Iron Warriors 3.0 list crafting

[Galron]

OK, note this is more work in progress rather than a set list as like most of us I am still figuring this whole thing out. Also note I am well over my 3k mark and I am trying to figure out how to drop it. 

We will start with this is my Loyalist Iron Warriors led by Khyr Valen at the battle of Paramar. Going for stuff I like and want in the list. Weirdly, like the big guy from Mountain Miniatures said in one of his videos, doing it on paper is tedious but oddly enough when you put everything together, you generally end up with enough slots.  Also note I am doing this out of my head because I dont have time at home to sit in front of a computer and type these things.

 

Preator-Khyr-Paragon Blade, archeotech pistol, nunceo vox.

 Apex Detachment: Hammer of Olympia

 Tyrant Terminators x5 with o-scope

 ***Dominators x5 - ***Paragon of Battle- I priced them with thunder hammers and added 25 points since at the time of this writing they havent been released in legacies

 Breachers x20 power fist and 4 las cutters-  vex nunceo

***Tactical Marines x20 power fist, vex, nunceo. ***Expendable

Spartan with lascannons and heavy bolter on pintle

 

***Warsmith centurion ***Logistical Benefit

Sicarion Punisher Locutus full heavy bolter loadout

Aux detachment- Iron Fire

Arquator Bombard tank 

Arquator Bombard tank

3x Quadmortar rapiers

Heavy Support Squad x10 Auto Cannons (Will be replaced with iron Havocs once legacies comes out) vex, nunceo

Vindicator

 

Centurion Boarding Shield, power fist

Armored Support Detachment

Sicarion Punisher Full Heavy Bolter Loadout

Vindicator

Vindicator

 

Now originally, I also had a Leviathan with storm Cannons and a Typhon siege tank but this all brought me to 4225 points so they were the easiest to drop at 700 and some change. Now I am trying to figure out what else I should get rid of.

 

Side question since the book is clear as mud, do I need a praetor for each apex detachment? As in one for the extra consuls, one for the Hammer of Olympia, one for the retinue detachment etc.?

[Shard of Magnus]

As I understand, you get one apex detachment unlocked for filling the high command slot. Using special assignment to take another praetor/high command in a command slot wouldn’t open up another apex detachment.  Book is at home so I can’t double check if there are other constraints.

[MDops]

16 hours ago, Shard of Magnus said:

Using special assignment to take another praetor/high command in a command slot wouldn’t open up another apex detachment.

Can confirm this point

 

From what i can tell you have the following:

- crusade detachment

- Aux - Armoured support

- Aux - IronFire

- Apex - hammer of Olympia.

 

That being said it looks like you have enough points for the detachment:

Warsmith/Praetor for the apex

Centurion for the two Aux

 

With all that said, you have quite the quantity of armor with 3, maybe 4 units that can score at least 1 point. Is this something of a concern for you?

Edited yesterday at 07:10 AM by MDops
Clarity and more detail

[Galron]

To be honest, I have no idea lol. I would like more infantry but I think I can cut a vindicator and a Sicarian and would still be over 3k, I didnt have time last night to look things over, grr wife always wanting to spend time <grumble grumble>. Without having played a game, the idea is to suppress and destroy the opponent so my own minimal infantry can simply walk onto objectives relatively unopposed while the Dominators go do any damage to enemy hard points that needs to be done. 20 man units added up the points quickly. I could just as easily drop them to 10 man units. I have 6-7k of IW to draw on with enough grey legion, pile of shame, and a 3d printer to build anything I dont have, but "need" lol. This was an early themed list to get going and try and bring back a mix of my old list sans leviathan. Hoping Shrapnel weapons make a come back simply because the concept is cool and Irecently built the Sicarians with the idea that they are Shrapnel wagons. I might can drop the Spartan to a Land Raider which will save some points. Ill have to see what the transport capacity is. 

[MDops]

Right so scrolling through your list I would split the vehicles up as follows:

 

Anti tank

- Spartan

- Vindicators × 3

 

Anti infantry 

- Arquitor × 2

- Quad mortars 

- Sicarian × 2

 

Your looking for about 500 points of savings. Personally I think you might get more work out of the sicarians ove r the Arquitor. And dropping a vindicator as well would put you under if not closer to your pts limit. Will be interesting to see how far off the mark you are for the dominators and if that cleans things up

 

Side note. New recruit has the core units loaded at time of writing. Might help while on the move

 

Edited 15 hours ago by MDops