20 odd years of adding to them sparodically.
I hate to think how much they have cost me but it got me wondering how much does a full chapter cost.
The easy answer is a box of 10 intercessors or tac marines is £35 from GW so 1000 marines is £3500 easy.
But that's not a chapter. A chapter is a autonomous fighting unit with its leaders, vehicles, fire support, transport, special troops etc. So let's run it by company
1st company 100 termies or similar.
Terminators are currently being revamp but let assume they are going to be £37.50 for 5. Vanguard vets and Sternguard were £35 let's call it 35 cos that's easier. So £700 for the foot troops.
They'll need landraiders to plonk them on the battlefield let's say 10 and no other companies get them for now at £55 a pop plus the 700 gives us £1250 for the base. Then we need characters. Let's say 9 at £20 (Captain, 2x LT, champion, Ancient banner, apocathary, Chaplain, techmarine Librarian.) = £1430
Battle line 2nd to 5th
These are the mixed herd companies. I'm going to leave out the specialist tanks and put them in 7th company.
I'd say at least a quarter are going to be specials like aggressors or Eradicators etc. Making 10 man out of these is hard so we are going to just say 30 marines at £10 a model (£30/3) =£300
The the other 70 are the usual £35 per= £245 so 545 for the troops.
They need a ride. Mixture of repulsor and rhino's (ignoring impulsor) = (45 x 5) + (5x30) = £375
Then another 180 for the officers = a grand total of £1100
With 4 companies at that price we get £4400.
With the 1st we're half way there at a eye watering £5850 and the most expensive companies are still to go. This doesn't even think about storage. One land raider takes some room. Ten of them plus 20 repulsors and 20 rhinos are going to need more than a shelf.
We shall not go into that because this is a thought experiment not a plan.... Errr... Right?
Next up is 6th company which seems to be the mechanised recon/cavalry company.
Let's start with some bikes outriders or bikes 35 for 3 so ten pack to make 30 outriders for 350.
With land speeders now no longer an option it's storm speeders. Let's say three squadrons of three and one on top cos it's easier to math. £40 a unit for £400.
We have 43 dudes left in next is ATVs. Another 10 here so £30 each (rip off) £300 smakers
Last 20 marines let's make normal dudes so 35 a pop for 70. I'd say they run in impulsersb so 4 needed at 40 each that's another 120.
180 for the officers 1420 for the company.
£7270
7th
Now we are the most expensive as these are assigned to be vehicle crew. Technically the vehicles are assigned to other companies but we just want to know the cost here.
We are assuming on the numbers here.
Gladiator tanks. I am going to say 3 each with driver gunner commander. Same with repulsors but what I am going to say is that 7th company are in the specialist vehicles and line companies have supernumerary marines for their dedicated trannsorts. 7th also field the flyers.
3x Gladiator lancer = 165
3x gladiator hailstorm =165
3x gladiator =165
= £495
3 x Pedator destructor= 42.5x3=127.5
3 x Predator annihilator = 127.5
3 x vindicators = 127.5
=382.5
3 x Repulsor executioner = 67.5x3=202.5
£1080
I'd say the chapter would need a minimum of 10 Stormravens to drop a company
70x10 =700
Interceptor and gun ships likely 10 each
£375x2=£750
£2530
With the usual command team at £180
£2710
=£9980 so far.
8th company
The close combat assault group
Basics should be something like 40 assault intercessors on foot charging the enemies of the imperium £140.
I like to be spicy and put my assault centurions in this company because that's what they are dedicated to doing. 3x £50 for £150
Jump pack marines are a thing
30x £6 gives 180
Inceptors are in two flavours so two squads at £6 a trooper 120
Command team £180
They are going to need drop pods for the foot sloggers plus one for the command team so 5 x 30= 150
£820
£11700
9th company
The Fire support company. These guys carry all the big guns
10- I'd say these guys get the centurions as their veterans so 3x 47.50=142.5
20-Eradicators 10 in each flavour 2x4x35 = 280
10-Maybe a squad of heavy intercessors for support 70
20-Devestators=35x2+35=105
20 Desolators 10 in both krak and frag configuration 140
20 hellblasters = 70
6 Whirlwinds to make two batteries 6x40=240
3 Ballistus Dreadnoughts 42.5x3=127.5
180 for the command
£1155
£12855
10th company
I could just go vanguard marines but I think the specialist snipers and surpressors need to be in there too so we'll get the vanguard strike force x4 to get the numbers
10x eliminators
10x surpressors
40x infiltrators
£255
20x reivers with knives and 10x with carbines
3x37.5=112.5
that only leaves 10 spots left for incursors and scouts but I've always read that scouts are extra to the chapter numbers so we'll get a demi company of them at £40 per 10 for the new kill team boxes.
£200
Getting 2 boxes of incursors would let the infiltrators from the strike force be converted back to incursors and the spare bodies can be used for command squad.
£70
We also need invictus tactical warsuits. I'd like 3 squadrons at 42.5 a stompy robot 127.5
1080
£13935.
