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My shop runs a lot of 1850 tournys and I have enough IG to make that happen (list below). I am looking to build a second army that is much more assault-y then my shoot-y guard. Since that sounds like a good criteria for an allies detachment I decided this was a good time to grab some allies. I am looking for a 500-750 allies detachment that can hit fast and hard in assault, doesn't need to be scoring just killy. Guys at my FLGS have suggested lots of things from khorne marines + slanesh bikers to wyches. Please let me know your suggestions taking into account I like the modeling aspect of the hobby as much as playing. In my list you will notice that I have 2 earthshaker artiller platforms from forge world, my FLGS allows 1 forgeworld unit per army (banned: Assault Ram, Mole Miner, Assault Droppods), they are dirt cheap and passout pie to marines like a waitress. The way this plays is you hole up the infantry attached with the Lord behind the AEGIS (Lord on Quad) to bubble wrap the HWS and Earthshakers. Demolishers ram down the enemies throats with S10AP2 pie, Vandettas carry either Melta Vets, Special Weapons or PCS to score and kill depending on the mission. Again, I am looking for a hard hitting assault unit to help plug that hole in my list.

My list 1850:
HQ1
CCS + 3 Plas
Chimera (ML/HB)

HQ2
Lord Commisar (BP/CCW)

Troop1
PCS
Chimera (ML/HF)
Infantry + Autocannon
Infantry + Autocannon
HWS + 3 Lascannon
HWS + 3 Lascannon
Special Weapons + 2 Flamer/1 Demo Charge

Troop2
Veterans + 3 melta

Elite1
Marbo

Fast1
Vandetta

Fast 2
Vandetta

Fast 3
Hellhound + Searchlight

Heavy 1
Demolisher (HF)

Heavy 2
Demolisher (HF)

Heavy 3
2 Earthshaker Artillery (forge world)

Fortification
AEGIS Defense Line
Quad Gun

Harlequins, orks, nob bikers, dunno if tau can be BB but overwatch shenanigans would be rad. Vanilla Assault Termies. Or my fluffiest suggestion... Salamander Assault Termies w Vulkan. Can get much more choppy than that.

Choppy indeed! Shouldn't Vulkan have the new "only in your main detachment" rule when the new vanilla codex comes out? I am looking a little bit into the future here and if that combo doesn't work anymore... Also with the vanilla marines I would need a troop slot to fill. That was one of the things I liked about the Chaos biker idea was that I could take a unit of marines (BP/CCW/Bolter) with Khorne mark along with the bikers to have a "don't even think about assaulting me off this objective" squad plus the hard and fast, thoughts?

Ive ran a Battlewagon full of boys a couple of times and did pretty good with them.They usually draw a lot of attention.

I do Ard boy shootas with an eavy warboss..he has cybork/comb flamer/bosspole/attack squig.I run a nob with a BC in the group too for challenges(hasn't happened yet though).
I do a rolla on the wagon with a couple of big shootas,no need for any more guns...also take a plank as it can be fun to use and quite the surprise

With your setup you can squeeze the Wagon in between your Demos as they roll forward,covering the av12 BW flanks,then jolt out and wreck some face when the opportunity arises.

The next time I try it I plan to go with the Mad Doc as my HQ,use Ard Slugga boys and give the entire unit cybork just to REALLY be a pain in the ass lol