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Edit, back home found some more guys.
Well I am biting the bullet and reconstituting my chapter (Ultramarines).
I have a long and sad history with marines. I started playing Epic 17 years ago now I guess. With the advent of 2nd ed I was tempted to bring my chapter into the shop (beckanham I think). Made up of stacks of metal 1st ed gear including my pride and joy veterins company of all metal 6mm marines.
Well, it got nicked to cut a long story short. I hung around hoping that it was a mistaken identity bag wise but no. I was gutted. Perhaps its one of the reasons I don't like second ed!
Well, the marines came back out during the Epic A playtesting I helped a friend with and last year disaster struck again. My army got pinched along with my bag (and civil service laptop but screw that) when i fell asleep on the train around Woolwich. At a stroke 5-6000 points went out the window. Whats more it was mostly sepcialists and 3rd ed metals, so bugger all scouts, razorbacks etc left. Plus hard to replace.
Now I've got a salamanders and Dark Angel force which is shy of a few models but alright, but I miss my little smurfs so i've finally done an audit of my availible marine models and here is the result. With this little lot what do you reckon is needed to field the old chapter again?
(Number in brackets is projected after buys.)
108 Land Raiders (none new got nicked in the second theft, 1st and 2nd ed)
254 Rhinos (6 4th ed, only 4 metal 1st ed left and rest plastic)
16 Predator AP
13 Predator AT
18 Drop pods (2 4th ed)
6 Thunderhawks (2nd ed)
1 Thunderhawk (2nd 1/2 ed)
11 Thunderhawks (3rd/4th ed)
2 Landers
25 Vindicators
12 Hunters
27 Whirlwinds
61 Dreds (26 1st ed, 24 2nd ed, 11 3rd ed)
58 Land Speeders (15 1st ed)
10 Land Speeder Typhon (tea)
5 Land Speeder Tornado
12 Attack bikes
109 Bikes (note I base two to a stand therefor a squad equals 1 detachtment)
5 (7) Librarian Bikes
4 (6) Sergeant Bikes
2 Captain bikes (1st ed)
4 (6) Banner Bikes
5 (7) Chaplain Bikes
1 Medic Bike
1 Techmarine Bike
122 (162) Terminators
4 (6) Terminator Banners
4 (6) Terminator Librarians
3 (5) Terminator Chaplains
251 Assualt Marines
4 (6) Assualt Marine Librarians (really useful)
3 (5) Assualt Marine Chaplains
4 (6) Assualt Marine Sargeants
140 Hve Weapon Marines
31 Scouts
1000+ MK7 Marines
2000+ MK6 marines
(I got to a thousand with the MK7 and thought what was I doing, the MK6 is a guess based on how big a bag they fill loose!)
53 Plastic Captains
111 Sergeants
4 (6) metal sergeants - capes
4 (6) Chapter Masters
4 (6) Banners
4 (6) Different banners
7 plastic banners
17 (19) Medics
9 (11) Techmarines
4 (6) Servitors
Pride and joy
86 Metal MK6 Marines (79 in same pose)
9 1/2 Metal MK6 missile launcher marine
3 Metal MK6 lascannon marine
7 Metal MK6 Sergeants/Veterins
1 Metal Mk6 Banner
2 Metal MK6 Marine with Sensors (cut from mole mortar)
Random
12 Rapiers (1st ed)
12 Thudd Guns (1st ed)
13 1/2 Mole Mortars (1st ed)
15 Jet Bikes
So, what should we have in the Chapter.
Note I like to make seperate stands for characters so the formation doesn't have to always take it.
Armoury - what should go in here? How much should a chapter command these days?
Aerospace
Need - Forge World Thunderhawks (the little ones)
Landers - unsure. May use counters/siloets for now.
1st company Terminators - 60 strip bases, 40 square bases
Terminators, reckon I need a packet of metal to make up the Character stands, plus another character pack so each formation can have a banner terminator. Characters will be on strip stands. Seperate to formations, figure 1 Supreme Commander, 2-3 Chaplains, 2-3 Librarians
Need - 2 Character packs, 1 Pack Terminators
Power armour. Like the ultramarines following behmouth these will be slowly built back up as I aquire more marines. Some characters will get roped in but its still 60 odd to go! All strip bases/scenic bases. These guys are the lookers.
2nd-5th companies
As normal - using strip bases.
Bike/landspeeder units alternatives also done for the assualt formations.
Estimated infantry needed.
200 Assault Marines
6 Assault Marine Sergeants
5 Assault Sergeants (Converted from Librarians!)
5 Assault Chaplain
1 Assualt Marine Librarian
114 Scouts
122 Terminators
6 Terminator banners
3 Terminator Libarians
3 Terminator Chaplains
Power Armour
8 Chaplains
8 Librarians
9 Captains
12 Flags
6 Medics
7 Techmarines
5 SC
62 Sergeants
112 Missile Launchers
275 Mk6 Marines
300 Mk7
82 Rhinos
38 Marine Land Raiders (20 New in dreams)
24 Armoury 'Raiders
280 Land Speeders
280 Bikes
40 Dreadnoughts
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I'm so old school ! Plus enough stuff (SM1 thru E:A) to make 6 SM Rgts (DA, BA, UM, Salys, 2 SW) and 5 Traitor SM Bns (not CSM) ... like I said "old school" ! 
