Iron Warriors. Armored Breakthrough list. 3000p

“From iron cometh strength! From strength cometh will! From will cometh faith! From faith cometh honour! From honour cometh iron!”

I am pleased that I finally have finished my armored breakthrough list.

This list draws a lot of inspiration from the books and stories from Tallarn. And the massive offensive Iron Warriors made on this backwater planet.

It is also a list that allowed me to combine things that I love, terminators, dreadnoughts and Tank.

I see this very much as a first version of this concept. There is plenty room for improvement but as it stands I think it is an ok list.

For me it is a very untested concept and I need to run this list a couple of times before I will start to make changes to it.

However, I am still planning on expanding this list to 3500p so that I can run this theme on the next AJAX2 event here in Sweden (http://dirtyk.se/events/ajax).

How to expand the list is a little up in the air at the moment. There is 3 possible roads that I am leaning toward.

1. Add a knight of some sort. This might not be in line with what you would expect in an armored breakthrough list. But I feel it is in line with the Tallarn inspiration. Obviously a titan would be spot on, but that will not be possible before the summer. The Tallarn stories features large walkers as well as mechanicum. A knight would fill that role perfectly in my opinion.

2. Add a shadow sword. A large tank in a tank list? If that doesn’t make sense nothing will. The shadow sword is mentioned throughout the Tallarn stories so it would be in tune with the lore. And the fact that the Torrmentor (Perturabo’s own ride) is a modified shadow sword, there is nothing to not like about it.

3. More of everything. More predators, more sicarans, more medusas. This makes a whole lot of sense from a list or game perspective. It feels like the more boring option to be honest. More of the same. But it would probably be healthy for the overall preference.

What option I decided to go with is something I need to figure out in the coming weeks, if I will be able to finish the list for the event.

So, enough talk here is the list and army show case.

Iron Warriors, Spirit of Tallarn.

3000p

Rite of War: Armoured Breakthrough

+ HQ +

Delegatus [115pts]: Artificer Armour, On Foot, Plasma Pistol, Power Weapon, Refractor Field

. Consul: Delegatus

Master of Armour [225pts]

. Sicaran Battle Tank: Accelerator Autocannon, Armoured Ceramite, Lascannon Sponsons

+ Elites +

Contemptor-Mortis Dreadnought [180pts]: Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon x 2

Terminator Squad, Legion [470pts]: Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour

. Land Raider Phobos: Armoured Ceramite, Shrapnel Bolts

. Terminator Sergeant, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter

. Terminators, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter

Terminator Squad, Legion [465pts]: Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour

. Land Raider Phobos: Armoured Ceramite, Shrapnel Bolts

. Terminator Sergeant, Legion: Combi-Bolter, Power Fist

. Terminators, Legion: Plasma Blaster, Power Weapon

. Terminators, Legion: Combi-Bolter, Lightning Claw

. Terminators, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter

+ Troops +

Predator Strike Armoured Squadron, Legion , Compulsory [95pts]

. Predator Tank, Legion: Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Predator Cannon, Shrapnel Bolts

Predator Strike Armoured Squadron, Legion , Compulsory [95pts]

. Predator Tank, Legion: Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Predator Cannon, Shrapnel Bolts

Predator Strike Armoured Squadron, Legion , Compulsory [95pts]

. Predator Tank, Legion: Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Predator Cannon, Shrapnel Bolts

+ Heavy Support +

Artillery Tank Squadron, Legion [155pts]

. Medusa, Legion: Medusa Siege Gun

Leviathan Siege Dreadnought Talon [325pts]

. Leviathan Siege Dreadnought: Armoured Ceramite, Grav-flux Bombard, Heavy Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Leviathan Siege Claw, Phosphex Discharger

Tyrant Siege Terminator Squad [780pts]: 2x Chainfist, 6x Tyrant Terminator

. Spartan Assault Tank, Legion: Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade, Flare Shield, Quad Lascannon Sponsons x2, Twin-linked Heavy Bolter