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So I assembled and painted a 700point-ish list and plan on expanding since the list seems to lack a LOT of sturdiness.
Right now I display:

1x Farseer skyrunner

3x Windriders w/scatter lasers
3x Windriders w/scatter lasers
3x Windriders w/scatter lasers

1x Crimson Hunter exarch
5x Warp spiders w/exarch.


I plan to expand to something like this:

1x Farseer skyrunner
1x Spiritseer

3x Windriders w/scatter lasers
3x Windriders w/scatter lasers
3x Windriders w/scatter lasers

1x Crimson Hunter exarch
5x Warp spiders w/exarch.

5x Striking scorpions in Wave serpent (twinliked scatterlaser and Holoshield)
5x Fire dragons w/exarch in Wave serpent (twinlinked scatterlaser and Holoshield)
5x Wraithguard w/weaithcannons in Wave serpent (twinliked scatterlaser and Holoshield).

The list would give the spiders,deagons and scorpions a +1 in WS or BS, which is nice.

Looks mostly fine to me, just a few points I'd like to touch on:

- Keep in mind that the +1 BS or WS has to be the same for the whole formation, so you'd likely end up having to give those scorpions +1 BS, which isn't terrible, but also isn't ideal.
- You didn't list an Exarch for your Striking Scorpions. If you want them in an aspect host they need to have an Exarch. While we're on the subject, Striking Scorpions are best used with an Exarch wielding a scorpion claw for the heavy hitting. Those guys are deadly in combat.

- I'd recommend trying to find spots for some more Bright Lances. Right now you've got no turn 1 answer for AV13+. It'll take time for the Crimson Hunter to arrive and for your fire dragons/Wraithguard to make it to their target. Throwing Bright Lances on your Wave Serpents will give you something to fill that gap. Also adding Shuriken Cannons onto them helps keep lots of Dakka coming from them!

- Wraithguard are best taken with D-scythes for their ability to hit more than one target. A squad of 5 will usually wipe at least one thing off the table, unless they're focused very hard. Even better if you manage to hit an open-topped transport or building fire point with an enemy unit embarked! if you take D-scythes, you won't need the Spiritseer's Spirit Mark special rule since they don't roll to hit, which will give you 20 points to spend elsewhere. You can, of course, still keep him in for the psychic shriek if you want.

Adding all of these changes (including dropping the Spiritseer) would bring you to 1498 points. So the list would be:

CAD
Farseer - Skyrunner
3 Windriders w/ Scatter Lasers
3 Windriders w/ Scatter Lasers
3 Windriders w/ Scatter Lasers
Wraithguard w/ D-scythes
Wave Serpent w/ Bright Lances, Shuriken Cannon and Holo-Fields
Crimson Hunter Exarch

Aspect Host (+1BS)
4 Striking Scorpions +1 Exarch w/ Scorpion's Claw
Wave Serpent w/ Bright Lances, Shuriken Cannon and Holo-Fields
4 Warp Spiders +1 Exarch
4 Fire Dragons +1 Exarch
Wave Serpent w/ Bright Lances, Shuriken Cannon and Holo-Fields

The only thing I'd consider changing would be the Striking Scorpions since they don't really fit into an Aspect Host with a shooting buff. Taking something like Dark Reapers or Swooping Hawks instead would make better use of the bonus. But that's completely preference, Striking Scorpions aren't bad at all.