Collect and paint an army in 3 weeks (Part 1). The sleeper has awakened!

Hi again folks! It’s time I did a new army!

Last year I had a pretty solid year tournament wise and ended the year ranked 18^th in the UK (more by luck then skill in my opinion) but nevertheless I’m hoping to try and emulate that level of success this year.

I have the Mayhem tournament which is in Tolworth South London/Surrey which is being held in association with Heroes and Legends Games just around the corner (3 weeks I believe). As always I’m thinking about new armies and as always I can’t decide what to take!

There’s a few options on the table, Grey Knights, Deathwing, Space Wolves and I was keen on Dark Eldar but I can’t work out a cheap way to
make venoms (I’m not poor, just don’t like the viper/raider chop shop).

This particular tournament is what is typically referred to as battlepoints, those points being awarded for controlling objectives and as such there is a heavy emphasis on scoring units, as such my 4 TWC lord, 2 troop choice wolves are out of the window, the current list options are:

Grey Knights list

HQ (100)
Coteaz 100

TROOPS (840)
5 Terminators, 5 Halberds 200
10 strikes, Psyback 250
5 strikes, Psyback 150
5 strikes, Psyback 150
5 warriors, Psyback 70
5 warriors, 20

HEAVY SUPPORT (810)
Land Raider, Psybolt, Multi-Melta 270
Land Raider, Psybolt, Multi-Melta 270
Land Raider, Psybolt, Multi-Melta 270

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Basically idea is scoring land raiders and the strikes spread throughout the 4 psybacks, solid shooting, decent melee ability and 7 scoring units. You will note similarities with a list Stelek posted on his blog a few days back, that is indeed where the conept for this list came (I am a big fan of Godhammers and have 3 of these painted in the original Grey Knight colour scheme from my old BT/Daemonhunters army).

Death Wing List

HQ (130)
Belial, TH/SS 130

TROOPS (1230)
5 Deathwing, Apothecary, Standard, 5 TH/SS, Cyclone 290
5 Deathwing, 5 TH/SS, Cyclone 235
5 Deathwing, 5 TH/SS, Cyclone 235
5 Deathwing, 5 TH/SS, Cyclone 235
5 Deathwing, 5 TH/SS, Cyclone 235

HEAVY SUPPORT (390)
Auto/Las Pred 130
Auto/Las Pred 130
Auto/Las Pred 130

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25 thundershields in midfield is going to be a pain to remove, BUT there is an inherent weakness to AV14 and anti-horde is limited. I can drop a cyclone to put in 4 chainfists but I love thundershields (Ork Choppashields!)

Space Wolves List

HQ (100)
Rune Priest (2 powers) 100

ELITES (343)
6 Wolf Guard, 6 fist, 6 combi-melta 258
5 Wolf Scouts, Meltagun 85

TROOPS (850)
8 Grey Hunters, Meltagun, Banner, Rhino 170
8 Grey Hunters, Meltagun, Banner, Rhino 170
8 Grey Hunters, Meltagun, Banner, Rhino 170
8 Grey Hunters, Meltagun, Banner, Rhino 170
8 Grey Hunters, Meltagun, Banner, Rhino 170

HEAVY SUPPORT (345)
5 Long Fangs, 4 Missile Launchers 115
5 Long Fangs, 4 Missile Launchers 115
5 Long Fangs, 4 Missile Launchers 115

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A fair amount of this list I already have painted (when I say fair amount, I mean the long fangs and a few greys!). It is similar to the list Tony Kopach took to Adpeticon and placed 1^st with recently but I first saw a lit of this kind used by a good mate Ash Homewood at Mayhem last May at Warhammer World where he placed joint first with my close friend Richard Fielder who was also using a fairly similar list! The pedigree of this kind of list is unquestionable but it’s nice to do things a bit differently!

Dark Eldar List

HQ (170)
The Baron 105
Haemonculus, Shattershard 65

ELITES (262)
5 Incubi, Venom /w 2 Splinter Cannons 131
5 Incubi, Venom /w 2 Splinter Cannons 131

TROOPS (985)
20 Hellions, Helliarch 330
3 Wracks, Venom /w 2 Splinter Cannons 95
3 Wracks, Venom /w 2 Splinter Cannons 95
5 Wyches, Haywire, Hekatrix /w Agoniser, Venom /w 2 Splinter Cannons 155
5 Wyches, Haywire, Hekatrix /w Agoniser, Venom /w 2 Splinter Cannons 155
5 Wyches, Haywire, Hekatrix /w Agoniser, Venom /w 2 Splinter Cannons 155

HEAVY SUPPORT (315)
Ravager 105
Ravager 105
Ravager 105

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So this is a list I’m sure you’ve all seen before, I first saw (lies) something similar to it at the 40k Masters being run by Stu Robertson and a close friend of mine Michael Marlow runs the list I’ve posted here (from memory).

The big scoring hellion unit is a big deal and this is the list I would most like to do (entire army object light sourced would look cool!) but I’m struggling to find a method of making venoms which I like.

Sorry, I don't have any dark eldar painted! These Vipers from 2006 will have to do!

Well, that was a lot of waffle!

So what are your opinions on the posted lists? Any changes or suggestions to be made or perhaps you have another list in mind which is heavy on scoring units that you wish to share?

Much love and Happy Easter, Rupert xx