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Deathbot wrote:

Lord Harrab wrote:
Sorry, i was agreeing with you, perhaps only one veteran squad and the rest all cannon fodder, that should get me a battle tank at least while still fitting the army theme.

Perhaps i should get rid of my Kell stand in too, he's quite pricey.

An armored force would actually fit the theme quite nicely. Necrons don't have much in the way of anti-tank (besides Destroyers), so an army dedicated to hunting them down would naturally try to exploit this. Not to mention the soldiers and Inquisitor would probably want to keep as much armor as possible in between themselves and Necron weaponry.

so you're saying bare-bones squads to make room for Tanks?

And Lady Croft (and her retinue) is a surprisingly cheap anti-deep striker unit, even with her 3+ Armour save with a 4 +invulnerable back up, the company command squad costs more!

Lord Harrab wrote:

Deathbot wrote:

Lord Harrab wrote:
Sorry, i was agreeing with you, perhaps only one veteran squad and the rest all cannon fodder, that should get me a battle tank at least while still fitting the army theme.

Perhaps i should get rid of my Kell stand in too, he's quite pricey.

An armored force would actually fit the theme quite nicely. Necrons don't have much in the way of anti-tank (besides Destroyers), so an army dedicated to hunting them down would naturally try to exploit this. Not to mention the soldiers and Inquisitor would probably want to keep as much armor as possible in between themselves and Necron weaponry.

so you're saying bare-bones squads to make room for Tanks?

And Lady Croft (and her retinue) is a surprisingly cheap anti-deep striker unit, even with her 3+ Armour save with a 4 +invulnerable back up, the company command squad costs more!

Yes. Tanks are very effective in most cases, more so than hordes of easily-destroyed cannon fodder that cannot so much as cross the table. Fluff wise, they're aren't that mnay survivors, are there? I would think a decimated regiment wouldn't have many people to spare.

Who is to be in her retinue?

2 warriors (basically Inquisitorial storm troopers)
a servo skull I'm nicknaming "Zip"
2 mystics. (allowing either the retinue or more likely a nearby unit with 12" to shoot at anything that jumps out at them)

The mystics I'm going to model like guardsmen with sensor equipment.

EDIT: Another point i need to raise is that IG's only troop choice are Platoons, so i need at least two.

Lord Harrab wrote:2 warriors (basically Inquisitorial storm troopers)
a servo skull I'm nicknaming "Zip"
2 mystics. (allowing either the retinue or more likely a nearby unit with 12" to shoot at anything that jumps out at them)

The mystics I'm going to model like guardsmen with sensor equipment.

EDIT: Another point i need to raise is that IG's only troop choice are Platoons, so i need at least two.

Nice. What weapons does she herself wield?

OK, simple. You can fill said platoons with cheap cannon fodder. Luckily IG soldiers are really cheap and can be added for minimal points. Alternatively, you could give up and armor piece or two and make them better units. Your choice.

Deathbot wrote:

Lord Harrab wrote:2 warriors (basically Inquisitorial storm troopers)
a servo skull I'm nicknaming "Zip"
2 mystics. (allowing either the retinue or more likely a nearby unit with 12" to shoot at anything that jumps out at them)

The mystics I'm going to model like guardsmen with sensor equipment.

EDIT: Another point i need to raise is that IG's only troop choice are Platoons, so i need at least two.

Nice. What weapons does she herself wield?

OK, simple. You can fill said platoons with cheap cannon fodder. Luckily IG soldiers are really cheap and can be added for minimal points. Alternatively, you could give up and armor piece or two and make them better units. Your choice.

Lady Croft has a master crafted Bolt pistol with psycannon rounds and a power weapon, representing her skill with her two pistols, and her choice to use them combat, but I'm going to model a sword on her back in-case anyone pulls the WYSIWYG card on her, and an icon of the just to represent her acombat skills, allowing her to avoid attacks.

The platoons will be mostly cannon fodder, with a single veteran squad to represent the survivors of the initial attack. Accompanying them will be a squad of snipers (a squad of ratlings but i hate the models, so i'll use humans.)

Lord Harrab wrote:

Deathbot wrote:

Lord Harrab wrote:2 warriors (basically Inquisitorial storm troopers)
a servo skull I'm nicknaming "Zip"
2 mystics. (allowing either the retinue or more likely a nearby unit with 12" to shoot at anything that jumps out at them)

The mystics I'm going to model like guardsmen with sensor equipment.

EDIT: Another point i need to raise is that IG's only troop choice are Platoons, so i need at least two.

Nice. What weapons does she herself wield?

OK, simple. You can fill said platoons with cheap cannon fodder. Luckily IG soldiers are really cheap and can be added for minimal points. Alternatively, you could give up and armor piece or two and make them better units. Your choice.

Lady Croft has a master crafted Bolt pistol with psycannon rounds and a power weapon, representing her skill with her two pistols, and her choice to use them combat, but I'm going to model a sword on her back in-case anyone pulls the WYSIWYG card on her, and an icon of the just to represent her acombat skills, allowing her to avoid attacks.

