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Ok, so I see you didn't get much of a response here, sorry man.
As I'm at college atm I can't access the page you linked, so I'm going to take a blind stab at advising?
-apologies in advance if the following is useless cr*p....
The theme you're going for is a drop-trooper army, based on the imperial guard?
-feels very Halo ODST to me, though again I can't see your reference until I get home...
ultimately though, I see 3 plausible options for putting this army play-style on the tabletop.
1) Elysian drop troopers, forgeworld. -expensive way of going, and from what I've seen not a competitive option...
this would give you what is essentially guardsmen that rain from the sky. -5+ armour saves, deep striking.
-This is your main problem as simply put: bolters will ignore your armour. they are also the primary weapon, in what is the most common army in many metas
2) Air Cavalry. -Veteran squads in Valkyries. rain from your flying transports, try to survive long enough to do damage.
-used to be more competitive, but at 500pts, you'll be lucky to get 2vet squads in the air.
which brings us to my recommendation:
3) Militarum Tempestus. -basically this is old guard stormtroopers- 4+armour, deepstriking, and lots of options for special weapons.
lacking anti-tank won't matter at 500pts, nothing the odd melta and plasma can't handle in those point limits.
-Their AP3 Hot-shot Lasguns will also ignore *most armoursaves*, as 2+ armour is going to be rare in 500pts games. if it is present (grey knights?) just keep using your plasma and melta...
-Hope this helped somehow, I hate to see new users without responses.
note: maybe try a clearer initial post next time, sometimes if a theme for help is unclear, it deters people from trying...
-I'll try and post a list later for militarum tempestus if you're interested?
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