My IG army idea - 40K Terra

kenshin620 · 11-12-2007

well I looked at the doctrines and I think they will be
Stormtroopers
Grenadiers
Conscript Platoons
Veterans
Carapace Armour
My main focus of this army is to be a mobile shooty army that will use supirior BS to win. A conscript platoon would be armed with flamers and act as meat sheilds for the rest of the army. I plan to have 1 command squad, 3 veteran squads, 3 storm troopers, 1 platoon, 1 conscipt, and probably some vehicles. Amy veteren guard players here with advice?

word bearers 81007 · 11-12-2007

i wouldn't call myself a veteran ig player but it sounds like you a solid idea going how many models do you plan on fielding that's the only question i would have.

Lord Commander Erus · 11-12-2007

If you want a mobile shooty force, drop the Grenadiers for Mechanised infantry.

experiment 626 · 11-13-2007

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Originally Posted by kenshin620

well I looked at the doctrines and I think they will be
Stormtroopers
Grenadiers
Conscript Platoons
Veterans
Carapace Armour
My main focus of this army is to be a mobile shooty army that will use supirior BS to win. A conscript platoon would be armed with flamers and act as meat sheilds for the rest of the army. I plan to have 1 command squad, 3 veteran squads, 3 storm troopers, 1 platoon, 1 conscipt, and probably some vehicles. Amy veteren guard players here with advice?

first off, you don't need the 'storm troopers' doctrine to take those grenadiers! taking grenadiers gets you 0-3 grenadier squads. taking storm troopers simply gets you the plain 'ol storm troopers from the 'elites' section of the list... so there you go! you can now take iron discipline which is easily the single best doctrine you can have!!!

keep in mind too that your guardsmen will be much more expensive with that carapace armour on! you're looking at a minimum of 80pts/infantry squad on top of the 2 command squads you'll need and any support squads...
you'll need to be a bit more cautious in your playing as you won't have the mass of bodies that most guard armies can typically fall back on.

cheers!

nova9 · 11-13-2007

I'm not entirely sure, but I think taking carapace armor means you'd have to buy it for all you're meatshield conscripts, which would be very costly.

Guard Master · 11-13-2007

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originally posted by nova9
I'm not entirely sure, but I think taking carapace armor means you'd have to buy it for all you're meatshield conscripts, which would be very costly.

No.unfortunately Carapace armour is only for rough riders and Guard Infantry meaning you don't take it for conscripts.

Also make sure you take a large squad of conscripts for the meatshield and another use for the extra doctrine might be independent commissars too keep the conscripts going longer.

That_Guy · 11-14-2007

Yes, you should beware that all of your high BS units will have high cost. That seams to look like the number on flaw; too many points. Carapace only adds to that. Why not throw your units into cover instead?

If I could have an army list, I could evaluate better.

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word bearers 81007 Sergeant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: pueblo, colorado (hell) Posts: 527 Rep Power: 2 Thanks: 19 Thanked 21 Times in 17 Posts	i wouldn't call myself a veteran ig player but it sounds like you a solid idea going how many models do you plan on fielding that's the only question i would have.

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nova9 Conscript Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm not entirely sure, but I think taking carapace armor means you'd have to buy it for all you're meatshield conscripts, which would be very costly.

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That_Guy Conscript Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Yes, you should beware that all of your high BS units will have high cost. That seams to look like the number on flaw; too many points. Carapace only adds to that. Why not throw your units into cover instead? If I could have an army list, I could evaluate better.