Warsmith Aznable Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Is anybody else having army dilemmas with the coming of the new edition? Or is anybody super excited about making a change and not having a dilemma at all? I've been playing my DIY warband since I started three years ago in 5th edition. At the time I didn't know a lot about the established canon legion or renegade warbands, but went full on to create my own warband. At first they were Khornate, then I moved toward a combined arms approach and about that same time invented my own religion for them. Moving away from World Eaters I came up with a combined Black Legion/Iron Warriors force that went their own way very early on. Shortly after that I realized that the Iron Warriors were much more my thing, and I've been incorporating more and more Iron Warriors themes into my warband. And here with the new edition coming out I find myself thinking of making the switch entirely from my DIY "descended from Iron Warriors" warband to a full on Iron Warriors warband. And yet I am so torn. The new edition seems the perfect time to do it, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurfalypse Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Nope, will be playing my Word Bearers and adding stuff to it. Those Daemon Engines will all fit in wonderfully, also the Dark Apostle obviously will be added, Cultists, and Raptors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I gotta say, with the advent of those sweet DV Chaos models, I'm seriously considering rebooting my Thousand Sons warband alongside a fully redone Warlord 2.0. Very seriously considering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Yeah. Painting all my Night Lords back to the Black Legion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I'm pretty torn between my IWs and WBs. I was moving further and further towards the IWs and the last couple of units I've painted have all be IWs. The introduction of Dark Apostles, cultists and the 6th ed rules for Daemon alies has begun to sway me back towards the WBs... plus the new chosen/lord/sorcerer minis would look better as WBs in my opinion... Add to this the FW HH release and I'm completely at a loss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearingtheword Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Is anybody else having army dilemmas with the coming of the new edition? Or is anybody super excited about making a change and not having a dilemma at all? I've been playing my DIY warband since I started three years ago in 5th edition. At the time I didn't know a lot about the established canon legion or renegade warbands, but went full on to create my own warband. At first they were Khornate, then I moved toward a combined arms approach and about that same time invented my own religion for them. Moving away from World Eaters I came up with a combined Black Legion/Iron Warriors force that went their own way very early on. Shortly after that I realized that the Iron Warriors were much more my thing, and I've been incorporating more and more Iron Warriors themes into my warband. And here with the new edition coming out I find myself thinking of making the switch entirely from my DIY "descended from Iron Warriors" warband to a full on Iron Warriors warband. And yet I am so torn. The new edition seems the perfect time to do it, but... NO! Seriously Max your DIY warband and the fluff behind them is awesome. I loved reading your fluff and batreps during the Arx Rift campaign! I'd say if you feel the need to do Iron Warriors don't scrap your Warband, just start a second force. Yeah it's not as cost effective, but your DIY is too awesome to go the way of the Dodo...Seriously! Start small, using them as unofficial allies to your current warband at first and then build them up slowly. It gives you an alternative army to play when you are feeling bored and need a change of pace. Anyhow, just my thoughts on it! :turned: ~BtW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attomsk Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I am feeling the same way. I have been playing an undivided pyre army for a long time but now I'm feeling the call of papa nurgle. However I'm going to wait to have the codex in my hands before I make my choice final. I will still use my old models but I'm going to pick one of the main legions for all my new models. I am really excited to change things up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khestra the Unbeheld Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Well, I've got my Black Legion basically done already. Still have some wiggle room on the World Eaters. I'll probably just add things to both and save any new army creating for something HH-era (just have to decide what). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ragnarok Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Red Corsairs everyday all day. (with allied bands and recent traitors from loyalists and traitors alike. Love the thought of chaos legion traitor traitors :turned: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Ferrum Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Nope. Still running my Alpha Legion. In fact, since they were my first army and look kind of poopy, I'm taking the opportunity to update the paint scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevak Dal Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Been conflicted for a while. Do I try and create a DIY? Or do I go with what's established? I've flipped and flopped back and forth, and still don't know. If I'm honest, I don't like Any of the legions, but elements of the various Legions, with the one I like the most being the Alpha Legion. I've thought about maybe painting part of my army as Alpha Legion, and the other half as Red Corsairs, though I don't know how I'd go about dividing them up. There's also the contingent of Beserkers, and my Zhufor conversion. They aren't alpha legion, nor are they Red Corsairs. I could split them into 3 separate 1 HQ 2 / other slots and have 3 armies (World Eaters/Skull Takers, Alpha Legion and Red Corsairs) where I could mix and match elements (such as my Rhinos) in whatever army I was playing. I also like the idea of a "Camo painted" Alpha Legion army, where all of the units would have a black, white and grey camo pattern where they specialize in fighting in boarding actions and hulks. I'm drawn to the Red Corsairs, because I like their background A LOT more than any of the legions, and the