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I'm always about more boots on the ground and only 35 guardsmen in a 1000 point game seems a little light to me. You've got good short range fire in the veterans, and some nice longer ranged fire in the Vendettas, but not a lot of bodies for taking bullets. You seem to like your veterans (who wouldn't? I love mine), so I'd get more of those. Pull out the Manticore, they're great against lightly armored horde armies and vehicle parking lots, the first of which will be small(er) and the second of which will be rare at 1000 points. That will free up 155 points, enough to stick another squad of Vets in complete with a Chimera.

Of course, that doesn't solve your problem of "what to do with those remaining 80 points", but the answer of "more vets" never hurt. A heavy weapon team attached to the company command squad would be a good use as well. Let's look at where the list is light:

You've got some roles managed:
Veterans: Close in anti-tank
Vendetta: Long-range anti-tank
Chimeras: Some horde management, but since I figure they'll be rolling around most of the time they're not going to get to fire on it, and if they're flaming a horde the vets inside aren't being efficient with those meltas.

I'd say a Heavy Bolter team would be a nice fill-in for that slot. Again, not 80 points but it puts you closer.