DanielBeaver wrote:
If you want to run them strictly WYSIWYG, then you could do something like this:


Terminator Captain
Default load-out (Power Sword)

Sternguards 8x
Drop pod, 2 heavy flamers (use two of your regular flamer marines)

Dreadnought
Drop Pod, Multimelta and Power Fist

Tactical Squad 10x
Drop Pod, Multimelta

Tactical Squad 10x
Drop Pod, Multimelta

Stormtalon
Skyhammer Missles, TL Assault Cannon



The idea here is to bring in your Dreadnought, Sternguards and Captain in on the first wave of drop pods, and cause as much damage to the enemy as possible. The second wave will bring your troops, who will hunker down on objectives.


Another approach would be to put points into devastator squads (either 4 Missile Launchers or 4 Plasma Cannons), and then get 3 squads of marines in drop pods. With that setup, you would rely on your devastators and your Stormtalon to provide fire support for your troops down range.

Or... you have enough models, you could just spam tactical squads in drop pods. Get 5 tactical squads in 5 drop pods, stick a captain inside, and let em rip. 50 marines is a lot to kill in a 1000 point game.

Whatever you do, you're going to have a rough time against Monstrous Creatures (Riptides, Daemon Princes). If you plan on expanding your army more, and you mean for it to be competitive, you'll need to get more high-strength, low-ap weapons to deal with them. That means marines with Meltaguns/Plasma Guns/Lascannons, Bikes with grav guns, Hammernators, Predators/Vindicators, etc. You might also want to track down a storm shield bit to glue onto your captain - a Shield Eternal will go a long ways towards keeping him alive. Having 6 drop pods gives you the main prerequisites for doing a melta drop list using the Salamander's character Vulkan. But with your current models, I would use Imperial Fists chapter tactics - it will buff your tactical and devastator squads.