Dark Angels - Yay for bandwagon?

So cutting to the chase, I'm starting a Dark Angels army.

Why? because now their good because of the recent FAQ changes.

Is that all? Nope :)

I'm a very new WH40k player, started in 5e about 8 months ago when my friends and I walked pass a display of Warhammer 40k models. When I was in middle school...10+ years ago, all of my friends picked up Warhammer 40k. My parents sadly did not want to pay for toy models for me to build and paint and I was never able to get into the hobby. Now I can! Yay job!

When my friends and I had passed by the display and they were all reminiscing about how fun 40k was I took the opportunity to try to convince everyone to play. They bought into it quiet easily actually and we all decided to start armies! The first model that ever caught my eye was a Dreadnought. I don't recall which army it was from but the model itself was just fantastic. I love robots and it was the closest thing to a mech warrior I could find! So I hoped on the GW site and looked through all the different models. My second favorite model out of all the armies was found. The Terminator!

I started doing research on different armies and found the Dark Angels eventually. They were fluffed up as a mix between Dreadnoughts and Terminators. My two favorite models in one army as the primary force? Yes please! However after much forum posting and asking for advice everywhere I turned shunned me away from the Dark Angels and I bought in. I should have stuck with it since they have my favorite models as their primary forces but I didn't and sadly went BA.

Now however I have sold my BA and am looking to start up a Dark Angels army. Termiantors, Bike Squads, Land Speeders and Dreadnoughts. BA was sold quiet a while ago hence I have not really been posting about them...on a more lucky happy note though my blog doesn't need to have it's name changed since "Angels and Aliens" still work for my two main armies Tyranids and Dark Angels! Hooray for coincidence! 

So with my models on their way (2 weeks probably...) I have started reading the codex front to back and building army lists for 1500 scalable to 2000.

With all that being said I shall leave you with my first drafted 1500 list. Enjoy!


Belial, DW Master 1
Dual Lightning Claws

DW Terminators 5
TH/ Storm Shield 4
Chainfist 1
Cyclone ML 1
Apothecary Upgrade 1
DW Company Banner 1

DW Terminators 5
TH/ Storm Shield 4
Chainfist 1
Cyclone ML 1

DW Terminators 5
TH/ Storm Shield 4
Chainfist 1
Cyclone ML 1

DW Terminators 5
TH/ Storm Shield 4
Chainfist 1
Cyclone ML 1

RW Land Speeder 1
Typhoon ML 1

RW Bike Squadron 3
Meltagun 2

RW Bike Squadron 3
Meltagun 2