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It's about time I got round to posting this...
For those of you who follow Humakt's annual Army Painting Challenge, you may have seen my Iron Hands popping up here and there - it has been a great driver to get something painted every month, especially as some of these guys have been sat around in black undercoat for more than two years!
To date, I have mucked about with Army Lists from all of the available Marine Codices - but until I trialled the Dark Angels book, none had really seemed to gel with my play style. The shiny archeotech wargear (mostly Power and Displacer fields), army-wide Stubborn USR, unlocking troops as terminators, and cheap tactical squads - all these things made my inner machine happy
So firstly, a little Fluff:
'The Clan Draythar, hailing from the Mercury Narrows region of Medusa, where two Acidic Rivers meet in a Mighty Delta, the brutality of their assaults is legend amongst the other Warrior Clans of Medusa. Using a combination of Orbital and Subterranean assault transports, Clan Draythar's siege-breaking prowess is something to be envied...
Despite their prowess in the Art of War, there are those whose opinion of Clan Draythar is less than complimentary. In some circles it is whispered that the Iron-Fathers of the Clan meddle with the technologies gifted to them by the Adeptus Mechanicus - Rumours of Techo-Heresy are usually quashed by the Great Clan Council, but the recent string of successes against enemies using pin-point accurate teleporter strikes, risking multiple suits of archeotech terminator armour, it has become more difficult for the council to disagree with the rumormongers...
The Clan eschews the use of speed in favour of brutality, land speeders, bikes and airborne units are extremely rare within the armoury of their Mobile Fortress-Behemoth, and rarely see use in open warfare. Recon is carried out by advanced orbital sensor arrays deployed from Strike Craft, as opposed to utilizing scouts - it is the collected opinion of the Clan's Iron-Fathers that Scout Armour does not have enough protection, nor a reliable enough power source to keep the bionics of the wearer functioning at peak efficiency.
The Clan symbol is that of a Romanii-Numeric Delta, in Black on a White Cog, worn upon the right shoulder of their Power Armour. This switches to the left shoulder for those honoured enough to wear on of the Clan's seven suits of Terminator Armour, the design of the Crux Terminatus having been changed to represent the Clan's Heritage - the fact that they are wearing Terminator armour immediately sets them aside as Honoured Veterans from their Battle Brothers. The Imperial Aquila of the Emperor is not worn upon the chestplate, but as an honour - earned in battle for exceptional feats, its appearance is sparse across the Clan, as those who wear it, are often those in the thick of the fighting...'
Right, time for a quick run down of a typical army list, then, onto the pictures!
Using Codex: Dark Angels -
Belial, (Clan Commander Varan Ironstorm)
Sword and Bolter
Librarian, (Epistolary Tynar)
Terminator Armour
Digital Weapons,
Auspex
5 Terminators, (Clan Veteran Squad Morticon)
Assault Cannon,
Chainfist
10 Company Veterans, (Clan Veteran Squad Dekkan)
Plasma Gun,
Melta Gun,
4 Combi Plasma,
4 Combi Melta,
Drop Pod (Termite)
10 Tactical Marines, (Tactical Squad Arkitren)
Plasma Gun,
Drop Pod (Termite)
5 Tactical Marines, (Tactical Squad Lanrok)
Multi Melta,
Rhino
5 Tactical Marines, (Tactical Squad Taled)
Heavy Bolter,
Rhino
Siege Dreadnought, (Veteran Brother Ferranus)
Lucius Pattern Drop Pod
Predator Executioner, (Designate: Riparius)
Heavy Bolters
Whirlwind (Designate: Cascadus Primus)
Whirlwind (Designate: Cascadus Secundus)
Total: 1750pts.
As you can see, using two of the three drop pods and the Deathwing Assault rule, this army has a very powerful Alpha Strike element, backed up by a myriad of fire from the backfield. It can also survive an enemy alpha strike relatively well, and suits my playstyle quite happily!
For 1850pts, I upgrade the two whirlwinds to the Whirlwind Scorpius from Forgeworld... they are really rather devastating!!!
Right, enough Preamble, picture time!
