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Hello all, here is my first army I've put together from a Cadian starter pack and a minor Ebay purchase:



So is this a decent 500 point starting list? I included the vox with the veterans mostly because I have to (its glued on the model), but it may be handy if I roll well on the Warlord Trait Table and get my Lord Commissar "Voice of Command."

Where would you go to expand this to 1000 points with the intention of further expanding the list far beyond that? I am interested mostly in infantry-centric lists or mixed evenly between armor, infantry, artillery, etc.

I also have the Dark Angels from the Dark Vengeance to use as an allied detachment occasionally, but since I don't have point values for them I only use them when/if my opponent agrees to their use. Are they a good ally to collect for guard and invest in things like a Codex and more models?

Thanks!

Meltagun vets & transports, they eat tank & meq.

 stonned_astartes wrote:
Meltagun vets & transports, they eat tank & meq.

Ok sounds good, thanks!

Do you know of a good way to get melta/plasma gun armed infantry? The only way I know to get them is to either buy the command squad or buy the 2 pack from GW. Even Ebay doesn't sell them cheap, the ones I've found were beat up and still upwards of $9 per model after shipping.

Unfortunately I don't know of any way to get those things for cheap other than from GW or Ebay. Which is a tragedy, since we need so many plasma/melta guns for our vet squads

Third party meltas (Chapterhouse/Kromlech/Puppetwars)
and you need at least one company command squad box anyway..
PCS can only issue one order per turn not worth it for voxes on each squad..
Wyvern, Tauroxes for the vets...extra autocannons to arm your Chimeras with
Master of Ordnance
Primaris Psyker, Astro path
Vanquisher, Basilisk

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/326381.page

cheap meltas! & you can just buy the guys cheep either of ebay or in the snap kits!

If you're going to use auto cannon chimers, take the exterminator cannon bit, cut off each barral and glue it over the chimera turret bit that the heavy bolter goes on. Get a transport for your vets, put the heavy weapon in your pcs instead of the vets, make a heavy weapon squad another infentry squad and mix in your new heavy weapons with them. auto cannons would be a good choice. then build another similar platoon with lascannons. and either a second lord commisar or CCS with a chimera. and a wyvren


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Also comman squad box isnt a bad deal. For around 25$ US you get a melta, plasma, heavy flamer, snipper,and a model that can be a commander, master of the fleet, or master of ordanince. Just paint him different from the rest of your army.

Very interesting suggestions everyone, thank you very much!