C:SM 1850 gunline

[WolMan]

40K Army: Space Marines

HQ
Librarian 100p
-null zone
-avenger

Elites
Rifleman dread 125p

Rifleman dread 125p

Rifleman dread 125p


Troops
Tactical squad 170p
-lascannon 10p
-meltagun 5p
-combi-melta 5p
Rhino 35p

Tactical squad 170p
-lascannon 10p
-meltagun 5p
-combi-melta 5p
Rhino 35p

Tactical squad 90p
-combi-flamer 5p
Razorback 40p
-las/plas 35p

Tactical squad 90p
-combi-flamer 5p
Razorback 40p
-las/plas 35p

Fast attack
HFMM speeder 70p

HFMM speeder 70p

HFMM speeder 70p

Heavy support
Predator 60p
-lascannon sponsons 60p

Predator 60p
-lascannon sponsons 60p

Predator 60p
-lascannon sponsons 60p

Total: 1835p

Any comments?

[cogsoldier89]

Well you have a lot of lascannons...

the main problem i see is that you have three tac squads with too much of a mixed role. I assume you're combat squadding the las half and the melta half, but the melta half doesn't have any way of getting up close without moving the lasplas forward, and anything you want to melta will probably be better off melta'd in the opponents half of the table.

i honestly think you would be better off taking a mix of 5 man tacs in lasplas and two full tacs to combat squad in a rhino, giving you a melta hunter team that can shoot from the top hatch and the heavy team to objective sit (removing the need for scouts) drop the fists, there really is no need for them.

more attack bikes for mobile melta wouldn't go amiss either.

[WolMan]

Yes you have a point there. I haven't even thought about having a pair of rhino riding melta squad. It could work better than just three lasplas razors. I calculated that I can take three squads of tacs in rhinos with lasc, melta and combi-melta and a pair of lasplas razors with five strong tacs. Or I could take two both rhino and razor squads and three HFMM speeders. I think i go with speeders because they are skimmers and I take much more tank killing firepower with them than rhino squad. Also I will drop the scouts and the attack bike Now I have 25 points left to spend, any ideas?

[cogsoldier89]

i would go for 2 rhino squads and 2 lasplas and take the speeders. typhoons are all the rage now, but the hfmm combo is great to put those melta shots just where you need them.

for the last 25pts, either take hkm's om the rhinos to add to your alpha strike or combi flamers on the lasplas squads. it gives you a fairly effective small unit cleaner for when those wolf scouts/kommandos turn up where you dont want them without having to divert one of your main firepower units.