List building. It's my latest pastime. I've come to that point where list building is a fun idea. I'm thinking of how to bring my IFs up to let's say 1500 points for instance. Like Chernobyl commented I've been thinking of retiring my captains and replacing them with Lysander for some more punch. Not quite sure what his bolter drill would do for me though. I need to fight something else than other marines, they don't particularly die much when shot by bolters for some reason:)
I was thinking of replacing my underperforming dread with a very close combat styled ironclad dread (think two close combat weapons and two heavy flamers) as well, as that would go well with the captain switching. And to bring it up to 1500, well, terminators *do* sound real nice. But what is best, two squads of five or one squad of ten? With Lysander joining terminators. They are dead 'ard, but they can't be everywhere on the other hand.
I have also started to play around with building lists just for the heck of it. As kind of an exercise to understanding the codex better. Through this I've found that it is very fun to try to think up ways of making themed lists with a certain goal. Like the Raven Guard style list I came up with. I am totally sure that somewhere out there there are someone else already having done this, but the idea of a list totally void of mechanized mayhem appeals to me. I don't want to copy somebody else's winning list, I want to make my own, by being creative. Yes, I've been inspired, and you all have to guess by whom yourself :P
Oh, and that play list? This is it:
Shadow Captain Kayvaan Shrike 195
Assualt Squad, 5 extra marines, double lightning claws, Melta bomb 225
Assualt Squad, 5 extra marines, double lightning claws, Melta bomb 225
Assualt Squad, 5 extra marines, double lightning claws, Melta bomb 225
Scout Squad, Sniper, camo, 4 extra scouts 154
Scout Squad, Sniper, camo, 4 extra scouts 154
Scout Squad, Combat blade, combi-melta, melta bombs 155
Scout Squad, Combat blade, combi-melta, melta bombs 155
1,488
And with 12p to spare :) Hmm, that is like 14 boxes and one blister. And lots and lots of more painting. I do wonder if such an army is even viable. No reserves, just infiltrate like crazy, go heavy on the sniping and use fleet of foot to get into assault fast.
Bah. I need to play more :)
