Ironclads.

Inspired by my friend Adam's 6 Dreadnought list I thought I'd have a go at something along the same lines. This will be the first thing I build when I'm finally employed again and am allowed to spend money on what my girlfriend calls 'non-essentials', lol.

Ironclad Assault Force - 1850

HQ

Master of the Forge (100)

ELITE

Ironclad Dreadnought (135), Hunter-Killer Missile x2 (+20) (155)

Ironclad Dreadnought (135), Hunter-Killer Missile x2 (+20) (155)

Ironclad Dreadnought (135), Hunter-Killer Missile x2 (+20) (155)

TROOPS

Tactical Squad (90), Las/Plas Razorback (+75), Hunter-Killer Missile (+10) (175)

Tactical Squad (90), Las/Plas Razorback (+75), Hunter-Killer Missile (+10) (175)

Tactical Squad (90), Las/Plas Razorback (+75), Hunter-Killer Missile (+10) (175)

FAST ATTACK

Landspeeder (50), Typhoon Missile Launcher (+40) (90)

Landspeeder (50), Typhoon Missile Launcher (+40) (90)

Landspeeder (50), Typhoon Missile Launcher (+40) (90)

HEAVY SUPPORT

Ironclad Dreadnought (135), Hunter-Killer Missile x2 (+20) (155)

Ironclad Dreadnought (135), Hunter-Killer Missile x2 (+20) (155)

Ironclad Dreadnought (135), Hunter-Killer Missile x2 (+20) (155)

TOTAL - 1825

Not sure what to spend the last 25 points on.

16 Kill Points (Kill Points are still the 1 thing that ruins the otherwise brilliant 5th Ed. for me, stupid lazy mission designers)

Only 3 Scoring units, but I can't see them being high priority targets (well not at first anyway) and I've won objective games with less.

Gives me a 15 HK missile 'Alpha strike' at up to 9 different targets backed up by 6 more Krak Missiles and 3 Lascannons. Then 6 Ironclads (or whatever's survived my opponents retaliation) move/run towards you as fast as they can popping smoke as they go.

At 2000 points I'll add a 4th Razorback Squad as a bit of extra redundancy.

It's not really doable at less than 1750 but I'm not a fan of 1500 point games anyway.

Edit : I've just noticed that the picture on the box has the Ironclad with a Hurricane bolter instead of a Dreadnought Close Combat Arm and realised that I've never seen anybody actually use that war-gear configuration.

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Back Away From the Bitz Box...

While hunting through all my Crap looking for Meltaguns I came across* a box

*I use the phrase 'came across' in the discovery sense of the phrase before anybody tries to be witty, I mean it was a nice surprise but nothing worth climaxing over.

Anyway, where was I?

Okay I'd just discovered a box which contained an in progress project of mine to make a scorpion-like tank** using a Defiler and some Tau Parts.

** I may have stolen this idea from somebody else to be honest.

But as I can't motivate myself to do anything without an army list being involved I needed to find a constructive use for the 'Defilertank'. Luckily in the same search I found 15 under-coated but unpainted Marines.

As I'm making some Daemon Princes for my Chaos Daemon army and am also making new Close Combat arms so I can use my Dreadnoughts as Furioso's the following list leapt from the buried recesses of my brain***

***It's possible I stole this as well (The idea not the brain).

HQ

Daemon Prince (110), Wings (+20), Mark of Nurgle (+20), Warptime (+25) (175)

Daemon Prince (110), Wings (+20), Mark of Nurgle (+20), Warptime (+25) (175)

Greater Daemon (100)

ELITE

Chaos Dreadnought (90), Additional Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon (+10) (100)

Chaos Dreadnought (90), Additional Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon (+10) (100)

Chaos Dreadnought (90), Additional Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon (+10) (100)

TROOPS

Plague Marines x5 (115), Champion (+15), Meltaguns x2 (+20), Rhino (+35), Daemonic Possession (+20) (205)

Plague Marines x5 (115), Meltaguns x2 (+20), Rhino (+35) (170)

Plague Marines x5 (115), Meltaguns x2 (+20), Rhino (+35) (170)

HEAVY SUPPORT

Defiler (150), Additional Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon x2 (+0) (150)

Defiler (150), Additional Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon x2 (+0) (150)

Defiler (150), Additional Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon x2 (+0) (150)

Total - 1745

Everything charges forward as fast as possible. There only being one Champion is quite deliberate (free cookie for the first person to guess why ****)

**** It's a hypothetical cookie so don't get too excited.

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