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Flawless Angels

I would like your help to answer the following questions for my proposed army below:
1. Is this legal for competitions?
2. Is this ok fluff-wise?
3. Is this interesting?

Flawless Angels
Idea is that this army is a combination of The Fallen (Dark Angels) and Emperor’s Children (Blood Angels), but the Fallen do not realise they are falling into Slaanesh’s grasp – see story below.
- Army list taken from Dark Angels Codex with Blood Angels Codex Allies – to be confirmed but thinking:
o Sammael with RW Black Knights
o RWCS (Apoth/BoDev) with RWAS x2 with Dark Shroud and maybe Librarian
o Reclusiarch (or Mephiston) with Death Co and Death Co Dread
o Stormraven and Furioso Dread[/list]
- Dark Angels and Blood Angels models painted dark pink, black and gold, converted with daemonette heads and other Slaaneshi bits to make Emperor's Children Chaos Marines
- Maulerfiend and Hellbrute (both converted) count as Furioso and Death Co Dreads
- Undecided as yet how to model two miniatures to counts as Sammael or Mephiston
- Preferred enemy Chaos Space Marines obviously doesn’t work if they’re meant to be CSM so could I swap it for Dark Angels?

The Fallen.
Once Dark Angels – trusted acolytes of the Emperor – they are now scattered and divided. They are lost.
Malevolent shadows of former glory, they are now ronin. Masterless warriors; wanderers of the Warp; odious pirates; corrupted daemons. All, united in betrayal. There is no forgiveness. There is no way back. They are lost.
But all is not lost. For some chosen few, out of the darkness, something stirs. Something elusive. A mirage. Originally inaudible the feeling builds over time. Slow but inexorable. Stronger and stronger, it begins to take hold. Until an unmistakeable desire consumes them. They have found purpose. They know what they must do. It is clear now. They must find Him. They must find Cypher. All is not lost.
With unrelenting and unquestioning fervour they scour the galaxy – they must find him. They will not stop, they will not rest. He encourages them. His melodious sermons stoke the remnants of their pride:
Do not be deceived my brothers. There is no Emperor. He is a false prophet. You cannot betray that which does not exist. Let go of your guilt. Feel no pain. Do not suffer. For all that you thought you knew, is a great deception.
Join me and know the truth. Cast off the shackles of his lies and realise your potential. Your power is limitless. Delight in you lust for perfection. Taste the limits of existence. Joy in the suffering of our foes. Smite them with rapturous ecstasy. Together we will tear down the façade of the false prophet and his heathen. We will create perfection.
For you are not fallen…you are a Flawless Angel.
Cypher repeats this sermon, over and over. They are drawn together in an ever tightening union, like a body of water flowing down a hole. All are moving to the same point. In meeting, they realise a common purpose, a common bond. A cadre of convenience is formed. They paint their power armour with lurid colour – proud to display their temerity. Leaders retake their positions of authority. No violence is necessary, all want the same thing. To find Cypher. Together they will find him. Together they will tear down the façade of the false prophet and his heathen. Together they will create perfection. For they are…
Flawless Angels.

Fluff-wise it sounds like a pretty cool concept. I like it

Modeling-wise, I'd imagine it'd be nicer for your opponents if you made it distinct somehow ... maybe different basing features, like painting DA "counts as" models' base edges dark green and BA "counts as" models' base edges dark red? Also, you may run into some problems with your Mauler Fiend and Hellbrute "counts as" -- remember this is a true LOS game now. I guess, the models you want to use are actually larger and would thus give you a disadvantage, however. Still, when counts-as models are significantly different from the official ones, you should realize someone might have a problem with it.

Rule-wise, you can't just assume pick up game opponents will be cool with you switching Preferred Enemies out. Any time you do something like that, you need to be up front with your prospective opponent and get their permission. I don't think it will fly at all in almost all tournaments.