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Ok,
I've been building and painting a list for some time and in on a good streak with painting.

(side_note: in the P&M page, there's a thread from me about how to paint that rhino and lord, some pointers there would be most awesome).

Got my last minis from GW this friday and my 2k list needs tweaking when I realised the contents of the plague marines box.

After some thought and battlescribe-madness I came out with the below list. I'll try some test games against a DA gunline list and a mobile BA list. I know that I lack anti-armour a lot, got hellbrute(s) with twin las, but I want to try to headbang with my auto hit and mortal wounds against the darkshroud + 4++ inv. save gunline.

On paper this atleast feels fluffy and something different than all the Morty/poxwalker & Typhus lists. I've tried the Typhus and his poxwalkers, but man they are slow, not my style of playing.

Short tactical approach is:

Melee PM's with the elites inside the rhino, DP's and drones advance heavily towards the enemy lines. Drones give shelter for DP's and in my calculations I only need like 1-2 turns of movement from the rhino (hopefully shielded with miasma) until I can disembark and foot slog on there. BL PM's surround the plaguecaster and lord and I'll try to keep those plasma units inside the reroll aura with added radius from the helm.

I'll test play first against the pure DA gunline and if it can't drop all the drones and DP's before they reach the gunline I should do ok from there. I also went a bit crazy with the relics, but hey why not go ball's deep with the fluff.

Batallion

Malignant plaguecaster > (miasma of pestilence) > (curse of leper)
Chaos Lord > plasma pistol > balesword > {Fugaris' Helm}

7man plague marines > 4x boltgun > 3x plasma gun
7man plague marines > 4x boltgun > 3x plasma gun
7man plague marines > 4x boltgun > 2x blight launcher > plaguesword & boltgun on champion
7man plague marines > 1x flail > 1x mace & axe > 1x axe & knife > 3x dual knife > power fist & plaguesword on champion

Chaos rhino > combi-bolter

Outrider

Daemon prince of Nurgle > wings > dual malefic talons > (putrescent vitality)


Foetid bloat-drone > 2x plaguespitters > plague probe
Foetid bloat-drone > 2x plaguespitters > plague probe
Foetid bloat-drone > 2x plaguespitters > plague probe

Vanguard

Daemon prince of Nurgle > wings > daemonic axe > {suppurating plate} > (blades of putrefaction)

Tallyman
Biologus putrifier > {plaguebringer}
Foul blightspawn

2000 points - 8 command points {-3CP from relics} = 5 command points

Thoughts?

I feel like your gonna have trouble with any legit gunline; yeah, drones and the DP are fast(er), but from T1 your basically running headlong at your enemy. If you had any, I'd recommend a Plagueburst Crawler or two; this is coming from someone with limited 8th ed experience though.