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Hello Everyone, I'm a new (well, returning) player and I started a new Space Marine army (Raven Guard chapter) in August and have recently finished painting it. I've been playing some games with it since the end of November and I have to say i'm fairly thrilled with how it looks and performs. I've had some great games against my old man's Chaos and Eldar and It's had only one major curb-stomping when it managed to get blown to bits by some Iron Warriors, most likely due to my inept decisions to come out of cover and fail charges. It's a very fluffy battle force and great fun to play with generally, and I have been tweaking it here and there from game to game to keep it fresh.
As you can see from the breakdown, It is a Raven Guard Talon Strikeforce, made up of a Pinion Battle Demi-Company, and a Shadowstrike Kill Team with a captain and 2 assassins within it.
Alongside this list that I have posted, in terms of the models that I currently own, I also have an assembled Raptor Wing, a Librarian, and Korvydae. I've used these models in a few games but haven't really been able to get much use out of the librarian, he's torn between getting forward with the fast attack assault units, and hanging back with the long range snipers and devastators etc. sometimes he can be a bit of a forgotten man within the battle.
So, I put this list together because I thought it seemed very cool, and is in-keeping with the general fluff of this army, of infiltrating snipers, and covert black ops that some of the formations allow me to do, such as outflanking, and removing cover etc. by spotting for the other units within the army.
As the Talon Strike force allows first turn reserve rolls, I think the Callidus fits in nicely by forcing the first enemy reserve roll of the game to be at -3, so on 6. This helps to represent some of the surprise blitzkrieg tactics of the army, causing disarray between lines of communication and what not (or at least that's how I imagine it during the combat) and her sibling in the Vindicare works well with the sniping elements of the army as he can shoot at some vehicles and try and get warlord. I'd have the captain and the chaplain attatched to the squad of assault marines.
I don't expect this to be a tournament winning list list or anything of that nature, though i'd take it to a local tourny if I fancied a few games over a few days. I just thought I'd share this idea and see where you guys feel it could be improved upon.
Thanks for taking a look, and apologies if there's any minor errors in the calculations.
Talon Strike Force (Primary Detachment)
Captain: (160 Points)
- Swiftstrike & Murder
- Artificer Armour
- Jump Pack
Pinion Battle Demi-Company (885 Points)
Chaplain: (110 points)
- Bolt Pistol
- Crozius Arcanum
- Raven’s Fury (Jump Pack)
- Melta Bombs
Tactical Squad (x3) (405 Points)
- 4 Marines (3x Boltgun, 1x Lascannon)
- 1 Sergeant (Chainsword, Combi-Grav)
- 1 Sergeant (Power Sword, Grav-Pistol)
- 1 Sergeant (Chainsword, Combi-Plasmagun)
Assault Squad (137 Points)
- 4 Marines (4x Chainsword, 3x Bolt-Pistol, 1x Flamer, 4x Jump Pack)
- 1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol, Power Sword, Jump Pack)
Devastator Squad (164 Points)
- 4 Marines (2 x Multi-Melta , 2x Grav-Cannon)
- 1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol, Combi-Plasmagun)
Scout Squad (x3) (252 Points)
- Scout Marines (4 x Sniper Rifle, Camo Cloaks)
- 3 x Sergeant (Sniper Rifle, Camo Cloak)
Callidus Assassin (145 Points)
Vindicare Assassin (150 Points)
Shadowstrike Kill Team (510 Points)
Scout Squad (x2) (168 Points)
- Scout Marines (4 x Sniper Rifle, Camo Cloaks)
- 2 x Sergeant (Sniper Rifle, Camo Cloak)
Vanguard Veteran Squad (x2) (464 Points)
- Vangaurd Veteran Squad x 2 (2x Pair Lightning Claws, 2x Power Axe – Storm Shield)
- Veteran Sergeant (Bolt Pistol, Melta Bombs, Relic Blade)
- Veteran Sergeant (Thunder Hammer + Storm Shield)
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