Pounds Per Point – Racing to 20k

I’m not only attempting to paint all of my Chaos Space Marines I’m also plotting to build more. Obviously with GW’s price rises I’m being money conscious, the whole point in this blog is that wargaming is affordable for everyone after all!

So based on One Page Rules points system I’ve taken the cheapest option for each unit (cheapest in points that is) and then the most expensive and divided the cost in pounds (on the GW website) by those amounts giving me a pence per point for each unit.

While writing this I also decided to average the highest and lowest to give a better representation of the unit with any upgrades.

Cultists 0.22/0.15, Average 0.18

Chaos Marines 0.13/0.04, Average 0.08

Khorne Berserkers 0.11/0.09, Average 0.10

Raptors/Warp Talons 0.13/0.07, Average 0.10

Havocs (2 boxes) 0.12/0.09, Average 0.10. The reason I’ve figured it out for two boxes is that Havocs come in units of three and instead of 5 two boxes will get you 10 figures so three units of three. So the Havocs are slightly more points to pennies efficient due to that extra model.

Greater Possessed (2 boxes) 0.11. For the greater possessed (now just possessed) it’s the same story as the Havocs. There’s only one value for them too as there are no weapon options for this unit.

Heresy Terminators 0.07/0.04, Average 0.05. A point about the Heresy Terminators is that you get 10 in the box with which you can build three units of three Terminators and use the remaining Terminator as a Lord, making them even more efficient.

Terminators (2 boxes) 0.10/0.06, Average 0.08.

Obliterators 0.15/0.11, Average 0.13 excluding the Venom Crawler as you can only buy them together currently, and including the Crawler 0.06/0.05, Average 0.05

Bikers 0.10/0.07, Average 0.08

Rhino 0.15/0.09, Average 0.13

Predator 0.09/0.06, Average 0.07

Land Raider 0.07/0.06, Average 0.06

Helbrute 0.13/0.08, Average 0.10

Mauler/Forge Fiend 0.11/0.10, Average 0.10

Defiler 0.07/0.06, Average 0.06

Heldrake 0.14/0.12, Average 0.13

Combat Patrol 0.11. The Combat Patrol for Chaos Space Marines is a hard one to rate since it includes 5 Havocs, so to get the most out of it like those five figure boxes you’re better off doubling up the Havocs with another box. Also it’s difficult to take into account the multiple combinations of weapon options for each kit in there to get a good value out.

So our winners are the Heresy boxes of Terminators and the Obliterators/ Venomcrawler box, possibly the Combat Patrol too considering the good score of the Chaos Marines themselves plus any discount on those worse valued units such as the Havocs and Helbrute. Other good options are the Land Raider and Defiler and considering I’ve only currently got one of each the army won’t be too samey would I take two (I might even have too to get to 20,000 points).