u/EducationNovel62

I'm just starting out with the tabletop after a year or two of consuming 40K media and I'm having trouble putting together a list. I'm thinking of building into Mortarion's Hammer first as I really like the daemon engines and it's the plague bombing tactics used pre-heresy and on Cadia that got me hooked on the faction.

I'm really trying to make the most out of the Combat Patrol and Vile Vectorium boxes as those seem like the best value and will probably be my next purchases (I already own an MBL). From what I can tell, I'd only really need to buy a PBC, an extra LoC and some Plague Marines to finish out my list. I know it's not ideal as I've seen threads saying that MH really wants to go vehicle heavy, but this feels like a good starting point to put the models I'll be getting to use.

Please let me know what you think and if I'm making any major mistakes... (I haven't touched the Plague Marine weapons yet cause I have no idea what's good and what's bad)

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+ FACTION KEYWORD: Chaos - Death Guard

+ DETACHMENT: Mortarion's Hammer (Miasmic Bombardment)

+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 1960pts

+ WARLORD: Char4: Lord of Virulence

+ ENHANCEMENT: Shriekworm Familiar (on Char1: Biologus Putrifier)

& Tendrilous Emissions (on Char4: Lord of Virulence)

& Bilemaw Blight (on Char5: Malignant Plaguecaster)

+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 17

+ SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (6x2) - Assassination: 6 Characters

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Char1: 1x Biologus Putrifier (75 pts): Hyper blight grenades, Injector pistol, Plague knives

Enhancement: Shriekworm Familiar (+15 pts)

Char2: 1x Lord of Contagion (120 pts): Manreaper

Char3: 1x Lord of Contagion (120 pts): Manreaper

Char4: 1x Lord of Virulence (130 pts): Warlord, Power fist, Twin plague spewer

Enhancement: Tendrilous Emissions (+30 pts)

Char5: 1x Malignant Plaguecaster (70 pts): Bolt pistol, Corrupted staff, Plague Wind

Enhancement: Bilemaw Blight (+10 pts)

Char6: 1x Tallyman (50 pts): Close combat weapon, Plasma pistol

9x Plague Marines (190 pts)

• 1x Plague Champion: Boltgun, Plague knives

• 8x Plague Marine: 8 with Boltgun, Plague knives

1x Chaos Rhino (85 pts): Armoured tracks, Combi-bolter

3x Deathshroud Terminators (160 pts)

• 1x Deathshroud Terminator Champion: Icon of Despair, Manreaper, Plaguespurt gauntlet

• 2x Deathshroud Terminator: 2 with Manreaper, Plaguespurt gauntlet

3x Deathshroud Terminators (160 pts)

• 1x Deathshroud Terminator Champion: Icon of Despair, Manreaper, Plaguespurt gauntlet

• 2x Deathshroud Terminator: 2 with Manreaper, Plaguespurt gauntlet

1x Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher (120 pts): Heavy blight launcher, Plague probe

1x Myphitic Blight-hauler (100 pts): Bile spurt, Gnashing maw, Missile launcher, Multi-melta

1x Plagueburst Crawler (210 pts): Armoured tracks, Plagueburst mortar, Heavy slugger, 2x Entropy cannon

10x Poxwalkers (65 pts): 10 with Improvised weapons

First Model Painted, How'd I Do?

Brand new to the tabletop, is this a sensible list?