Marine army ideas

[CylonDorado]

Ok, now that my birthday is over, I've decided to get one thing for my tyranids, and one thing for my extra marine army. This is the army I let other people borrow (especially my Dad) and I have found it to be a bit lacking.

Here's what I've got so far: A drop pod, three tactical squads (with a chainsword/pistol sarge, flamer, and missle launcher), and from black reach a captain, a dreadnaught, and 5 termies.

*Here's my ideas so far*:

1.) A predator with 3 las cannons. Pretty strait foward. I think this list is a bit lacking against monstrous creatures and other tanks. But still, it seems kind of boring.

2.) A rhino or razorback. Mostly because my dad likes the model. I don't know how useful one transport would be. Although the razorback could provide some useful anti-tank like the predator, and get people around. And I might be able to zoom in and melta stuff from the hatch on a rhino.

3.) A new set of termies. That way I would have some extra bits to throw around. I could have one squad with the cyclone missle launcher, and one with the assault cannon.

4.) A new dreadnaught. Similar logic to the termies. I was thinking I would use the bits to make one dread a twin-linked las/missle launcher dread, and the other could be an Iron clad with the close combat weapon and seismic hammer. I was thinking I could fashon the hammer with some imagination and crushing claw bits. And I think a heavy flamer would be fun too ;D.

5.) Scouts: Me and my dad like the models too, and there are obvious advantages to snipers and the like. I'm not crazy about the hellfire shell, it just doesn't seem that great. But it's not like I have to take it ;D. I like how they can scout ahead.

6.) Scout bikers: Cool models, cool rules. They can outflank like the normal scouts, but that would be useful for the bikers, because they then could procede to do something, as normal scouts have heavy weapons mostly. These guys can booby trap a terrain peice, and carry some fun things like an astartes grenade launcher, or melta bombs.

7.) A.... landraider. I tell myself it's only 20 bucks more then some of the other stuff I'm willing to buy, but I like 20 bucks. It's nice. Honestly I think it would be more interesting if I never used one.

8.) A landspeeder. Mostly because it's really cool. And they can take several different kinds of weapons. There's the multi-melta for tanks, a heavy flamer for swarms, and everything in between. It's a bit fragile though .

9.) And last but not least, a command squad for the captain. I have a couple ideas, but they just seem to cost a lot of points.

-There's always bikes. T5 with feel no pain isn't shabby, but if you add anything after that it gets expensive.

- 5 plasma guns! I believe they get their feel no pain if it gets hot, and that would be fun to watch.

-Close combat. You can give them all power weapons, lightning claws, power fists, and thunder hammers, and a storm shield to boot. But I don't know, could they really be that reliable when there are only 5 of them? Maybe if I threw in the captain too (I wonder if he can take a plasma gun ;D).

*What do you think sirs?*

[cannae]

Make the SM more mobile by adding a rhino/razorback or two, just buy the razorback kit and make it so you can still use it in both way's.

So don't glue the big hatches and razorback weapons and weapon cover so you can interchange the razorback weapons as well, you don't need to magnetize it because the turret base has pins that go into sockets in the bolter/ las cannon the weapon cover will slot on the ridges on razorback weapons.

One option not in the list a devastator squad, unless you don't want them chewing up you're army from a far. Otherwise go for the predator (this can be magnetized to also be a rhino if need be!).

[Mark]

Landspeeder with meltas.

Last time I played with marines, my landspeeder was a handy little beast, nipping all over the board and disabling things many times its cost and keeping my opponent on his toes.

[waaanial00]

Correction on the last post, Landspeeders with melta and flamers Dont be put off by the AV10, they are fast and get in to kill whatever you need. Who cares if they die horribly afterwards. Trust me, next time you are up against a battlewagon you will really want that Multimelta and a heavy flamer is good in all situations.

Do NOT buy scouts. You will paint them up and read their stats and field them. Then you will be dissapointed with them and put them away never to be used again. Its what happens to all of my scout units (CC and sniper, even my Power Fist conversion which is sweet

If you are going to buy the terminators you will need a landraider to make best use of them. If you are going to buy just one Dread save your money for when the new ironclad comes out.

Predator, if you are going to buy this use the heavy bolter sponsons and add the Autocannon. Its a 85 point hoard killer

In my honest opinino though I am going with the first posters idea and suggesting two Razorbacks. Heres a tip dont glue to top hatches on them, this way you have both the Rhino and the Razorback configurations for less money. Wish someone would have told me that when I first bought one!

Wan

[cannae]

here is a pick of how it will work with razorback that are not glued, as you can see most of the stuff that is not used can be packed in the transport bay just to have all options in one vehicle.


By cannae

[CylonDorado]

Oh, that's very nice. Are the gun halves magnatized or do they just fit together over the hinge?

[cannae]

they just fit together on the hinge. You don't need to magnetize them as you have the cover that goes over them that has a slot that fits on the ridges on the guns that holds it together horizontal.

One warning and that is when the guns are tight fit on the pins on the turret base, these pins might be torn off by the fatigue that occurs in the plastic. Tip sand the pins a little so the guns (bolter and las cannon) just fit over the Pins with as little friction as you can manage so the guns stay in the elevation you want (if you sand it to much and the don't stay in the appropriate elevation any more just paint the pin this will thicken them for a better fit with some friction)