Monday, 17 May 2010

'Counts As' Sternguard.

My Noise Marines need something to do till the Chaos Codex is redone and they come with Sonic Blasters as standard but still only cost 20 Points. Either that or Sonic Blasters come with a Sternguard-like variety of fire modes.
On that note, Blastmasters will count as Lascannons and Sonic Blasters will count as Sternguard Bolters without stretching the imagination too far. Now they just need an army list of some kind...

1750 Pts - Space Marine - 'Count As' Sternguard - 170510

HQ: Space Marine Librarian (1#, 100 pts)
1 Space Marine Librarian @ 100 pts (...in Power Armour; Null Zone; The Gate of Infinity)
1 ...in Power Armour

Elite: Sternguard Veteran Squad (6#, 200 pts)
4 Sternguard Veteran Squad @ 200 pts (Combi-Meltagun x2; Lascannon x2; Rhino)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)
Elite: Sternguard Veteran Squad (6#, 200 pts)
4 Sternguard Veteran Squad @ 200 pts (Combi-Meltagun x2; Lascannon x2; Rhino)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)
Elite: Sternguard Veteran Squad (6#, 200 pts)
4 Sternguard Veteran Squad @ 200 pts (Combi-Meltagun x2; Lascannon x2; Rhino)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)

Troops: Tactical Squad (6#, 165 pts)
4 Tactical Squad @ 165 pts (Razorback)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Bolter)
1 Razorback (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)
Troops: Tactical Squad (6#, 165 pts)
4 Tactical Squad @ 165 pts (Razorback)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Bolter)
1 Razorback (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)
Troops: Tactical Squad (6#, 165 pts)
4 Tactical Squad @ 165 pts (Razorback)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Bolter)
1 Razorback (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 90 pts)
1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 90 pts (Typhoon Missile Launcher x1)
Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 90 pts)
1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 90 pts (Typhoon Missile Launcher x1)
Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 90 pts)
1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 90 pts (Typhoon Missile Launcher x1)

Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 95 pts)
1 Predator @ 95 pts (Hunter Killer Missile; Heavy Bolter (each side))
Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 95 pts)
1 Predator @ 95 pts (Hunter Killer Missile; Heavy Bolter (each side))
Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 95 pts)
1 Predator @ 95 pts (Hunter Killer Missile; Heavy Bolter (each side))

Total Roster Cost: 1750

Sternguard have a couple of Combi-Meltas so they can suicide forward if necessary. Mostly they'll just fire Lascannons from the comfort of their Rhino.

It's mostly just an excuse to use my Noise Marines to be honest. If someone can come up with a better way of doing it I'm open to suggestions.

1 comment:

  1. My thoughts
    Merge two squads of sternguard into x10 combix4 lasx2 to free up an elite slot, saves 65 points, bump 2 typhoons to tornadoes to get a MM dread. If you swap the last one down, you could get HKM's on the rhinos or rifleman upgrade on the dread.

    Or leave it how it is. At this point of list design, playtesting is the key. It's a 'ard list no doubt, but does it have everything that you need it to have?

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