Tyear Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Hello to all you heritical.... wait.. *Shifty eyes* Just don't tell my Blood Angels I'm wandering about here ;) Anyway, the reason why I'm here, I want to start a Word Bearer army, I've always loved the original bad guys and the fact that they are the only first founding legion which hasn't splintered, or has been chaptered(sp). So my question here really is, what would be a good way to start building a Word Bearer army and if this is viable right now with your 4th edition codex, which I do own, before you start screaming BUY THE CODEX!!! What I was gunning for myself, note, this was made in loyalist mindset so if I'm screwing up do tell. 1 Terminator Lord + 4 termies as his retinue 3 Shooty 'Tactical' Squads (Yes burn me for saying tactical) And maybe throwing in there a Chaos Dread or a Defiler? Perhaps some Posessed marines as well, kinda fits in line with the Word Bearer army doesn't it? If you would be so kind as to let your eyes glide over this and give this convert of the Word some ideas on how to make a workable Word Bearer list. Thanks a bunch! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157650-word-bearers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
minigun762 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 1 Terminator Lord + 4 termies as his retinue3 Shooty 'Tactical' Squads (Yes burn me for saying tactical) And maybe throwing in there a Chaos Dread or a Defiler? Perhaps some Posessed marines as well, kinda fits in line with the Word Bearer army doesn't it? Chaos Terminators are not a bad buy, there is alot of discussion on how to use them best but in general they kind of fall inbetween tactical Terminators and assault Terminators. Highly flexible and adaptable and inherently cheaper make them fun to play with. When you say "shooty" remember that unlike Loyalists, there is no Combat Squadding. This means we generally do not go with the special/heavy weapon combo. Instead taking 2 special weapons. I prefer squads of Flamer/Melta and 2 Plasmaguns personally. Also Chaos tends to be a short/medium range army so upgrading to a Champion with a Power Fist/Weapon is rarely a bad idea. Defilers are awesome and definately Word Bearish. Chaos Dreads kinda suck in comparision to Loyalists. The whole "going crazy" thing makes them pretty unreliable. If you do use them, the safest thing is to go with 2 DCCWs and TL Bolters. Possessed are fluffy, but they're not the best unit. Again kinda unreliable and fairly expensive. However 5 Possessed in a Rhino isn't a huge point sink and they are a cool model. In general, Word Bearers are going to have access to most anything (one of their 2 home worlds is a Forge World so heavy armor is ok!). There is a trend to make them more infantry heavy but I think thats mostly from the previous codex. Its my personal opinion that you should keep Marked and Cult troops out of your army. Word Bearers worship Chaos in all its forms, so being dedicated to any one power is sacrelige to them. Lots of Icons of Chaos Glory are fitting. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157650-word-bearers/#findComment-1844525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nephilim Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Wow. Another Word Bearer army. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157650-word-bearers/#findComment-1844537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyear Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 I still wanna keep the Term. Lord + Ret. Cause I really like the models and I really got my butt handed to me by some in my last game against a Chaos Army, then again they where Khornate.. so maybe that's why.. Anyhoo, So something more mobile then? Winged Possessed to annoy the enemy perhaps? The rest of the army mounted in Rhino's, maybe up the Term lord to include a Land Raider for some Breaching in an enemy line. Then finish that of with some Defilers and I did see that about the Dreads in the codex, but I didn't really think it would be so much trouble. So something like 1 Term Lord + 7 Termies as Ret mounted in Landraider Winged Possessed (5/10?) to act as to tie up an enemy squad, Dev's or something like that, would that work? And then 2 fast response squads, one with dual Plasma and the other dual flamers For Heavy support, Havocs or Defilers, or one of both? Anything else that might be added to this? Are bikes any good for a Chaos army by the way? I just want a Strong BUT Fun list to play with, nothing that would just blast the enemy from the field (Iron Warriors I'm looking at you!) and stand there chuckling. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157650-word-bearers/#findComment-1844551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nephilim Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 If you're gonna go fluffy with your list, you should max out on troops. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157650-word-bearers/#findComment-1844572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron997 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Another traitor to mankind is enlightened to the power of the Gods! Anyways haha First of all, you have to understand we are not the bad guys, we are the good guys ;) The Emperor is the arch-traitor to Mankind! Ha Ha, anyways yes a Word Bearers army is characterized as a "troop" heavy list, and with only Icons of Chaos Glory. (As those who embrace a single god as seen as foolish or shortsighted. So if you want an army with some units with Nurgle Icon and some with Khorne etc.. go with Black Legion. Word Bearers are also known for using daemons, though this is not required. Eithier way I would ensure that all in all your list has at least 50 troops (be them daemons or CSM squads) (I enjoy 60 CSMs in my latest list haha) Its kinda the whole "Multitudes of the faithful" approach, Faith will see you to victory, not fancy tricks. (Although feel free to utilize the full range of fun chaosy stuff like defilers and obliterators) And of course we get to have the cool name of Dark Apostle, instead of just some chaos lord. A daemon weapon is considered the most fluffy to represent your Accursed Crozious. (Though again its not required) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157650-word-bearers/#findComment-1844662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Thane Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I agree with above. Unmarked Icons, some Minor Daemon Summoning, maybe even greater Daemon Summoning. Vehicle wise, all is open to you. Predators, Rhino's, Defilers,... . Oblits are quite possible too. But lots of CSM's with a mark of Undivided are best as the spine. A nice dose of Termies would be great too. You could even make 2 HQ's. One that is the military wing -> Termie Lord and one to represent your Dark Apostle. Kind of like in the 2 Wordbearer novels that were published. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157650-word-bearers/#findComment-1847500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 termies are better than possessed. get a DP :rolleyes: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157650-word-bearers/#findComment-1847597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyear Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 All right, thanks for the replies, I've got a pretty good idea of what to start out with and start building from there. Perhaps, when I get a new camera I'll post some pictures of them when there all painted up and such, but for now this was all I needed, thanks everyone! :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157650-word-bearers/#findComment-1847702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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