Guess wot? I’ve started a new army for this new 2013. After almost
2 years playing an all-Grey Knight army in various guises (Mordrak Bomb,
Draigowing, Thawnwing, etc) I’ve opted to bolster my collection by playing the
Inquisitorial Daemonhunters faction, a.k.a Coteaz-wing. By taking Coteaz as HQ,
this unlocks Inquisitorial options as troops.
Here’s my sample army list:
Here’s my sample army list:
1.0 HQ:
1.1 Inquisitor
Coteaz
2.0 ELITES:
2.1 Vindicare
Assassin
2.2 Callidus
Assassion (using my new Riddick model)
3.0 TROOPS
3.1 Inquisitorial
Retinue – 4no. Acolytes (3no. meltaguns, 1no. Stormbolter), 8no. Psykers +
Chimera
3.2 Inquisitorial
Retinue – 4no. Acolytes (3no. plasmaguns, 1no. Stormbolter), 8no. Psykers +
Chimera
3.3 Inquisitorial
Retinue – 4no. Acolytes (3no. plasmaguns, 1no. Stormbolter), 8no. Psykers +
Chimera
3.4 Inquisitorial
Retinue – 4no. Acolytes (3no. plasmaguns), 8no. Psykers + Chimera
4.0 HEAVY
4.1 Psyfleman
Dreadnought (2no. twin-linked Autocannon + Psybolt ammo)
I call it my ‘Scanner’-spam army. S10 Ap1 pie plates galore
that can crack all types of armour, even a Landraider! With the Vindicare & Psyfleman added for long-range distance, I’ve already had a game
against Dougie’s Chaos Space Marines, which was a close-fought game ending in a
draw (7vps-7vps, hammer & anvil / the crusade). TWICE I gained Perils of
the Warp, rolling double 1’s and double 6’s, thereby having the honour of
actually killing more of my own army than my opponent throughout the game.( It
was also a noteworthy game in which I managed to miss with my Vindicare by
rolling double-1’s!)
It’s a list with a power-level that's pretty random, managing to pull off at
least 1 big blast per turn. At least the triple special-weapon load-out is pretty helpful. As with all elements of spam, I’m sure it’s not the
most competitive of lists with weaknesses that a canny opponent can exploit,
e.g. psychic defences, missile launcher spam to crack open chimeras, easy to
assault, inaccuracy in shots with scatter dice rolls, etc, but boy is it fun!
Smiles galore when Perils of the Warp arises, it’s almost
like playing Orks! Also, I had one pretty good shot that killed 9 space marines
at one go. Awesome.
Haven’t gotten round to cracking armour (yet) but I'm sure
that will happen soon. Using Riddick as a Callidus has been fun too, killed 7
marines on his first outing.
Remember the decapitated Cadians I posted yonks ago? Well I
applied the Maxmini Ash Junker heads I bought recently, as illustrated here, for headswaps:
And have ended up with the first of my ‘Scanners . Am pretty
pleased with the resulting 10no. models, I was trying to go for that ‘Men who can
blast things with their mind but get a headache in the process’ – kinda look. David
Cronenberg would be proud.
Enjoy!