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Hello all! I'm pretty new to all this and I absolutely love the Chaos Space Marine and Skitarii models, so I've cobbled together a list to play them both as the one army. This is mostly a list for casual games and enjoying my models, so not looking for a tournament winning list, but I want to have a chance of winning a game, as well as being able to take on my main opponents (Orks, CSM and Space Wolves) and provide some degree of challenge.

Specifically, I'd love advice on:
1. Whether the Havoks are a good idea. They're resin, so while I think they fill a niche in the army I wouldn't mind an alternative.
2. Whether this has anything it really can't kill. I'm creating this list after a traumatic experience with an Imperial Knight, so I don't know what's around the corner.
3. Whether I should dump the Vanguard and take my beloved Techpriest instead (on the left there) in the Start Collecting formation.
4. Whether there are any totally dud units I should drop.
5. Which Daemons the Sorcerer should summon.
6. Whether CSM/Skitarii will work as an army. I'm doing it anyway, but it'd be good to know!

Any advice at all much appreciated, but I am pretty new.

PRIMARY DETACHMENT: CHAOS SPACE MARINE CAD

HQ:

Chaos Sorcerer: Mark of Tzeentch, Terminator Armour, Force Staff, Spell Familiar, Mastery 3 (170 Points)

Elites:

x5 Chaos Terminators: Mark of Tzeentch
Champion: Chainfist, Lightning Claw
2 Combi Plasmas, 1 Combi Flamer and 1 Reaper Autocannon, Power Weapons (254 Points)

Troops:

x8 Chaos Space Marines: Mark of Khorne, Icon of Vengeance
Equipped with Bolter, Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon, one Plasma Gun (184 Points)

x10 Chaos Cultists (50 Points)

x10 Thousand Sons: Icon of Flame (280 Points)

x1 Chaos Rhino (Dedicated Transport for Thousand Sons), Dirge Caster, Dozer blade, Havok Launcher (57 Points)

Fast Attack:

x3 Chaos Bikers: Mark of Nurgle
x2 Flamers and a Combi-Flamer (108 Points)

Heavy Support:

x5 Havoks
x2 Missile Launcher, x2 Autocannon (125 Points)

x1 Forgefiend: Hades Autocannon x2, Ectoplasma Cannon

SECONDARY DETATCHMENT: SKITARII MANIPLE

Troops:
x9 Skitarii Vanguard: Omnispex (101 Points)
x10 Skitarii Rangers: Omnispex
Arc Rifle, Plasma Cavalier, Transuranic Arquebus

Heavy Support:
x1 Onager Dunecrawler: Icarus Array (125 Points)

TOTAL: 1849 Points

For the sorcerer, probably going to take Summoning Primaris, Tzeentch Primaris and other power, Biomancy something. He's the Warlord. Can explain my planned tactics (such as they are) on request!

If you've read all the way down here, thanks!

You should check the allies section in the brb i believe chaos and imperium are come the apocalypse which is not good. You may want to consider building two smaller armies instead.

They are indeed Come the Apocalypse - I checked before I made the army. However, deployment has not been an issue so far, and considering I have chosen very shooty Skitarii, I don't think keeping them 6 inches apart should be a problem. I'll need to play a few games before I really know how much of a pain it's going to be, and I know it won't be super competitive or anything, but I hope it'll work anyway.