Army Showcase : The Grot Guard! Fully converted Astra Militarum Army. 

Want to see more? The Grot Guard take on the T'au Empire in Season 3 of 40k in 40m. Early access on Patreon. www.patreon.com/playontabletop​ Check out Matthew's Instagram here: instagram.com/heavensteeth/

A massive thank you to Nick and the PlayOn team for having me, and to every single comment over the past three years, I read them all and it inspires me to hobby almost daily. Also, I guess this is what three hours of sleep looks like, my mum doesn’t even have stairs at her house!

Imagine being a guardsman and seeing that force in the distance, getting happy to being receiving reinforcements, then them getting closer and realising it's a bunch of grots XD

I don’t see any grots, just your regular loyal guardsman. Isn’t that right overly large space marine with green skin?

"Barring Squigs and Tau" Coming in HOT.

I've been saying for awhile it'd be cool if a particularly clever orc warboss noticed just how strong space marines are and started their own chapter, gaining tons of strength because they believe they are generically augmented. I'm so on board for this army! Fantastic execution to.

i really feel that this is what 40k is about , he legit has had soo much fun building , painting , and creating lore for his force tbh this is the hooks that pulled me into 40k in the first place

This is absolutely crazy and I love it! “How many hours do you think is here?” >”It’s about three years...”

The PlayOn Drinking Game: take a shot every time a split fire fails

The most beautiful army I've seen. Period Every look at any model makes me think how much time, blood and tears had to be put into it.

I wanna see this army fight Tanya Gates’ army and have them role play interactions between them. Cadian: By the emperor what are you?! Goblins: we serve the emperor!!! Dakka dakka dakka!

Seeing this Grot Guard gives me more inspiration to continue on with my custom Sisters of Battle order the Sisterhood of the Wolf, using a lot of Space Wolf bits, green stuff and molding.

"we is the emporers greenest, FOR DA EMPEROR"

now we need an imperial knight to be orkified

In an alternate universe, it's the Greenperium...

A truly incredible army. An excellent display of creativity and kitbashing. I look forward to seeing the army on the battlefield once again.

every time i'm asked what i want to see next in 40k my answer is always "expanded grot options in 40k to be on par with grots in WFB or AoS". there's so much space to work in, and i feel like people would go mad for properly fleshed out 40k grot armies

You can really tell that Matt had a blast making this army. It turned out amazing and has so much personality!

This is the coolest army I’ve ever seen!

This is one of the reasons I want different type of guard regiments to be released from GW. I don't have skills to turn Imperial Guard to something like this :D

Somewhere in the 41st millennium there's a record keeper in the Imperial Administratum completely missing the obvious on this regiment! XD Absolutely love this army, very well done and thanks for the showcase of it!

Finally I can see this army again, it's so beutiful as the first time I saw it!!!

Btw y'all, the episode between Matt and Nick is fire.

As a fan of zany and unorthodox conversions and armies this stuff really speaks to me! Converting models and making them your own, complete with your own lore and everything is the creative soul of this hobby.

Welp, I'm inspired to kitbash an army now. Thanks play on.

This is perhaps my favorite army I've seen in the entire time I've watched, played and read Warhammer 40k. Stuff like this is so fun to see, and breathes life into the game. There's lots of GORGEOUS armies that appear here on Play On Tabletop, but I think this is perhaps my no. 1 favorite. I love the story too, and the callback to 2nd edition. As a newer warhammer fan, it's always nice to see references to materials I haven't personally been exposed too, yet.

This is one of the most creative conversions I have seen. Nice work!

Not gonna lie being someone who is very new to war hammer I thought the grot guard was an actual faction with official models and everything

Woohoo! These are so cool, and I love the idea behind the army!

Legendary Army!! That's some good stuff.

I Love this Army! I am tempted to make a GrotGuard for years. This army is a perfect example of how to make a count as Army that is still mostly WYSIWYG for the Opponent.

Absolute BEST custom army i’ve ever seen ! Fun factor AND awesome kitbash+paint are through the roof ! Games Workshop absolutely should let you sneak in some house rules for these hilarious little guys ! Really amazed !

I think the best part is that this is applicable to canon lore, and doesn't break it

Absolutely fantastic army! This is what it's all about just having fun with the hobby, it's just an added bonus that it's a playable army. Grot commisar is now officially my favourite model.

This should feature in white dwarf. So good.

Yeah, that's such a phenomenal conversion. Grots believe that they are Guard which means they believe in the Emperor. Amazing. XD

They need to team up with the Ultramorons

Not an Ork fan at all, but that army is amazing! At of all the armies in 40K, Orks are probably the army that I'd least like to collect, but Ork players are the most fun to play against. True labor of love

This warmed my cold spongy Ork heart.

I like the Grot Guard army, I see this army in some other channels befor and every time I see his converted Army is amazing, I can't wait to see his Grot Guard in action =) Matthew is a cool guy and a friendly person I think :D

This is one of the coolest conversion armies I’ve ever seen. Well done.

I am actually really blown away buy this. It's amazing, beautiful, and fun. The lore is perfect too! Imagining these little guys being so serious about the duty to the emperor is great!

This army makes me smile

I was inspired to get into warhammer because of the grot guard when i saw you play 40k in 40 mins. Thank you Matthew!

Clearly my favorite army in ALL of wh40k. Meaby one day I might make my one groots conversion army

Well if his goal was to spark joy he certainly succeded. Not just his army, his general demenour seems absolutely lovely. Best of luck to him with his future armies, I know I'll love to see them.

