3000 point alpha legion army

[manic lotus]

base army alpha legion
20 mark 6 marines
10 lernaean terminators
5 cataphrati termanators
1 legion preator
1 consol apothecary
alpharius
1 leviathan dreadnought
1 kratos tank
allied detachment blood angels
10 Mark 6 marines
a set of 10 dawnbreakers
a praetor
1 contemptor dreadnought
can i have some help with weapon choices

The point cost is 2770 points

[gloomy prism]

Are the BA termies just termies ot cpaladins? Also id highly suggest giving the bangle marines bayonets and if you can afford it 10 Dawnbreakers over 5

[manic lotus]

The paladins

If I add more dawn breakers I would have only 100 points for upgrades

[gloomy prism]

Is your leviathan already kitted out?

[manic lotus]

No this is all base cost

[gloomy prism]

Hmm, idk what purpose you intend the cpaladins to serve, you already have a big supported termy death ball, their points may be better spent kitting up your other stuff.

Maybe trade their slot for a BA contemptor since you have no delivery service for it.

Instead of the AL Comtemptor

[manic lotus]

I got the box set so I don’t want to remove that

[manic lotus]

I could get the deredeo pattern dreadnought

[gloomy prism]

Youd just be switching its faction, BA dreads tear other dreads apart with their bonus to wound

[manic lotus]

Oh

That could be useful

[gloomy prism]

Then drop the paladins and use their points to bling out everything, since the 4 of them are running you a fair sum.

And they arent making much of an impact deep striking or foot sligging

Slogging*

[manic lotus]

Then I have 455 extra points

I could replace the paladins with 5 more dawnbreaker cohort units

[gloomy prism]

Yeah, then take 5 more dawnbreakers, bling up your leviathan, invest in your lerneans weapons.

[manic lotus]

I think I am keeping the lernaeans as is

[gloomy prism]

Put two assault cannons in your contemptor fists

[manic lotus]

Why contemtor fists

[gloomy prism]

Fists or claws, up to personal choice really.

[manic lotus]

Also how do I do that with the box set

Will I need to buy a separate one once it comes to plastic as a separate kit

[gloomy prism]

Youd need to source another contemptor arm

[manic lotus]

How do I get claws

[gloomy prism]

There are claw finger options in the box set

Check ebay or bits sites for contemptor arms, or they may still have some on forgeworld

[manic lotus]

What’s the difference in the claw and normal fist

[gloomy prism]

Uhhhh

[manic lotus]

Forge world I don’t think is compatible

[gloomy prism]

They absolutely are

And sorry its chainfist or power fist

Chainfist is s10 and armorbane but costs more, powerfist is s8

The chainfist is for if you expect your dread to melee land raiders or kratos

[manic lotus]

Wait is this for terminators not contemtor s

[gloomy prism]

No, contemptors get gravis power fists or chain fists

The reason you take dual fists on BA is you can put illastus assault cannons in them, where other dreads have to chose between assault cannons or melee weapons.

[manic lotus]

Please explain how that works

[gloomy prism]

Or turn into a cheap multi purpose platform with lascannons or something but the Leviathan is a far better firing platform

[gloomy prism]

BA can replace heavy flamers with assault cannons for +10 points, contemptors can take heavy flamers inside their fists (or bolters, plasma blasters, or melta guns)

So you trade out heavy flamers for assault cannons, thus dual minigun fists

[manic lotus]

How would I kitbash that

I can’t imagine that weapon fitting in there

[gloomy prism]

Cut the front off of rotor cannons and put it in the fist, use the bolter ammo container on the back of it.

Or undersling the minigun but I think that looks kinda janky

Alternatively run a BA Leviathan for the minigun nipples that they come with on the mini

[old plover]

Hehe

[manic lotus]

hi