Volkmir Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Well i finally chosen to start blood angels, in truth i was going to start a space wolf army but it seems that most of my gaming store is wolves so I had a dilemma between 3 armies which were the blood angles, the new grey knights and the black templars. In the end the bloods won :devil: . Now my question is i want to start a 1000pt army but have no clue on what to get. Also my gaming store plays very competitive lists so my 1000 pt list has to be on the competitive side till it becomes a 1750pt competitive tournament list. So what I am asking is what to get for a 1000pt competitive list and how to proceed in getting the remaining 750pts. Thanks all in advance ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knife&fork Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Well i finally chosen to start blood angels, in truth i was going to start a space wolf army but it seems that most of my gaming store is wolves so I had a dilemma between 3 armies which were the blood angles, the new grey knights and the black templars. In the end the bloods won :) .Now my question is i want to start a 1000pt army but have no clue on what to get. Also my gaming store plays very competitive lists so my 1000 pt list has to be on the competitive side till it becomes a 1750pt competitive tournament list. So what I am asking is what to get for a 1000pt competitive list and how to proceed in getting the remaining 750pts. Thanks all in advance :D I'm sure you'll get many replies telling you that you can go about this in many ways, but if you truly want to build a competitive list you are going the Razorback spam route. Preferably with an alpha strike unit, something like sternguard in drop pod, to deal with those pesky s8 autocannon dreadnoughts greyknights run. You really can't go wrong with 3-4 razorback kits as your starting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castiel Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Hello May I suggest the Blood Angels Battleforce? It gives you a good start on troops (10 Tactical marines, 5 assault marines, 5 Death company and a rhino) and is cheaper than buying them separately, it basically gives you the rhino free! Pretty good competitivley too, as DC scare pretty much everything! Hope this helps! :( Castiel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgaryBA Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Hello May I suggest the Blood Angels Battleforce? It gives you a good start on troops (10 Tactical marines, 5 assault marines, 5 Death company and a rhino) and is cheaper than buying them separately, it basically gives you the rhino free! Pretty good competitivley too, as DC scare pretty much everything! Hope this helps! :) Castiel I'd advise against this unless you have a pile of parts available to convert all the tacticals into assault marines (without jump packs) If you're going to make some bolter DC, that gives you a head start already. Lately I've reverted back to using the rhino rush to swarm objectives and place my mobile cover/blockers (rhinos) as I see fit :lol: It's a fun tactic with the sanquinor's aura affecting a pile of troops, and creating a super sergeant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volkmir Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Well went to my store and of course they had neither razor backs nor rhinos :cuss. Also do the blood angles assault marines come from the normal box or is there one for blood angles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Also do the blood angles assault marines come from the normal box or is there one for blood angles? I use DC/vanilla marine box sets for my assault squads, since you normally want 10 for a squad anyway it costs the same and looks way better IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knife&fork Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Well went to my store and of course they had neither razor backs nor rhinos :D. Also do the blood angles assault marines come from the normal box or is there one for blood angles? For foot slogging assault marines you probably want to get a box of tacticals. Extra bp and chain-sword arms can always be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volkmir Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 So the assault marines only come in boxes containing only 5 assault marines <_< and cost 25 euros !!!!!! Thats's a bit steep for 5 assault marines I can understand that stromravens and land raiders being a bit of the expensive side but 25 euros for 5 marines is a bit too much ....... Maybe I should get tactical squads and get the bits from the internet to get them cheaper ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knife&fork Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 So the assault marines only come in boxes containing only 5 assault marines :D and cost 25 euros !!!!!! Thats's a bit steep for 5 assault marines I can understand that stromravens and land raiders being a bit of the expensive side but 25 euros for 5 marines is a bit too much .......Maybe I should get tactical squads and get the bits from the internet to get them cheaper ? The tactical squad box comes with power weapon, fist and all three special weapons. For a jump pack army you probably only want meltas but with the small razor back squads plasma and flamers are useful too. If you buy the DC box you get lots of assaulty and BA-specific bits, you can check out the sprues on GWs homepage. EDIT:never mind, pictures for the taq squad sprues seems to be gone from the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutters Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I started my Soul Drinkers as regular Space Marines, but I just didn't get that real RAWR feel from them. You get Chaplains as elites, Assaults as Troops, Super Apothecaries as elites (3 in 1 slot!, FnP bubble instead of per squad), storm ravens, and a mess of other goodies. The first thing I learned with Blood Angels is to learn how to use your speed. Don't spread yourself too thin and get focus fired. Use your speed to cross the board and gang up on people. Never fight a fair fight. :cuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgaryBA Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 ...The first thing I learned with Blood Angels is to learn how to use your speed. Don't spread yourself too thin and get focus fired. Use your speed to cross the board and gang up on people. Never fight a fair fight. :cuss Hah! This is the heart of what playing BA's is all about IMO. Make a list like a bully, and bring many big sticks to the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutters Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Yeah, Blood Angels play just as I envision the Soul Drinkers. Drop Podding everything, turning up the rhino engines to maximum, piling up the assault squads everywhere. After all, who does ship to ship boarding actions without a chainsword? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander S. Caesare Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Since the BAngels have the Storm Raven option, I say u have one of them on the field with a sternguard unit, 2 Dreads (preferably the Librarian and/or Frag-nought), a couple of tac squads (10 man) and 2 assault 'rines. Have some HQ unit with a jump to go with the assualts. That way, the assaults can DS, have the Raven drop to the assaults, the noughts to handle the vech's. It seems to be a stellar strike team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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