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I have obtained the sprues to make 5 death company in a job lot of stuff.

I planned on selling it but the more I look at them the more I love the models.

I play IF tactics at the moment but was considering trying something else and as I have a home brew black armour chapter I think having red death company could look quite cool.

Are squads of 5 worth taking? If so what loadout? I have a lot of assault marines and rhinos so the core of a decent BA list if I do make them up.

A squad of 5 with bp/ccw makes a reasonably cheap blender unit, with a bunch of attacks and rules to make them hurt (25 S5 attacks will do a lot of damage). Throw in a Chaplain for double rerolls, and they become really choppy!

All you need is a delivery mechanism, and in this case a Land Raider Crusader/Redeemer works well, making a nice spearhead to an armoured assault and ensuring you hit at full power.

Is it worth giving them jump packs? I already run a jump chaplain see.

Eh... Steep price. Though my golden rule is 1TH per 5 DC

 throwoff wrote:
Is it worth giving them jump packs? I already run a jump chaplain see.

Personally, I prefer a LR over JP, most of the time it gets them into combat just as fast but keeps them safer/does more damage on the way there. I'd put a jump Chaplain with an Assault Squad, as it's more points effective overall. With BA you can bring Chaplains in Elites so FOC shouldn't be an issue.

If you've only got 5 jump packs are still pretty cheap and get them into combat quick. I always stick 1 PF per 5 Death Company.

I tend to run 5 with jump packs and they mince most units

Well, with Jump Packs and Power Fist they are 200 points.
That's 40 points for a Marine with 3+ armor and FnP.

Expensive.

small magnets are AWESOME for DC, switch the arms and backpacks, that will give you a lot of flexibility in a small squad. The only problem if you'll want to buy 20 more DC because they're so fun. I might have 60 ish...