Which army list should I use for a Predator (Yautja) themed army?

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SouthlandLizardman wrote:I've been thinking about starting a Warhammer 40k army (mostly because it is more popular than WHFB in my area, unfortunatly), but I just don't like any of the models or the concepts. I think Orks in space is stupid, I think Elves in space is stupider, and I think Space Marines are just too cartoony. I hate the Xenomorph (which the Tyranids are a rip-off of), and the Tau models seem wierd to me. I do not have a hatred for Science Fiction in general however, I love the Original Trilogy of Star Wars (but don't get me started ont he precraps) but I love the Predator and the AVP franchises, easily my most favorite Sci-Fi setting.

So, if I were to pick up a Codex to represent the Predators http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Yautja which one would yo recomend?

I've thought about Dark Eldar, but T3 army wide really doesn't suit the Yautja as they are capable of brushing of multiple gunshot wounds and other injuries which would cripple a girly elf. I don't know much about the Tau, would their rules be a better fit for the Yautja?

I'm going to be rather honest here.

There is no army that would be anywhere near a decent fit for Yautja in 40k. Partly because Yautja don't really operate as an army, and partly because a full force of them would be absolutely brutal.

The best way I have seen to represent them would be in "old" Necromunda using a 1000-credit Malcadon, which gets close to how scary a single Hunter type would be. But in 40k proper? It just won't work very well, sorry.