Been
brainstorming lately, trying to figure out an effective way to
implement IG allies in my army. Here are two of my current dream
lists (I call them “dream” lists because in order to field them
I'd need a crapton of new models, not to mention the time to paint &
assemble all of it):
BIKERS
FUN:
Captain
– artificer, storm shield, relic blade, bike
Company
command squad – 4x grenade launcher, chimera with heavy
flamer/multilaser
Tac
squad – meltagun, combimelta, missile launcher, rhino
Tac
squad – meltagun, combimelta, plasma cannon, rhino
Bike
Squad (9 bikes) – multimelta attack bike, meltagun x2
Platoon
command squad – 3x flamer, chimera with heavy flamer/multilaser
Infantry
squad – autocannon, chimera with heavy flamer/multilaser
Infantry
squad – autocannon, chimera with heavy flamer/multilaser
Vendetta
Vindicator
– dozer blade
Vindicator
– dozer blade
Aegis
Defense Line – quad gun
Tons
of troops on the table, tons of guns. Hard stuff gets softened by
shooting, then assaulted and wiped out by the captain & the
bikes. Anything that deep strikes or comes close gets roasted by a
wall of heavy flamer chimeras. Platoon command squad rides in the
vendetta. I could add a manticore by getting rid of one chimera and a
vindicator.
GUNLINE
FUN:
Master
of the Forge – conversion beamer
Company
command squad – 4x grenade launcher, chimera with heavy
flamer/multilaser
Tac
squad – flamer, missile launcher, rhino
Tac
squad – flamer, combiflamer, plasma cannon, rhino
Veteran
squad – meltagun x3, chimera with heavy flamer/multilaser
Veteran
squad – meltagun x3, chimera with heavy flamer/multilaser
Dreadnought
– 2x twinlinked autocannon
Dreadnought
– 2x twinlinked autocannon
Vendetta
Vindicator
Vindicator
Manticore
Aegis
Defense Line – quad gun
Plenty
of scoring bodies, pure shooting. It guns down or roasts anything
that comes close and kills the rest from a safe distance. However, it
lacks a strong close-combat unit and is weak in that regard, so
overall I'm not sure how well it would do against close combat units
who can get in my face super-quick.
Overall,
while I like imperial guard and would love to have a little army to
act as the PDF forces from my chapter's home planet, the money cost
is off-putting. Also, I hate how large vendettas are and can't think
of a pain-free way to transport one around. Which is why I'm excited
for the upcoming DA codex, which looks like it might provide stuff
that vanilla lacks at a bargain price (both cash-wise and
points-wise). Guess we're about to find out.
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