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Made in no
Boom! Leman Russ Commander






Oslo Norway

With renegades going last chance to buy on forgeworld, I am contemplating splurging on a renegade army. I have however not played any games of 8th, so I donĀ“t really know what a good playable army looks like. Not looking for tourney-winning list here, but not wanting to just have to give up immediately against even stronger lists.

The feel I am going for is a city fight insurgency / guerrilla force, not strong enough to meet the PDF / guard in open combat yet, they have to resort to unorthodox methods to fight, using civilian vehicles with guns strapped to them or loaded with explosives (technicals), looted army equipment, constuction vehicles etc.

I want my opponent to feel like they are fighting an insurgency, with sniper fire, enemy troops engaging in hand to hand combat and with attacks coming from unknown directions (Marbo, scions, rough riders). I would have liked being able to get more horde-y infantry (cultist mobs) and more scions / deepstrikers (hidden resistance cells), but not sure what to drop to get that in.

Brigade Detachment - Catachan doctrine

HQ-
The General (company commander) Warlord, Kurovs Aquila, grand strategist
Angral the chosen (Iron Hand straken)
Rogue Psyker (Primaris psyker), nightshroud, psychic barrier

Elites -
7 Ogryn Berserkers (bullgryn), mauls, mix of shields
Ogryn Commando (ogryn bodyguard), deathmask, slabshield, maul
5 Snipers (ratlings)

Troops -
3x Infantry Squad, heavy bolter, flamer, power maul
2x Infantry Squad, mortar, grenade launcher, power maul
1x Infantry Squad, grenade launcher, power maul
1x Resistance Cell (5 scions), 2x plasmagun

Fast Attack -
5 Rough riders
2x Gun Technicals (Tauros venators), twin multilasers
2x AT Technicals (Tauros venators) twin lascannons

Heavy Support -
2x Suicide bomb trucks (cyclops)
Manticore
Basilisk
3x Sentinel powerlifters

Vanguard Detachment - Catachan doctrine

HQ -
The Butcher (Sly Marbo)

Elites -
Rogue Astropath, nightshroud
2x Enforcer (platoon commander), power maul
Instigator (priest), chainsword

The list feels a bit light on AT, with just 4 lascannons (on two fragile platforms) and no meltas, but maybe close combat, suicide bomb trucks and the artillery can make up for it?

   
Made in us
Navigator





Majestic class Escort Carrier HDMS True Unto Death, Battlefleet Pacificus

Really awesome theme. I think your biggest threat is from tanks, but use your Cyclops wisely.

-Me: Don't tell the commissar but i left my Imperial Infantrymans Uplifting Primer at home, but I do carry a folded Texas flag behind my front plate.
-Friend: Texas flag gives you AV14 all around.

Jury-Rig - makeshift repairs or temporary contrivances, made with only the tools and materials that happen to be on hand, the Machine Spirit is not pleased......

2500pts (Imperial Navy Armsmen)

 
   
Made in ch
The Dread Evil Lord Varlak





First off, this is an awesome list, fits the thematic and has anything done properly.
If you want to represent Cultists/ Insurgents, maybee you should consider 1 or 2 30 man blobs in conscripts. Granted they will need babysitting....

Technically R&H has the same capability for such a list. With propper Mutant hordes, enforcers, cultists, militia units, aswell as acess to daemon engines you would technically be in most cases better of with regular IG rules.
Granted you have acess like DKoK and Elysians to regular non specific stratagems. And there is the covenant of Khorne which in combination with command Squad disciples with a banner can be farily devastating.

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A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
Made in no
Boom! Leman Russ Commander






Oslo Norway

Thanks for the comments guys.

Since conscripts cost the same as normal infantry, they seem like a really poor buy to me. They would fit the bill as armed civilians, and I would take them at 3pts, but at 4, normal infantry seem just superior.

R&H certainly has the horde thing covered, but I lose the technicals, bomb trucks, scions and power lifters, which are all big parts of my theme.

   
Made in ch
The Dread Evil Lord Varlak





Well scions, can be replaced with marauders and disciples, sentinels are also there in up to 6 blobs.
Heavy weapon teams are also 6s.
Salamanders could also be imorovised vehicles.
Enforcers are still unerfed commisars.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/766717.page
A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
 
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