Sunday, October 5, 2008

Space Marine Scout Bikers

I'm now in the process of building a Space Marine chapter in my own color scheme and working out what models will be in the army. When starting a new army I usually just collect a bit of everything available and then end up with an enormous and fun assortment of models and units. However, since I already covered that approach for Space Marines via the Dark Angels army I finished recently, I thought I'd take a more thoughtful and measured approach to at least some parts of this new army.

Amongst the models I'm really thinking about are the new Scout Bikers and the other Fast Attack choices available to Space Marines. The Scout Bike models are terrific and being a collector I already own five of them. Since the models and the rules for them are a huge step up from those of the past, I'm considering the possibility of going for yet a bigger unit or possibly even more than one unit of them. Should I stick with just five Scout Bikers or enlarge or expand this part of the force? Does anyone have any innovative ideas yet for using the Scout Bikers in games? How do they compare regarding points and effectiveness to other Fast Attack choices in the new Space Marine codex like Assault Squads, Land Speeder Squadrons and Attack Bike Squadrons? What do you think? The models certainly seemed to sell well enough on their first day of general release at our local Battle Bunker!
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