Well, my starting force has to be 1,000 points, because that's the size of the campaign I'm starting them for. (Mad, mad I tell you!)
Heroes: 234pts
Plague Priest: 124pts
Flail, Warpstone token, Liber Bubonicus
Warlock Engineer: 110pts
Warp-blades, upgraded warp-energy condenser, supercharged warp-power accumulator, storm daemon
Core Units: 350pts
Clanrats: 205pts
20 Clanrats; spears; full command
Ratling gun
Clanrats: 145pts
20 Clanrats; spears; full command
Special: 412pts
Jezzails: 100pts
5 Jezzails
Plague Monks: 162pts
19 Plague Monks; additional hand weapons; standard
Rat Ogres: 150pts
3 packs
Total: 996pts
After what's going to be a lovely, hectic month of speed painting and general annoyances. I'll no doubt be look forward to dropping down to nice, small 250 point increments.