Let’s talk through the armies of Warhammer 40K and ONE way you could start each of them with an 1000pt Army List…
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0:00 Intro
1:56 Space Marines
6:01 Astra Militarum
9:37 Adeptus Mechanicus
12:29 Adepta Sororitas
15:16 Imperial Knights
17:23 Adeptus Custodes
20:22 Grey Knights
23:07 Imperial Agents
26:08 Blood Angels
29:00 Black Templars
31:40 Space Wolves
35:10 Dark Angels
38:57 Chaos Space Marines
42:10 Thousand Sons
44:29 World Eaters
46:55 Death Guard
49:58 Chaos Daemons
52:31 Chaos Knights
54:59 Aeldari
58:17 Drukhari
1:01:11 Tyranids
1:04:26 Genestealer Cults
1:07:53 Leagues of Votann
1:11:17 Orks
1:14:21 Necrons
1:18:09 T’au Empire
1:21:32 Outro
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For Thousand Sons, if you want to stretch your Rubricae a little, you can buy a normal box of Rubric Marines and your favorite mark of HH tactical marines, and kitbash them together to get 30 Rubricae for ~$140 instead of the ~$185 it would normally cost
SO I MADE A LITTLE RESEARCH
here in Hungary the base price for the astra militarum combat patrol can be as low as 113 usd without the 5% coupon
with all discounts applied, and cheapest places searched up:
2x combat patrol = 214 $ around 710 points [2 scout sentinels version, and no enhancement applied ]
1x leman russ (with demolisher cannon) tank commander 46 $ = 205 points
1x hydra 47,5 $ = 85 points
TOTAL = 307,5 $ = 1000 points.
But of course this is the 2nd most budget option for 1k
THE CHEAPEST ->
1x combat patrol = 107 $ = 355 points ( still only scout sentinel version and no enhancement applied )
1x baneblade = 133 $ = 480 points
1x vindicare assassin = around 30 $ = 150 points OR 160 or more ( depends on what superheavy you roll with for a leman russ for 46 $
TOTAL = 286 $ = around 1k with leman russ
TOTAL = 270 $ = around 1k with vindicare assassin
This only includes my country's 27% tax rate, and not the shipping fee.
I've been obsessing over points-per-dollar of my favorite armies now, and the only real things killing the Guard army here are the Bullgryn and Chimera, and the Basilisk isn't terribly great either.
If you want a real cheapo regiment, I'd sub those out for a Manticore and maybe another Russ, or a bigger tank like a Rogal Dorn or even a Malcador if you have the points.
Remember, you can proxy both Russes ($65) and the Malcador ($92) with their 30k kits. It's only five dollars cheaper for the Russ, but the Malcador is a 250 point 'we have Rogal Dorns at home' type tank, and you can build it as an Annihilator which is 270 points, only behind Tank Commanders and Demolishers at the top of the points-per-dollar game in Guard.
My only fear there is that the only 40k Malcador is a Forge World kit, and they may just Legends that instead of letting you bring the 30k model, in which case the $15 more expensive, 10 point cheaper Dorn feels a lot safer.
Great video, even helpful for veterans wanting to make a new army!
Just in time for me starting a Black Templar army! Thanks, it's been a real help pointing me in the right direction
Wargames portal had sold out last night at midnight of the new blood angles set
When it comes to knight armiger's kits, be careful. GW sometimes won't put the other options in the box
Am I crazy or is that Black Templars list 1,010 points?
"sticking with the Heretic Astartes…" brilliant
Uh, oh…your Space Wolf army has me considering how I would expand it. Oh, dear. Ah, thanks…
have you done a video on the inner circle and an army list that would be good for that detachment?
The craziest thing is if you max build the Custodes combat patrol, as in, make every captain option that comes in the instructions, you will actually have a nearly PERFECT 1,000 point list after putting in some enhancements
One good reason to bring Morty in a 1k list is pair him with a lord of contagion with deathly pathogen on him, and 6 deathshroud. Get Morty to be a big bullet sponge on no mans land and and rapid ingress the loc and deathshroud on whatever enemy unit is causing the most problems or you feel the NEED to kill, and literally incinerate them. If they’re within 6” of Morty you can give them benefit of cover to ensure maximum chance of survival in case of like another dreadnought or termis around then still and deathly pathogen gives the loc +2 attacks and strength if within range of an infected objective which Morty will be holding.