Cool to see this army back, one of the most imaginative I’ve seen

Beautiful stuff. This army is really amazing, and you can tell that a lot of thougt and love has been put into it. This is why I love this hobby!

And so very much in lore. Orks believe that the Emp's and utter giant. :)

This army is incredible thank you guys so much for highlighting it. I love seeing all the hard work people have put into their army’s, and this one is something else

this is an amazing army, this is the creativity and imagination i loved most about the hobby when i started

I now have the urge to make the Bois of Brattle, Grot Punishment engines and Boiz of battle squads, Brother Sella-Stein and his Snotty Inferiors, Morka Fryers, and Cast-a-gork'ar's, also can't forget his Kannonezz

Such a cool army! You are a master kit basher. Besides the fact that this army looks amazing, the fact that it is all GW and tournament legal is so epic!

fell in love with the army the first time i sat my eyes on those. EPIC project

Oh maaaan... I getting flashbacks to the one tournament army I had - Blood-Axe Orks based in 1950's Russians - The 1st Mota-riflez ov da 1st Gran Army ov da WAAAGH - Led by the 'Grand Komissar fer WAAAGH' himself: Iagrof Snarlin I had a 'looted Chimera' as a command tank (this was back when the 'looted vehicle' rule alowed you to pick specific vehicles as their basis), and I bought a WW2 Tiger kit that I converted to be a "full" Battletank/wagon (I *think* I rulesed it as a Lotted Leman-Russ). I do SO MUCH conversion work - Iagrof was converted from a metal 'Warboss' figure, but I put him in a full (sleeveless) Greatcoat plus fancy 'officers cap', with a Power-claw hand and a bunch of little stuff all over. Then there was my Commando squad who all got red berets (Because red wunz go fasta - And if yer hat is red den dat meenz ya THINK fasta too!). Ahh... So many memories... ~JD

I'm in a 40k Rogue Trader RPG game, I have an Ork named Bazgak who thinks that if he believes in "DA EMPRAH", then he gets super strong. Later on he's gonna become Kommissar Bazgak and being the Big Boss of "Da Emprah's Orkiest"

Holy cow!!! This is so dang rad! Man, I’m chubbin over here.

Great job ! 👍🏻 Beautiful army !

You guys are the freaking best. I love all your personalities and your attitudes are so great and just seem like a genuine blast to be around. You guys actually helped inspire me to play in the first place. Keep up the great work!!!

Fantastic interview - loved it (and what an army!)

easily one of the most beautiful and fun army I have seen haha, love it

loved all the thoughtful questions you came up with. love this army as well. props to everybody; well done on this one.

Such an awesome army showcase. I really hope that he decides to come back on and play a match with them. He's got a really great attitude it seems as well.

This is the most awesome army showcase I have ever seen! I was smillling all along

Hands down one of the most creative and incredible armies I've seen out there! Amazing work, Matt!

What an epic army! All I can think of is Noman's Astra Mili-grot-um army, da greatest and da greenest serving Da Emprah and his mighty 'Perium. If you guys got a chuckle from this army, check out Noman's channel for his story playlists, particularly his story on "Da Emprah."

Great army. And putting the unit names on the bases is just a great idea. relatively simple und avoids confusion.

this guy is amazing! what an effort and such an amazing army as well. Good work on the painting there, I love it!

Great job on these! Looks amazing!

I don't say this lightly. This is the best army ever. Amazing work. Conversions are beautiful and the paint jobs are incredible.

Such a beautiful converted army. Marvellous!

The actual best army I’ve ever seen, I have some ordered grits comin to my house soon!

What an amazing labor of love! Awesome work my dude, some really kick ass pieces!~

The army is amazing! Great job converting and painting it! Love it!

An outstanding labor of love. I adore the commitment

That Army is DOPE! Thanks for sharing!

Great to hear about the challenges of hobbying with young kids!! Excellent video by the way. "Warhammer Dad'ing" could be a great video to do

this is just pure love and dedication for the hobby!

What kind of psychopath gives this a thumbs down? Absolutely amazing, awesome, and so motivating! I love it!

I was waiting for this :)

Well done sir! Thank you very much for sharing your work.

Best overall army I have ever seen. That blu is fantastic! Happy life

This was sooooo chillll :) AMAZING VID. Keep up this content :) Love could be seen from Emperors Astronomicon itself :)

This is my favourite army on this series and I'm so glad they're back

Great job matt, Blue matches your shirt.

Such a fun and creative army! I love it!

So incredibly thoughtful. This guy has an eye for the aesthetics, and a love for the lore. What a beast!

And things like this, is what got me into 40k. Hats off to you!

I believe I saw a bat rep on Winterz that featured this army, and its gorgeous!

This is great, I'm in the process of making the same thing. Some of those kit bashes are amazing, pricey but amazing.

As a Guard player all i can say is Hell Yeah mate.

This a one of a kind army. No contest.

I think you guys make some of the best hobby content out there and I love your stuff. Minor Critique: Please turn the background music down by 10 - 20%; especially in the 40k in 40min videos. It tends to distract from the narration and player interaction. In this video, it was only disruptive around 3:15.

this is my new favorite army!!!

Really coming in roasting the Tau like prospero. Bold words, soon backed by bold deeds.

Awesom army! Thanks for bring it!

epic army thanks for sharing dude!

Need to get that battle of Grots vs orks awesome army collection

Hobby goals right there, just awesome.

Makes me want to convert an army of ork ranged units. Like a bunch of shoota boyz in berets and tactical armor.