Well, I ran the army with Gabriel Seth and 2 Sternguard Squads... And I have to say that the setup with the second squad was REALLY good... But I am not sure that the single squad dropping in would work. In any case, the Heavy Flamer was really quite good, and I think will be one thing I convert ASAP... Still need to finish up the Drop Pod, but the Medic (Sanguinary Priest) in Terminator armor was HUGE there. Fearless, Power Weapon, FnP saves for the group... I don't think Seth was needed frankly, but having some sort of HtH beatstick would be a very good thing... Perhaps not really necessary, but still... Someone has to keep them alive until my Cav can get there :-) So, one Sternguard squad for now, And the Assault squad and Death Company to jump along a flank to rush in to support them. Hard assault, and casualties will be heavy because we will START at point blank with the enemy, and the Jump Troops will be moving at top speed to make contact with the enemy...
The Baal Predator was awesome, and did exactly what I hoped it would, wiping squads of Powered Armor lads hiding in cover, getting in shots on things with the Heavy Bolters while zooming about... Definitely need to finish up the painting on that one... Think it has become a standard option for me now...
The DC DN was a big fear thing, but I rolled an improbable series of 1's and 2's to hit and wound with the thing... Wound up killing a Rhino, then tearing into the Tac Squad equivalent (Templar) only to kill 1 every round despite the number of Str 10 no armor save attacks... Was disappointing, and lucky that they were the only Marine squad still in existence WITHOUT Krak grenades... Still, 135 points of "You'd best not ignore this" that takes a lot of pressure off of the Jump Troops it escorts...
Still, the painting is coming along really well, I should have most of it done by next week with my 30 or so Infantry figs set, and with only a few vehicles, the only glaring thing missing is the Drop Pod at this point...
Hey Paul, I am interested in splitting the new boxed set with you. I am guessing that you want the mrines, which is cool by me, as I am eyeing the Chaos stuff.
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