New additions so far are a 5-man Assault Terminator squad armed with thunderhammers, and a Master of the Forge with Conversion Beamer on a Bike. Both of these choices fit well with the theme of the army and should be fairly effective too.
I've found i'm severely lacking in a close combat element, and even with my marines being fairly resilient i've lost out on most of the assaults they've been in. I needed something survivable that could deal a fair bit of damage too. I'd been wanting to include terminators in my force since the start and they seemed to fit this role perfectly, and the extra save the storm shields give them means they should even fare well against powerweapons.
I'm contemplating giving a locator beacon to one of the tactical squads too so i can drop termies straight on their position if they get in trouble :)
Nearly finished modelling them too, i've tried to treat them less like infantry and more like small vehicles, so i've put baggage rolls on rather than webbing and made some comms antennae for them. Not sure whether to stick more gear on them before modelling battle damage and painting
The bonus task for this month is to use one of the named characters from the codex, or use a vanilla HQ and create an name and fluff for them to fit in with our chosen force.
I couldn't find a named character that fit in with what i wanted to do. I had wanted to do a Master of the Forge to allow me access to more Dreadnoughts to fit the Space Sharks theme, and this seemed like a decent opportunity to do one. Looking over the weapon choices and the rulebook it became apparent i could move and fire with a conversion beamer by mounting it on a bike. Sensing an opportunity for an awesome looking model i decided to go for it
I managed to dig out a bike sprue minus the wheels, and since i could only rescue one of the wheels from elsewhere i decided to try and make a halftrack bike (due to the extra weight of the beamer it made sense too)
Still got to do a lot of work yet but i'm liking the look so far. I've also got to sort out the fluff and name to go with him, and i'm hoping to sort a backstory for the whole force too if i get the time
These new choices fill about 355pts, i'm still undecided about the rest. I'm contemplating either an Ironclad Dread or a Vindicator, but both of these require new purchases and i'm not sure i can afford them this month. Other possibilities are another Rhino, or possibly an Assault squad (i've recently found a full box set i didn't realise i had)
I've also tied down the idea enough to start on the objective (the one that should have been finished last month :P ) not done too much yet, but here's a preview
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