Army Lists - 750 Point Challenge

So while bouncing around the various 40k blog sites I came across something on Fritz40k concerning building out 750 point Army Lists.  I found it not only intreguing, but also a nice change of pace and something I thought I'd continue on .

Now normally when I sit down with Excel and my Codecies I'm mostly focused on the 1750 and 1850 size armies.  Even when piecing my kids armies out for them I focus on this size as when we do hit the LGS that's the only size we seem to be able to get in game wise.  Of course our home games between the three of us vary in size and seldom do we actually play a "list" so to speak.  This got me thinking of how little I'm teaching them about the mechanics of the game if we're just throwing a bunch of models on the dining room table and start rolling dice.

So in keeping with Fritz's theme of designing up good playable lists around the 750 point level I thought I'd go through and design some based off the five different armies we have between the three of us. It should yield some interesting force lists and will open up some new avenues for family gaming night.  Come to think of it, we might actually be able to get more than one game in...better yet actually finish a game.  ;-)

So the armies I'll be focusing on this time around are my Flame Guardians Space Marines. This is actually the Show Army Project I'm working on under my Special Projects.  I've played varying forms of this army over the last couple of months and have yet to field the whole thing anyway.  The other armies I'll post up 750 point lists for will be for a SoB heavy Witchunters force and two additional DIY Space Marine chapters along with an Ork force.

For the most part when I build a list, at least for myself, I build what I want to field.  What I think I'm going to have fun with, have fun modeling, and painting.  I'm not much for building WINNING lists, though I have won games with most of my lists.  When I build lists for my kids, I build what I think they CAN play with, and WILL have fun with.  Again, not necessarily what they can WIN with.

750 Point Flame Guardians (Space Marines)

• HQ - SM Captain - Power Weapon, Storm Bolter - 118 Points
• Troops - Scout Squad x 2 - 5-Man, Sniper Rifles, Camo Cloaks - 180 Points
• Elites - Sternguard - 10-Man, PW, MM, Mg, SB, Bolter x 7, Drop Pod - 315 Points
• Elites - Dreadnought - Dual Twin-Linked Autocannon - 125 Points
• Total - 22 Models - 738 Points

The principle behind the Flame Guardians is the Heavy use of Sternguard and Vanguard Elites with Troops choices being Sniper Scouts who infiltrate and then start rending and pinning down the enemy with Heavy 1 AP 6 fire.  The above force is meant to deploy Dread as a rear fire support unit, Infiltrate with the scouts, then drop the Stern and the Captain in from the Drop Pod.  This list does work deploying first or second so long as your opponent DOESN'T have units that can Infiltrate as well.  I have used this list a couple of times.  Battle Report coming soon!


Looking forward to seeing what you all think and recommend.

40K and the Kids - The Gauntlet's Thrown!

Well folks it's "On like white on rice!"

The gauntlet has been thrown down by my daughter, or at least it was last night when we got back from church.  She was all excited declaring her Sisters of Battle could easily take on either of my Space Marine forces or the Orks.  Of course that led to my son chiming in that he wanted to play the Orks!

So that's it, Thursday night - the Collazo Family 40K Smackdown!

In this corner (the purple corner) - 783 points of "The Eternal Order of the Tulip" Sisters of Battle is forsaking their vows to destroy the foul Xenos by teaming up with 1070 points of "SnotFlinga Bombad's GOrilLa Orks" of the Blood Axe tribe (the green corner).

Their opponent 1850 points of the "Templars Omega" as they continue their crusade against the Greenskins!  Will the Sisters and the camouflaged, somewhat disciplined GOrilLa Orks be able to stand against the assault specialized Templars?  Will Brother Champion Ellion (counts as Shrike) valiantly lead his Crusader Assault Squad?  Well this should be an interesting evening.

Army Lists:


Order of the Tulip (Hannah-Celeste - 9)
HQ - Canoness "Emily" - Power Weapon, Inferno Pistol
Ellite - Celestian Squad - Rhino, Sister Superior (BP/PW), Heavy Flamer x 1, Bolter x 3
Ellite - Callidus Assassin - Phase Sword, Neural Shredder
Troops - Sister Squad 1 - Sister Superior (BP/PW), Bolter x 8, Flamer x 1, Imagifier
              Sister Squad 2 - Sister Superior (BP/PW), Bolter x 8, Flamer x 1
              Karskin Squad - Sgt (HP/PW), Hellguns x 9

GOrilLa Orks (Josiah - 4)

HQ - Warboss "SnotFlinga Bombad" - Power Klaw, shoota/skorcha
Ellite - Nobz - 10 x Choppa/Slugga
           Lootas - Deffgun x 4, Mek w/Mega Blaster
Troops - Boyz - Nob (Slugga/Choppa), Big Shoota x 1, slugga/choppa x 18
               Boyz - Nob (Slugga/Choppa), Big Shoota x 1, slugga/choppa x 18
               Boyz - Nob (Slugga/Choppa), Big Shoota x 1, slugga/choppa x 18
Fast Attack - Stormboyz - Slugga/Choppa/Rokkit Pack/Stickkbombz x 10
                     Deff Koptas - 4 x twin-linked rokkit launcha

Templars Omega - Fifth Company (BJC MiniStudio - 38)
HQ - Brother Champion Elion (Counts as Shrike) - JP, MC LC, BP, IH, Infiltrate - Attaches to Assault 1
         Brother Epistolary Simon - JP, BP, FW, The Avenger, Smite
Ellite - Brother Ancient "Bubba" Drednought - Drop Pod, MM, CCW, Heavy Plamer
           Blade Master Squad (Assault Termi) - TH/SS x 2, LC x 3, Drop Pod
Troops - Fire Squad Alpha - Bolter x 8, ML x 1, Melta x 1
              Fire Squad Bravo - Bolter x 8, ML x 1, Melta x 1
              Scout Sniper Squad - Telion, sniper x 8
Fast Attack - Assault 1 - PF/BP, CCW/BP x 7, Flamer x 2
                     Assault 2 - PF/BP, CCW/BP x 7, Flamer x 2
Heavy Supprt - Devesaters - Sgt (Bolter), ML x 4


Good thing I've got a 9 foot dining room table.  We've not tried a game this large before, so this should be interesting.  I'll report back later tonight on how it went.

Dad's feeling pretty lucky except for those dang Deffkoptas, Hope my Devestators can pop them quickly.