Chosen loadouts

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I figured that it was about time I field my own chosen squad, as they seem to be a staple in most lists and I need any edge I can get against my friend's necrons (their 3 wound profile would be huge against the 2D weapons of his many destroyers).  I also figured that I could probably convert my old Dark Vengence models (I have 10) without too much effort, before I build and paint some more appropriately scaled and (for my army) caped models using the current GW kit.

 

Then I actually took a look at their wargear selections - man, they are complicated.  I'm debating whether its worth converting the dark vengeance models, as it would require a lot more work than I anticipated. 

 

Having worked out what the legal loadouts are (which took a bit), I think the best way to kit them is:

-  In terms of shooting, 4x combiweapons, 4x plasmapistols

-  In terms of melee, 2x power fists, 2x twin accursed weapons, 6x accursed weapons.

 

The question then becomes where to best put the plasma pistols and icon.  To me, its a balance between putting them on models you want to keep so you can remove "chaff" before "value" during regular casualty allocation, balanced with not putting them with wargear you don't want to lose from a failed hazardous test.  So, basically, one benefits you from putting all your eggs in one basket, while the other punishes you for doing so.  Given the way hazardous tests are "pooled" (rather than taken by individual models) in 10e, I think I'll probably hedge my bets by doing both - taking 2 on the power fists, which I want to keep, and the other 2 on combiweapon models, which I can allocate failed hazarous tests to first.  That said, if hazardous tests change next edition to remove the pooling, having them on the powerfists is back to being a liabilty.

 

That said, a further consideration against putting them the combiweapons is that both the combiweapons and the pistols are best at within 12", but you can only fire one, whereas on a bolter model it essentially gives you the bolter for long range and the plasma for close.

 

As a final note, I'm not a huge fan of just putting on a holster and saying that's a plasma pistols - with impactful weapons such as it, I want it to be actually visible and identifiable on the model.  That's one reason why I didn't put any on the paired accursed weapons models, though that's probably the most efficient place to put them in terms of shooting volume, as you don't lose any bolter shots (that said, any loss of efficiency is minimal).

 

Anyway, interested in hearing how others have built theirs and why, and if there are any considerations I've missed or an over/under valuing in my thoughts above.

Edited 12 hours ago by Dr_Ruminahui