I took an IW list (my EC models and Onyx's list, aka the "Iron Children") against Dave's marines on wednesday. Batrep up here (thanks to Dave for pics and write-up):
viewtopic.php?f=84&t=28836The Iron Children lost 2-1. That '1' was a very satisfying slaughter of Dave's SC tactical with my termies after they had run away the previous turn.
Another highlight during an otherwise ugly combat was my Iron Children lord critting Dave's T-hawk as it took part in an air assault on his already-broken company. I didn't make any saves so Dave didn't get to roll for combat resolution - ha! That showed you, Dave!
I took the ordinatus since I had heard during Steve's visit to snowy CT that it is a "must have" . Against horde armies, perhaps. It was underwhelming against SM because not many units end up under those three templates. In two of the three barrages, one template was completely wasted. As Dave notes in the batrep, it killed one more unit than the killer death-swamp dangerous terrain.
I also felt it limited my options tactically; I used a couple of activations (and a ton of points) guarding the thing. I had the nagging feeling throughout the game I was making a poor decision with that, but it was my BTS (as I imagine it is most of the time), so I couldn't leave it to its own devices against such an air-heavy list. I'm curious how a couple of FM of basilisks, coupled with telporters, would do. The barrage encourages spreading out, while the termies encourage huddling for mutual protection. That's something you don't see in other CSM lists, I think.
The vindicator FM is nice to have as a cheap core FM to unlock cool support goodies, but it can be a bit hard to use. you have to get up close to use it, and it immediately becomes vulnerable to counter-fire. Running through the options in my head during the game, it was hard to see how it wouldn't end up a one-shot weapon.
After one game and a bunch of time on Armyforge building lists, I found the list quite fun.