Tuesday 31 January 2012

The Catachan Job Lot

A few years ago I picked up a job lot box of GW 40k Catachan figures for a bargain £20. I don't play 40k, but I like the generic, flexible style of the figures on the tabletop.

Recently though, Arabiansquire has become old enough to be left on his at our local gaming club on Saturday mornings (at his own request I should add), whilst unfortunate Dad has less interesting chores to do. He enjoys the whole club thing and is quite happy at the moment to play his own game on a spare table, sometimes roping someone in to play his own basic rules. But I though it would be good if he could play a proper game with someone, and as the kids in the club are attracted to Warhammer 40k I thought I'd see what I had in my Catachan box with regards to a workable force.

The previous owner had conveniently monikered the bases of the figures, so I've managed to roughly group squads together with the help of an older codex in the club library. So this is what I appear to have:


Infantry Command
1 x Officer
1 x Lasgun and  Commlink
 3 x flamer 

Infantry Squad #1
1 x SGT
5 x Lasgun
1 x Lasgun and Commlink
Missile Team
1 x flamer  

Infantry Squad #2
1 x SGT
7 x Lasgun
1 x Lasgun and Commlink
 1 x flamer  

Infantry Squad #3
1 x SGT
7 x Lasgun
1 x Lasgun and Commlink
 1 x flamer  



Command HQ
 1 x Officer
1 x Lasgun and Commlink
Standard Bearer (Lasgun)
 1 x flamer 
1 x Meltagun

Elite Veterans Squad
1 x SGT
4 x Lasgun
1 x Missile Team
 1 x flamer 
1 x plasma gun
2 x Meltagun

Spare: Heavy Bolter team

Not pictured: as a separate purchase I have 3 Sentinels.


From what I can tell the force looks legal enough (aside from 3 flamers in the Command) , but I seem to be left with a spare Heavy Bolter team. The codex I have (don't know if it's 4th or 5th Ed) adds up to just over 700 pts depending on minor options.

I suppose this should be enough to get started with, but any advice via the comments below would be gratefully accepted.

4 comments:

  1. I think you've got the right idea. Help him get models on the table and play, to heck with what's legal, just so long as he has fun :)

    Oh...and get him a tank...everyone loves tanks!!!

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  2. That looks like a very nice force. Did you include the Sentinels in your points calculation?

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  3. Yes the Sentinels are included, but not with extra points for the weapon options (especially as 2 are still on their sprues)

    And as for tanks - I've a couple of 1:35 WII model kits that I'd thought looked oversized and kit bash-able enough for a Sci-fi tank (budget doesn't stretch to 40k tanks just now)

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  4. You have got the right idea it again depends on the codex and which version you are using. I used to own a large guard army back in the days when they where all metal. I ended up floggin them as I could keep up with the rehashing of rules and restructuring of the force was gonna be expensive kinda regret it but don't we all

    http://brummieswargamingblog.blogspot.com/

    Simon

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