Back in the dim days when I still played GW games exclusively (ok, so I dabbled in NATO Spearhead), I had an idea for a Marvel Ultimates Daemonhunters army. Like most teenagers, however, I painted abiout five minis and moved on to the next shiny thing. A decade on, I've painted a heck of a lot of Superhero figures (see here:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=32726.0) and there are dark murmurings about playing "40K fo Adults" at the local Club; so I decided to take a look at the Grey Knights book and see how viable the army is in the current edition...
I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. I remember when I converted my Ork army list from 3rd to 4th Ed, it almost doubled in size (this was one of the reasons I stopped playing), but for my Ultimates army, I'm looking at less than 5 more figures and 1 more vehicle. Also, because I've spent the last few years painting Superheroes, the army is not far off completion, which is always nice.
At the moment, the list looks a bit like this for 1500 points:
Inquisitor Coteaz (Nick Fury)
GK Grand Master (Captain America)
GK Paladin (Iron Man)
GK Paladin (Thor)
Eversor Assassin (Wolverine)
GK Terminator Squad (Misc Heroes)
Warrior Acolytes (SHIELD Troopers) led by Hawkeye
Warrior Acolytes (SHIELD Troopers) led by Black Widow
2 Rhinos (APCs?)
Stormraven (Quinjet)
6 Henchmen (Assorted Heroes and SHIELD agents)
I've decided to go with more of an Avengers/SHIELD/Avengers Film theme rather than Ultimates because it's more recognisable and I had more of the figures ready at hand. Hopefully, I'll have some pictures and some more details over the next few days.
First up though, any recommendations for the 2 Personnel Carriers and the Quinjet? I'd like to keep the costs reasonable, as so far the army has cost not a heck of a lot.