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Now the changes have been made to the Codex I'm rethinking whether it's worth the time to paint all 3 weapons and not just the Sword to keep it cheap and not on funny costs of 2ppm. Halberd at +1 Str doesn't really do much for what they'll be doing: objective camping and fulfilling the 1 Troop requirement for Nemesis Strike Force detachment.
The Stave I'm on the fence about. Its original intention was to soak up challenges with the 2++, which is why I put it on the Justicar instead of a Terminator. Now its not great for challenges except possibly against the odd character with a 4+ save and decent combat ability, but that squad-wide Adamantium Will is decent enough.

What should I do? Should I just glue on the sword? Or should I paint all 3 weapons? Or just the sword and Stave? Or sword and halberd?

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Falchions for another attack is great when your unit has hammerhand.

Halberd is good if you don't want to worry about Hammerhand.

Hammers should hide in squads.

Staves are also meant for hidden psychic defense.

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I'd keep the stave available in case you want to attach the pre-requisite Librarian and free up the Librarian's weapon hand for a hammer. That way the entire unit still has Adamantium Will while the Librarian can do something in a challenge.

I admit I will continue to use Halberds because I already have them modeled and painted. At least they're cheap and will sometimes make Hammerhand unnecessary (like when fighting T6 multi-wound creatures or T3 characters). While giving Hammerhand a boost for combating T8.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/612251/7150528.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/612251/7150528.page GMT CC. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/612251/7150961.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/612251/7150961.page GMT