Those bloody Blood Angels

Yes.. I know..blasphemy talking about the space vampires on a site dedicated to the Ultramarines. But with a flashy new codex and unpainted astartes in boxes or partially put together I couldn't resist starting a Blood Angels army.

I mean who can resist deep striking land raiders and heaven forbid when the storm raven is unleashed. While i am not a big assault guy - I think the assault phase in 40k is just way overpowered and the rules have diminished shooting. Can we say overwatch or enfiliading fire? well be that as it may I have decided to try to build a 1850 BA army. I am going to attempt to use regular blood angels as well as a squad or two of Lamenters in creating the army to add some flavor. However as you all know yellow is a pain to get right.

I will be posting some photos of my newly painted red land raider very soon and my thoughts on my army list as well. I want to have a group of gritty urban based Blood Angels that look like they have been in contiuous combat operations for weeks, no shiny new armor for these boys I encvision them to be covered in grime and their armor being scarred and battle worn.

Practice Round for Ard Boyz 2010

Tried out the following army list for the upcoming 'Ard Boyz tournament:

Pedro Kantor
Darnath Lysander
3 x 10man Sternguard with 4 combimeltas per squad w drop pods
Sgt with Powerfist in all squads
2 x 10 man Tac squds with drop pods
Missle Launcher/ Flamer
Plasma Cannon/ Flamer
Sgts with Powerfists in all squads
1 x 10 man Assault Squad with two flamers
Sgt Storm Shield/ Power weapon
Melta Attack Bike
3Vindicators with Siege Shields

total 2500 points