henrywalker Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 So i'm starting to get into the fluff of my army and there are a few second-in-command type characters which i really want to convert. The only problem is i can't really think of a cool way of playing them, we don't have a characterful squad like the space marine command squad. I could just have a squad of chosen but then they would all just be the same. anyone else have a similar problem? any solutions? n.b. my army is strictly nurgle only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaguecaster Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I have a squad of plague marines that act as a honour guard for my Nurgle Sorcerer, I am trying to model cloaks for all of them with green stuff as well as trying to give them more mutations to show their higher ranking in my army sticking out more basically they will be chosen, well in fluff anyway. Basically it depends on how you run each second in command as it will kinda help with the squad the run with for example if they have bike or jump pack then they should go with a bike or raptor squad though if a power armour HQ then you can just put him in any squad be it plague marines, cultists or chaos marines with mark of Nurgle. Can't wait to read your fluff for your army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrywalker Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 i guess i mis-explained, i didn't mean like a sergeant that'd go run another squad, i mean like the lords retinue. so it'd be cool if the lord had his master duelist guy and his sorceror and his mediccy guy and his big strong dumb guy and his marksmanny guy, stuff like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nehekhare Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Terminators. equip individually as you see fit (keep it under +10/model to stay effective). generally, combi-plasmas are good, heavy weapons are bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 then accompany him with the 2iC as an Apostle, Sorcerer or Smith out of the other HQ slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Yeah, pretty much what Miko said. I field my count-as Abaddon with his 10 men strong Chaos terminator retinue and a Sorcerer of Slaanesh in TDA. (Apocalypse or story driven games, mostly). The Sorcerer count-as the first among his chosen, his closest bodyguard. He's not a commanding figure like the other lieutenants of my warband, but is only tasked with the security of Lord Serevor the Swordbreaker, and is absolutly loyal to his lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Remember you've got a banner guy you can take. most skip the nurgle banner since fear is useless, but it is still +1 combat res pretty cheap and another squad upgrade that helps add some character to your lord's retinue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azekai Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Rather than having a bunch of costly HQs that are just not up to snuff, I just convert and make up stories for my rank n' file plague marines. The fact that their stats are not amazing doesn't bother me, since 40k rules are pretty bad at portraying nitty-gritty details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Would've been easier to portray lieutenants and characters if we'd gotten squad level upgrades in our squads like other codex books have but oh well. I think the easiest way to portray individual warband lieutenants and characters is the TDA squad or chosen. Other than that we don't really have much unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Sage Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Would've been easier to portray lieutenants and characters if we'd gotten squad level upgrades in our squads like other codex books have but oh well. I think the easiest way to portray individual warband lieutenants and characters is the TDA squad or chosen. Other than that we don't really have much unfortunately. Agreed, albeit IMO any champion and every single Legion terminator (and most warband terminators by far) is a Chosen by default. unit champions lead the squads for a reason, and they most often do so with the Generals blessing, thus being Chosen! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 True and that's how I use mine but still it'd be nice to have an "elite" unit that you can use multiple character like units in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyl- Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I commonly get a little jealous that other codexes get cool upgrades in the form of characters and such... then i have to challenge them with a wimpy champion. The best we can get is 3 characters in 1 unit. (2 hq and the champ) As someone mentioned, we can also take a banner carrier and special weapons. I think chosen or havocs would probably be best due to the amount of special weapon options you have, but I have to say this is likely at the cost of effectiveness if you are going super fluffy. I mean.. the sniper dude packs a lascannon because that's cool, and then the dualist has claws because that's cool.. but it's not really optimal. Also, you almost can't avoid taking bolter bodies, which doesn't really seem like an elite command squad soldier imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Bolter bodies are for the elite command squad's bodyguards ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillin Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I think, in large games, a sorc or a DA, make a good 2nd HQ. Walker it sounds like the best solution to what you want is a squad of chosen. Lord and sorc, + chosen w LC's in duelist guy, chosen w pwr axxe is big strong dumb guy, chosen w plaz or melta is marksman guy, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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