The platoons will be mostly cannon fodder, with a single veteran squad to represent the survivors of the initial attack. Accompanying them will be a squad of snipers (a squad of ratlings but i hate the models, so i'll use humans.)

Good. I'm sure she'll look great for when I have Kharn chop off her head or feed her two my nids.

Sounds good. Now for the big question. How many vehicles will you deploy and what type?

The actual number of vehicles I'll have to work out, but as for types the bog-standard Russ should perform well against all comers and i'll squeeze in a basilisk somewhere.

I'm going to grab a Punisher at some point, not exactly fitting the theme, but I'd love to see an ork or trynaid player's face as the Gatling gun and heavy bolters open up, ( needs MORE DAKKA!! though) no AP but good luck making all those 6s

I had initially considered a vanquisher, to help kill any monoliths, but don't they have immunity to bonus d6's for Armour penetration?

Lord Harrab wrote:
I'm going to grab a Punisher at some point, not exactly fitting the theme, but I'd love to see an ork or trynaid player's face as the Gatling gun and heavy bolters open up, ( needs MORE DAKKA!! though) no AP but good luck making all those 6s

I had initially considered a vanquisher, to help kill any monoliths, but don't they have immunity to bonus d6's for Armour penetration?

You're right about that. Everything needs MORE DAKKA. No exceptions. Enuff dakka is an impossibility.

It's usually better to ignore the monoliths and try and force the Necrons to Phase Out instead.

Deathbot wrote:

You're right about that. Everything needs MORE DAKKA. No exceptions. Enuff dakka is an impossibility.

It's usually better to ignore the monoliths and try and force the Necrons to Phase Out instead.

Thats what i thought, a basilisk and 2 Leman Russes operating separately should help with that.


Edit: Worked it out, dropped the Valkyrie and a Veteran squad, and re-aranged some equipment amongst the officers.

Edit2: if playing a 2000pt game, i can grab another two Leman Russ tanks, organize them all into two squadrons of two, and can take the Valkyrie.

Edit3: Damn my crappy spelling, (also, new character will be included both in the army list and in Lady Croft's history, Commissar Lyudmila Pavlichenko)

Lord Harrab wrote:

Deathbot wrote:

You're right about that. Everything needs MORE DAKKA. No exceptions. Enuff dakka is an impossibility.

It's usually better to ignore the monoliths and try and force the Necrons to Phase Out instead.

Thats what i thought, a basilisk and 2 Leman Russes operating separately should help with that.


Edit: Worked it out, dropped the Valkyrie and a Veteran squad, and re-aranged some equipment amongst the officers.

Edit2: if playing a 2000pt game, i can grab another two Leman Russ tanks, organize them all into two squadrons of two, and can take the Valkyrie.

Edit3: Damn my crappy spelling, (also, new character will be included both in the army list and in Lady Croft's history, Commissar Lyudmila Pavlichenko)

How will the Basilisk + 2 Leman Russes help ignore the monolith?

They'll (hopefuly) cause a lot of casualties amongst the infantry, and get them that much closer to Phasing out

Lord Harrab wrote:They'll (hopefuly) cause a lot of casualties amongst the infantry, and get them that much closer to Phasing out

Execellent. Just be sure to take out the Destroyers first, as they will tear up your armor. However, without them the Necrons can't do much to scratch your tanks, unless you were somehow stupid enough to get one into close combat with a C'tan. That shouldn't be much of a problem, though, as any and all IG armor can drive circles around the C'tan and blast them to ashes.

Deathbot wrote:

Lord Harrab wrote:They'll (hopefuly) cause a lot of casualties amongst the infantry, and get them that much closer to Phasing out

Execellent. Just be sure to take out the Destroyers first, as they will tear up your armor. However, without them the Necrons can't do much to scratch your tanks, unless you were somehow stupid enough to get one into close combat with a C'tan. That shouldn't be much of a problem, though, as any and all IG armor can drive circles around the C'tan and blast them to ashes.

I didn't get into CC with C'Tan, he got into it with me. The results are the same either way.

I like how this army is shaping up, how long do you think it'll be until you put out your army list?

Napalm wrote:

Deathbot wrote:

Lord Harrab wrote:They'll (hopefuly) cause a lot of casualties amongst the infantry, and get them that much closer to Phasing out

Execellent. Just be sure to take out the Destroyers first, as they will tear up your armor. However, without them the Necrons can't do much to scratch your tanks, unless you were somehow stupid enough to get one into close combat with a C'tan. That shouldn't be much of a problem, though, as any and all IG armor can drive circles around the C'tan and blast them to ashes.

I didn't get into CC with C'Tan, he got into it with me. The results are the same either way.

I like how this army is shaping up, how long do you think it'll be until you put out your army list?

I've worked it out all ready, but I haven't uploaded it yet.

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Heh, that's awesome.