Brother Inritz Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'm on a quest to own an army from every Space Marine Codex and today that means Dark Angels. I'm going to be getting the codex in hand soon. I ordered it yesterday. The question I have is where should I start in terms of models? I'm going shooty so should I get tac marines? I'm not sure about HQ but I know I'm probably not going ravenwing. I have 2000 points to play with. Any advice would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosRising Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Tactical marines would probably be your best bet. If you eventually want a little bit of each wing (1, 2, 3-5th companies), consider getting Dark Vengeance - even at full retail the price is a bargain in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatherTurin Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'm in a similar boat. Getting back into 40k after a few years off, and I realized that Dark Vengeance, a tactical squad and the Dark Angels Expansion to Dark Vengeance would net me around 1500 points. Not too shabby for around $300 retail (less if I can sell off the chaos to someone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Truckin Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Lots of deals on Dark Vengeance kits on ebay. If you don't mind the snap fit soldiers you can get a 5 man squad of Deathwing for $12.00. Pretty much the same price for Ravenwing and Tacticals as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellSpokenMan Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 See if any FLGS in your area has the old Ravenwing Battleforce. It was one of the best deals GW had. It had a full Ravenwing Squad and a Land Speeder. What really made it awesome was that it came with 3 Ravenwing Upgrade Sprues, which had way more than just Ravenwing stuff on them. They have stuff to bling out your Rhinos, Dreadnoughts, and More. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdaziel Magron Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 If you can get your hands on the Dark Angels from Dark Vengeance that's a great way to get your army going. It gives you a nice solid force to build on.All you need is to get one more tactical squad and you have your minimum two troop choices filled out.I field 3 ten man squads, each with a heavy and special weapon, and with the new formations I feel they've gotten better.As for HQ, I've always gone with a Company Master as my go to guy. Good points and great along side the tactical squads.As for a second HQ, I usually run a Interrogator Chaplain. More because I really like the model than anything else.If you're thinking of going shooty, I find a combination of dreadnoughts and predators great. Plenty of options for whatever weapon type you prefer to use.And of course devastators with razorback transports are always an option. They're a personal favouirte of mine.I wouldn't dismiss the ravenwing. They're a great force and I have to say I'm looking forward to using them with the new codex. 5 land speeders with two multi meltas each, with a darkshroud? Now that I will definitley be putting together. Good luck with whatever you end up choosing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I would just buy 2x dark vengence it gives you 2 tacs 2 elites 2 fast attack and 2 hq. The spare hq has the same load out as azy and so can easily be converted to be our low. And all for a super knock down price. Sell the rest on ebay and your quids in There have been many examples of great dark vengeance conversions posted in this forum. Check out Elmos work as a place to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkn3ssF4lls Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'd it worth the price people want for the dv with the Chaplin? I mean all its stuff is out dated now besides the models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzhands Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 My local store let's you double up your copy of dv. When I got it I got double angels then when my daughter fell to chaos she doubled up too. Yes you end up with same pose models but they can be customised with ease and what you end up with is a good starting force. Definitely don't dismiss ravenwing. I loved them last month but love them more now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twopounder Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'm on a quest to own an army from every Space Marine Codex and today that means Dark Angels. I'm going to be getting the codex in hand soon. I ordered it yesterday. The question I have is where should I start in terms of models? I'm going shooty so should I get tac marines? I'm not sure about HQ but I know I'm probably not going ravenwing. I have 2000 points to play with. Any advice would be helpful. Dark vengeance. You can still get a reasonable sized force pretty cheap on ebay. In fact, you could probably make a lion's blade for around $100 - $150, which would be master/chaplain 3 tacticals, an assault squad, a devastator squad, and a bike squad with land speeder. Or instead of the bikes you could do a deathwing retribution squad with a counts-as Belial and 2 terminator squads. I picked up 3 DV tactical squads for about $25 and 18 bikes for around $40. I also picked up some of the masters for around $2.99 or 3.99 1.50 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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