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hello im new to this forum and i thought i should talk to some people that could help my army and get some ideas flowing. a few days ago i was browsing ebays (as you do) and i came across one of my favourite chaos models going cheap. So i bought a terminator lord and a codex and started buying some stuff that hopefully will help my army but not my wallet. so this is what ive got so far.

HQ

Terminator lord~ melta pistol~ deamon wepon~melta bombs (not sure what mark to give him) ----155 points

Troops

Chaos marines 10 men~ champion with power fist~ melta bombs~ plasma pistol~ plasma gun~ melta gun 225 points

chaos marines 10 men~ champion with power fist~ melta bombs~ plasma pistol~ heavy bolter~ plasma gun 225 points

Khorne bezerkers 5 men~ skull champion~ power wepon~ plasma pistol~ melta bombs 155 points

Elites

Terminators~ champion~ power wepon~ 2 power fists~ auto cannon~ 2 chain fists 245 points

TOTAL POINTS 1005however i feel i could cut costs in places but previously playing standard marines im used to wasting points on unececarry pieces of equipment. any suggestions on getting me to 1500?

This is all i could get for £40 and converting my old salamanders. as it says in the title im open to all suggestions including warband name. was i thinking along the lines of something like "The Iron Tusks" but im not sure. any ideas?

Chaos cant have melta pistols. Thats a blood angles thing.

and Khorne bezerkers can't have Melta Bombs...


Do you HAVE the codex?
Or are you just guessing?...

more berzerkers .. make it 2 squads of 8 in rhinos

and maybe a defiler or 3 oblits? (whichever model you prefer!)

Get the codex and look at the units, then decide what units are good.

Here are some tips:

A) Your troops choices should always be in Rhinos unless they're Noise Marines with a heavy weapon.

B) Chaos Lords suck, generally speaking.

C) The strongest choices in the Chaos dex are in Heavy Support, Troops, and HQ. So max out HQ and HS, then most onto troops. Generally speaking, the current dex is "spammy". In other words, 3 Defilers or 3 Vindicators or 3 squads of Oblits is better than one of each.

epil wrote:Chaos cant have melta pistols. Thats a blood angles thing.

sorry ment combi melta


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Bloodhorror wrote:and Khorne bezerkers can't have Melta Bombs...


Do you HAVE the codex?
Or are you just guessing?...

yes i have read the codex and the skull champion can take melta bombs for 5 points.
so if i add 2 rhinos to that and make 2 squads of 8 bezerkers that will be ok?
are obliterators any good?

Bloodhorror wrote:and Khorne bezerkers can't have Melta Bombs...


Do you HAVE the codex?
Or are you just guessing?...

I think he means Melta Bomb form the Skull Champ.

Nuggz has it pretty much right.
With Khorne HQ, you could use a lord with MOK and Daemon Weapon, when you get two high rolls, he's really dishing out the damage. But prone to failure, and overall not that good.
Daemon Princes are very nice, either Lash or Warptime is very useful.
And Kharn is a really nice option in my eyes, even if he's in a Rhino rather than Land Raider.
Rhinos for Zerkers is a must (unless in Land Raiders) for 208 points, you get 8 Zerkers, Skull Champ with a Power fist. Only give other upgrades if you have spare points. I personally don't think Chaos Marines are that good, but can be useful, depends what you want them to do. You could always proxy them as Zerkers until you can buy the proper models?
Your Terminators are all wrong. You either want an small suicide squad, with 3 Combi-meltas, and maybe a Chainfist, to deepstrike down. Possibly a Heavy Flamer. Or a squad in a Land Raider is an option but very expensive, and probably not very good, as think about Space marine termies in a Land Raider, for the same or cheaper with Chaos upgrades, and they get 3++ saves Chaos don't :(

Decide which Heavy you like the most and get 3 of them (well out of Defiler, Vindi and Oblits, preds can be ok, but not that effective you will probably find). then carry on building from their.


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Darkest Hour wrote:

epil wrote:Chaos cant have melta pistols. Thats a blood angles thing.

sorry ment combi melta


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Bloodhorror wrote:and Khorne bezerkers can't have Melta Bombs...


Do you HAVE the codex?
Or are you just guessing?...

yes i have read the codex and the skull champion can take melta bombs for 5 points.
so if i add 2 rhinos to that and make 2 squads of 8 bezerkers that will be ok?
are obliterators any good?

Was writing my post when you edited that in.
Read my advice, i think its pretty useful, or i hope it is. Obliterators are really good, they are very versatile, can do many jobs, can sit at the back, can deep strike in, can slowly advance (and still shoot because of slow and purposeful) Defilers are also very good, And Vindicators are very effective, although some people don't like their 'short' range.

Ah my bad darkest Hour!

Your layout confused me...
My Apologies >.<

You need your khorne Bezerkers in rhinos otherwise they'll just become light arms magnets and die before they get bloody.

and i'd agree with Rodgers above me about the 3x Heavy Support thing. Don't take one of each, but rather 3 of each

or at a push
2x Vindicators or Defilers and 1x 3 Obliterators

no worries dude,
i under stand that oblitorators can have a fair bit of fire power but how come the havocs arnt mentioned. i assume that they arnt really worth the points or any good

So what would be the best way to build my terminators?