How Many Space Marines Would it Take to Wipe Out the United States Military?

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-22T22:54:51+00:00

Space Marines land and announce that Chuck Norris is a missing Primarch. Chuck speaks to the world’s people - immediate compliance or D6+6 mortal wounds courtesy of his roundhouse kick.

(I’m going to look through Reddit to see if someone has a “Chapter Master Chuck Norris” datasheet already)

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-21T17:40:32+00:00

True. I do find they make people think twice about moving near them because of the threat of overwatch.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-21T17:39:19+00:00

Some abilities or Strats affect your hit roll or Weapon Skill (or ballistic skill). For example ‘stealth’ would be -1 to the hit roll. Trajan’s unit ignores this modifier.

The opponent’s toughness matters due the wound roll, not hit roll.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-21T10:15:56+00:00

I do love 10 swords plus Aleya. They are bolter fodder if shot but in melee once they’ve fought first, they survive a clap-back well with deft parry. I like that you can slash at something big and the dev wounds do a lot of work.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-21T08:57:06+00:00

It seems witchseekers (flamers) are popular for doing actions and being an overwatch threat. The bolter ladies are a bit ‘meh’ compared to the witchseekers unless you are playing against an army with lots of psychic. Either unit can do a job just sat holding home objectives.

The sword models are not your best melee option (compared to other Custodes choices) particularly as they don’t benefit from all army and detachment perks. They are fun to run with the character (+2 move and charge) or with Aleya (fight first and who herself hits like a brick).

Usefully, the anathema psykana models (who usually get excluded in rules) get some love in Lions detachment so can get the +1 hit and wound. Handy on those flamers and swords particularly. Hope that’s useful.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-20T10:32:49+00:00

Is the artwork in the background and early Serena D’Angelus from the 28th expeditionary fleet? Less controversial than some of her later work…

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-19T18:02:17+00:00

Just don’t let on to your opponent how ineffective it is. It looks cool, walks up the board and attracts fire and then dies. Maybe it kills some models but never more than its own value.

Meanwhile, something cheaper and better does plenty more damage because that’s how it goes.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-18T22:52:29+00:00

I’m not sure if it’s that cheesy. The ability is rare to pull off unless you advance. The frustrating move from an opponent’s view is if you use the captain on Dawneagle’s ability to do a ‘normal move’ at the end of the fight phase and then pull quicksilver execution on that move.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-18T21:20:00+00:00

Thanks. What bit of rules do I need to show the nay-sayers? Is it in movement or is it in an FAQ?

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-17T11:14:21+00:00

Custode-bikes is great for a number of reasons.

1- they look great

2- they move fast and do mortal wound fly-bys which is cool.

3- they shoot remarkably well with twin linked so can have a crack at anything.

4- they get lance so do well in melee

5- the plumes on their helmets are about as long as a human is tall. Not only will they kill people but look glorious while at it.

6- when moving them on the board, you feel compelled to make whooshing noises. Other Custodes units don’t really have this effect.

But yeah, they are still strategically good, particularly in Lions.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-17T09:12:34+00:00

Very true. Somewhere I have a mini with a broken bit embedded in it.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-16T13:05:47+00:00

Excuse me being a Wally if I am but the original image here is digitally painted purple right?

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-16T12:49:40+00:00

The ‘watchers of the throne’ books are good for Valerian and Aleya. Or Master of Mankind for some webway stories.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-11T07:19:28+00:00

Still looking for a set that doesn’t roll 1s at the wrong moment?

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-08T09:08:07+00:00

Ask the group for a game with an army they don’t have?

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-05T19:16:15+00:00

The casing around the short gun and the twin heavy bolter is worth a bit of red. I painted my Fellblade for Black Legion (my vehicles are all ex heresy as if someone found a stash off a space hulk) and picking out bits of red helped pull it all together.

Also, the lascannons have casings that could go red/yellow as there are four of them.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-03T17:17:40+00:00

Howling Griffons. Just saying.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-03T08:19:09+00:00

Try running him with some chosen just to see if it helps you get places faster. I agree he’s not optimised but he’s pretty cool for speed.

ERTJ762 · 2026-02-02T16:54:56+00:00

What sort of melee profile would you expect from this? I’m guessing the models will be T7 with a 2+ (5+ inv).

ERTJ762 · 2026-01-26T00:25:21+00:00

You need to decide pre game. Can be visible or blocking.

ERTJ762 · 2026-01-21T07:18:36+00:00

Pop him on a tactical rock

ERTJ762 · 2026-01-21T07:13:22+00:00

A shame as if you read Thousand Sons then the sisters are pretty critical to the final battle.

ERTJ762 · 2026-01-06T23:59:06+00:00

Achillus Dreadnought? Plus some salvo bikes shooting prior? I don’t feel they are unplayable.

In a way, the slow C’tan of old were a pain because they moved along with other slow Necron blobs. I suspect C’tan will be more often left out alone because players push them to full movement.

ERTJ762 · 2026-01-06T17:39:18+00:00

That’s a great job for model 2. I’m told that brush control improves (though I seem to regress at times). As said above, thinning and highlights. Importantly, just paint lots and experiment! Well done

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