What are the smallest armies available in 40k currently?

[Ravingbantha]

Company of the Great Wolf.

HQ
Bjorn Fellhanded w/assault cannon

Elites
x2 Venerable Dread w/ Blizzard Axe and Frost Shield
x2 Dread w/assault cannon & Wolf claw w/ Stormbolter
x1 Dread w/ Twin Lascannon & Missile Launcher

(all dreads have smoke launchers and Drop pods w/ missile launchers)

Heavy Support
Stormfang Gunship w/twin lascannon and TL MM's

1495pts

[Kirsten]

I once fielded an army consisting of one Vanquisher command tank, two punishers, two leman russes, and two punisher cannon vulture gunships.

[babelfish]

I'm working on a 15 model tyranid army: 5 tyrants, 5 muculids, 1 venomthrope, 2 tyranofexes, 2 tyrannnocytes. 15 models, 1850 points, packs a nasty punch.

[Andrew Thomas]

My anti-Necron ABG list:

1850 Armored Battle Group
HQ 580
Company Command Tank 140 LR Vanquisher 5 Lascannon 15 Multi-Melta Sponsons 30 Co-axial Storm Bolter 10 Beast-Hunter Rounds 15 Dozer Blades 10 Mine Plow 15 Artificer Hull 20 Improved Comms 10
Company Command Tank 140 LR Vanquisher 5 Lascannon 15 Multi-Melta Sponsons 30 Co-axial Storm Bolter 10 Beast-Hunter Rounds 15 Dozer Blades 10 Mine Plow 15 Artificer Hull 20 Improved Comms 10
Troops 370
LR Demolisher 165 Dozer Blade 10 Hunter Killer Missile 10
LR Demolisher 165 Dozer Blade 10 Hunter Killer Missile 10
Elites 530
Tech Priest 45 Melta Bombs 5
5 Servitors 75 2 Multi-Meltas 60
Trojan Support Vehicle 35 full kit save Camo 45
Tech Priest 45 Melta Bombs 5
5 Servitors 75 2 Multi-Meltas 60
Trojan Support Vehicle 35 full kit save Camo 45
Fast Attack 80
Tauros Venator 60 Twin-Linked Lascannon 15 Smoke Launchers 5
Lord of War 290
Dominus Armored Siege Bombard 280 Heavy Flamers Hunter Killer Missile 10

[DrBored]

I'm currently working on a Tau Battlesuit army of 14 Crisis suits, 2 Riptides a commander and a few drones. So roughly 20 models in a 1500pt game, this got me wondering: What are the smallest armies available in 40k currently?

One of best examples was the Grey Knight Paladin army but that is no longer an option. I'm looking for 1500pt armies preferably without using the unbound rules to such an extent that no one would want to play it (for example an army of riptides).

One of the troubles with making a 'small' army is that you end up having to take fat models like Knights, or Death Stars, or whatever. Those types of things inherently make people not want to play you because, even though you have a low-model count army, they're still very strong, or they're tilted in such a way that it's hard for an 'all comers' list to deal with.

I'd rather shoot for a medium-model count army. Most Space Marines can achieve this with a few squads of Tactical Marines and whatever else you like, or Iyanden with Wraithguard, or Chaos Marines with Plague Marines and Bikers or something. Things that give you more table-presence without having to take 5 Knights :I

[Proiteus]

Here's a question...

"How would an unbound army consisting mostly of Lone Wolves play like?"

Just curious?

[Just_Me]

Unbound

1 Reaver Titan

1.5k points

[Popsical]

All the previous answers are wrong.
Question "whats are the smallest armies available in 40K currently?"
Answer: 1x grot (1x servo skull would be smaller physically, 1x grot would be cheaper points wise.)

[Houghten]

One grot isn't a legal army, even in Unbound. Unit sizes must still be correct.

[Popsical]

Lol true. Probably a priest then unbound.