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For a for fun game with a friend. Have never played men with power armor and welcome constructive comments on how it may work.

IG (Main Army) 1120 pts[/u]
HQ:
- Company Command Squad, Astropath

Troops:
- Platoon
- PCS
- 20 man blob w/ commissar, melta gun
- 20 man blob w/ commissar, melta gun
- AC Heavy Weapons Team
- LC Heavy Weapons Team
- Penal Legion Squad

Elites:
- Storm Trooper Squad, 2x melta

Heavy:
- LRBT
- LRBT

Space Marines (Allies) 840 pts[u]
HQ:
- Lysander

Troops:
- Scouts, Camo, 4 snipers, beacon

Elites:
- 5 Assault Termies, TH/SS
- 10 Man Legion of the Damned, melta, heavy bolter

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Plan:

IG does their thing; CCS gives orders/brings in reserves early; Blobs fill deployment zone/take cover/grab objectives/suicide charge to harass; Penal Legion cowers/bubble wrap/Outflank; Heavy Weapons kill tanks/termies; Stormies pop tank/harass backfield; Tanks kill everything (If possible )

The Marines are the fun part. The scouts are there for the troop choice and for beacon transport. Depending on what they can get close to will depend on who drops near them. Something hard? Bring in the TH/SS. Something soft/not in a vehicle? Down comes Lysander with the Legionnaires. Their job is to shot up units, in cover or no, and to cause casualties through sheer shots. Lysander lets them reroll hits with all but the melta, and they all have a 3++ save for wonderful LoS roles. I expect them to die a horrible death, but I believe that it will take a considerable amount of effort to do so. I can have the termies start on the board if needed, but I am wanting my opponent to be forced to choose between the outflanking Penal squad, tank busting/AP3 toting stormies, TH/SS termies, or a Damned Lysander that wants your soul. All of this backed up by tanks and random blobs that can surprise the unwary. Should be fun.

NOTE: I am an experienced IG player with only one 500 pt game in 6th ed. I do NOT own flyers, manticors, or any actual SM models. The game is meant to be for fun and the list does not need to be tourney competitive. I am trying to have fun, not power game. Advice is more than welcome, trolling for no reason will be ignored.
Thanks for your help!

I like what I see.

You could (since they are for DS armor/ap2 Popping) Have 2 or even 3 Storm Trooper squads with 2 melts/plas and a plasma pistol each. Just something to think about.

Since Chimeras may be taking a back seat I think the 5 man Suicide Storm squads with Plas / Melts might become popular. That or ally terminators. Hey wait... this is like a twisted version of rocks, paper, terminators, S#@t..

Also IDK if you have your heart set on C:SM but if you pick BA you can have

Commander Dante and his Sanguinary Guard. They are essentially Terminators with jetpacks but without the invuln save. Oh and with Dante they are a troop choice that auto succeeds deep strike. So no need to take derp scouts. They also can all take infernos pistols which are essentially melta. So DeepStrike auto and 5 melta shots at BS 4 =).


Dante with Sanguinary Guard All with power Fists and Infernos pistols death masks and Banner plus the 5 Terminators with TH/SS comes to 805. Drop the power fists 755. Wiggle some points around and you can have 7 Termies or 2 of those wicked Storm trooper Suicide squads.

Pretty sure Lysander can not come down with LotD.
I would try to get marine ICs, as they boost blob squads.

Marines in a drop pod can probably do storm troopers role better.

You can not bring 2 marine elite slots.

Telion would be a good addition to the scouts.

ADL with quad gun would be very useful in your list.

Just in general the list doesn't fit together for me.

Commissar_T: Thanks for the post. The problem with having more Stormies in this list is the lack of elite slots. I always have two in my lists, but I feel like trying something new. If all else fails, they can shoot at a squad of devs or long fangs and give my opponent hell. I like the idea behind the BA, but I have a friend who tried it with results less then spectacular. I should have enough tank busting in my list for what needs to happen, I can pop most anything pretty well as it is without the SM.

MFletch: Thanks for the post. I do not see where Lysander cannot be with the LotD. I run blob squads as delaying tactics and bullet sinks, not as killy troops. The points are just not there for any IC's, but I know what you are heading toward. I disagree with the drop pod squad being better than stormies. I can reroll scatter for the stormies, have two BS4 meltas, and have only spent 105 pts for a squad that is meant to die a horrible death without a second thought. They still manage to kill/distract more than their points worth every game, which is good enough for me. Why cant I bring two marine elite slots (I honestly have no idea)? Telion is unfortunately points I do not have. I am saving to buy the ADL, but since I am proxying all of the SM already... friendship only goes so far. If I try to make it more comp, I can replace one of the LRBT with two hydras, drop 85 various points for the ADL, and other change ups depending on how the list plays. I am sorry the list does not fit well for you, but I think it will for me, so I am at least going to try it.