW weps

As other said, go libby or Cap't with Relic blade, but libby is best. Given your mostly non-psy enemy list, you'll have a decided advantage.

Papaskittels wrote: 5 man tac. squad w/ seargent , melta bombs , Razorback , tl Lascannon
10 man squad w/ seargent combi plasma gun, melta bombs, plasma gun, multi melta, DROP POD

Why so many meltabombs at 500 points? A TL-AssaultCan will serve you better as you'll be needing to deal with more infantry than tanks at such a low level.

Changes I'd make:
Out: TL-LAsCan, Meltabombs, plasmagun and combi-plas. Captain.
In: Librarian, sgt. Pfists and TL Assault Can (or HB if points aren't available), lastly meltagun for the Drop Pod crew. The MM (or Missile Launcher, if you take wizard12's advice item #3 on the heavy weps) can't fire when the DP arrives. A meltagun can.

ok well i just got the dex and am trying to figure out the combo.... i will make a better list with revisions later..

so chaplin or libby?
Drop the drop pod and get a rhino?
and no plasma

In small pt games, you need numbers.
I'd delete the Pod as you want to play defensively keeping the enemy at arm's length.

Any special rules at the RTT?
Are one HQ and two troops mandatory?

yea you have to have atleast 1 hq and atleast 2 troop -_-

I'll go with Aldarionn's list, except change the Null Zone to Gate of Infinity or Might of the Ancients. In 500 points you'll have a hard time occupying objectives or escaping certain death from assault (hello orks), so Gate might work out for you better than Null zone, since only a few will bring units with Invulnerable saves on 500 points.

Librarian (Null Zone, The Avenger) - 100
10 Tactical Marines (Missile Launcher, Meltagun) - 175
9 Scouts (Sniper Rifles, Missile Launcher) - 137
Predator (Autocannon, heavy Bolter Sponsions) - 85
Total 497

Its a rather good list.
However, the Scouts cannot be combat squadded - they should in some games.

thank you i am going with aldarionn's list

Do you think i could trop the transports somehow, and get 1-2 attack bikes in there? i