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2012/03/23 03:06:07
Subject: Which SM army should I start?
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Excellent Exalted Champion of Chaos
Lake Forest, California, South Orange County
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So I'm determined to do this Red Hunters army that I've had in my head for a while. What I can't decide on is which Space Marine book to use: Blood Angels, Grey Knights, or Space Marines.
I've never played a game of 40k before, so I don't really know the differences between the three or how they play.
Things I know I want:
Librarian(using Sevrin Loth)
Assault Termies w/ Hammers and shields
Sternguard(gonna use MkIII iron armor for these)[I know that GK don't have these so I'll have to figure something out if I go with them]
a rifleman Dread(contemptor)
and probably 2 predators as I love the look of them.
The average size game locally is 2k. So if you could help me on list design as well that would help.
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2012/03/23 03:13:24
Subject: Which SM army should I start?
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
Australia
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I'd go with Ultramarines...Oops, I mean, regular marines....They give you the greatest variety of different equipment.
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2012/03/23 03:15:37
Subject: Which SM army should I start?
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Fully-charged Electropriest
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I would say Marines. With Blood Angels you kind of want to have some jump infantry.
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2012/03/23 03:19:28
Subject: Re:Which SM army should I start?
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Savage Khorne Berserker Biker
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I chose blood angels, their very similar to regular marines but ALL of their vehicles are "fast", they get access to the mighty storm raven, the Death Company absolutely destroys everything in it's path, you get a Librarian dreadnought (you read that right) LOL, you also get to take up to 3 priests with your squads ( giving them furious charge and FNP), and let's not forget the Sanguinary guard (golden armored badasses with a 2+ save and MC PWs). I mean, what's not to love about the Blood Angels. O Yea, we can deep strike Land raiders too. 
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2012/03/23 03:23:31
Subject: Which SM army should I start?
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Excellent Exalted Champion of Chaos
Lake Forest, California, South Orange County
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Could I run Blood Angels without using jump infantry?
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"Bryan always said that if the studio ever had to mix with the manufacturing and sales part of the business it would destroy the studio. And I have to say – he wasn’t wrong there! ... It’s become the promotions department of a toy company." -- Rick Priestly
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2012/03/23 03:26:18
Subject: Re:Which SM army should I start?
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Fully-charged Electropriest
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sub-zero wrote:I chose blood angels, their very similar to regular marines but ALL of their vehicles are "fast", they get access to the mighty storm raven, the Death Company absolutely destroys everything in it's path, you get a Librarian dreadnought (you read that right) LOL, you also get to take up to 3 priests with your squads ( giving them furious charge and FNP), and let's not forget the Sanguinary guard (golden armored badasses with a 2+ save and MC PWs). I mean, what's not to love about the Blood Angels. O Yea, we can deep strike Land raiders too.
WE CAN DEEPSTRIKE LANDRAIDERS! I really have to look more closely into my codex! I got BA because of the noble aspect of their fluff as they are humble and not spiteful. They are just awesome! Yes, and the Death Company is not a scoring unit!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Aerethan wrote:Could I run Blood Angels without using jump infantry?
You could! The Death Company can be outfitted with regular backpacks also. You would be missing some close quarters fighters though if you did not get Assault Marines.
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2012/03/23 03:33:16
Subject: Which SM army should I start?
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Excellent Exalted Champion of Chaos
Lake Forest, California, South Orange County
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Well keep in mind that the fluff of the army is meaningless as they will be used as Red Hunters. I'm just trying to figure out the best book to use for them.
On a related note, I just bought Sevrin Loth on ebay as my librarian.
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