Should you want to do the easy thing, buy two of these theoretical combat patrols, Magnus, Ahriman, and a Forgefiend, it just so happens that it fits into the basic 2000pt list.
It's a good combat patrol, because it starts the addiction. It's a bad combat patrol, because even with a few extra purchases, you'll need more. Though you will get a fairly low b-teir'ish list out of it (compared to what TSons can actually do). Still, it's cheap and it works, which is a lot better than some lists. That's Magnus for you....
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So, yeah, you're not going to feel cheated by buying two combat patrols and a few extra somewhat costly centrepiece models. And you can sponge some extra Sorcs/ Shamans out if you need to. Or Forbidden Lore, squad sizes, make-up, or whatever, on the game size. This is just a really simple one, on showing this combat patrol doesn't kill sales, it just gets them started (especially compared to the Termie+ Tzaangor one). I mean, I'm doing a "counts as" TSons force, and I'd damn well buy this combat patrol. Even if someone kacks it all up, and glues bolters onto every Rubric, that's fine. We've got strategems and magic for that. All good!
((The first two Rhinos are good, if you're just starting out. But even if you have too many Rhinos already, the second set becomes "Now with a terrain piece!", or "Have you thought about converting stuff into Predator tanks?". They're
BS good in
CSM, but they're not bad in TSons either, where you can turn off armour saves. But Rhinos are amazing in this combat patrol, not only as transports, but also as movement blockers))
(((Note: for force variation and make-up, literally anything is, and can be, a Chaos Spawn. Small plastic figurine unrelated to wargaming? Chaos Spawn. Little bit from the middle of a toilet roll with the words Chaos Spawn written on it? Chaos Spawn. Really badly made figure by
GW that's meant to be a Chaos Spawn? Chaos Spawn. And at 65pts per two, you've got filler in your list)))