whole Badab war kind of parallels some issues from the US Civil War (a family hobby is study of the US Civil War), in many ways the Badab War was fought over the debate of Astartes Rights vs the rights of the Administratum (very much like States rights vs Government's rights) and like back then, the Government won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacinda Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I am thinking of expanding my Imp's Kids section but I will be sticking with Black Legion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 NO! Seriously Max your DIY warband and the fluff behind them is awesome. I loved reading your fluff and batreps during the Arx Rift campaign! Thank you for those very kind words, BtW, seriously. I always wondered if anybody ever actually read all that stuff I wrote. I was afraid I was being a self absorbed That Guy by doing it... I probably will keep the Iron Hounds and do a small allied force of Iron Warriors, like you suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearingtheword Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 You're welcome! And to answer the other part of the question, I will be sticking with my Word Bearer's though I will be reworking my list somewhat and converting some of the new models to fit into my host. ~BtW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I'm sticking with my same old fluff. None of the new daemon engines changes it, they already fit in fine. The other stuff, such as the warp talons, raptors, mutilators....none of them fit in there anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 umm, no and no. One of the perks of still trying to assemble my first army. :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caffeineated Chaos Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I've been slowly converting to a Word Bearers host for a while now myself. But then I had never settled on any concrete fluff either. Actually started working on my "Brotherhood of Slaughter" Khornate Word Bearers-esque warband after I started converting models to WB. Probably going to keep the Brotherhood as an allied WE-splinter that runs around with my host. It's leaders having made buddy-buddy with mine from joint WE & WB actions back before and during the Heresy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Riorik Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Not thinking of a complete reboot. But I am thinking of maybe starting a second force of Thousand Sons simply because Ive never played a force in neither fantasy nor 40k that was heavy on the magiko-magako and that has played on my mind since thinking of starting High Elves alongside my Dwarfs about eight or nine years ago. In all likelyhood its not happening. At least not in the Thousand Sons way as I can just play my Word Bearers in a sorceror heavy way should I see fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Reaper Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 My Chaos lot are going through a lot of changes, codex or not. Although with those Daemon Engines the majority of the force will be Steel Brethren (or just Iron Warriors) with the Angels of Light being changed into the Raptor Cult. Other than that there might be the odd squad or model from another warband or Legion. Hell, my Dark Eldar will be allied quite a bit. It's funny how all of my "bad guys" are mercenaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristoff Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 umm, no and no. One of the perks of still trying to assemble my first army. :D Same. I'm not even sure how I'm going to fit some of these new models in my Cursed Chapter. The Chosen, Helbrute, Cultists, and Warp Talons are easy. The Fiends and Drake will be the challenge. My Chapter doesn't have a lot of connections to the Dark Mechanicum. Heck, I wasn't even going to field aa Defiler! I may have to make a Storm Drake or two to pass as Heldrakes, but those Fiends just don't fit in the Warband's fluff well. I may have to reserve them for when I build for a Warpsmith's force (if they are an HQ), but that's a while down the road. Maybe Cultist rides? Hmm, Sentinel Fiends? I must think on this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Is anybody else having army dilemmas with the coming of the new editionSort of. I'm thinking about selling my current armies and possibly doing something else entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm40k Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Sort of. I'm thinking about selling my current armies and possibly doing something else entirely. No! :( When I think Nihm, I think Night Lords. So long as youre staying Chaos I suppose we'll get over it ;) :tu: umm, no and no. One of the perks of still trying to assemble my first army. :P Ha! B) I'm sort of with that. I'm so invested with my Legion of Taurus, not just because I have about 3000 points worth still to paint :P but in terms of the narrative I've been developing for them. Also, with the new 'dex, I can see how Warp Smiths, Dark Apostles, Forge Fiends and Mauler Fiends are just going to fit in perfectly... ;) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbrow II Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I flirted with the idea of something easier to paint but I just like my Emperor's Children pink too damn much. More trophy loyalist Spehss Mahreens on leashes is what is called for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Priest Ridcully Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I have for a while been thinking of including an Emperor's children lord and a squad of Noise marines, allies/detachments made this more tempting, so if I get lucky on ebay I may will include some Emperor's children/noise marine allies to my thousand sons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biaz Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I'm about to strip and repaint all my original models (if I can be bothered) which is like 40 CSM and 10 termies. My more recent stuff will stay as the Black Legion, and I'll most likely repaint the the Termies BL too, but the CSM... I'm debating throwing in a renegade warband along with my legionnaires, or just redoing them in a nicer black. I'm gunna wait to see what the new dex is like, and whether it has any ripping tales on the achievements of the Black Legion and the Warmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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