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Me and a friend came up with a challenge were you buy a battleforce and you have to build and paint the full full battleforce in 2 days and then make a legit army list.
here are the rules:
you have to build and paint the models in 2 days
you can convert models but only with the bits in the battleforce
it has to be a legit army list with a HQ and 2 troops like any other list
there isnt a points limit (but most of them will be around 1000 points)
must have a battle with some one else who is doing the challenge
you CANNOT proxy any models they have to be converted
I want to know what you think of these rules and see if it would work, but mainly me and a reind thought of it to see what battleforce would be best in this scense

for example i do chaos space marines at the momen and i came up with this list
HQ
chaos sorcere
MoT
wind of chaos
gift of chaos
wings
plasma pistol
melta bombs
familiar
total=235

elite
chosen chaos space marine X 5
5 X meltabombs
5 X meltagun
MoT
total=205

troops
chaos space marines X 10
MoT
aspiring champion
plasma pistol
powerfist
2 X plasma gun
total=275

khorne berzerkers X 9
skull champion
power fist
pasma pistol X 3
meltabombs
total=279

rhino
havoc launcher
total=50

overall total=994
the idea is that i can use one of the possesed and change it around a little to look like a sorcerer and that would be my HQ and i would convert 5 of the chaos marines to choosen aswell.

so it is a little like that i want to know what you think of the challenge and what could be changed
thank you ll in advance

Wrong forum for this one.

the all gamer wrote:there isnt a points limit (but most of them will be around 1000 points)

1000 points? The Tyranid one maxes out (taking every option, good idea or not) at 736 points.

Just saying.

" ...you buy a battleforce and you have to build and paint the full full battleforce in 2 days..."

Are you a GW employee ? Just asking.

I think I'd add the option to buy a separate HQ for the army, but that's about it. I've heard this idea before and I like it, but 2 days is a bit of a challenge!

I like the idea of this. Mostly as a motivator to get things done. Problem is I play C:SM and DA. I recently put the finishing touches on the SM battleforces. One of the older ones with the Razor back and command squad, and one of the new ones with the jump infantry, scouts and rhino (mind you I went online and bought the bits to also run it as a razor back).
I have a NiB Raven wing battle force and two 3 DA bike kits that are next on the list once I finish up painting the 2 preds I recently finished modelling. I usually make it a rule to only open one box at a time until it is totally done, but I bought two preds and magnetized them both very thoroughly, and it was just easier to do both of them at the same time modelling wise.
The thing with the Raven wing set, is that you can't really make a field able army out of it. I could if I also modelled the other two boxes, but that would be cheating, and also I'm pretty sure it would border on the humanly impossible. Sprue, shave, magnetize, model, assemble, base coat, and paint 12 bikes, 1 attack bike, and a speeder would be though for me to do in a week let along 3 days. Doing a different box set would be useless to me as I don't need anything from the SM battleforce any more.

Maybe if you adjusted to rules a bit to be more accommodating to armies with either less useful battle forces, battle forces that cannot meet the HQ and 2 troop requirement, and/or players who have no need for another battle force. I love the spirit of what you are trying to do, and don't know how you could make it work like that, but if you could you might get more people on board as they will use the challenge as motivation to complete projects.

Maybe if the new starter box set comes out soon, AND it has DA as per the rumours, AND you would count that as a battle force substitute, I could get in on this. Heck, if it is also Chaos or CSM as per the rumours, I would get my brother in on it as well!

If you and your friend (and any other dakka members) decide to go for this, keep us posted! I'm interested to see how it turns out for everyone.