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My first crack at a CSM army, wanted a totally different feel for what I´ve been doing with Dark Eldar:

HQ. Ahriman

Elite Hellbrute

Troop: Thousand Sons
x3 extra
meltabombs
Chaos Rhino

Thousand Sons
x4 extra
Chaos Rhino
Combi-melta

Thousand Sons
x4 extra
Chaos Rhino
Combi-melta

Chaos Cultits
x8 extra
Flamer
Shotgun
Autogun x8

Fast Attack: Helldrake w/ Baleflamer

Heavy: Obliterator x3

Fortification: Aegis Defence Line w/ Quad Gun

Feel free to critique

Bit over specialized maybe,that's a lot of AP 3. With all the invuln saves is there much point in an aegis? If going with aegis I'd take 2 havok squads (with autocannons) instead of oblits.

Also hellbrutes are pretty bad, maybe take a pred or two instead.

Not a fan of the Helbrute. Would use more cultists in it's place so that you can infiltrate d3 units of Sons while the rest of your force just dares people to come get them.

The Oblits and cultists make a nice firebase.

If you drop a couple cultists and all the combi-meltas + Melta Bombs, could you get a 2nd Heldrake after dropping the helbrute? I'm using 2 in my list and they are just... Just awful. : ]

OK. Then who is manning the quad gun?
Ahriman? Cultists with BS3?

With TL, is BS 3 an issue?

If I was to go full-on honest, I'd say just drop the Aegis and do whatever it takes to run 10man Tsons units or get a 2nd drake.

I've been ignoring flyers lately and focusing on the nasty ground stuff

Ah you know, It just completely slipped my mind i'd need to man that Quad gun.... hah!

I'll go tinker a bit. Reason I was using Hellbrute is because of the Dark Vengeance box - trying to get bang out of my buck

Will probably remove both Hellbrute and the line all together, and just put in some Havoc units, though I'm a huge fan of the Helldrake (also the model is just... whoah..)
Thanks for the feedback!