Since I started Warhammer 40k at the age of 11, the Ultramarines have always been my favorite Space Marine chapter. Once i heard that we would be working on this blog I decided take a new look at the army that i started 8 years ago.
I looked inside my bits box when I heard I was going to start work on a new army. I pulled out a sloppily painted, poorly primed Ultramarine and thought to myself Every Local Gaming Store (LGS) needs an Ultramaines player (yes i think in coloured bubbles like Deadpool)
Game Thug told us that we would be putting together a 2000 point army based on 500pt increments. As I am a huge supporter of THEMED ARMIES, I decided that this Ultramarines army is going to be under the complete sway of the Codex Astartes, the holy manuscript laid down by the Ultramarine Primarch Roboute Guilliman. (ENGLISH: Cheese free and full of Fluff...did i mention the fluff?)
So I hit the shelves of my LGS, luckily for my wallet, I didn't leave much to the imagination for the first round of shopping;
1 Assault on Black Reach Box set
1 Drop pod (couldn't resist)
I split the AoBR box with an ork player at the store and went home with my goodies. I built them all up and i put a 500 point list together. This list is actually a Homage to a battle report that use to come with the W40K 3rd Edition Starter kit, (yes i still have it somewhere) which was my first box of marines!
HQ
Captain Tiberius
w/power weapon, (115pts)
Elites
5-strong Terminator Squad "Gadius" (200pts)
Troops
8-strong Space Marine Tactical squad "Honour" w/flamer (138pts)
Drop pod w/ Locator Beacon (45pts)
498 pts
I wanted to play off the W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. as much as possible, so even though the drop pod can fit 12 models, there is no way thats possible (even with the new mold) so i decided that the captains and his banner uses up the spot for 2 marines in the pod. It has nothing to do with the fact that i would have gone over in points... no...that can't be it
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