I succumbed to the Red Thirst!

First of all let me explain myself. I am not jumping on the Blood Angel bandwagon. If I wanted to do that it would have been six months ago, not now. Plus, I am not going to use a razorspam/predspam list at all. Nope! I am really tired of using mech heavy list so I want something that looks and plays totally different.

Don't get me wrong, I love my mech/hybrid Guard army. Fun to play and also really powerful. However I am fed up with having to carry 3 cases and having to set up 10+ vehicles and all the infantry. Also shooting with all these units is very time consuming. I want a new army that I can use for friendly, fast games and also that I could take to a tournament for a laugh. A Blood Angel jumper list seems ideal for this.

I looked around in the blogsphere (3++, C&F, ID etc) for some ideas and came up with the following three lists for 1750. Even though they are all based on the same principles (FC and FnP bubbles and jumpacks) they should play quite differently:

Red Marines can Jump 
Librarian, Jump Pack, The Blood Lance, Shield of Sanguinius
Honour Guard, Jumpacks. 4 meltagun
2 x Sanguinary Priest, Jumpack, Lightning Claw
10 Assault Marines, 2 Meltagun, Sergeant (Lightning Claw)
10 Assault Marines, 2 Meltagun, Sergeant (Power Fist)
3 x Vanguard Veterans, Jumpacks, 2 Storm Shield, Power Fist + Storm Shield, Sergeant (Glaive)

This is the purest jumper list I could think of. Everything should stay in reserve and come via deep strike. If you combat squad the Assault Squads you could have 6 units (Librarian, Honour Guard, 4 x Combat Squads) with the potential to destroy a vehicle upon arrival.

One of the strong points of the list is the Vanguards being able to assault after they deep strike. With only D6'' scatter (minus 1,5'' for the bases you are going to place) I think that they are pretty reliable to get stuck in. They can tie up units that can be very problematic to the rest of the army (longfangs, trueborns, MC etc.). 

Blood Hammer
Librarian, Jump Pack, The Blood Lance, Shield of Sanguinius
2 x Sanguinary Priest, Jumpack, Lightning Claw, Meltabombs
Sanguinary Guard, Power First, Inferus Pistol
10 Assault Marines, 2 Meltagun, Sergeant (Infernus Pistol, Lightning Claw)
10 Assault Marines, 2 Meltagun, Sergeant (Power Fist)
5 Assault Marines, Meltagun
3 x 10 Devastators, 4 Missile Launchers

This list introduces something new in the Jumpers army. Long range firepower! The Devastator squads are 10 man strong so that they can be combat squaded and shoot at 6 different targets each turn. The extra guys are also a potent meat shield for the precious heavy weapon specialists.

The Sanguinary Guard and one of the Assault Squads should start the game on the table so that they draw away some enemy fire from the Devs. They can also protect them from fast moving assault enemy units (nob bikers, TWC etc.).

Nipplewing
Commander Dante
Librarian, Jump Pack, The Blood Lance, Shield of Sanguinius
2 x Sanguinary Priest, Jumpack, Lightning Claw
3 x Sanguinary Guard, Power Fist, 2 x Infernus Pistol
2 x Sanguinary Guard, Power Fist, Infernus Pistol

This is the simplest list to play with but also the least potent in my opinion. Almost all the models in the list are going to get a 2+ Save and Feel no Pain so they won't die easily unless they get shot by AP1 or AP2 weapons. You should take extra care when playing though so that they always get a cover save. Worst case scenario keep them in range of the Librarian for Shield of Sanguinius.

I think only Dante with one Squad should be kept in reserve. Then when they arrive with great precision with Deepstrike they could take out a vehicle with their Infernus Pistols. Rest of the squads should be deployed on the table and cautiously advance towards the enemy.

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After some thinking and talking with other BA players, I am going for the first list. Seems the most fun to play  and also should be quite different to my Guard or Ork armies. To make the list I am going to purchase the following items:

Librarian

Honour Guard 

2 x Sanguinary Priest 

I will need jumpacks for the above models so 2 x Jumpacks 

4 x Assault Marines 

3 x Vanguard (Death Company) I will remove all Death Company iconography but apart from that I think they are blinged enough to look like BA veterans.

I also need 9 Meltaguns in the list so I'll have to order 2 x Meltagun

As for the Storm Shield I am thinking either these or these. Which ones do you think would look better?

The main issue is the Lightning Claws but I hope I will find some from Assault Termies since most people don't use them.

What do you think? Did I miss something? The whole army is going to cost around 220 euros which is not bad at all. This is also a major factor that made me want to start the army (most mech armies would cost more than 350 euros).