Sunday, October 23, 2016

Reinforcements from Prospero: How I am Planning my HH Iron Hands 3k


With the Burning of Prospero already on preorder and presumably on its way to my greedy mitts, I have started planning my Iron Hands force. I think I have put together a pretty solid (if somewhat generic) 30k Iron Hands list. I like mechanized warfare, so I tried to keep that theme here. The only quibbly bits are the Dreadnought (sadly hoofing it) and the Tartaros terminators that have no ride... :(


+++ Sorrgol Head of the Gorgon 3k (2994pts) +++

++ Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Army List (Age of Darkness) (2994pts) ++

+ HQ (732pts) +

Legion Praetor (732pts) [Cataphractii Terminator Armour with Combi-bolter and Power Weapon, Chainfist, Combi-Weapon, Cyber-familiar, Digital Lasers, Iron Father]
····Legion Terminator Command Squad [Cataphractii Terminator Armour with Combi-bolter and Power Weapon, 4x Legion Space Marine Chosen, 4x Pair of Lightning Claws]
········Legion Land Raider Phobos [Armoured Ceramite, Armoured Encirclement, Auxiliary Drive, Blessed Autosimulacra, Heavy Bolter, 2x Twin-linked Lascannon]
········Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]
····Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]
····Master of the Legion [The Head of the Gorgon]

+ Troops (970pts) +

Legion Tactical Squad (275pts) [19x Legion Tactical Space Marines, Legion Vexilla]
····Legion Tactical Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Cyber-familiar, Melta Bombs, Power Weapon]
····Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]

Legion Tactical Squad (275pts) [19x Legion Tactical Space Marines, Legion Vexilla]
····Legion Tactical Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Cyber-familiar, Melta Bombs, Power Weapon]
····Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]

Legion Tactical Support Squad (210pts) [4x Legion Space Marines, Melta Guns]
····Legion Rhino Armoured Carrier [Armoured Encirclement, Auxiliary Drive, Blessed Autosimulacra]
····Legion Sergeant [Combi-weapon, Melta Bombs, Power Armour]
····Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]

Legion Tactical Support Squad (210pts) [4x Legion Space Marines, Plasma Guns]
····Legion Rhino Armoured Carrier [Armoured Encirclement, Auxiliary Drive, Blessed Autosimulacra]
····Legion Sergeant [Combi-weapon, Melta Bombs, Power Armour]
····Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]

+ Elites (612pts) +

Apothecarion Detachment (195pts)
····Legion Apothecary [Augury Scanner, Cyber-familiar]
········Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]
····Legion Apothecary [Augury Scanner, Cyber-familiar]
········Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]
····Legion Apothecary [Augury Scanner, Cyber-familiar]
········Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]

Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (190pts)
····Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Blessed Autosimulacra, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon]

Legion Terminator Squad (227pts) [4x Legion Terminators, 4x Power Fist, Reaper Autocannon, Tartaros Terminator Armour with Combi-bolter and Power Weapon]
····Legion Terminator Sergeant [Chainfist, Volkite Charger]
····Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]

+ Heavy Support (265pts) +

Legion Heavy Support Squad (265pts) [Flak Missiles, 4x Legion Space Marines, Missile Launchers]
····Legion Rhino Armoured Carrier [Armoured Encirclement, Auxiliary Drive, Blessed Autosimulacra]
····Legion Sergeant [Augury Scanner, Melta Bombs, Power Armour]
····Legiones Astartes [Legion Specific Rules]

+ Legion +

Legion Astartes [Loyalist, X: Iron Hands]

+ Lord of War (415pts) +

Legion Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer (415pts) [Armoured Encirclement]
····Legion Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer [Armoured Ceramite, Blessed Autosimulacra]

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THE PLAN:

The idea here is for the Praetor to ride along with the cataphractii bros in their Land Raider, keeping them well rested before they disembark and muderkill a particularly annoying squad (such as a support weapon squad, robots, etc). I can do this in one of a few ways... I can either wait and outflank them thanks to my Legion Rite of War, or I can ramrod them up the middle somewhere and draw lots of fire, allowing my other units to do their work.

The Cerberus is either a honeytrap, drawing lots of fire because it is a big scary tank with a big scary gun, or it is a heavy vehicle killer like it's supposed to be. I can bubble-wrap it with a footslogger tactical squad and park it in a good firing lane if that's the case.

The Tartaros are just gonna have to make do with hitchhiking. Putting them with the Contemptor would look cool on the table though!

I have a few options with my Apothecaries. I can either give them to the tactical squads for some serious staying power on objectives, or I can sprinkle them in my weapon squads to give them some durability.

I think my biggest problem right now is going to be Primarchs. I have no unit suitable for going toe-to-toe with them, since mine lost his head :(  Instead, I think I am going to have to resort to massed bolter fire to bring them down, and drive-by attacks from my weapon squads. My Praetor would probably not last very long in combat with one.

What do you guys think? Can you give me any pointers?


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