Need help with 1st army

[reaver13]

I've never built a 40k army before, but there is an RTT event coming up in August that I want to participate in. I really want to build a Daemonhunter army composed of just things from their codex, but would it be too fundamentally flawed w/ no help from say some IG units or other SM units? I just want to field a viable army and not get laughed off the table! Thanks ahead of time.


-Reaver

[Culven]

I once played against a pure Grey Knights army in a GT, so it is possible to have a straight codex army. However, it is a very elite army which cannot afford to lose too many of its models.

Before we get into unit selection, tell us a little about what kind of experience you have with 40K and other games, and what kind of army tou would like.

[AdrianG]

When I get round to it, my next army is going to be Daemon Hunters .

I've opted for an Inquisitor with retinue, Grey Knights, and probably Inquisitorial Storm troopers.
Though I'm not too sure how legal that all is

Culven is spot on about taking losses in such a force, so I would certainly recommend getting Storm Troopers at the very least.
Mainly as they're another target for the opposition to shoot at.

[reaver13]

The only tabletop experience I have is with Mechwarrior: dark age. As far as the type of army I honestly haven't a clue. In mechwarrior I always used a lot of ranged, and had 1 expensive unit i'd use to bait people into getting too aggressive and play into my defensive set ups. So with no 40k experience I have no idea about the "flow" of the games. Anyways, I guess that answers it?


-Reaver