Lord-Commander Macarian

Reaver Lords are indeed really expensive, mine only comes out at 2,5k+. You're just better of running a Centurion at 2k points. That being sad, the combination of Halo Blade, Digital Lasers and Rad Grenades is pretty neat. You better not fail any saves or that Praetor gets instagibbed.

wait.. With this trait, they cant take allies. But they CAN be taken as allies? That seems odd Well the rules are very specific, stating under the Chymeriae section of the wrought by war rules (quote): Shunned and Distrusted: A Legiones Astartes (Blackshields) Primary Detachment with this special rule may not have an Allied Detachment. So, it says nothing about their ability to be taken as allies and so they follow the general blackshields rules of being allowed as Allied Detachements. They are off course at the lowest tier, being by order of the Emperor/Warmaster. Personally, I like it, it reflects that Chymeriae on the loose are considered dangerous mutants, but can still be used as experimental weapons alongside a more traditional force. EDIT: I have toying around with Marauder builds and I think a nice way of running them is this: 10 Marauders: -Bolt Pistols/Chainaxes/Shotguns -1 Plasma Gun (due to the odd wording in the unit entry you can't get 2 in a ten man squad) -Pariah Armour -Chief w/ Power Fist -Rhino 260 Points You drive around shooting the Plasma Gun while moving up the field to objectives. When the Rhino gets wrecked, charge towards the nearest unit of Infantry or hold an Objective. Despite the defensive weakness of Pariah Armour, the Rhino can keep them safe initially and later in the game they can still keep getting their shotguns in range.

So how strong would this be for an Allied Detachment: Blackshields Allied Detachment (Chimeriae +1S/+1T/-1I) Reaver Lord -Artificer Armour -Double Lightning Claws -Rad Grenades -Jump Pack 20 Assault Marines -4 Power Axes -Sergeant with Artificer Armour/Power Axe 655 Points +++EDIT: or replace the Reaver Lord with a Primus Medicae, no Rad Grenades, but toughness 5 combined with a 4+ FnP and you're still wounding on 2's with the Power Axes+++ Fast, many bodies, 4 hidden Power Axes, often getting Instant Death (S6 vs. T3). This feels like a very dangerous unit and takes care of any CC needs of a list.

Well, I do have to wonder how Knights are going to prevent a fleet from bombarding the planet from orbit. I would at least think a Knight World has defence batteries and/or orbital stations. On Mechanicum alinged worlds those would be manned by servitors but I can imagine on Imperial aligned Knight Worlds some type of Men-at-arms would man those batteries. From there it's not really a stretch to consider the Knights having a small military to patrol the settlements, guard supplies, man the walls of their keeps, keep the consorts and sacristans safe from assassins etc. More like a heavily armed police force rather than a proper military. So, no tanks/flyers other than transports, no heavy guns. Ogryns could work as Riot Police, someone has to rough those peasants up a bit when they start complaining about the third tax raise this week. Ungrateful peons Space Marines are more difficult angle, still nothing is impossible. Say a Marine Chapter deploys to a Knight World to save the World, a warp storm rolls in and the Marines and Knights are trapped for a millenia forced to fight for their survival. After the Warp Storm dissipates, the force that comes out is a mixture of Knight House and Space Marine Chapter. Or stay within Games Workshop Canon (if such a thing truly exists) and just say the Chapter and Knight House like each other so much they have sworn oaths to help each other. Sounds a bit bland to me but there you have it

It doesnt matter, GW has no idea who Pulse really is and they have no jurisdiction on these boards anyway and since the mods havent shut this topic down theres no problem at all. On the models; awesome! :) when are we going to see an update? hurry plz ;)