Sons of Horus/ Emperor's Children (Semi)Competetive Advice

[First_Among_Brothers]

So, I’ve been hoarding Sons of Horus models for a couple of years now, but have mainly been painting 40k and Specialist Game stuff, and I’ve finally decided to make one final Forgeworld purchase and buckle down to paint the 16^th in that lovely green… as it is described in one of the novels “the green of a distant sea.” Just wondering if I can get some advice --- I’m not looking to make a specific list right now, just a good core of units and characters I can use to build 1.5k, 2.5k, or even larger lists (for ‘mega-battles’ and the such). Fluff is important to me, but so is battlefield effectiveness, especially since I’ve heard that SoH aren’t viewed as the top legion in terms of winning games (I’ll likely be playing with people who don’t have an official house rule against phosphex, though I hesitate to buy a bunch of quad launchers because that’s kind of lame). Below, I list what I have so far, looking for advice on what is needed to round this collection off (btw, I’m open to getting another LoW choice; I’m not married to using a primarch in every game I play).

Super-Heavy:

-          Horus the Warmaster

HQ:

-          Legion Praetor in Tartaros Terminator Armor (Promo)

-          Legion Primus Medicae Consul (Promo)

-          Legion Champion Consul

-          Legion Master of Signal Consul

Troops:

-          60x Mark IV Marines (2 BaC boxes worth, plus SoH heads, torsos, and shoulder pads for all)

-          SoH Doors for 2x Deimos Rhinos (though I don’t have the rhinos)

Elites:

-          10x Justaerin Terminators (with tons of weapon options packs)

-          Contemptor Mortis Dreadnought (2x Twin Lascannons; Missile Pod)

-          Contemptor Mortis Dreadnought (2x Twin Lascannons)

-          2x Apothecaries

Fast Attack:

-          2x Javelin Attack Speeder (Missile Launcher)

-          1x Javelin Attack Speeder (Lascannons)

-          1x Voss Pattern/ Primaris Lighting Strike Fighter

Heavy Support:

-          1x Spartan Assault Tank

Some Emperor’s Children as Alllies:

-          Lord Commander Eidolon

-          10x Mark IV Assault Marines (Jump Packs; These could be made into SoH if I need them)

-          5x Phoenix Guard Terminators

-          1x Phobos Patter Land Raider (This could me made into SoH if I need it)

[RoadRunna]

Maybe some palatine blades with JPs given under the play test rules they finally rock. What about a sicarian? Any flavour is good

 

Leviathan are also a great looking model.

 

I also run a squad of three quad bolters... I know everyone else runs these quad guns but I like the massed dakka

 

Just criuze the Forgeworld website and pick what you like ;-)

[Imren]

Listen to these ones, will give you some useful advice on this matter: