DKOK-Artillery help, 2000 points+

[byrdja0]

TLDR: Need help as a new DKOK player. 

 

Long; Will finally get to play my first game of 8th tomorrow at a new store. They are doing a 2-4k points per man apocalypse game. Two guys have massive orc collections so they are setting it up imperium vs. orks/and some bugs. 

 

Since I will be on the Imperium side and had built a lot of artillery to use as a Ordnance tyrant renegade I was looking at taking my cannons to play as a DKOK guard list. 

 

I have 6 earthshaker carriages and 12 quad mortars available. Just enough Imperial guard models, infantry and vehicles, to be able to build around the cannons, including a baneblade.  But that's the question; what else to go with it? 

 

Pretty new to any kind of play so any and all help and guidance are appreciated. 

 

Byrd

[depthcharge12]

I’m new to DKoK so I’ve been building up some lists as of late. Bring all your arty for sure (I’m a death korps purist) and make sure to bring some engineers with carcass shells (2+ to wound, 2 damage shots), some death riders if you have them or can proxy, and some grenadiers. You can go wild with the grenadiers making a 5 man squad with a heavy flamer unit, two melta guns, and a sgt and have them ride in a transport like a centaur to cause pain.

 

Multi damage weapons are the name of the game, just make sure to keep your regular dudes (read:chaff) out in front to take charges and provide a deep strike bubble away from your big guns. Don’t be afraid to charge your guardsmen in due to all the fun combat orders they have!

[Halfpint100]

Lots of bodies to delay the orks, lots of flamers. Just keep shooting!

[Mitchverr]

Death riders and engineers, amazing units especially for fighting orks in my view. Heck grenadiers would also be suitable for removing saves.

Edited December 31, 2017 by Mitchverr

[byrdja0]

I don't have horses for tomorrow, but i'll definitely put the engineers to use. I'll take pics. Looking like 10k points per side at least. 

 

Byrd

[Silas7]

Jumping into the deep end eh?

[Withershadow]

Take two units of three earthshaker.  Place two earthshakers of each unit forward, and another to the side (so from pretty much any angle the earthshakers are closest target).  Put a commander within range of both 12-man crew units and order them the PIstol 2 order so they double their shots at range.   Enjoy shooting 6 earthshakers and 48 lasguns.

[byrdja0]

Sadly, no news to report. Broke down on side of road. By the time I got squared away the game had already started. 

I scratch build a lot and used plumbing supplies to make cannons. I thought it was appropriate since I use skaven as my guardsmen. 

 

Now that i'm not in a rush to get something put together for a huge game, I'm going to regroup and put together 1k, 1.5k and 2k lists plus look at getting some mounts for my rats. 

 

Thanks for the help though. 

Here are some pics of what i'm talking about.