And thus it starts
. Could not resist and bought that Betrayal at Calth box. Now I'm gonna start a small Imperial Force consisting of Marines, Admech, Counts-as-IG Squats and a Vindicare. I also want to fit in my Emperor's Children Phoenix Termies.
This will be a showcase project minus the showcase quality so I'm not planning to add too many things except some tanks (probably Whirlwinds, Vindicators and Predators). I intend to not use transports except for a Land Raider for my CC-Termies.
Since this is my first Marine army, I would like to get some input on how I should build my Marines. Since I have some CC Termies already, I'm going for the Bolter/Fist variant on the Cataphractii. They'll get a Cyclone Launcher I think. The Contemptor will be a Dread with Assault Cannon and Heavy Flamer.
The Box comes with 3 each of Heavy Bolter, Missile Launcher, Meltagun, Plasmagun and Flamer. I was thinking about building something like this:
10 Tac Marines, 1 Fist, 1 Heavy Bolter, 1 Plasma, 7 Bolter
10 Tac Marines, 1 Fist, 1 Heavy Bolter, 1 Plasma, 7 Bolter
5 Devastators, (1 Fist), 3 Missile Launcher, 1 Bolter
This would leave me with 5 Marines from which I could make another HB, 2 Meltaguns and 2 Flamers. This way I should have plenty of options and I should be able to make some decent Sternguard units as well should I want to play a 1st Company Task Force.
Thoughts?