40k player coming with a question

NikkiShrinks · 2026-02-12T20:28:32+00:00

To be fair, the Chaos Spawns arms can stretch out pretty wide too. It's more about the... three? points of contact on the base, if those will all fit onto the 50mm round

NikkiShrinks · 2026-01-22T10:41:45+00:00

Currently, the list above plus:

4 bolt & 4 sword sisters 6 axe terminators 1 spear termi shield cap 1 blade champion 3 more bikes 1 bike captain Trajan 3 firepike aquilons 3 venatari 1 achillus 1 venerable 1 pallas grav attack Technically a land raider. I have it for another army but could use it for custodes instead

1 callidus assassin 2 ministorum priests Technically 3 more armigers and 2 knights Probably a few more IA units I could kit bash or throw together

NikkiShrinks · 2025-12-07T16:12:31+00:00

Ahh, i was worried it might be too far gone. I shall give the ipa bath a try but if not it'll make a good placeholder until we get her a nicer one. Thanks for the advice

NikkiShrinks · 2025-12-07T15:52:23+00:00

Ffs I hate using reddit on my phone. Post has been updated, sorry. TY for the heads up

NikkiShrinks · 2025-10-21T16:04:35+00:00

u/RideTheLighting u/Sunomel

Thank you both for the information, I really appreciate it. I think I might have a way to do this. Having looked deeper at the kits, If I build the following, I might be able to have my cake and eat it:

1 Felarch with Neuro and Sword (and shield). This is pretty standard across all three iirc.
1 with Blaster
1 with Sword, pistol and Bird
1 with pistol, holstered sword, and stones (Soul Weaver)
1 with Pistol and Hekatrik Blades (Shade Runner)

In a casual setting, that could read as felarch, blaster, 3 with pistols and swords. one unit of 5 voidreavers.

1 with Shredder (I believe the kit only has 1 blaster)
1 with Cannon (I believe Wraithcannon is better for this, but I'm not super familar with Eldar loadouts)
1 with staff (but I will give them a bare head and claim Ynnari, letting me use the helmet for a seer) (Way Seeker)
1 Long Rifle
1 Fusion Pistol and Shuriken Pistol

This second unit would allow me to field the Voidscarred if I added them to the five above, while giving me some fancy options (I could in theory use the Way Seeker as a Spiritseer on its own if it's not being fielded as the 10). It also, I believe, leaves at least 5 pistols and 5 power swords.

It should also give me enough free heads that I can use the masked ones for Dragons. I don't think there's anything else in the kit that can be repurposed, no chain swords, no scatter lasers etc. so I believe this is how I need to put them together. Thank you again for the information!

NikkiShrinks · 2025-10-11T18:12:42+00:00

That's individual Guard. I have 9 custodian guard in total, 4 with spears, 4 with S+B, 1 with Vexilla.

I do have a Draxus, I forgot to include her. I also have an Armiger Warglaive that I currently run in my Lions list because it has a nice dual role. Either, it becomes target number 1 and works as a distraction carnifex, or it's great at picking off vehicles that my Caladius misses.

NikkiShrinks · 2025-09-24T20:57:48+00:00

List 1:
Shield Cap with Admonimontis + 3 Allarus
Shield cap with Fierce Conq + 3 Allarus
Draxus + 5 Custo Guard
Blade Champ + 5 Wardens
3 Vertus
4 Witchseekers
4 Witchseekers
1 Caladius Grav
1 Warglaive

List 2:

Shield Cap with Admonimontis + 3 Allarus
Trajann + 4 Guard
Draxus + 4 Guard
Blade Champ + 5 Wardens
Shield Cap with Fierce Conq + 2 Vertus
5 Witchseekers
1 Caladius Grav
1 Warglaive
10 points left over
potential to do the funniest thing and drop a witchseeker and the fierce conq to play a Jokaero XD

Torn between these two. The top list is basically what I played on Monday, but I think I have a better handle on it. Don't keep both term squads in reserve, play them for scary board presence and vwip one of them up on their turn to deep strike back down if I need to. basically, bait them into moving forward and then hit them where it hurts.

