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What officers do you think you should build?

@@bryan8238Cadian Castellans would be the way to go if you wanna attach them into Cadian shock troops :)

would swapping out a combat patrol box, for basilisk/death korps of krieg death riders be good?

@@spyrojoe4721 death riders are kinda meh but fun/niche. Basilisk is fine but now a bit expensive for what it is points wise.

Or run them as platoon squad ​@@bryan8238

Just the grim demeanour of the Guard is what it sells it imo, the aestetics are a perfect bind, but it's just this grim demeanour against the horrors of the universe =][=

My favourite part about the Guard is, how they make excellent fertiliser and targets for practice.

@shroomdude * my inner greenskins player coming out to play * BOSS! I FINK 'E WANTS A FOIGHT!

gaurd are unfortunately always going to be expensive and hard to paint because of their numbers. As far as using it as best you can i think this does it pretty well.

oh I got this. Mechanized Vostroyans, plus I'm converting a vostroyan combat patrol. I'm literally working on the crew for the bombast right now. This is 100% highly inconvenient, there aren't vostroyan sculpts for vehicle crew or ordnance batteries, so I'm custom building them. It is also extremely expensive, I needed vostroyan gun teams to convert to crew, plus I bought an ordnance battery for the guns, too many kits for one unit. Finally, mechanized guard is pretty sub optimal, but I can't help but want to run mech-guard.

Well I've got really into collecting agents of the imperium and a lot of these units are really fluffy and not that useful.

@@VirtualRussianif I were you I’d look into 3D printed heads. If you get the big fur hats the Cadian bodies won’t really matter.

@@androlitoVfrom my experience Guard aren’t hard to paint at all. If you use the Zandri Dust spray you pretty much just color in the armor and gear.

that was an insane value. I was at my LGS and picked up a combat patrol and the guy was like bro no get the defense force. So glad he told me that. Insane value

distant future 6 month before 11th ED x_X

Ive been looking at 2000pt lists and just cutting the number of units in half, then adding/removing stuff as needed, so with this one the command blob cant really be reduced but thats fine, do 10 man squads instead of 20, 1 or 2 each of tanks, artillery, and sentinels, with your choice on loadout. I got a decent list at about 985pts there, probably gonna throw grand strategist on someone for the last stretch and see how it goes at my next game

2 dorns seems strong to me you would still want some cheap armor in the form of chimeras, and i'm a bit of a oddity but i like leman russ eradicators 160pts, the Urban warfare rule allow you to use it's Nova cannon A3+6 S7 AP-1 D2 Blast in engagement range either HB/HF sponsons, lascannon/HF, HS, additionly, when making ranged attacks, this model does not suffer the penalty to its Hit rolls for being within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units it's literally a tank in a knife fight

For a 1000pts Battle Force I take 2x 20 men infantry sqauds with command sqauds, heavy weapons + special weapon and srg wpn to suit. I take a mortor pit, 3x ogryns, scout sentinsls, Basilisk and enhancments for 1 or two Lts. A commissar can be the Warlord or you can upgrade your Lt to Warlord. The idea works with Cadians, Catachans and even Death Korp and you may be able to squeeze in a 3rd unit as an assault/walking fire support force backed up by the Ogryns. Have fun.😊

It's why I've been magnetising wherever I can

I asked this on a live chat other day. This was Mordians recommendation 1x regimental preacher 35pt Tank commander 220pt + grand strategist Straken 55pt 20x catachan jungle 110pt 20x catachan jungle 110pt 10x catachan jungle 55pt 10 catachan jungle 55pt Leman russ exterminator 180pt Leman russ exterminator 180pt 1000pt on the nose

​@@Crunch2327This list seems to go toe to toe with the foe, seems very melee heavy with all those catachans and preacher. Did MG give some context about why this apparent difference in strategy? Thx man, don't mean to be picky, you can always point me towards the date of the streaming.

​@@davidgarcia-wb1ynyou have 60 infantry that you can reinforce and he reckons most people are not equipped to deal with 3x Leman russ tanks at 1k.

I have my eye on some guardsmen squads and a few weapons teams and there's a baneblade in box in the comic book store the town over. Gives me a few things to dream of.

Same question!

You’re welcome! Much love from Krieg :)

I was looking at lord solar but considering replacing the head with an after market general officer so you don’t have to include recognisable characters that, I personally, don’t know anything about

In the imperial guard? My man google "elegoo mars 3" and "siraya tech fast", there's no other way to make guard affordable

Tanks, lots of tanks. They eat up your points list to get to 2k.

@@TheBoggelnhow many do you reckon?

