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So I got 6 chimeras from a trade and looking at possibly starting am.
Just looking into what would be good to fill out the units up to about 1500pts

Sounds like a perfect match for some vets.

Well you can't go wrong buying about 10 Cadian Shock Troopers boxes.

Hm ill have to test play was just messing around with an army builder and got something along these lines.

Ccs w 4 flamers and chimera

Platoon

2 squads with autocamnons

2x3 hw team with lascannon

2x vets chimera 3 meltas
2x vets chimera 3 plasma
1xvets chimea flamers

2x wyverns

Consider 2 mel/plas and a flamer

since chimera firepoints only let you shoot 2 weapons up to.

Yeah, what you need next is something to put in those tanks. Vets are obviously great, but with that many chimeras, you could also consider mechanized infantry platoons.

As for what to take after that, it depends on what you took for your troops choices, sort of.

Now if I were to drop to only 2 melta/plas in the vet squads would getting a 3rd wyvern be worth the 65 points left over or would there be other decent options? As for the mechanized platoons how would you go about running them?

I'd drop the wyverns entirely. If you want AV12 that can kill infantry, just take chimeras. They can have up to two heavy flamers if you're into that.

The problem that you're having is that you have basically zero offensive power. Mechvets are a defensive weapon, and infantry platoons (especially with heavy weapons) are slow at best and immobile at worst.

All the wyverns are doing here is adding more of what you absolutely don't need - more stationary killing power focused mostly on killing infantry.

If you really must gunline, then get something with more alpha strike capability like russes. Alternately, you can put in some fast vehicles to act as a sabot for delivering your mechvets upfield, like hellhounds.

A hybrid parking lot that focuses mostly on killing light infantry isn't going to be very strong, and it's probably going to be rather boring to play against too.

Don't get plain ole cadians. This is a great opportunity to go for some rare regiments. I just started vostroyans, they're awesome. My second choice was going to be steel legion.

I agree. Cadians pain me to see....

If you really like them sure, but I highly suggest you use this opportunity to be creative and so on.

 Dalymiddleboro wrote:
Don't get plain ole cadians. This is a great opportunity to go for some rare regiments. I just started vostroyans, they're awesome. My second choice was going to be steel legion.

So much more expensive than Cadians though. When you need so many models, it's just not practical.

 Random Dude wrote:

 Dalymiddleboro wrote:
Don't get plain ole cadians. This is a great opportunity to go for some rare regiments. I just started vostroyans, they're awesome. My second choice was going to be steel legion.

So much more expensive than Cadians though. When you need so many models, it's just not practical.

Doesnt have to be GW models. Plenty out there that are superior and cheaper.

Its all worth it in the end.

 Random Dude wrote:

 Dalymiddleboro wrote:
Don't get plain ole cadians. This is a great opportunity to go for some rare regiments. I just started vostroyans, they're awesome. My second choice was going to be steel legion.

So much more expensive than Cadians though. When you need so many models, it's just not practical.

They're 6 bucks more a box. That's really not that bad and the models are gorgeous.

Random Dude wrote:So much more expensive than Cadians though. When you need so many models, it's just not practical.

Indeed.

Unless you're running a mech list. Which, given that the OP just bought 6 chimeras...

As for models atm illl prolly just use da orks cause well why not. And the chimeras o got were in a trade. As for the wyverns and what not would taking out the blob and the wyverns and replacing them with lemanruss tanks and what variants would you suggest?

Using orks as guardsman is blasphemy!

Lol or maybe the guard just hired them out to do their dirty work and know they wouldnt be losing much past a few tanks

Alkaid wrote:
Lol or maybe the guard just hired them out to do their dirty work and know they wouldnt be losing much past a few tanks

The guard would never hire orks.

If I recall there has been a few instances where they have. And think its in the ork codex not on hand atm

Praetorians and Tallarn hired Orks to fight with them in the awesome battle of Big Toof river. Blood Axes they are called I think?. Humans hire them often as scouts and so on.

Those orks tend to mimic humans in gear and so forth.

Everything about that makes me sad.

Its cool. Xenos have many uses. From beast men, to kroot, from Ork to Ab Humans.

It does not forgive them of their crimes of being Xenos, but their souls may have mercy in death if they are lucky. Not really though.

tis be true the bloodaxes would hire themselves out and then more often then not turn around and kill them off with their own weapons after all the fighting was done. BUT back on topic how would you kit out the platoons for being mechanized and as that would be freeing up quite a bit of points after moving over from vets to platoons and then taking out the wyverns.

Alkaid wrote:
Lol or maybe the guard just hired them out to do their dirty work and know they wouldnt be losing much past a few tanks

It practically guarantees the loss of the vehicles since there's no realistic chance of getting them back intact after lending them to orks. Considering that to the Munitorum wargear is worth more than the lives of the men using it, sacrificing equipment in order to reduce human casualties is a ridiculous trade. Playing an Ork army and using converted Chimeras as looted whatever they best represent is a better fit.

another option is Storm Trooper heavy.