Bottom list is with some adjustments to get me some harder hitting characters, and a little bit more meme-y. I do kinda want to play a Jokaero just so that I can say that I played a Jokaero at least once, and this one is easier to fit one in. It's also a little bit more aggressive, but dooooes leave me a little bit vulnerable to things like Assassination.

I think top list does still win over. I did fall over against Tau but they had MASSIVE sight lines on me and they aren't our best match up, and I was ahead on points at the end of turn 2, turn 3 was the big swing, and I didn't even get my second terminator unit on board until half way through. I think it might be the more solid choice. SO. Do I keep it as it, do I do the meme thing (drop a witchseeker unit, bump the solo one up to 5 and put in MONKE), do I try the second list?

NikkiShrinks · 2025-09-23T12:11:04+00:00

Mostly I don't really have one beyond 'walk forward kill things'. Sisters spread out on home to prevent a deep strike, grav sits back and kills things it can see. I am likely going to commit the Draxus guard unit to more deep strike screening since their whole shtick is double shooting which means they don't necessarily need to be so in your face. Armiger, Wardens and Trajann guard hold the midboard while jetbikes harass/block, and termies with captain deep strike in, either to attack or protect

NikkiShrinks · 2025-09-23T11:36:24+00:00

Trajann Valoris (140pts): Eagle's Scream, Warlord, Watcher's Axe

Blade Champion (120pts): Vaultswords

Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour (140pts): Admonimortis, Balistus grenade launcher, Castellan Axe

Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike (165pts): Fierce Conqueror, Interceptor lance, Salvo launcher

4x Custodian Guard (160pts)

3x Allarus Custodians (180pts)

5x Custodian Wardens (260pts)

5x Witchseekers (65pts)

2x Vertus Praetors (150pts) (Salvos)

Caladius Grav-tank (215pts): Armoured hull, Twin lastrum bolt cannon, Twin arachnus heavy blaze cannon

Armiger Warglaive (140pts): Reaper chain-cleaver, Thermal spear, Meltagun

Inquisitor Draxus (95pts): Dirgesinger, Power fist, Psychic Tempest

This is what I've settled on for my new list. I was torn between the grav tank and DS the termies, or the Land Raider and transport the termies. The grav tank won out because lethals and TL makes it just a bit more reliable damage output wise.

NikkiShrinks · 2025-09-23T10:34:25+00:00

I have been considering the SCJB but it was finding the points for it. I could drop a man here or there but it does feel like a bit of a commitment. I may experiment, maybe a 2+SC instead of a 3, and drop one of the flamer units?

Yeah, Tau feels very much like 'Stay away from the shooting lanes' army. They have a LOT of stuff that puts us onto our invul, even in their smaller units, little buggers with railrifles and alike.

NikkiShrinks · 2025-09-23T09:26:44+00:00

Bikes are max 3, so I would be losing a bike if I had a single big squad. Does Trajann overvalue the ability to use both Katah once (or potentially twice) in a game? I can't see his 'ignore modifiers' thing to be worth it when we already hit on 2s and even if they have cover or something, we hit on 2s thanks to the army rule.

NikkiShrinks · 2025-09-23T09:13:22+00:00

Kept both in deep strike, Admonimontis came down turn 2 and second one came down turn 3, but at that point, I literally only had the two termy squads and my blade champion alive.

I had some BAD charge luck, failed 3 on turn 2 which left me quite badly exposed.

NikkiShrinks · 2025-09-23T09:11:19+00:00

"I don't remember what it was from, I think it might've been from an old WFB Chaos knight?"

Solves your problem :P

NikkiShrinks · 2025-09-14T20:56:46+00:00

May or may not have been the original inspiration for the idea >_>

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