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I know this isn't the greatest of armies, but it's a bit of fun; it's not intended to be competitive, so here goes:

HQ:

Lord Commissar
Power Weapon
Carapace Armour
90pts.

Troops:

Penal Legion
80pts.

Penal Legion
80pts.

Penal Legion
80pts.

Penal Legion
80pts.

Penal Legion
80pts.

Penal Legion
80pts.

Heavy Support:

LRBT
Las
Heavy Bolters
185pts.

LR Executioner
Las
Plasma Cannons
245pts.

1000pts.

and what are you going to do against fire-army's? if youre LRBT is destroyed, you have nothing left... maybe rending of youre penal legion, but they have to accross the battlefields with a 5+ armour...

if you are taking penal legion, give every squad a ministorum priest... re-roll to hit is usefull for them, i know...

I was just about to say the same thing, Imperial Commander. I never tried out the tactic before, but I heard a priest really boosts the squad's fighting skills.

to scrazza:
yes, it is a good tactic...
you are paying 125 point for 1 unit..
desperadoes: 1/2 is assault 2 shots, that looks the same thing as 4 attacks in CC but you can re-roll 2 attacks, 3/4 furious charge, is you are hit with the same S and I then the re-roll could be use full and if you have 5/6... realy... 3 attacks per penal legionary a unit of 10 gets 31 attack with re-roll and rending...

below i havea part of a topic i had post before...

i had once ago a battle against blood angels and my penal legion had the knifefighter rule (extra attack and rending).
my oppion had i thought astorath or dante, the one who is no eternal warrior, and a unit of Sanguinary Guard.
i charged, he hit first and killed 5 of my penal legion, then it was my turn.
i had 16 attacks of my penal legion and i attacked the guard, missed 6 -> re-roll (because of the priest) and i had 15 hits (a little bit lukky) and then 5 times rending, so his guard where dead.
my psyker hits the special caracter 3 times and wounded him once, he failed his invurnable save and because of force weapon i passed my psycic test.
so +/- 450 points of blood angels have been killed by 195 points of guard in close combat

what do you think about it?

I would say that this list is a good START to a 1500-2000 pt force. But at 1000 pts, you are lacking in heavy weaponry.