Four lists, and a lot of indecision [2000pts]

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So I've been dabbling around and keeping up with the heresy until this point and had planned on getting started last year. Major car troubles and a move later, and the money I had set aside for my heresy endeavors had been chewed up. Now that I've had all this time to brainstorm lists and watch new releases (and drool over them) I simply cannot come to terms with which legion (or the Golden Bananamen) I want to storm the tables with. If you guys could help me with some C&C on these lists and let me know how effective they would actually be on the tabletop (Not looking for bleeding edge competitive, I just want to stand a chance at winning some games). I've narrowed the lists down to 2000pts of the units that I would want to buy, build, and paint; and hopefully work well together at the 2000pt level. (I'm not sure what my local Heresy scene is like, so I will likely be open to playing against 40k armies as well). Feel free to comment on one list, all of them or anywhere in-between. Thanks in advance!

 

-Custodes- 1998pts 

Tribune w/ paragon spear, praesidium shield, cyber familiar, and arae-shrike

 

Custodian Guard x4 w/ arae-shrikes

 

Custodian Guard x4 w/ arae-shrikes

 

Sentinel Guard x3 w/ arae-shrikes

 

Contemptor-Achillus w/ dreadspear

 

Contemptor-Achillus w/ dreadspear

 

Agamatus Jetbikes x3 w/ corvae las-pulser

 

Agamatus Jetbikes x3 w/ corvae las-pulser

 

Tribune rolls with the Sentinels and takes infiltration warlord trait to move all three Custodes squads upfield, bikes and dreadnoughts close in and fire away with Las-Pulsers, aiming to take down enemy armour.

 

-Dark Angels- 2000pts [ROW: Pride of the Legion]

Praetor on Jetbike w/ molecular acid shells, paragon blade, iron halo, melta bombs, digi-lasers

 

Primus Medicae on Jetbike w/ molecular acid shells, refractor field, 

 

Command squad on Jetbike x3 w/ molecular acid shells, combat shields, and two combi-grenade launchers (stasis grenades)

 

Marksmen Veterans in rhino w/ 2x molecular acid heavy bolters, vexilla, and sgt with AA and calabanite war-blade

 

Marksmen Veterans in rhino w/ 2x molecular acid heavy bolters, vexilla, and sgt with AA and calabanite war-blade

 

Marksmen Veterans in rhino w/ 2x molecular acid heavy bolters, vexilla, and sgt with AA and calabanite war-blade

 

Javelin Attack-Speeders x2 w/ CML and 2x HK missiles

 

Javelin Attack-Speeders x2 w/ CML and 2x HK missiles

 

Deredeo Dreadnought w/ anvilius auto-cannon, aiolos missile launcher

 

This list is chock full of molecular-acid (don't you just love Alien?) and has a tough jetbike deathstar that should draw some fire and attention away from the (hopefully) heavy lifters, the Vets and Javelins. Deredeo is there to crack harder targets and provide AA.

 

-Space Wolves- [ROW: Pale Hunters]

Hvarl Red-Blade

 

Speaker of the Dead w/ aether-rune armour, combat shield

 

Grey Slayer Pack x20 w/ combat shields, vexilla and Huscarl w/ combat shield, AA, and great frost blade

 

Grey Slayer Pack x20 w/ combat shields, vexilla and Huscarl w/ combat shield, AA, and great frost blade

 

Legion Tartaros Terminators x8 w/ heavy flamer, 2x chainfists

 

Contemptor-Cortus Dreadnought w/ kheres assault cannon

 

Contemptor-Cortus Dreadnought w/ kheres assault cannon

 

Javelin Attack-Speeder w/ CML, 2x HK missiles

 

Javelin Attack-Speeder w/ CML, 2x HK missiles

 

Javelin Attack-Speeder w/ CML, 2x HK missiles

 

Deredeo Dreadnought w/ anvilius auto-cannon, aiolos missile launcher

 

Hvarl rolls with the Speaker of the Dead and Terminators, using his WL trait to scout them and the Grey Slayers up the board. Cortus Dreads and speeders soften up targets and the Deredeo aims to take down the biggest baddest piece of armour he can, while providing AA from the backfield.

 

-Night Lords- 2000pts [ROW: Drop Assault Vanguard]

Praetor w/ jump pack, paragon blade, power fist, trophies of judgement, iron halo *

 

Vigilator w/ scout armour, jump pack, and volkite serpenta *

 

Forge Lord w/ jump pack, refractor field, nuncio-vox, rad grenades, thunder-hammer *

 

Apothecary x2 w/ jump packs

 

Apothecary w/ jump pack, augury scanner *

 

Assault Squad x14 w/ AA sgt w/ powerfist

 

Assault Squad x14 w/ AA sgt w/ powerfist

 

Assault Squad x11 *

 

Contemptor-Cortus Dreadnought w/ chainfist, extra DCCW, EA, and x2 graviton guns

 

Javelin Attack-Speeder w/ CML, 2x HK missiles

 

Javelin Attack-Speeder w/ CML, 2x HK missiles

 

Anvillus Dreadclaw Drop Pod (Cortus goes here)

 

Fire Raptor Gunship w/ autocannons, hellstrike missiles

 

The idea here is that one assault squad* with all the characters and an apothecary scout up the board to provide a nuncio-vox to non-scatter off of. The other squads drop and try to cover as much of the opposing army in that sweet 12" of snap-shotting. Javelins soften up transports/armour, dreadclaw drops the cortus off to kill something, and the fire-raptor hopefully comes in to spray dakka at anything that moves.