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I am going to invest in a new army and am settled on a slaneesh theme, also something a little different from my BA army.

With that in mind I am thinking a IG-Chaos mix and was wondering what would be a good suggested start for 1750 points?
- Loud cannons artillery + very drugged up marines on bikes?

Basic troops for CSM are CSM on foot, no HQ options allows for marines on bikes to be troops.

I'd advise to get either regular marines or noise marines, at least 3 squads for a 1750 army.

As for you lord and retinue, you could go for a lord on slaneesh mount, with a CC kited bike squad (with icon of excess!). That should be a good base.

Forge Word's Sabre Gun Defensive Platforms. Use them to replace the HW Team options of the basic Platoon. Fills a HUGE hole in your CSM armies capabilities.

You could possibly get some GK and SoB Arcoflagrants and Sisters Repentia to convert and make it seem like they're just into that sort of thing, but I'm not sure what you could count them as.

One thing, fluffwise, is probably not making a gunline. Even though that's what IG does, it's not exactly a Chaosy thing. Get a bunch of penal legions and have them charge them towards the enemy, just trying to feel the euphoria of combat. Let the Noise Marines do the stand and shooting, since their guns let them get off just as well as anything else.
Just a thought.

I am thinking along those lines

Giant cannons in the back letting loose the loud booms and glorious explosions of dirt and earth and bone that the chaos marines love to ride their turbo charged bikes through.

Also maybe a bastion with huge speakers hanging off the side. What I am thinking (gotta fine tune points etc)

Slaneesh lord on bike + bike gang
2 x Rhinos 1 with MoS marines or NM
1-2 Chimera with Vets kitted with w/e weaponry they need.
(bikes ride in front to give transports cover)

W/e artillery in the back (bright pink of course) lobbing shells dangerously close to the battle and maybe a Vendetta or Valkery flying overhead spraying chemicals and bullets over the battlefield.

*** use the arcoflagrants, sisters or deamonetts are sgts of IG units or Comissoners.

*** name my lord "Lord of the Womp" and he will be hated by all, FIRE THE BASS CANNON.

Lord on bike, bike squad, some noise marines as troops, ally in a command squad (probably with speakers) and take a 2 lascannon teams, slap an aegis line in, then take a squad of 3 baslisks.

However you could instead run the IG as the primary army, since you only are using 1 HQ, 1 FA and 2 troops, this way you could take more guard, and guard are in fact more numerous than marines.

In this way, you could use deathstrikes to act as crescendos or whatnot, sprinkle in some of the fast attack guard tanks with flamers, spraying LSD or something, hell you could even take rough riders to follow the bikes around, and the last thing I can think of is taking ogeryns and modeling them with bass guns.

1750

Chaos Lord - bike - soc - pw - mos - brand
CSM (10) - 2 Melta - Rhino - MoS - CCW
NM (10) - Sonic Blasters - Rhino
Bikers (6) - 2 Melta - IoE

IG (so unsure about this part)

Ageis Defense line - Quad gun
CCS - 3 PG - Chimara
PCS - 3x HWS with autocannons
Vendetta gunship
Vendetta gunship
Ordnance battery - griffon + basilisk