Argel-tal Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Hey guys, I recently finished my 1850 points Guard army that consists of ; a Leman Russ squadron, vets, platoons, chimeras, vendettas, taurox primes, and a Militarum Tempestus platoon. I want to add to my army but i'm not sure what to buy. I have a budget big enough to buy anything really, any idea's would be great. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 A baneblade? Every collection needs a centerpiece... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Stormblade, Marauder Bomber, Praetor Armored Assault Launcher and a whole bunch of Death Korp of Krieg Death Riders. Otherwise, what about some Artillery - Basilisks / Wyverns / Manticore? Or Hellhounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kontakt Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 if you are thinking in terms of what would be useful in actual games, then Wyverns, 2 or 3 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 2 is ideal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel-tal Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 I have one Wyvern (i forgot to mention) - Infantry are my favourite aspect about IG... I'd love to do something unique involving them. On a side note my infantry force was absolutely annihilated in the last tournament i played (Imperial Knight spam) Perhaps some Elysians or Catachans? any input as to how do you guys make your guard stand out from the chaff would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 More troopers always help! You really need 2 Wyverns to make them work best as mentioned, what about the different types of Russes? I'd go with Elysian troops as the Catachan sculpts apart from the CCS are old and bad :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Elysians open up some cool Air Cavalry options. If you're going Infantry-heavy, it might be cool to look into Elysian Veterans in cheap flying Transports. Bear in mind that Forge World themselves have a foreword in the front of the Elysian section of the Taros book that says they're a fun, themed army that are not in any way meant to be a powerful or even competitive option. They can be if you build them right, but you're at the mercy of careful Flier movement and positioning, as well as Reserve rolls. (I believe you get a Drop Pod Assault-esque turn one arrival rule, though. I'll have to read into that a little more.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Got to say that even though I'm not a seriously competitive player FW is a bit rubbish if they have you spend all that money on models and then freely admit to not trying too hard with their rules. At least make them a bit more competitive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Got to say that even though I'm not a seriously competitive player FW is a bit rubbish if they have you spend all that money on models and then freely admit to not trying too hard with their rules. At least make them a bit more competitive... The entire Kroot selection is being removed from Forge World reportedly, due to lack of sales. This possibly being that amongst the very mediocre selection Tau get, the Kroot FW models have the worst rules by far, aside from the Sentry Towers and TX-42 Piranha... GW dislike it, but rules are at least 50% of what sells a model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 There are kroot on FW? Oh, you mean the big pack animal? I can't remember any others...must be the reason they don't sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornywingythingy Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Got to say that even though I'm not a seriously competitive player FW is a bit rubbish if they have you spend all that money on models and then freely admit to not trying too hard with their rules. At least make them a bit more competitive... It's been GWs mo for a long time that rules don't sell models, I'm not surprised fw is similar. It's ostrich head in the sand madness, but it's what they believe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 There are kroot on FW? Oh, you mean the big pack animal? I can't remember any others...must be the reason they don't sell? The Greater Knarloc, as well as mounted ones with guns. All of them are mediocre at best, though the Greater is just terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevak Dal Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Got to say that even though I'm not a seriously competitive player FW is a bit rubbish if they have you spend all that money on models and then freely admit to not trying too hard with their rules. At least make them a bit more competitive... The entire Kroot selection is being removed from Forge World reportedly, due to lack of sales. This possibly being that amongst the very mediocre selection Tau get, the Kroot FW models have the worst rules by far, aside from the Sentry Towers and TX-42 Piranha... GW dislike it, but rules are at least 50% of what sells a model. Yeah a friend of mine told me about that, and I was like "Oh, no, not the Gnarloc riders!" in the most sarcastic way I could. I'm sure...somebody bought them at one point-but that's the kind of dumb :cuss you expect out of a space marine chapter...not the most technologically advanced Xenos army. Also, Loyalist Space Mairnes would have had good rules...and been worth a damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 "Here Tau, have a dirt cheap T6 6+Sv MC as a sort of distraction Carnifex en masse. But lol, here's two mandatory Kroot Handlers to knock it down to majority T3 so that a couple of Heavy Stubbers can kill the squad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 See ++Exhibit B++ of totally overpowered Forge World units: OpForgeWorld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 See ++Exhibit B++ of totally overpowered Forge World units: OpForgeWorld Always look at it but then just think it really is totally not worth the effort. And another is exhibit C, http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Navy/ARVUS-LIGHTER.html If you bother paying extra for weapons, you can snap fire and targets only and guarantee death to the 10 people being transported as it can be knocked from the sky by bolter fire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 all of these can be used in very fun scenarios though, and both are very fluffy. in fact, i love the arvus lighter, if only it's a bit overpriced given it's durability. for 75 pts you get a 10/10/10 flyer that can hover with 3 HP and a transport capacity of 12. it' s a great fluffy transport when fielding a regiment that only has limited resources/standard regiment,since most players seem to have forgotten that valkyries and other flyers are almost always imperial navy assets, not belonging to the regiment,whereas the arvus lighter is a simple civilian flyer that can easely be commandeered into service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 all of these can be used in very fun scenarios though, and both are very fluffy. in fact, i love the arvus lighter, if only it's a bit overpriced given it's durability. for 75 pts you get a 10/10/10 flyer that can hover with 3 HP and a transport capacity of 12. it' s a great fluffy transport when fielding a regiment that only has limited resources/standard regiment,since most players seem to have forgotten that valkyries and other flyers are almost always imperial navy assets, not belonging to the regiment,whereas the arvus lighter is a simple civilian flyer that can easely be commandeered into service True on the fluff front and I have always thought of the Arvus as a nice idea, just a shame the costing is so poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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