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I know that the legions were huge enough that they employed everything under the sun, but each Legion is usually known for using something. Iron Hands with tanks/mechanicum. Salamanders with their flame and melta. Ravenguard with their Jump units and claws.

The Thousand Sons, as we know, are the smallest legion (Next to another I think), so it would be good to use minimal infantry.
They had ties with the Mechanicum so they would be a good include either through allies or a Praevian.
Librarians are a must imho. Well, here's the list.




What do you people think?

EDIT: Will I need any books besides HH7 when it comes out?

You really like making army lists, don't you Kharne?

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
You really like making army lists, don't you Kharne?

Literally an addiction

*A good pass time

I like it! I have absolutely no idea how it will run haha. The only problem I see if everything is massively expensive to buy.

I count my Sons as word bearers atm to get more interesting psychic characters.

while they were one of the smaller legions, they also divided themselves up a lot less than other legions (fewer crusade fleets, etc.) so 20-man squads would still be perfectly fine via fluff. As for their mechanicum ties, it was really just a single forge world, and they often used robots as heavy assault troops, so I would swap the vorax for the ubiquitous castellax or thallax units. Beyond their mechanicum buddies, TS tend to shoot at stuff and use psychic powers to augment this, all while being prepped for CC (I mean they did manage to cripple the space wolves and custodes after they hit the line). It would also be important to remember that even pre-prospero, TS had really small vehicle armouries. Their best buddies were White Scars so you could probably do something with them if you REALLY didn't want to play without allies.

As for the list as a whole, I think the model count may be too low for a 3k list. While the castellax will be a pain to remove, Vorax aren't nearly as durrable. It looks pretty fun to play, though I don't see anything that screams TS beyond a single librarian Maybe something like this:

HQ:
Praetor
Librarian (w/ ML 2, here's to hoping that FW gives us access to ML 3 as a legion trait)
Forgelord w/ cortex (or Praevian)

TROOP:
2 15 or 20-man tactical squads
5-man recon team
5-man plasma or volkite support team

ELITE:
Terminators of some form
Apothecaries (TS we're small, so they probably had more than a few of these guys running about checking numbers and watching for flesh change)
some contemptors (varying weaponry)

FAST ATTACK:
some form of bike or plane

HEAVY SUPPORT:
a few Castellax
Artillery ( maybe bombards? Medusas are fun but they don't really fit the 'long range' ideal to me )

Well first off, both of your HQ choices are Support Officers, and secondly, how are you getting Mechanicum forces in the army with out them as allies?

Bob: Yeah they pretty expenisve

Brennon: That is very good advice, and I'll take it. I put in Medusa because I love the model. But I have an idea that I think will work.

Victor: I thought the Praevian wasn't a Legion Support Officer? And doesn't the Praevian allow for Mechanicum units?

Thanks for the advice guys

The Praevian is a support officer, and he is allowed One unit of Castellax or Vorax, which he must be apart of the unit.

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:
The Praevian is a support officer, and he is allowed One unit of Castellax or Vorax, which he must be apart of the unit.

Thanks for pointing that out, I completely overlooked that

Working on remaking the list currently

No worries mate.

I updated the list and I think it's marvelous

EDIT: Tactics
Praetor/Libby (Pyro) go with Termies
Apothecaries go into each Tactical Squad
1 Tactical squad and 1 Support squad will go in the Storm Eagle
The other Tac and support squads will foot slog
Magos sticks with Medusas (Thanatar will hang here as well)
Ursarax and Thallax will form a buffer for the Astartes

Now, I could get rid of the Resonator and give the Libby Cataphractii so they can deep strike, would that be better?