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Flying catachans - aircav/recon team; listbuild - units and fluffyness
Topic Started: 25 Mar 2010, 09:53 PM (380 Views)
Fhadhq
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Would like you to lend me a hand and comment on this list.

Didn't field the IG lately, and the force in question has gathered dust since they lost their
mini-codex ( catachan ).

I am aware of the awesomeness of the heavy armor one can field with the imperiums hammer,
but the armylist should reflect a infantry list with mobility and without tracked vehicles.
Assumed those catachans could fit the bill.
The theme is a recon force, scouting the path for less sneaky forces.
Marbo, harker and the sentinels may walk, the rest will have a skimmer to ride.

Used to non-english codices, so please forgive any false descriptions or names in this post.

Ok, the almost set and maybe viable units:


HQ

Colonel Straken ,
Regimental command ( company command squad ), standard bearer, vox, heavy flamer
2 bodyguards
-may add 3 advisors ( if this stays the only existant HQ ),

-attached Priest of the ecclesiarchy, eviscerator.

Elite

Marbo

fast attack

Sentinel squadron, 3x scout with heavy flamer ( still having the catachan style chainsaws )

Valkyrie squadron ( basic valks ) x3

Vendetta squadron ( basic loadout ) x3

Troops

Sgt Harker
veteran squad, heavy bolter, flamer, camo

veteran squad, heavy flamer, meltagun x2 , vox

veteran squad, missile launcher, plasmagun x2

veteran squad, sniper rifle x3, camo

veteran squad, flamer x2, vox, meltabombs, democharge

optional units

Elite: psyker battle squad 10x

HQ: lord commissar, power weapon

HQ: primaris psyker

Heard the psyker abilities arent so welcome at catachan. Shall I refrain from taking psykers?
Also those members of the commissariat seem to have accidents, maybe I could have him
pre weapons-safety failure?

Thougth about these as replacement or to add:

-Second command HQ ( cheap ) just to move the supportive advisors and free Straken.
-abhumans
-more veterans

With the Psi-squad and a second HQ, this should be a 2000 pts list.
Any suggestions to improve the army in function and fluff welcome.

Fhadhq






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TheBedla
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For background's sake I'd refrain from using the Psykers and commissars altogether. I'm also doubtful about the Priest, but i could live with that one.

Also, 3 special characters in one list is a lot, but that may be personal preference.

Other then that, it might work quite well!
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☺highmarshaldave
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Nice list, that. Very fast.

For background's sake I'd leave the psychers, priests and commissars at home. Have you thought about picking up a Vulture to fill your points? It fits into the feel of the force nicely and gives you a heavy support choice with enought flexibility to meet any needs you can come up with depending on which of the two dozen or so weapons loads you select. You might have a tough job fitting it into the poitns limit you've set for the force, but I think it'll be massively more useful than a second HQ and a bunch of characters.

Dave out.
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OK, have to "abhor the witch" it seems.
Saves me the trouble finding appropriate models, cause the sanctioned psykers aren't a pleasure to
the eye.
So the psykers are out.

Would like to keep the priest, any hints if he's unfluffy ( or just not worth taking? ).?

Got it wrong a bit with the commisars , I blame the IG codex and the pics of catachans,
so could leave him out too.
Was fond of the idea of a second decent HtH character in strakens squad but the colonel
will just go on if I spent the points elsewhere.

I for one, would put more of the " V..." skimmers into the list but the Foc stops me with codex
selections and I am not sure if a list should include FW rules/models as basic choice,
maybe as swappable unit so I may leave it at home if one refuses to reap the benefits from
highly priced FW-rules.
Sadly don't remember the pricetag of the vulture :$ but will look it up as soon as possible.

Will redo the list and come back. :)
*grabs guard codex*

Ok next edition of the flying Catachans:

HQ

Colonel Straken
standard bearer, heavy flamer, vox, 2 bodyguards

Captain ( unnamed yet )
3x sniper rifles, vox, camo,
Advisors: astropath, fleet officer, artillery officer


Elite

Sly marbo

fast attack

squad of sentinels, heavy flamer x3

squad of valkyrie's x3

squad of vendetta's x3

Troops

Sgt Harker
veterans, heavy bolter, meltagun, vox

veterans, flamer x2, grenade launcher, vox, meltabombs, democharge

veterans, flamer x2, grenade launcher, vox, meltabombs, democharge

veterans, missile launcher, plasmagun x2, vox

Sgt boltpistol
veterans, autocannon, grenade launcher x3, vox

veterans, heavy flamer, meltagun x2, vox

harker, marbo, sentinels and second HQ walk.
straken and veterans ride in.


Just catachans now, still 2000 points.

Improved list?
Made it worse?



Edited by Fhadhq, 26 Mar 2010, 09:13 PM.
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