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To quote a famous British TV show, "And now for something completely different". Usually the lists I post here are intended to be taken very seriously for competitive play, but today I thought I'd post something I came up with that would be intended more for casual fun games. I wanted an excuse to play with a bunch of models I bought for 7th edition's "Lion's Blade Strike Force" but never actually got around to playing. For those who don't know, a Lion's Blade (and its vanilla counterpart, the Gladius) was a "super formation" that got a whole bunch of insane bonuses in exchange for being forced to take a certain combination of units. The units in question make up a Space Marine Battle Company as seen in the fluff, and is organized as such. A Captain and Chaplain, 6 Tactical Squads, 2 Assault Squads, and 2 Devastator Squads formed the core, and there were some options for how to flesh it out.

In 9th, it is a lot harder to make a list like this, and you don't get any bonuses for doing so, of course, so this is mainly just something I'm doing for fun. I've restricted myself to a single Battalion detachment, and no Primaris units at all. Firstborn only. And no Ravenwing or Deathwing, either. I might in future try to make a Primaris version, but I don't think I even have the models for that. Anyways, without further ado, here's the list I came up with:
Battalion (Dark Angels):
Captain: Relic Blade, Combi-plasma, Warlord (Brilliant Strategist)
Chaplain: Crozius, Bolt Pistol, Litany: Recitation of Focus
Lieutenant: MC Boltgun, Chainsword, Relic: Teeth of Terra
5-man Tactical Squad: Meltagun, Combi-melta
5-man Tactical Squad: Meltagun, Combi-melta
5-man Tactical Squad: Meltagun, Combi-melta
5-man Tactical Squad: Plasmagun, Combi-plasma
5-man Tactical Squad: Grav-cannon
5-man Tactical Squad: Missile Launcher
Apothecary
Company Ancient
Company Champion
5-man Assault Squad: 2x Flamer
5-man Assault Squad: 2x Flamer
5-man Devastator Squad: 4x Lascannon, Armorium Cherub
5-man Devastator Squad: 4x Multi-melta, Armorium Cherub
Drop Pod
Drop Pod
Razorback: Twin Heavy Bolter
Razorback: Twin Lascannon
As I said, I don't think this would be competitive really, but I think it would be fun and fluffy for casual play. The only thing I am thinking of changing is switching out the Champion and Ancient for another Razorback or maybe a Dreadnought or something, but I kind of like having all of the characters like that for fluff reasons. My main worry is that it might still be a bit strong for casual play, depending on what I find myself facing.

This would be epic to see I remember this formation you used to be able and get transports for free like drop pods rhinos and razorbacks bare bones takes me back to better times!

ive got that in bloodangels but have 10 man squads, i would play full compagny with my friends when we played megabattles. going on for the whole day.
its fun to collect and paint

Stalked21 wrote:This would be epic to see I remember this formation you used to be able and get transports for free like drop pods rhinos and razorbacks bare bones takes me back to better times!

That's exactly how it was, and I collected all the models to run it this way but life intervened and I never got to actually put it on the table and play it. This 9th edition version is probably the closest I'll ever get, and it's a pale shadow of what could have been.

skeleton wrote:ive got that in bloodangels but have 10 man squads, i would play full compagny with my friends when we played megabattles. going on for the whole day.
its fun to collect and paint

That would be a lot of fun! I don't think I'll probably ever buy Firstborn Marines again, but maybe I'll eventually build up to a full Primaris Battle Company at some point. I know it would be really cool if I ever completed it.

Same as soon as I got all my models built and painted work took me away for months when I came back 8th edition was in full swing (which I also missed) so now just a bunch of what could have been. Plus with the change in base size that was a whole other project in itself.

Honestly, I'd love to field something like this again.

I'd try and make a few changes if points allow.
You should have 3 tac sqds with special weapons, and 3 with heavy weapons. That translate better to combat squadded for tac squads.
You should get a Dreadnought, definitely. I'd lose the drop pods to achieve this.
Swap the 2 razorbacks for rhinos. Carry 2 squads then.
In all honesty, I'd shave some points to get 3 rhinos (maybe the Lt, they used to not exist).

Looks great though.