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Starting an Army with Betrayl at Calth


Landrick

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Brothers,

If you are like me you are very excited about Betrayal at Calth. Then I stopped and thought Wait.. what the heck am I going to do with 3 tactical squads, 5 termies, and a contemptor with limited options?? I want breachers, transports, and all the FW goodies!!

 

I want to pick up just one box to start an army and keep costs down, so I thought I would start a thread to brainstorm this:

 

What army will you make with the box (or 2) with limited additions?

 

I was inspired by Paul Murphy's article on BOLS: (i can't seem to link it, so if someone wanted to please feel free) Basicallly he is scooping up 3rd party jump packs to make Reavers out of the marines

 

To be clear, I don't want this to be a "Help me pick a legion" or anything like that, but a thread for us to discuss the possibilities this box presents for all the legions, and for new players and veterans alike, without adding more extra expense to the box.

 

I will start:

Ultramarines Legion

Legion Praetor w/ Cataphractii Armor and Paragon Blade

-Pride of the Legion Rite of War

 

5 Cataphractii Terminators

3x 10 Legion Veteran Tacticals

 

1 Contemptor Dread

 

Add specials and upgrades to taste

 

Comes into about 1105 pts before more upgrades and makes a solid start for the kind of UM army I want.

I am doing Slamanders Pride of the legion  initial 1500 point list is something like

Praetor
Paragon blade
terminator  155
 
Elites 
Contemptor
assault cannon 190
 
Troops 
10 Vet Tactical

Sniper

Artificer armour
power weapon
2 Heavy flamer 250
 
10 Vet Tactical
sniper
Artificer armour
power weapon
2 Heay bolters 260
 
10 Vet Tactical
furious charge
Artificer armour
power weapon
melta bombs
2 meltaguns  275
 
Cataphractii Terminators
chainfist
Dragonscale storm shield
Heavy flamer  200
 

Heavy support
Pyroclasts
power weapon 170

 

This only requires some conversion work and a pyroclast kit.  Expansion will probably be transports, firedrakes, heavy weapons and tactical support squads.  Then Forgelord and some Castellax.

What I'll do with the box depends entirely on the legion I'm doing. At the moment I'm going with Night Lords though with my hobby ADHD I'll be with another legion by the end of the week. A word of the wise is if you can 2 boxes are really beneficial. 60 tactical marines can be used for quote a few things.
I'm gonna use it to make 2x 15 tac squads , the cataphractii are bulking out a existing squads , contemptor goes in a talon. Terminator predator is going to be a primus Medicae and the chaplain is going with my breacher or immortal squad

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