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Descent and Dust Army List; How to turn two Dark Vengeance sets into army...
Topic Started: Oct 9 2012, 08:12 AM (493 Views)
polaria
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Some of you may have already read the fluff description on the Pale Hounds Warband and the Cult of Iron Revenant. Others may have read the ongoing Descent and the Dust storyline... Now comes the army list, optimized in such a way that each and every model I've got from Dark Vengeance swaps (I have twice the chaos, none of the angels) and the wonderfull "I-had-to-get-this-model" Warpsmith will come into use:

500 point list

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Dark Apostle with Mark of Khorne, Veteran of the Long War [115]

ELITES

Helbrute [105]

TROOPS

Chaos Space Marines – 7 men [171]
Mark of Khorne, Veterans of the Long War
Aspiring Champion with pair of lightning claws
Chaos Space Marine with plasma pistol and close combat weapon
2 Chaos Space Marines with boltgun, bolt pistol and close combat weapon
3 Chaos Space Marines with boltgun and bolt pistol

Chaos Cultists – 20 men [108]
Champion with autopistol and close combat weapon
Cultist with flamer
Cultist with heavy stubber
8 Cultists with autoguns
9 Cultists with autopistol and close combat weapon



1000 point list

HQ

Dark Apostle with Mark of Khorne, Veteran of the Long War [115]

Warpsmith with Veteran of the Long War [115]

ELITES

Helbrute [105]

Helbrute [105]

TROOPS

Chaos Space Marines – 7 men [171]
Mark of Khorne, Veterans of the Long War
Aspiring Champion with pair of lightning claws
Chaos Space Marine with plasma pistol and close combat weapon
2 Chaos Space Marines with boltgun, bolt pistol and close combat weapon
3 Chaos Space Marines with boltgun and bolt pistol

Chaos Space Marines – 7 men [171]
Mark of Khorne, Veterans of the Long War
Aspiring Champion with pair of lightning claws
Chaos Space Marine with plasma pistol and close combat weapon
2 Chaos Space Marines with boltgun, bolt pistol and close combat weapon
3 Chaos Space Marines with boltgun and bolt pistol

Chaos Cultists – 20 men [108]
Champion with autopistol and close combat weapon
Cultist with flamer
Cultist with heavy stubber
8 Cultists with autoguns
9 Cultists with autopistol and close combat weapon

Chaos Cultists – 20 men [110]
Champion with shotgun
Cultist with flamer
Cultist with heavy stubber
8 Cultists with autoguns
9 Cultists with autopistol and close combat weapon


I don't have to do much conversions here at all. Chosen will become CSM with simply painting the axes, maces and swords as regular steel weapons instead of power weapons. The power fist will be slightly converted so it looks more like just a big gauntlet. Lightning claw guys become Aspiring Champions and basic CSM can already equip one marine with plasma pistol. Cultists practically need no conversions at all.

The only real conversion is making the limited issue Interrogator Chaplain into a Dark Apostle... Which, I think, will go easy.

Even more ingeniously once I join the Warpsmith and the Dark Apostle into the 7 men CSM squads each squad will have exactly the Khornes favorite number... Hell, even the number of cultists total (40 bodies) is dividable by 8.
Edited by polaria, Oct 9 2012, 10:29 AM.
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polaria
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Okay, looking at the list and thinking about the fluff I've come up with two ideas on how to buff the above 1000 point list into a full 1500 points (which is the most commonly played army size around my town). Well, I said two, but they are basically just variations of the same idea:

1) Get Three Heldrakes (wheeee!!!)
2) Get Two Heldrakes and a squad of Warptalons
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Little more tweaking the list: If I replace the Apostle with Warpsmith I can make just enough room in the list to include all three Heldrakes... Which would be pretty awesome. I'll lose the Zealot benefits, but Warpsmith seems to offer more in total than Apostle.
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Looks good Polaria. When can we expect seeing the first WIP pics?
"From the fires of betrayal, Unto the blood of revenge, We bring the word of Lorgar, The Bearer of the Word, The favored son of Chaos; All praise be given unto him, For those that would not heed, We offer praise to those that do, That they might turn their gaze our way, And gift us with the boon of pain, To turn the galaxy red with blood, and feed the hunger of the Gods." - Excerpt of the 341st book of the Epistles of Lorgar.

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That might take awhile. I've had this Horus Heresy Era project going and as I got my copy of the Betrayal (and thus the new Legion Army Lists) today it looks like there will be a lot of stuff left to do there.
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I like the Two Heldrakes and a squad of Warptalons list a bit better than the 3 Heldrakes.
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Grimdisco
Oct 11 2012, 07:48 PM
I like the Two Heldrakes and a squad of Warptalons list a bit better than the 3 Heldrakes.
One option would be to replace the Apostle with second Warpsmith, give both Warpsmiths Veterans of the Long War, take two Heldrakes and take Warptalons... In any case I'm aiming for close-combat list so even a Maulerfiend instead of the Warptalons can't be counted out.
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