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Made in gb
Eternally-Stimulated Slaanesh Dreadnought





UK

I'm currently building the entire 2nd Company of my Emperor's Knights chapter (Primarch Unknown) but thought this might be a good starting point for my return into gaming proper.

Loads of lists here are 1500 to 1850 points while my 2500 points prob scares people off!

SO...

1500 Emperors Knights
CAD

HQ
Captain Calcifer
Artificer Armour
Relic Blade
135

Command Squad
Apothecary
Company Champion
Standard of the Emperor Ascendant
X 2 Power Swords
X 1 Powerfist/ Storm Shield
X 1 grav pistol
DT: Drop Pod
295

ELITES

Dreadnought
Heavy Flamer in place of storm bolter
DT: Drop Pod w/ locator beacon
145

Dreadnought
Heavy Flamer in place of storm bolter
DT: Drop Pod
135

Terminator Squad (5 man)
Heavy Flamer
Chainfists x 2
195

TROOPS

Tactical Squad (5 man)
Combi-Melta on Sgt
Flamer
DT: Razorback w/ t-l plasma gun & lascannon
160

Tactical Squad (5 man)
Combi-Melta on sgt
Flamer
DT: Razorback w/ t-l plasma gun & lascannon
160

Tactical Squad (5 man)
Combi-Melta on sgt
Flamer
DT: Razorback w/ t-l plasma gun & lascannon
160

FAST ATTACK

Stormtalon Gunship
Skyhammer Missile Launcher
115


Idea is...

Captain goes with the Command Squad. That way he has 5 attacks on the charge AND FnP
The command squad I KNOW is very pricey but it has a lot of attacks AND with the captain and storm shield and FnP can soak up some damage
The 2 Dreadnoughts drop pod assault first turn to flame/melta whatever needs killing.
Locator beacon can be used from turn 2 to bring in other reserves (captain, terminator squad, stormtalon)

Tac squads try to camp out on objectives with t-l plasma and lascannons hopefully killing any pesky AV2 stuff.


Ideas?



   
Made in us
The Marine Standing Behind Marneus Calgar





Upstate, New York

Looks reasonable for friendly play.

Relic blade captain is a decent jack-of-all-trades pick. But don’t expect him to be able to deal with any serious threats. Seems a little odd to have the budget captain in a command squad tricked out to the gills. If he’s going to be tanking for the squad, you might want to invest in the shield eternal for the 3++ and EW.

For the points you are spending on the command squad, I might look into the other options. Sure, you lose FNP, but with vanguard vets or honor guard, you don’t have to pay the premium cost for all that wargear. You can have a 9 man squad of HG for the same points, with the chapter banner. Or 9 VVs, where everyone has a power weapon or better. HG all have a 2+, and the +1A banner, VV have some nice special rules and very flexible wargear.

The other option would be to ditch all the CC stuff and run them as a plasma drop squad (or grav/melta). The command squads ability to take multiple specials is quite nice, and IMHO the best place for them to shine.

(Full disclosure, I like the CC command squad, and have mine set up like that but a lot more minimalist.

Dreads should do OK on the drop. It might be worth investing in venerable dreads for the BS/WS if dropping in close with the single shot melta. Depends a lot on the CT you are using. If you have the points, upgrading to an ironclad would be nice.

I like an assault cannon on my tac termis, and only take a single chainfist. Massed powerfists should be able to deal with most things. The chainfist is like a meltabomb, just in case. If you do keep the HF, consider capheracti terminators. S&P might be a bit of a drawback, but the 4++ will help with survivability. Also recognize that while fun, if you want to trim things out to make your list more competitive, these guys are first on the chopping block.

If you are going melta, take the combi and the special. A single melta shot is not going to do anything unless you get very lucky. I might also prefer a few more troops at this point level. You have a fairly low model count here. 5 PA bodies and a razor are not hard to shoot off an objective.

I like the talon, fly mine the same way.

For the points, I feel you need more bodies. I’d either trim the command squad, or drop the terminators or one of the dreads. If you drop a dread, move one of the tac squads to a pod and bump it up to 10 men. Or swap one of the razors out for a full squad in a rhino. I might also consider re-jiggering the whole thing to a gladius. It’s just a few swaps from a demi-co, and you could probably add a 1st co TF. Have to drop the talon or make other changes though, so that’s a bit of a major change.



   
Made in gb
Eternally-Stimulated Slaanesh Dreadnought





UK

Okies I will consider.

Honour Guard might be cool. Could bump up to Chapter Master maybe.

Dropping a chainfist...ok.

I'm trying to keep to 1500 points strictly.


Taken some of your suggestions:

HQ
Captain Calcifer
Artificer Armour
Power Sword
Digital Weapons
130

Honour Guard (6 man)
Chapter Banner
Thunder Hammer on Champion
DT: Drop Pod
235


ELITES

Dreadnought
Heavy Flamer in place of storm bolter
DT: Drop Pod w/ locator beacon
145

Dreadnought
Heavy Flamer in place of storm bolter
DT: Drop Pod
135

Terminator Squad (5 man)
Assault Cannon
Chainfists x1
200

TROOPS

Tactical Squad (6 man)
Combi-Melta on Sgt
Melta
DT: Razorback w/ t-l plasma gun & lascannon
179

Tactical Squad ( 6 man)
Combi-Melta on sgt
Melta
DT: Razorback w/ t-l plasma gun & lascannon
179

Tactical Squad (6 man)
Combi-Melta on sgt
Melta
DT: Razorback w/ t-l plasma gun & lascannon
179

FAST ATTACK

Stormtalon Gunship
Skyhammer Missile Launcher
115




1492


   
 
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