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So there is a 'combat patrol' one day fun tourney coming up.

Scenarios are mostly capture and hold objectives style.

List build rules are
Combat Patrol Detachment (+0 Command points)
1-3 Troops
0-1 Elites
0-1 Fast Attack
0-1 Heavy Support
0-1 extra choice from: Troops, Elites, Fast Attack, or Heavy Support
You may include 1 dedicated transport for each other choice, up to a maximum of 2 dedicated transports total.
- Your Combat Patrol Detachment must only consist of units from a single ITC faction.
- No model may have an armour save better than a 3+ or invulnerable save better than a 4+. Saves cannot be improved beyond these limits (including by a +1 to the roll) by anything except cover.
- No model may have toughness 8 or higher.
- No model may have more than 6 wounds, unless it is a dedicated transport. Dedicated transports may have a maximum of 10 wounds
- Dedicated Transports may only be taken for a unit that is capable of embarking in it
- Lords of War, HQs, and Fortifications are not permitted
- Forge World units are not permitted
- No named or unique characters/units are allowed
- You may not include more than 40 models or 250ptsof any one type of model (e.g. Conscripts). Unit champions (or equivalent) count towards this total.
- Units cannot increase their model count above their starting size through any means
- No model may start the game off the battlefield, unless it is in a dedicated transport. This means the deep-strike/similar is not allowed. Furthermore, a unit may not leave the battlefield voluntarily by any means.
- Summoning is not allowed
- Relics are not allowed
- Warlord Traits will be used as normal. If you have any models with the character keyword, one of them must be chosen as your Warlord. Warlords without the character keyword do not generate warlord traits.
- Specialist Detachments are allowed

I thought I would go with a mechanised formation as the theme, so...

Cadian
2 Platoon Commanders
3 IG squads, 2 with Plasma
1 Mortar heavy weapon squad
1 Armoured Sentinel Squadron (Autocannon and hunter killer missiles)
2 Heavy Bolter chimera, 1 with a Hve Stubber

Alternative ideas?

What 500 point guard list would you do?

You can only have 1 Platoon commander...

I would Take 500 points on the nose
Platoon commander
3 ig squads HB one squad gets a sniper rifle
3 Scout sentinels with heavy flamers
3 HWT missile launchers
1 Chimera HB/ML

Maximzies your firepower options, creates fast units your opponents have to deal with and you get a cheeky sniper rifle

Use the flamer sentinels to screen chargers and tar-pit.

you have a lot of heavy weapons fire and AP-1 in the list. it ought to deal with everything you might run across.

35 models to boot. 4 of which are fast.

Can have 2 - you can get an extra unit from any slot.

Ahhh neat. well i still recommend you pull more sentinels together.

So sentinel -tastic list could be...

Infantry Squad - Grenade Launcher
Platoon Commander - Chainsword, Laspistol, Old grudges, Warlord
Armoured Sentinels - 2 x Lascannon, 1 x multilaser
Scout Sentinels - 2 x Hve Flamer, 1x Multilaser
Heavy Weapons Squad with 3 mortars
2 x Chimera with Heavy Bolter and Multilaser