Here is what to buy next for the four new Warhammer 40k Space Marines Battleforces to make full 2000 points army lists for the New Year!
While the holiday season is over, if you grabbed a Space Marines Battleforce, you can get down to hobbying and expanding your forces! A good new year’s resolution would be to expand that battleforce box into a 2000 points 40k army list and get it painted!
Let’s look at what we can add to get you there in what to buy next for your 40k Battleforces. Get the latest on all the new Battleforces for 2022/2023 by clicking below!
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Make The 40k Space Marines Battleforces Into 2000 Points Army Lists
In this article, we will look at all four of the new Space Marines Battleforces boxes and try to expand them as cheaply as possible. We’ll also use the updated points from Chapter Approved 2023: Arks of Omens.
Iron Hands: March of Iron Strike Force Battleforce
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- 2 Redpemtor Dreadnoughts 370 points (185 each)
- Primaris Techmarine 85 points
- Feirros 130 points
- 10 Intercessors 180 points
- Total Points 765
This doesn’t have many points overall, so we’re still quite a ways off from getting to 2k! So, we will still try to do this cheaply, but you’re going to have to spend some extra cash to get there.
With that in mind, we’ll start with a Combat Patrol, as it has great value, even if it won’t make the best army possible. Then, we’ll add some more firepower and one more unit of Intercessors!
- 2 Redpemtor Dreadnoughts 370 points (185 each)
- Primaris Techmarine 85 points
- Feirros 130 points
- 20 Intercessors 360 points (180 each)
- 1x Primaris Lieutenant in Phobos Armour 90 points
- 10x Primaris Infiltrators 200 points
- 3x Suppressors 90 points
- 3x Eliminators 75 points
- 1x Primaris Impulsor 100 points
- 2x Repulsor Executioner 500 points
- Total Points 2,000
You will have a decent amount of long-range fire support with the Repulsors, a decent mid-range with your dreads and Intercessors, and the Impulsor to drive around a unit and get your objectives. While you’ll lack some in melee, this should be decent against most armies.
Salamanders: Warforged Strike Force
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- 20 Intercessors 360 points (180 each)
- 3 Eradicators 135 points
- 3 Aggressors 90 points
- Adrax Agatone 120 points
- Total points 705
This one actually has even fewer points than the Iron Hands box. So, we have quite a long way to go with this one. Again, the best bang for your buck will be a Combat Patrol; from there, we need to start filling out the rest of the units. Adding in some dreads, more Aggressors, and finish it off with more
- 20 Intercessors 360 points (180 each)
- 3 Eradicators 135 points
- 6 Aggressors 180 points
- Adrax Agatone 120 points
- 1x Primaris Lieutenant in Phobos Armour 90 points
- 10x Primaris Infiltrators 200 points
- 3x Suppressors 90 points
- 3x Eliminators 75 points
- 1x Primaris Impulsor 100 points
- 2 Redpemtor Dreadnoughts 370 points (185 each)
- Repulsor 220 points
- Total points 1940
You’ll have a few points to move around with here, and you could always just replace the Repulsor with a slightly more expensive tank. Either way, this is a powerful mid-range army with a ton of shots and, hopefully, enough beef to survive a lot of shots. You should be able to score a lot of objectives, and with the Impulsor, you should be able to run up when needed.
White Scars: Storm of Chogoris
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- Six Primaris Outriders 210 points
- Two Invader ATVs 140 points
- Primaris Chaplain on Bike 115 points
- Kor’sarro Khan 100 points
- Total points 565
This one is much harder to bring to the 2,000 points. Bikes and ATVs are expensive money-wise, but they aren’t that many points. So, to get there and keep the theme of fast attack, we can’t really add the Combat Patrol. So, this one will be more expensive as we try to keep the theme.
- 6 Primaris Outriders 210 points
- 3 Invader ATVs 210 points
- Primaris Chaplain on Bike 115 points
- Kor’sarro Khan 100 points
- 2x Bike Squad of 6 with attack bike 420 points
- Land Speeder Tempest 110 points
- 2x repulsor 440 points
- 20 Intercessors 360 points
- Total points 1985
You’ll have a ton of bikes in this army, with plenty of speed and a lot of firepower. However, this is going to be an expensive army! Just keep that in mind, if you ever want a main bike army, you’re going to pay for it.
With the two squads of Intercessors, they should be able to sit back, hold objectives, and perform actions if needed. The Repulsors will hopefully soak up a ton of fire and eliminate things the bikes can’t kill.
Lastly, then, your bikes should be able to wreak havoc everywhere else!
Space Marines: Scions of Macragge
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- 10 Intercessors 180 points
- 10 Hellblasters 300 points
- 3 Bladeguard Veterans 105 points
- Marneus Calgar and Victrix Guard 220 points
- Chief Librarian Tigurius 120 points
- Total points 925
While this didn’t have the highest dollar value, it does have the most points! So, this would make sense to add a Combat Patrol, so we will. That gets us close to the 2k number, so we really don’t have to add much to that!
- 20 Intercessors 360 points
- 10 Hellblasters 300 points
- 3 Bladeguard Veterans 105 points
- Marneus Calgar and Victrix Guard 220 points
- Chief Librarian Tigurius 120 points
- 1x Primaris Lieutenant in Phobos Armour 90 points
- 10x Primaris Infiltrators 200 points
- 3x Suppressors 90 points
- 3x Eliminators 75 points
- 1x Primaris Impulsor 100 points
- Redemptor Dreadnought 185 points
- Predator Destructor 135 points
- Total points 1980
This list has a lot of firepower when you combine the Hellblasters, the Suppressors, Eliminators, and Predator. Then, you have a decent number of troops hanging out, securing objectives, and being the mid-range. After that, you’ll have plenty of psychic power, and to finish things off, you have a decent little core of combat troops.
While this isn’t the most competitive army ever, it’s actually pretty cheap, as after you add the Combat Patrol, you just need two more boxes!
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
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