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My primary armies are Blood Angels and Tau. However, since a lot of my models come from trades and lot boys, I have a number of leftover bits and bobs, figures that don't really match the Blood Angels way of making war - specifically, Marines with boltguns, shooty terminators, drop pods, and scouts (I guess they could be useful in a Blood Angels army, but I haven't used them in that way, so far).

I've decided to give into temptation and use these leftover models to make a Blood Ravens army. This is going to stay a strictly tertiary project for me, but it could be fun. It hurts me to have so many potentially gorgeous models just lying around, and this could be a fun way to use them.

Anyway, I'm still inexperienced in the ways of Codex chapters, so I thought I'd come to you for advice. Here is a list of the models I have:

1 Librarian w/Force Axe and Bolt Pistol
13 Marines w/Boltguns
1 Marine w/... I think it's a combi-Melta?
1 Marine w/Meltagun
1 Marine w/Multi-Melta
1 Marine w/Power Axe and Bolt Pistol
5 Scouts w/Sniper Rifles
4 Scouts w/Boltguns
1 Scout w/Missile Launcher
5 Terminators
• 1 Sergeant w/Power Sword/Storm Bolter
• 2 Power Fist/Storm Bolter
• 1 Chain Fist/Storm Bolter
• 1 Power fist/Assault Cannon
• And I have the bit for a Cyclone Missile Launcher, currently not attached to anything.
2 Drop Pods

Here's the best list I've come up with so far.

1000 Points

HQ
• Librarian (Epistolary)

Elites
• 5 Terminators w/1 Chain Fist, 1 Assault Cannon
• 5 Sternguard Vets, Combi-Melta Sergeant in a Drop Pod

Troops
• 10 Tactical Marines, Sergeant w/Power Axe and Teleport Homer, 1 Meltagun, 1 Multi-Melta, in a Drop Pod
• 10 Scouts w/Camo Cloaks and Boltguns, Sergeant w/Teleport Homer, 1 Missile Launcher, 5 Sniper Rifles

Scouts infiltrate, one of the Drop Pods makes a Turn One Drop Pod Assault (whichever I need more). The Librarian drops with the Tactical Marines. Between my Scouts and my Tacs being able to Combat Squad out, I have lots of objective holding power.

I have two main questions:
1) In general, what do you think of this list, given my limitations (the models I have on hand)
2) On the other hand, if you were going to buy something to add to this list, what would it be?

It's not a bad 1k list for a random collection of minis.

I generally don't like the librarian upgrade, but you can make it work. I'd drop him with the sternguard, rather then the tacs. The extra punch should help them survive. At 1k, I don't like sacrificing such a large chunk of your army on a gamble.

5 man drop sternguard is a bit risky. If you are doing a suicide drop, I'd want more then on c-melta to ensure a kill. If you expect them to live more then a turn, they need more bodies. Or be more conservative on the drop.

If you can, field the scouts in 2x5 man teams, rather then combat squadding. This gives you an extra sergeant.

If I was going to expand that list to 1,500 points I'd add

One sternguard box (5 guys, one c-melta, fist for sarge) ~160pts.
Tac squad, rhino. ML/F ~205pts.
Auto/Las Predator 120pts.

That's ~485. I'd probably drop the epistolary upgrade, maybe one or both of the homers and get a fast attack option, probably a land speeder typhoon, maybe unit of scout bikers, depending on my mood at the time.

Thanks for the advice.

You know, as luck would have it, I found a both a spare boltgun marine and another I had lying around that I was easily able to convert into a boltgun-and-power-fist sergeant. And, I also have a pair of Land Speeder Typhoons that I'm unlikely to use with my Blood Angels. I just have to clip off and greenstuff-over some BA iconography on the back...

Now, all I need to complete the Sternguard is one more combi-melta guy and two more boltgun guys. That I can pick up on eBay for a few bucks.

EDIT: Buying stuff is for wimps. I have cobbled together all the Sternguard Veterans I need, including a second combi-melta guy. Thanks again.