Kind of dependent on the enemy being relatively close, but is basically an alt+f4 on anything less then an imperial or chaos knight. Could bring typhus in place of loc but I prefer loc in this combo for the higher dmg potential with deathly pathogen + the reroll melee hit rolls for all the deathshroud and himself
His melee is equivalent with typhus with deathly pathogen’s baseline +1 atk and str
jeez, the amount of models you need these days lol
Custodes might be an overall cheap army, but damn that Sisters of Silence box. Its the most outrageous box out of any army asking $60 USD for 5 guard size models when most other armies get at least double that count for the same price (or less!)
the AdMech one hurts as an AdMech player. Thank fuck did I start collecting them slowly throughout Covid. I swear to god I spent roughly 500€-800€ on them and I still barely scrape 2000 poinst, its ridiculous
Where Emperor's children ?😢😢
Finish my Salamanders army, or start another? Haha
Prices from highest to lowest
Adeptus Mechanicus 616
T'au Empire 554
Orks 539
Adeptus Sororitas 531
Leagues of Votann 520
Genestealer Cult 512
Astra Militarum 500
Death Guard 488
Space Wolves 487
Black Templars 468
Dark Angels 444
Chaos Space Marines 422
Necrons 420
Chaos Daemons 415
Space Marines 413
World Eaters 411
Drukhari 407
Blood Angels 407 (with Army Box)
Tyranids 386
Thousand Sons 385
Chaos Knights 383
Imperial Agents 378
Imperial Knights 368
Aeldari 362
Grey Knights 336
Adeptus Custodes 288
Check out the video in full, thanks to Auspex Tactics for his time and the very nice lists! <3
lol, lmfao even. I have 1500 points of models. It's the assembling and painting that's the problem.
Eldar are pain.
Personal take on necrons.
2 combat patrol box + 1 hierotek circle box.
auspex (1000 points)
Necrons
Incursion (1000 points)
Canoptek Court
CHARACTERS
Overlord (85 points)
• 1x Resurrection Orb
1x Voidscythe
Technomancer (105 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Staff of light
• Enhancement: Dimensional Sanctum
BATTLELINE
Necron Warriors (200 points)
• 20x Necron Warrior
• 20x Close combat weapon
10x Gauss flayer
10x Gauss reaper
OTHER DATASHEETS
Canoptek Doomstalker (145 points)
• 1x Doomsday blaster
1x Doomstalker limbs
1x Twin gauss flayer
Canoptek Doomstalker (145 points)
• 1x Doomsday blaster
1x Doomstalker limbs
1x Twin gauss flayer
Canoptek Scarab Swarms (40 points)
• 3x Canoptek Scarab Swarm
• 3x Feeder mandibles
Canoptek Scarab Swarms (40 points)
• 3x Canoptek Scarab Swarm
• 3x Feeder mandibles
Deathmarks (60 points)
• 5x Deathmark
• 5x Close combat weapon
5x Synaptic disintegrator
Skorpekh Destroyers (180 points)
• 6x Skorpekh Destroyer
• 2x Plasmacyte
6x Skorpekh hyperphase weapons
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Very interesting exercice. I am mainly interrested in army list that can start with a kill team, go to a boarding action list and combat patrol,list and end in the 1000 pts of 40k army list.
Will you do the same for Age of Sigmar ?
Auspex, the Yeagers are NAFF in the Votann, they are literally cannon-fodder and not worth their points, underequipped because of the 5+ armour save & they rely (currently) on the Plasma Knives for major threats, they should be a 2nd squad of Hernkyn Pioneers for scoring and mobility
Wish I watched this before buying my Niece her first 1000 point sisters of battle army, I think it was a good selection though.
As much as I love the videos, would be really ideal if you also used British Pounds in these vids
Just recently been thinking how to expand my Leviathan halve of Nids. Thank you for reading my mind!
Re: Astra militarum players, probably wouldn't recommend the field ordinance batteries or basilisk for 10th edition instead Id pick up a third leman russ and a box of scions instead
There’s no deathwatch list?
You fucking what? 5 sisters of ailence cost 60 dollars? Is this a joke? I thought they were sold in boxes of 10.
No wonder fucking nobody buys them.
This show exactly what's the problem with games workshop. We're closer to a day 3D printing at a GW quality is available for a 1/10th of the price.
correction, when discussing the Black templars, you mention the impulsor having 6 seats. it has 7, enough for 5 swobros, HMH and an LT.
Stupidly, 2 minimally built custodes combat patrol and Canis Rex is 1995 pts.
Day 2 asking for a video for poorhammers horde mode