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Hey I am new to the game and really enjoying it. However I am not sure what I should get next for my space marines.

I currently have:
2 Space marine tactical squads
1 Space marine combat squad
3 Space marine bikes + 1 attack bike (MM on the attack bike) (I mostly bought them because I liked the models)
1 terminator combat squad from AOBR
1 dreadnought from AOBR
and the captain from AOBR

I would like to be able to play games in the 1000 to 2000 pts range. I am not sure what I should get next part of me would like to get some rhinos for the tactical squad.. Should I have more bikes or are they a waste of time?
Any direction would be great

thanks!

Pick yourself up some Rhinos.

Then decide whether or not your going to build your list around a special character. Then well be able to help more.

revackey wrote:Pick yourself up some Rhinos.

Then decide whether or not your going to build your list around a special character. Then well be able to help more.

I agree. Bike really only have their place in a very fast (read: mostly bike) list that can be expensive to put together. Works very well with the White Scars character, can never remember his name.

Rhinos are amazing vs assault armies. I play a lot of ork and tyranid, and they (mostly) pop the transport in the assault phase which robs them of the extra attacks vs the squad inside, while I can still fire special weapons out the top while it's alive.


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Also, don't buy the rhino kit. Get the Razorback kit, for like 2 extra dollars you can make both and swap out when needed.

Lots of directions available to you. How do you want to play?

Buy Razorbacks and then magnetise to use as rhinos.

Bikes can be fun. As an extra element to an army I would go the deathstar command squad for cc or attack bikes or some people would swear by scout bikers.

If you have bike squads proper then you might as well have them as troops. Which is great but just a completely different style of play. Be wary of using Khan and white scars as combat tactics is a great skill for bike squads which they do not have.

Too many options to go through everyone. Like Master of the Forge with dreads and bikes is an interesting and can be a cheap list.

I'm just going to fore warn you that I like tanks. That done, buy some razorbacks for your tac squads, magnetise or just dry fit the top panels so they can be either rhinos or razorbacks. Then buy a couple of preds, magnetising the side sponsons and the top plate where the turret fits is again a good plan.