@GalbatorixTheFirst Cheapish list I just made up. Combine the Christmas box with 6 leman russes and commisar. Idk the price off the top of my head. Probably around 700, which is average for a 2k army. Tanks only (2000 points) Astra Militarum Strike Force (2000 points) Combined Regiment CHARACTERS Commissar (30 points) • 1x Bolt pistol 1x Chainsword Lord Solar Leontus (125 points) • Warlord • 1x Conquest 1x Konstantin’s hooves 1x Sol’s Righteous Gaze Platoon Command Squad (60 points) • 1x Platoon Commander • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Laspistol • 4x Veteran Guardsman • 4x Close combat weapon 4x Lasgun 4x Laspistol Tank Commander (225 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Lascannon 1x Leman Russ battle cannon • Enhancement: Drill Commander BATTLELINE Cadian Shock Troops (60 points) • 1x Shock Trooper Sergeant • 1x Chainsword 1x Laspistol • 9x Shock Trooper • 9x Close combat weapon 9x Lasgun Infantry Squad (60 points) • 1x Sergeant • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Laspistol • 9x Guardsman • 9x Close combat weapon 9x Lasgun OTHER DATASHEETS Leman Russ Battle Tank (180 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Lascannon 1x Leman Russ battle cannon Leman Russ Battle Tank (180 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Lascannon 1x Leman Russ battle cannon Leman Russ Demolisher (200 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Demolisher battle cannon 1x Lascannon Leman Russ Exterminator (180 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Exterminator autocannon 1x Lascannon Leman Russ Exterminator (180 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Exterminator autocannon 1x Lascannon Rogal Dorn Battle Tank (260 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Castigator gatling cannon 1x Heavy stubber 1x Twin battle cannon Rogal Dorn Battle Tank (260 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Castigator gatling cannon 1x Heavy stubber 1x Twin battle cannon Exported with App Version: v1.6.0 (27), Data Version: v299

Cost effective and army don't go in the same sentence. It's a hyper hobby of building plastic models (toys) for hundreds of dollars. 3d print or have MONEY

With the Imperial Guard, there's no such thing as overkill. Bring down the hammer!

Hear, hear! ^_^

Good advice, I am an old warhammer player returning and looking at guard. Goal is 1k eventually, maybe even 500pt near term. Looking at that Combat Patrol box to start.

You have to buy your own unfortunately; I wouldn’t recommend GW paint because it’s expensive and isn’t always great. Any cheap model paint from your local Home Depot or Hobby Lobby works just as well

I guess you could equip them with the special weapons so you could have flexible loadouts for your infantry squads

@EldenLean soo just more plasma and melta to have spares right?

@@jorgeparson7764 Ye, or different special weapons like grenade launchers, flamers, etc. Having spare special weapons guys can allow you to swap squad loadouts without magnetizing

@@EldenLean ok will do thanks a lot

I’m interested in a reply, I was wondering about replacing field ordinance with mortar teams

Yes!

Hellhounds work pretty well for me. And if you really can, a baneblade

@@patykaarplegos6282 woow I don't own a Hellhound, but damn am I planning on it now. Cover has been such a detriment for my shooting that that tank is a definite need. As for Baneblade, I current got a Shadowsword.

Probably, however that would be another box you would have to buy (for the mortar), so I guess he thought this would be simpler.

Rocket launchers are unlikely to wound tanks, they're alright at elite killing

demolisher Russ tanks are really good in my opinion to move up. Plus their guns don't have any minuses for shooting in combat. shooting at point blank with a demolisher is better than a power sword and they really can take a beating. It's also worth noting a tank commander version is only 5pts more allowing an order but I pay the 5 pts to shoot on death. (my army includes 2)

Thanks bro, i will try this in the next fight😄 @@nathanmite1716

What do you mean?

nope, both are within the limit of 1 aditional cp gained, lord solar caps this out on his own.

No, but you can trigger the Vox Caster on your opponent's turn and that way you get it.

​@davidabonyi4556 I'm afraid this is incorrect. Outside of the cp you gain every command phase you are given a cap of 1 cp per battle round (not turn). Lord Solar fills this cap meaning vox casters popping on your opponents turn wouldn't get you the extra cp

@@georgesd2167 the rule says outside the cp both players get in the command phase they can't get more than 1/round. Meaning I can get 2/turn. During my round, in my command phase due to Leo. The second cp I get is during the enemy round. I use a stratagem on a vox caster unit, roll dice and if I'm lucky I get a cp. Or Coteaz's ability can be triggered

Too expensive for a 500 pt game, definitely a Cadian Castellan you can kitbash with the command squad and/or Creed should be good for your combat patrol game :)

I always thought that a tech priest would be fun for the astra militarum so maybe it could repair my vehicles and tanks. Not sure how they work as far as that goes. I was surprised to learn that a bane blade box was bigger than the box of a chaos knight! 😮

The Lord Bane Blade would be good

@@thegametroll6264 I bring a tech priest. it's proved useful in the two games I've played

@@pendargraft321 I like mechs tho

@pendargraft321 when I saw the bane blade in box I was so excited. I love tanks. Warhammer 40K should have a world of tanks game where you can pick any of the tanks including a bane blade and just lay waste to xenos and heretics alike.

Guard has some of the best access to proxies of any army. Im personally a fan of wargames atlantic.

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Check the wording again. Infantry squads can now have 2 leader units attached , if one is a command squad. The 20 man limit has been removed at some point.

@@konradd7567 I see what you mean I'm all sorts of confused now though are 20 count squads gone in general now or they still around I know my app won't update as soon as others and if so wouldn't that be better any way for more dice or should it be kept smaller for a smaller battlefield profile

How about bringing 2 units of two Scout Sentinels?

Yes 100% this^ if you want to be able to do it to two targets efficiently without skewing to a Sentinel Spam (6+). Good work, spread the word.

@@dominicl5862 well thank you!