How To Start a Warhammer 40K Astra Militarum Army 

Yeah, kind of in an awkward transition stage right now.

I really want to make a tanith first and only.

Always happens when a new codex drops, most of the minis get hard to find for a little while as everyone jumps on the new hotness

Last person I'd have expected to see here. Good to see you fighting the good fight for the Emperor!

@@greenkostia Same!

its a pretty good start but imho i think there are a few small changes that could be made to improve it. For starters what regiment traits are you taking because that will influence greatly what units you might want. also are the infantry squads just regular infantry squads? It depends on how you wanna play your infantry but if you plan on using your infantry to actually push and take objectives id say cadian infantry squads with special weapons are the way to go(i usually take plasmas or melta guns) as for some changes I think if possible id take the gatekeeper relic battle cannon for your tank commander. it makes short work of any heavy infantry and will definitely be a threat even against some heavier vehicles or monsters. If it was me id drop the sents all together just because in my experience they tend to not really do enough damage to really make them worth it. With the lack of sents id probablly drop the mortar team in exchange for a field battery of bombast field guns. If you have a officer within range he can give the take aim order to the guns giving the unit 2D6 shots Ap-3 2 dam. Which will be a lot more useful against anything space marine, CSM or pretty much anything with AOC which is most of the competitive scene now a days sadly. Plus with that indirect fire damage itll help chase any medium infantry out into your leman russ guns. If you can id stick with either Executioner russ's or vanquisher. Vanquisher can be really good if you find yourself fighting stuff like knights or anything thats low model count, lots of invuln save armies but at 1k points that shouldnt be an issue so id stick with the plasma cannon varients. But i usually play 2k and typically I stick one on my army with the tank ace trait that gives them an extra trait and i give it sharpshooter allowing it to reroll one failed hit. For clearing out any hordes a hellhound or two with inferno cannons will be a nightmare with those auto hitting shots allowing your infantry to clean up whatevers left. Plus with the shoot on death stratagem on the hellhound even if it gets tagged in melee and killed its gonna give them a real bloody nose if not outright kill them. That being said its your list and the golden rule of warhammer is always to have fun so always do that but those are just my suggestions. Wish you luck!

What does your army look like now?

You need more infantry

should i research ww1 tactics???

@@mrbarit529 If this is a joke then sure the Krieger's would love to meet you xD if not no you don't need to research ww1 tactics. This is a game about demons, mushrooms, blue aliens, and space Rome all fighting each other. There's channels that can help with tactics for the game.

yep it is a joke@@BrotherVoidBomber

Thanks for the corrections, haven't been able to get my hands on the 9th Ed. Codex quite yet

They'll probably be fine with it--usually people don't play WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) very strictly.

No, the paint jobs on the models are completely up to you! Many people create their own paint schemes to represent unique regiments. The only restriction that I know of is that in some tournaments the models have to be painted to a "battle ready" standard, which basically just means that the models are painted using at least three colors--the actual color scheme you choose doesn't matter in the slightest.

@@CadiaStands Thanks, before we started painting, I watched the Citadel painting videos and we are painting a bit beyond battle ready standard as best I can tell.

Say that to my Earthshaker Cannon

@@CadiaStands Happily. Just let me know what world you'd like to meet at, because the old one kind of isn't an acceptable battleground. Lack of atmosphere and gravity, all that.

If I remember correctly, you can only fire the Storm Eagle Rockets 4 times per game.

They’re updating the rules and packaging of all the guard units. The baneblade isn’t going anywhere.

@@devinjohnson3913 good to know

Yes, I believe you can--they just have two different profiles in the new codex.

The 9th edition ones have a different font--the new one has a normal soldier on the cover too while the old one has a commissar on the front.

Yes, you can ally in Space Marines in an Astra Militarum force or vice versa but you lose some "Faction Only" armywide bonuses

You lose out on faction only buffs, which is extremely detrimental

Scions are an eleit slot. You still need 2/3 troops and a HQ. If you are running your own regiment, you can use the Scions to build up your troops, but they aren't going to have other stats then the SOP Guard ones. I have a platoon of Scions that are painted up like the Necromunda 8th. They look all pretty, but still just get Guard stats.

Okay so I still need other troops. I was thinking two valkyries filled with scions supporting some tanks or something would be sweet/thematic.

@@bryan8238 Keep yourself flexible. Have an air mobile list, and an Armored shock and awe list. That way you can take all comers.

Yes--www.warhammer-community.com/2022/11/08/mix-your-favourite-regiments-in-the-new-codex-astra-militarum/

You can ally them in in the current edition but you lose some helpful armywide bonuses

gotta have Sly Marbo

There is an exception to this rule with "troops" and "dedicated transports" unit types.

@@CadiaStands oh thanks ! New player so not sure how to check how many I can run in a single detachment

​@@zantcg It should have a list of the detachment types and how many units of each type you can have in the Core Book

Bring back the chans..