This month will see the return to the tabletop of my Dead Suns Space Marines. They haven’t seen the light of day since the introduction of 6th edition 40k as I’ve been preoccupied with my Blood Angels army, but since the Storm Raven has now been added to the Space Marine codex I feel like using them again. The Storm Raven’s offering of versatility with punchy air support fire power and transport capabilities, coupled with the fact mine never gets used provides the perfect excuse to use it again.
I’m entered in a 1500pt single-day, three round tournament at The Outpost in Sheffield (lovely, friendly place by the way). Though not particularly a tournament-focused gamer I do like to do the odd ones, especially smaller events, and they’re always a good opportunity to meet a few new faces.
This is the list I’ve put together to use at the weekend;
- 1 x librarian in terminator armour with storm shield
- 5 x terminators, cyclone missile launcher, chainfist
- 5 x tactical marines, combi-plasma
- 5 x tactical marines
- 1 x razorback with lascannon and twin-linked plasmagun
- 1 x land speeder with typhoon missile launcher and heavy bolter
- 1 x land speeder with typhoon missile launcher and heavy bolter
- 1 x land raider with twin-linked lascannons, heavy bolter and multi-melta
- 1 x vindicator
- 1 x thunderfire cannon
- 1 x storm raven with twin-linked plasma cannon, stormstrike missiles and multi-melta
It may seem a strange list at first but of the three missions on the day, only the first one contains multiple primary objectives. Mission two is the Emperor’s Will and mission three is a variation on the kill points scenario. After getting pummeled several times with my Blood Angels, who incidentally have very little weaponry that has a range greater than 12″, it will be nice to actually be able to pick a target and shoot something on turn one…….
One Inch Rifles 