Brother Barkus Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Having fallen in love with these overly secretive and possibley misunderstood (but probably not) marines I'm curious how to represent them on table top. Since the new space marine codex came out the traits from the old one are undone so no infiltration for everyone (cries). In any case I'm looking for opinions on wether C:SM or C:CSM is better to represent them and how one would go about doing it. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Caldera Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 The traits were definitely the best system for AL, but I think with the new SM codex you could do it pretty easily if you're going for the "operatives" kind of army. Just use scouts for your troops and field a few hard-hitting Tactical or Sternguard squads in drop pods. Scout Bikers get the homing signals so you can bring your pods in accurately. Chaos would be the way to go for power-armored infiltrators, just load up on Chosen. Hope it helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 the problem with both of those options is the scouts are Ws/Bs3 and the chosen, aside from being expensive units, are not troop choices. both are good ideas, but you'll need something more than a unit of sternguard to give them some added punch if you go with the scouts, and for the chosen... hmm... to be honest i'd go with basic chaos marines as none of the others seems to fit their character very well... just as a side note, your avatars look 'suspiciously' similar.... is the loyalist really a chaos in disguise? well we are talking about AL here.... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Askari Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Chosen are a very Alpha legion-ish unit since they have infiltrate. You can use summoned lesser daemons to represent cultists. Icon of chaos glory will go well with the other units. Deepstriking termies also screams alpha legion. No possessed or cult troops or oblits. Pretty much everything else is fair game though. You can either have a bunch of termies and chosen supported by some small squads of CSm's with icon of chaos glory that summon daemons units (count as cultists) to provide more bodies. In this setup the marines will do the killing while the daemons take objectives or screen/lend numbers to assaults or hold up MCs that would otherwise chew through your marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Barkus Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 Cool. I agree on both points. Though I've actually found a way to infiltrate (in a way) with the marine codex. Just use the Khan character and outflank, seems pretty Alpha legionish to me and some scout for flavor. Though I'm not too certain about the effectiveness on table top. Opinions? Oh and fluff wise is the effrit stealth squad just one group or more? And finally is their armor blue or purple? I'm looking at the cover on legion and it seems purple but I may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Askari Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 i beleive it's purple and green. the khan idea can work but it's not too fluffy to have an alpha legion lord on a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Barkus Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 he doesn't need to be on a bike. Moondrakkan is merely an optional choice (Yeah i used to own a whitescar army.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogi Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I personally wouldnt paint them purple. Ipersonally think of this as their colour scheme. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/kilianjay/toned.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigger-than-Jesus Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Legion describes them in Purple armour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senseilord Ashahara Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 yeah....pre heresy. Now they're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Barkus Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 Well this is the preheresy forum. Though the Marine on the front of "Legion" looked to be a kinda purple blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironloki Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Scouts - with their reduced WS/BS could represent cultists/followers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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