My wife, looking at the new Dark Vengeance bikers, jokingly said "if I could play with just guys on motorcycles, I might play this game." She was almost certainly not serious, but it got me thinking - how does a bike list work?
Here is my intepretation. Perhaps I'll build it. If I could, I'd use my Blood Angels to build this list, but their captains don't have the Mounted Assault rule. Would a bike army painted to look like Blood Ravens be silly?
HQ
• Librarian w/Bike
• Captain w/Artificer Armor, Bike, Power Sword
º Command Squad w/Bikes, 4 Plasma Guns
Troops
• 6 Bikers, 2 Plasma Guns, Power Weapon Sergeant
• 6 Bikers, 2 Meltaguns, Power Fist Sergeant
Fast Attack
• 3 Attack Bikes
• 10 Scout Bikers w/Shotguns, 3 Grenade Launchers
• 2 Landspeeder Typhoons
My highest Strength is 8 and I have no reliable way other than luck and finesse to get my melta up close to enemy vehicles, so I will struggle against armies with AV 13 and 14 vehicles. However, against everything else, I think I have a very fast-moving and maneuverable army that will look pretty impressive on the table.
Any thoughts?