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Hello there, my name is Phill and I need help!

I am a hobbyist that makes and paints and hardly ever plays the game, but I have been challenged to a game by someone much MUCH better than I so i need advice on how to at least make a game of it!

The points limit is 1500 and I will be facing some kind of space marine/chaos marine force so plenty on anti power armour seems to be the way I should go.

The catch....my army is a PURE RT era army, by that I mean my options are limited to the models of that era that I have:

Couple of preds
3-4 rhinos
2 dreads
4 landspeeders
3 attack bikes with melta
30 tactical marines (flamers and missile launchers)
15 scouts with pistols and heavy bolters
10 sterngaurd
10 normal termies, 3 chainfists, 2 assault cannons (i also have 2 cyclone missile launchers)
10 termies, 3 chainfists, 2 heavy flamers.
10 assault termies, lightning claws, 3 hammers
Terminator chaplain, captian, librarian.
Captain models etc for HQ options.

I have come up with an idea for a HQ. With the old Vinvent Black Shadow bike with side car, if I use a techmarine rider and an old Conversion Beamer I could have a master of the forge on bike with conversion beamer model....which is cool.

OK, my list idea:
HQ:
Master of the Forge, bike, conversion beamer: 155

Elites:
5 Termies, Assault Cannon: 230
9 Sternguard 1 Sergeant, 2 Heavy Flamers, Power Fist, Combi Flamer, Rhino: 335

Troops:
9 Tactical 1 Sergeant, Power Fist, flamer & Missile Launcher, Rhino: 230
9 Tactical 1 Sergeant, Power Fist, flamer & Missile Launcher, Rhino: 230

Fast Attack:
Landspeeder Squadron: 3 Landspeeders, 3 Multimelta, 3 Heavy flamers: 210
(can speeders fire all their weapons in one round?)

Total: 1390...110 left...hmmm A predator or Dreadnought..or perhaps use the points to beef up the rhinos or termies?

What do you think? Any advice you could give me on how to build a competitive list would also help

Now I have come up with

Add Space Marines to the title if you want plenty of feedback!

If you're running MOTF on bike then you need a bike squad to add him to so he isn't so easy to kill. MOTF benefits are bolster defences and taking dreads as HS. You don't appear to be using any of these upgrades in your list. Either change the list or take a different HQ choice.

I see your point. I have never been good at thinking how to get the most out of a list as I tend to go with 'ohhh that would be cool'.

This time though I want to try and win!

I have done some more thinking. What do you guys think of these two lists?

HQ: Terminator Chaplain with Combi weapon- 135pts

Elite: Terminator Assault Squad, 5 Termies- 200pts
Terminator Assault Squad, 5 Termies- 200pts
Srernguard, 1 sergeant & 9 marines, X2 heavy flamer, x3 combi melta, rhino- 320

Troops: Scout squad, heavy bolter, teleport homer- 100
Scout squad, heavy bolter, teleport homer- 100
Scout squad, heavy bolter, teleport homer- 100

Fast attack: Landspeeder Squadron, X3 speeder, X3 multi melta- 180

Heavy Support: Predator lasscannons all over- 165

Total: 1500

or

HQ: Captain with power weapon- 115
Command Squad with company champion- 130
Razorback- 40

Troops: 1 sergeant 9 marines, power fist, flamer, ML, Rhino- 230
1 sergeant 9 marines, power fist, flamer, ML, Rhino- 230
1 sergeant 9 marines, power fist, flamer, ML, Rhino- 230

Elites: Sternguard, 1 sergeant 9 marines, 2X heavy flamers, 3X combi meltas, rhino- 345

Fast Attack: Landspeer Squadron, X3 speeders, X3 mulit meltas- 180

Total: 1500