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I built this list just for the fun of it for my Astra Militarium army (you may notice my necrons thread down below). Anyway, tell me what you think.

Tank Commander: Knight Commander Pask
Command Punisher
Camo netting, Extra Armor, Hull Mounted Heavy Bolter, Pintle Mounted Heavy Stubber, Sponson-Mounted Heavy Bolters
230 points

Demolisher
Camo Netting, Extra Armor, Hull-Mounted Lascannon, Pintle-Mounted Storm Bolter, Sponson-Mounted Plasma Cannons
240 points

Executioner
Camo Netting, Extra Armor, Hull-Mounted Lascannon, Sponson-Mounted Plasma Cannons
220 points

Veterans
Chimera With Turret-Mounted Heavy Bolter, Camo Netting, Hull-Mounted Heavy Bolter, Pintle-Mounted Storm Bolter
Forward Sentries, Gunnery Sargent Harker, Veteran Lascannon Team, Veteran With Heavy Flamer, 2 Veterans With Plasma Guns
270 points

Veterans
Chimera With Turret-Mounted Multi-laser, Dozer Blade, Extra Armor, Hull-Mounted Heavy Bolter, Pintle-Mounted Heavy Stubber
Forward Sentries, Krak Grenades, Veteran Sargent With Power Sword And Bolt Pistol, Veteran Lascannon Team, Veteran with Grenade Launcher,
2 Veterans With Sniper Rifles
210 Points

Valkyrie
2 Sponson-Mounted Heavy Bolters, Hull-Mounted Multi-Laser, 2 Multiple Rocket Pods
155 Points

Hydra
Hull-Mounted Heavy Bolter
70 Points

Wyvern
Extra Armor, Hull-Mounted Heavy Bolter
75 Points

Like I said, this list is just for fun. Let me know what you think though.

You could probably squeeze in more units just by dropping extra armor on everything. It's highly situational upgrade that's not worth its points back. Sergeant Harker is horribly overcosted for what he can do unless you really really want to throw him in for lolz. Also, I'd never use a valkyrie unless you plan on transporting a 10 man unit inside. Other than that, you'll get a lot more mileage with a vendetta.

Honestly you never want to go too upgrade heavy. As said before heavy armour is usually not worth the points and unless it's purely for fun Sargent Harker is pretty bad. Harker use to be great in the last codex, but now that they have stripped him of basically all the things that made him great and fun, he has just lost his shine and is now just a fluffy expensive upgrade.

Side sponsons on Demolishers are a waste to be honest, because once you fire the Demolisher cannon all other guns are snap shooting. So you can't even shoot the plasma cannons.

As for Veterans it's usually not a good idea to have both a heavy weapon team and special weapons, because giving both makes one of the others basically useless for the turn. Do you wanna sit back and shoot the Las Cannon, or move up and flame them? Also it is a point sink having both. Power weapons are best used in blob squads, on Veterans they are just too fragile and too few to really put it to good use and win combats against most of the units you'll face in melee.

Just remember, when playing Guard numbers and mass firepower are your greatest allies. The more upgrades you give the less numbers you have. Even in armoured company Guard are able to put out quite a few high armoured vehicles, and everything should have a role and stick to that role. Combining roles with a single unit will make it more expensive and not as effective.

I hope some of this helps, and these guidelines have always helped me be more effective against others. Happy wargaming!

Sorry for the delay. Thanks for the input guys. Keep in mind, this list is just for the fun of it, if I wanted to win everything I'd go with my infantry/artillery combo that's worked well for me in the past. Anyway, I've made some changes based off of your input.

Tank Commander: Knight Commander Pask
Command Punisher
Cammo Netting, Hull-Mounted Heavy Bolter, Sponson-Mounted Heavy Bolters
215 points

Demolisher
Camo Netting, Hull-Mounted Lascannon
195 points

Executioner
Camo Netting, Hull-Mounted Lascannon, Sponson-Mounted Plasma Cannons
210 points

Veterans
Chimera With Turret-Mounted Heavy Bolter, Camo Netting, Hull-Mounted Heavy Bolter, Pintle-Mounted Storm Bolter
Grenadiers, Krak Grenades Veteran Seargent with Bolt Pistol, Veteran with Heavy Flamer, 2 Veterans with Grenade Launchers
191 points

Veterans
Chimera with Turret-Mounted Multi-Laser, Dozer Blade, Hull-Mounted Heavy Bolter, Camo Netting, Pintle-Mounted Heavy Stubber
Forward Sentries, Veteran Seargent With Las Pistol, Veteran Missle Launcher Team, 1 Veteran With Grenade Launcher, 2 Veterans with Sniper Rifles
184 points

Hellhound
Camo Netting, Hull-Mounted Heavy Flamer
140 points

Vendetta Gunship
170points

Hydra
Camo Netting, Hull-Mounted Heavy Bolter
85 points

Wyvern
Camo Netting, Hull-Mounted Heavy Bolter
80 points

Puts me right on 1500 points. Think I like this build a little better anyway, thanks for the input!