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Hi, i have started a chaos space marine army and want to make a solid 1000 point allied list to work with my daemon army (which will be the main force). I also want to use it as an army in its own right
This is what i am thinking of:

Chaos lord
Burning brand
Power sword
Veterans of the long war (VOTLW)
MoN
130

x6 chosen
x5 flamers
lightning claws
rhino
combi-flamer
VOTLW
MoN
233

x20 cultists
x2 flamers
100

x20 cultists
x18 autoguns
x2 heavy stubbers
118

Heldrake
Baleflamer
170

Maulerfiend
125

876

I have a few points to throw around but all my slots are full. What should i do?

More cultists!

MOAR!

Your Chosen are going to get wrecked Turn 1 by anyone with a Battle Cannon equivalent. T5 will help against the S8 part, but without FnP or an Invuln save the AP3 portion will destroy this squad. You also have a complete lack of any real long range anti-tank. The Heldrake can only do so much in one turn, and the Maulerfiend will be destroyed before it can charge against most armies. I'd look into Havocs or regular CSMs instead of Chosen at this points range. If you have more Marine models to play with, I would suggest maxing out one Cultists squad and putting your Lord in with them to make them Fearless and to use as "Look Out, Sir!" fodder to get him safely across the board. Scrap the chosen for a 10 man squad of CSMs with a ML/Melta loadout and the Maulerfiend for more Cultists with Flamers.

SkinCarver it would be easier to take your advice if you put it in a army list.

You might be able to just remove and replace the chosen for regular csm to get more bolters and bodies.