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This has been inspired by two recent posts by different users who both had the same idea of including a chap master/mephy combo. Here's my (slightly different) take on the idea:

White Scars/Iron Hands (what do you think?)

Chapter master
Bike, aa, th, shield eternal.

2 x 5 man bike squad
2 grav, 1 combi grav

5 scouts
Snipers

Storm talon
Skyhammer

3 x thunderfire cannon

Mephiston

5 man assault squad
Flamer, combi flamer
Pod

10 man death company
Bolters
Pod

Furioso
Magna grapple, frag cannon, melta gun
Pod

Stormraven
Assault cannon, multimelta

Total: 2k

Bikes race forward to hit with grav turn 1. Death co and furioso drop to increase 1st turn pain. Thunderfire cannons placing 12 sniping blasts. Turn 2, Chapter master and mephy run rampant, death co assaults, furioso hunts tanks if still alive. Reinforcements if arriving will include a dual flamer unit on the drop and 2 flyers. Scouts just sit on backfield objective, any spec weapon casulaties or pinning they inflict is just a bonus. What do you think? Shouldn't have a problem with MCs and thinking the amout of threats turn 1 should worry opponents.

I don't like not putting a few special weapon sin the death company.

a good rule of thumb I like to use for my DC is this, 1 PF or TH per 5 men. and 1 power weapon per 3-4 (if you can spare the points).

So do I usually. The only way to free up points to do this would be to drop 2 death co and pick up a pf and a power weapon. That could work. But tbf with the chap master and mephy, I don't need to worry about the death co going mc or tank hunting, and 40 st 5 attacks after a 20 bolter shot salvo, most units should crumble without spec weapons on the death co. I do know the feeling though and pfs always work well for my death co so I will consider it.
Cheers for the feedback!