Lost in the Warp

I was hoping to update with some assembly pictures tonight, but the package I was counting on to arrive today didn't. I guess that will have to wait until later in the week. In the meantime, here's my first army list. I'm using Codex: Blood Angels to represent the World Eaters during their Loyalist days. This is for several reasons:

• Codex: Blood Angels is available for free on the Games Workshop website.
• They can take Assault Squads as Troops choices.
• The Death Company rules are perfect to represent legionnaires that have undergone Angron's psycho surgery.
• Codex: Blood Angels is available for free on the Games Workshop website.

There are certain limitations I'm imposing on the list due to the Pre-Heresy theme. No Venerable Dreadnoughts, Baal Predators, Razorbacks, or Land Raider Crusaders. Autocannon Predators only. Minimal assault cannons, with plasma cannons only mounted on vehicles. Most likely no Chaplains or Librarians.

I plan to build an initial force of 500 points and expand in chunks of 250-500 points. Blood Angels marines are slightly overcosted to reflect the fact that certain squads provide you with free Death Company models. This means my starting army will be quite small, which is good because it will make painting very easy!

Army List - 500 points
1 Captain (HQ) @ 125 pts
-Power fist

Tactical Squad (Troops) @ 180 pts
4 marines, flamer (x1)
Veteran Sergeant
Rhino
-Pintle-mounted storm bolter
-Hunter-killer missile

Assault Squad (Troops) @ 195 pts
4 marines, plasma pistols (x2)
Veteran Sergeant
-Power fist

Models in Army: 12

The Captain will ride with the Tactical Squad in the Rhino. That way both squads have a power fist supporting them. The army should be quite mobile between the jump packs of the Assault Squad and the Rhino's over-charged engines (another perk of the Blood Angels list). I'll probably be horribly outnumbered most of the time, but that just makes my guys look heroic (and insane) as they charge gleefully into the fray against insurmountable odds.