For those of you who follow Humakt's annual Army Painting Challenge, you may have seen my Iron Hands popping up here and there - it has been a great driver to get something painted every month, especially as some of these guys have been sat around in black undercoat for more than two years!
To date, I have mucked about with Army Lists from all of the available Marine Codices - but until I trialled the Dark Angels book, none had really seemed to gel with my play style. The shiny archeotech wargear (mostly Power and Displacer fields), army-wide Stubborn USR, unlocking troops as terminators, and cheap tactical squads - all these things made my inner machine happy
So firstly, a little Fluff:
'The Clan Draythar, hailing from the Mercury Narrows region of Medusa, where two Acidic Rivers meet in a Mighty Delta, the brutality of their assaults is legend amongst the other Warrior Clans of Medusa. Using a combination of Orbital and Subterranean assault transports, Clan Draythar's siege-breaking prowess is something to be envied...
Despite their prowess in the Art of War, there are those whose opinion of Clan Draythar is less than complimentary. In some circles it is whispered that the Iron-Fathers of the Clan meddle with the technologies gifted to them by the Adeptus Mechanicus - Rumours of Techo-Heresy are usually quashed by the Great Clan Council, but the recent string of successes against enemies using pin-point accurate teleporter strikes, risking multiple suits of archeotech terminator armour, it has become more difficult for the council to disagree with the rumormongers...
The Clan eschews the use of speed in favour of brutality, land speeders, bikes and airborne units are extremely rare within the armoury of their Mobile Fortress-Behemoth, and rarely see use in open warfare. Recon is carried out by advanced orbital sensor arrays deployed from Strike Craft, as opposed to utilizing scouts - it is the collected opinion of the Clan's Iron-Fathers that Scout Armour does not have enough protection, nor a reliable enough power source to keep the bionics of the wearer functioning at peak efficiency.
The Clan symbol is that of a Romanii-Numeric Delta, in Black on a White Cog, worn upon the right shoulder of their Power Armour. This switches to the left shoulder for those honoured enough to wear on of the Clan's seven suits of Terminator Armour, the design of the Crux Terminatus having been changed to represent the Clan's Heritage - the fact that they are wearing Terminator armour immediately sets them aside as Honoured Veterans from their Battle Brothers. The Imperial Aquila of the Emperor is not worn upon the chestplate, but as an honour - earned in battle for exceptional feats, its appearance is sparse across the Clan, as those who wear it, are often those in the thick of the fighting...'
Right, time for a quick run down of a typical army list, then, onto the pictures!
Using Codex: Dark Angels -
Belial, (Clan Commander Varan Ironstorm)
Sword and Bolter
Librarian, (Epistolary Tynar)
Terminator Armour
Digital Weapons,
Auspex
5 Terminators, (Clan Veteran Squad Morticon)
Assault Cannon,
Chainfist
10 Company Veterans, (Clan Veteran Squad Dekkan)
Plasma Gun,
Melta Gun,
4 Combi Plasma,
4 Combi Melta,
Drop Pod (Termite)
10 Tactical Marines, (Tactical Squad Arkitren)
Plasma Gun,
Drop Pod (Termite)
5 Tactical Marines, (Tactical Squad Lanrok)
Multi Melta,
Rhino
5 Tactical Marines, (Tactical Squad Taled)
Heavy Bolter,
Rhino
Siege Dreadnought, (Veteran Brother Ferranus)
Lucius Pattern Drop Pod
Predator Executioner, (Designate: Riparius)
Heavy Bolters
Whirlwind (Designate: Cascadus Primus)
Whirlwind (Designate: Cascadus Secundus)
Total: 1750pts.
As you can see, using two of the three drop pods and the Deathwing Assault rule, this army has a very powerful Alpha Strike element, backed up by a myriad of fire from the backfield. It can also survive an enemy alpha strike relatively well, and suits my playstyle quite happily!
For 1850pts, I upgrade the two whirlwinds to the Whirlwind Scorpius from Forgeworld... they are really rather devastating!!!
Right, enough Preamble, picture time!
