OK. I am building a new DA army. I love the rules and the BA army I was planning I placed on hold for their rules anyway. So here is my question. I have coming to me via a Bartertown Trade a LR (Painted in Deathwing Colors) and Dread(Painted in DA Colors) and a full squad of 3ed Termies (Obviously painted in Deathwing Colors) which I will be rebasing on correct bases.

My question is whether I should build a pure DA army and continue the paint schemes, or go something different. I have a single marine painted ina nice color shifting paint that shifts from Gold to Magenta depending on the lighting and was wondering if I should continue that color scheme for my DA army and just make a successor Chapter. The new Codex says all the main specialty figures are still valid in a successor chapter. Just rename them. So what do you all think?


See Pictures of Alternate Paint Scheme.

I think you should go with the colour scheme you're happiest with. Me, I have DA too, and my terminators will not be white (they were black for a while, they're green right now, but I'm tempted to repaint everything in maybe quartered green and bone).

I just started a DA army and unless ur planning a mechanised (rhino/razorback) army or using the RW and DW 1st turn assault/deathwing assault tactic, I would recommend going for a normal SM army as u will prolly find that the army list u make is cheaper in that dex than the DA dex.

As for colours, u should always go for what u prefer, not what someone else tells u.

Spacker, Gavin painted some SMs like that, i have a link to his old site:

www.taumaul.co.uk

http://www.taumaul.co.uk/oldimages/spac ... nators.jpg

nearly the same

Personally i don't like schemes like that. Quarters will look even worse i think.

Those are halves, not quarters

I like my old quartered Nova Marine Terminator: http://www.ageofstrife.com/gallery/Spack02/terminator

I actually might do my DA successors in the blue and bone I used for that figure

OK. I think you all have succesfully got me to do what I want and not a 'standard DA' army. I like a bit of difference. I will post my current planned list(Mainly this is simply what I got, and what I think i would like to go with it. I plan on getting the Ravenwing box as its a GREAT deal and probably another couple Terminator squads as funds permit. As it is I think I have about 1700 points without the added Deathwing or any Ravenwing figures.

KInG wrote:I just started a DA army and unless ur planning a mechanised (rhino/razorback) army or using the RW and DW 1st turn assault/deathwing assault tactic, I would recommend going for a normal SM army as u will prolly find that the army list u make is cheaper in that dex than the DA dex.

Well I can always buy Rhinos and Razorbacks, Right now I have 2 Land Raiders. One in Deathwing colors(That will arive tuesday) and another unassembled. Probably paint in my Main army theme color.

I do plan to add bikes and speeders. (Just need the cash to do so.)

Here is my Army components so far:

Tactical Marine Squad - Seargent with Plasma and PSword. 7 Marines with Bolters, 1 Missle Launcher and 1 Flamer.

Tactical Marine Squad - Seargent with Plasma and ChainSword. 7 Marines with Bolters, 1 Missle Launcher and 1 Flamer.

Company Master - Currently unassembled. Thinking of Plasma Pistol and PSword. - Maybe a PowerFist?

Command Squad: Standard Bearer, Company Champion, 2 Melta Guns and a Power Fist or a Power Weapon of some sort.

Dreadnaught. Unsure of armament but think its missle launcher and lascannons.

Assault Squad - Vet with PFist, 2 Plasma Pistols, 7 Bolt Pistol/ChainSword (Currently one has a damaged(IE Melted) jump pack. I will have to replace first.

Deathwing Terminator Squad(3rd Ed unknown armament.)

2 LandRaiders. One assembled unknown armament right now and on unassembled.

I can also snatch a Chaplain from my BA army stuff giving me that if needed.

What is the best design for my army given my current stuff. Then what shoudl I target to get in the future(over the next year) to flesh it out.

I really havnt played Space Marines before so I am giving it a go. I just really like the fluff and stuff for the DA and its successors.

jlong05 wrote:Company Master - Currently unassembled. Thinking of Plasma Pistol and PSword. - Maybe a PowerFist?

I'd put powerfists on sgts - on an IC it can be picked out in assault, ideally you want to take advantage of his higher I to take out enemy models before they get chance to hit, so give him a power weapon instead of a fist.

jlong05 wrote:Dreadnaught. Unsure of armament but think its missle launcher and lascannons.

Las + ML is great for long range anti-tank, but don't underestimate the stopping power of an Assault cannon

Spack wrote:

jlong05 wrote:Company Master - Currently unassembled. Thinking of Plasma Pistol and PSword. - Maybe a PowerFist?

I'd put powerfists on sgts - on an IC it can be picked out in assault, ideally you want to take advantage of his higher I to take out enemy models before they get chance to hit, so give him a power weapon instead of a fist.

How about a Lightning Claw? Is there a benefit to only having 1 or do you really need 2 for them to be effective? If 2 are needed are you then prevented from getting a gun of some wort? I ask because the writeup for options on teh DA Master is swap gun for gun; and then sword for either another sword, fist or claw or even double claws? This woudl efefctivly give a possible of a Plasma Pistol and 2 Lightning Claws. Maybe I am missreading it also. I dont have my dex here at work and am going off memory right now.

If you take only 1 LC you won't get +1 attack if you take another combat weapon, but you do still get the re-roll. If you have 1 claw + a pistol, you would only get 3 attacks; if you have a pair of claws you'd get 4 attacks.

You could take a plasma pistol and a pair of claws (you replace the bolt pistol with the plasma pistol, and the chainsword with the pair of claws), giving you a good ranged shot and the full benefit of claws in combat. But it's an expensive option - against most opponents you will be unlikely to need that re-roll (and remember you only get to re-roll one failure, not all of them), and so a plasma pistol + power weapon will be just as effective and quite a bit cheaper.

Sounds good. I am thinking I will do the Plasma Pistol with a Power weapon of some form. Maybe the Halberd from a Grey Knight or something. Something that will look cool and different. I will post up pics when I get him completed. I also completed assembling my Tac Squads last night. I have to finish a little detail on the shoulder pad. I am adding pins to give it a nubbed look. Hopefully it looks good when done.

"I am adding pins to give it a nubbed look."

what does this mean?

King, he means like the old style marine shoulder pad, the one with all the bumps and no edging.

they are on the sgt sprue for tact squads i think, or some other sprue.

Socaddict is right. I think they are classified as Mark IV Power Armor maybe. I saw it in a White Dwarf awhile back and though it looked cool. So some one my guys I did up like that and want to keep a standard look so they are all getting it done. I guess if it looks like crap and can always pull em all back out and then simply replace the pads with new ones.