Über Master

[Tynskel]

Iron Hands Chapter Master w/ Armor Indominable, Burning Blade & Shield Eternal, and Jump Pack.
325pts, 2+/3++ Flying Relentless Orbital Bombardment, Eternal Warrior, 5+ deny the witch, It Will Not Die, 6+ FNP, 4 Str 7/AP2 Blind melee attacks.

[plawolf]

Armour Indomitable seems a bit excessive. I wouldn't bother with that, although I would switch the jump pack for a bike to get T5. Maybe also take a grave pistal/rifle for some relentless dakka fun before you get stuck into CC.

[Tynskel]

The Armor Gives you relentless, so you can orbital strike.

But, yeah, swapping the armor for artificer, and then taking a bike works, too. The Shield + Sword, though, prevent getting the gun.

[Tynskel]

Über Version 2:


Iron Hands Master
Artificer Armor
Bike
Shield Eternal (replace chainsword)
Burning Blade (replace bolt pistol)
Primarch's Wrath (replace twin-linked Bolters on bike)

[DarkLink]

I'd take a combi-grav over the primarch's wrath.

[FlangeNabber]

"The Shield + Sword, though, prevent getting the gun."

Have i missed somthing here?
I'm pretty sure it just says "may take" before the list of choices, I dont see a reason why you can't take one of everything from a rules perspective - though it might be a little hard to model that as wysiwyg

I personally will be running a similar configuration on a bike to attach to my White Scars command squad along with the Khan and possibly 2 Tech Marines on bikes to create something of a nasty death star.
Might even look at adding in an allied Librarian for a chance of invisibility or other such force multiplying shinanagins

[DarkLink]

You exchange weapons 1 for 1. The Chapter Master starts with 2 weapons, and so you can only swap out for 2 Relics. However, taking a bike nets you a third weapon (TL bolter), so you can get a third thingie.

[FlangeNabber]

Ahh, yes I see now.
The actual equipment list specifies the swap rather than the unit entry.

With the TL bolter on the bike to add a 3rd swap it makes the bike upgrade look even better to me now!

[Tynskel]

I'd take a combi-grav over the primarch's wrath.

A combi-grav is fun, but 5 shots is great! It is master crafted for that occasional miss on BS5 and it re-rolls to wound.

[Anggul]

I'm still preferring the idea of a Thunder Hammer over the Burning Blade, especially on an Iron Hand who is even tougher. The different between S7 and S8 is pretty huge due to instant death and most MCs being T6. It also levels the speed against I6 or higher opponents (let's face it, there isn't much that can kill this guy in one round of combat, so striking last for the first round is generally irrelevant).