artwork is one thing - you can't learn how to play 40k for free by looking at the artwork... you can however make army lists without ever needing a codex if everyone posts all the individual pts costs!
i look at the melta bombs especially as a safety net; you really never know when you'll either get muged by a walker of some sort, or else have an oppertunity to take out a carelessly possitioned vehicle!
heck, while it may not be a scoring unit, taking out that 58pts rhino with a grenade launcher or well-placed melta bomb might be the difference between a tie or a win!
your personal experiences will dictate alot, but i won't ever leave home now without at least some type of armour counter in units which i plan to get close to the enemy.
my first astronomi-con tournament for example, my priest with eviscerator took out a total of 7 vehicles in close combat! of corse, he also had a bad habbit of causing large explosions which killed quite a few hapless guardsmen in the process!>.<
cheers!
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