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Hey all, I'm cobbling together a Gladius from my Marines. I'm almost done, just need like 1 more Sternguard box and 2 or 3 more Razorbacks. Beyond that, I'm hoping to expand my army a tad more but this is what I'm working towards for now.

Strike Force Command
Pedro Kantor - 185pts


Captain Hernandez' Demi company
Captain Javier Hernandez - 140pts
Space Marine Bike, lightning claw, storm shield

Tactical Squad Arroz - 124pts
5 Space Marines, Sergeant with combi-melta, melta gun
Razorback with twin-linked lascannons

Tactical Squad Diego - 104pts
5 Space Marines, Sergeant with combi-melta, melta gun
Razorback with twin-linked heavy bolters

Tactical Squad Fernandes - 109pts
5 Space Marines, Sergeant with combi-plasma, plasma gun
Razorback with twin-linked heavy bolters

Bike Squad Trieste - 179pts
3 Bikers, Sergeant with power fist and combi-grav, 2 grav guns, Attack Bike with multi-melta

Devastator Squad Telia - 150pts
5 Space Marines, 4 lascannons


Chaplain Lamenta's Demi company
Chaplain Lamenta - 90pts

Tactical Squad Carne - 114pts
4 Space Marines, Sergeant with combi-plasma, plasma gun
Razorback with las-plas

Tactical Squad Dorran - 99pts
5 Space Marines, Sergeant with combi-flamer, flamer
Razorback with twin-linked heavy bolters

Tactical Squad Naranja - 99pts
5 Space Marines, Sergeant with combi-flamer, flamer
Razorback with twin-linked heavy bolters

Bike Squad Agua - 104pts
4 Bikers, 2 grav guns

Devastator Squad Fuego - 130pts
5 Space Marines, 4 missile launchers


10th Company Task Force
Scout Squad Choleros - 70pts
5 Scouts with bolters, missile launcher

Scout Squad Rubicon - 55pts
5 Scouts with bolt pistol & CCW

Scout Squad Basel - 95pts
5 Scouts with bolters
Land Speeder Storm

1847 Points Total


For larger games, I can swap the Scouts for Terminators and Sternguard:

Crusade Company Task Force
Terminator Squad Muniz - 200pts
5 Terminators, chainfist, assault cannon

Sternguard Squad Queso - 283pts
9 Sternguard, 5 combi-plasma
Drop Pod

Sternguard Squad Enrique - 310pts
9 Sternguard, Veteran Sergeant with power fist, 5 combi-melta
Drop Pod

Brings it to 2410.

I think you have a lot of wasted points. I would drop a tactical from each of your squads 5 or 10 is what I would stick with. 70 points you gain, drop the normal captain and take Pedro instead that's another 90 points.

I would drop the fist, extra bike and attack bike, plus the 4th bike in your other demi company. 269 points so far saved then drop your scouts 220 more points saved. 489 points that you could take 3 5 man Sternguard in Drop Pods for 435 and have 54 points if you wanted to take 5 combis. If you take off some other wargear on your razorbacks maybe more.

Just my 2 cents.

For the Gladius, he can’t sub Kantor in for a basic captain.

I’ll agree that the 6th man in the squad is probably not worth the points. I’ll disagree on the bike; I like a little padding there before the specials start to go away. Attack bikes are good for squads with HQs, as they have two wounds, so you can LOS one to them and not loose any efficiency from the squad.

There aren’t many things that are going to one-shot your captain, so you might want to put the fist on him, and move the LC to the sarge. You also might want to find the points to put the chaplain on a bike and join them.

Points could also be well spent upgrading razor weapons. Your CC scout squad could use a LSS.

Overall I like the list, looks reasonably fun.

Thank you Nevelon, my mistake. Baby was asleep last night and codexs were in his room. I was trying to figure out a way for him to get his Sternguard.

I don't think there's any real way of fitting Sternguard and Kantor into 1850.

Naked Captain and Chaplain : 180pts
6 naked Tac Squads with free Razorbacks: 420pts
2 naked Bike Squads: 126pts
2 naked Devastator Squads: 140pts

That's 866 points there.

Kantor and 3 5-man Sternguard Squads with a Drop Pod each is 620 points, bringing the total to 1486.

Now, special weapons on the Tac and Bike Squads should come to 80pts.

Heavy weapons for the Devs will be another 140pts.

Give the Captain a Bike and lightning claw and all the Tac Sergeants a combi-weapon and it's 95 points, bringing it to 1801.

I can either bling my Razorbacks or beef up the Bike Squads, not both. Even then, I can't afford an Attack Bike, shield for the Captain or any combi-weapons for the Sternguard.

It's a little too tight to make it work, unfortunately. I'll have to see what I can make work, but at 1850 my Sternguard may have to sit it out.