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I still think IG needed a Tank rider option. Now, in 6th Edition, I think that: Tank Riders should grant an IG tank 2d6 lasgun shots on Overwatch. +15 points?

What about instead serving as additional padding that absorbs a free glancing hit?

Use them to represent the Extra Armour upgrade

Great work on it all so far I want MOAR!

Yea that sniper is looking pretty slick cant wait to see him all done up. good work buddy!

Briancj wrote:I still think IG needed a Tank rider option. Now, in 6th Edition, I think that: Tank Riders should grant an IG tank 2d6 lasgun shots on Overwatch. +15 points?

Veteran Sergeant wrote:What about instead serving as additional padding that absorbs a free glancing hit?

Both great ideas! I just wish there were more than 2 different tank rider models, since they're gonna be on a bunch of my tanks.

Well with the new rules for throwing grenades, tanks could be allowed to throw one grenade from any point along the line of their move.

It would be a little overpowered, but a leman russ drive by attack would be aesome

Or just use the tank riders as an extra hull point

Btw RSM, do you hppen to have the 3rd edition guard codex? There's a nice picture in there of a tank absolutely stuffed with tank riders. Think it was one of gav thorpe or something.

I hardly think a little S3 template drive by would be overpowered! You can't snap fire blasts though. I don't have the 3rd ed Guard codex, but I wouldn't turn one down!

love the guard! glad to see more snow guad like me nice sniper as well. I am considering adding some to my guard army as well.

cormadepanda wrote:love the guard! glad to see more snow guad like me nice sniper as well. I am considering adding some to my guard army as well.

Thank you! They're by no means must-have units, but I like that the rules actually make them somewhat viable now. Shame they only hit half the time, but I'll take what I can get for a cool thematic unit.

Well i was talking about vortex grenades :p

I have the "rd edition codex, but it's staying with me!

Too many good memories

Two cars in every garage and a vortex grenade on every tank

I got to play with them for the first time today and I was too concerned on learning both a new army and a new edition to do a report - long story short, victory for Valhalla!

woot!

Congrats!!!

Was it the vortex grenades that did it :p.

And seriously now, how do you find the new overwatch works with guard? Had any opportunity to fire a full blob at an assaulting unit?

I have decided to outfit my blobs with heavy bolters from now on. To make use of the snap shot rules. I know i can snap shot with autocannns too, but i rather have them shooting at full BS. I think the added firepower of the heavy bolter is usefull for a blob squad, especially if you have three in there. I think the added mobility to a heavy weapon toting blob is neat. They used to stand still and fire untill victorious or destroyed. Now they can do a "tactical withdrawal" as one could call it

Overwatch didn't make a huge difference for some of the assaults, but at one point a Nob squad charged one of my Guardsmen blobs and I managed to gun down two Nobz with lasgun defensive fire! Adding heavy bolters to blob squads is an interesting one. They're fairly cheap at 10 points, but if I outfitted every squad with one it could add up pretty quick. It would also mean I had to paint more heavy bolters

Speaking of heavy bolters, I've finished a heavy bolter squad and another infantry squad! Here's everything I've painted in the past week:

Dear god you have done alot since i commented here last SRM, the amount you churn out stuns me! the star on the leman russ is perfect, gives so much character so simply, might have to borrow that one, with full credit going to you of course. =]

I think you'll have to give credit to the Soviets before you give credit to me with that one Thanks so much; having your Valhallan blog (albeit of a different flavor) right near mine inspires me!

Great work!!!

Yeah heavy bolters do add up, but with my metal cadians i have 6 heavy bolter teams. I just don't want to waste them

Using a heavy weapon squad of them to rush an objective would be of good use too, but heavy weapon squads tend to die fast...

This army is just awesome. Really well Done. I play power blob guard as well and its a fine sight, watching a 40 man imperial guard squad tear through units. Keep up the good work, you inspire me to keep painting!

Brother SRM wrote:I think you'll have to give credit to the Soviets before you give credit to me with that one Thanks so much; having your Valhallan blog (albeit of a different flavor) right near mine inspires me!

Lol true, credit to the red army then, but the feeling is mutual, always feel inspired when i come on here, and shocked at your industriousness, your like the soviet factories themselves.

Yeah you really knock em out..

Looking good, how did you find 6th? Any plans on Psykers?


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I would really like to see a whole army shot soon..

Great tank riders, I have the RT marine one (one of them anyway) knocking about somewhere..

iheartlargeblasttemplates wrote:This army is just awesome. Really well Done. I play power blob guard as well and its a fine sight, watching a 40 man imperial guard squad tear through units. Keep up the good work, you inspire me to keep painting!

Happy to be of service! 40 men is a bit much for one blob; I'm going to eventually run four 20 man blobs to distribute the firepower a bit more. I'll play around with 30 man but that's getting into Ork territory.

J-paint wrote:
Lol true, credit to the red army then, but the feeling is mutual, always feel inspired when i come on here, and shocked at your industriousness, your like the soviet factories themselves.

Can't say I've ever been given that comparison before

RandyMcStab wrote:Yeah you really knock em out..

Looking good, how did you find 6th? Any plans on Psykers?

I would really like to see a whole army shot soon..

Great tank riders, I have the RT marine one (one of them anyway) knocking about somewhere..

I enjoyed my first game very much! I'll definitely need to play a few (or a few hundred ) more games of 6th before I say too much, but I had a lot of fun with it. I have two of the old RT/2nd ed sanctioned psykers and I plan to paint one up as a Primaris at some point. I'd like to play with the new psychic powers, but I'm generally not a huge fan of psykers. Some support powers would be cool though, and I want to paint up this ridiculous, huge-headed pimp of a mini! As for a whole army shot, I'll see about renting out a gymnasium and some white tarp soon

I'll be doing a battle report with these guys once I've got the rules down pat, so expect some full army shots and then some then!

Good stuff, yeah I think 20 is a good size for a blob, not too inflexible then..

I like the idea of Psyker buffs on a blob squad too, Biomancy looks good for this, I'm thinking of trying swapping a Commissar and the MoO for one to try it out. A Primaris is Ld 9 the same as a Commissar and if near the CCS Standard the unit will be as well led as before but have a fighty-er (for Guard) hero who is a also space wizard!

That's why I'm hoping to get some utilization out of my CCS Standard - I have no clue how often I'll actually need it, but it's definitely cool to have on hand, and it looks great on the table! I look forward to playing around with psykers a bit.

Last night I also primed three snipers (I converted more) a handful of lasgunners, a couple sergeants, a Commissar, a lascannon team, and a platoon commander. In my game on Saturday I was short a platoon commander, so used a bare metal one. He challenged the Ork Warboss to a duel and got the killing blow on him! I figure after that he's earned a paintjob. After I paint this lot, I'll be able to field three 20 man blobs and have a lascannon in my CCS for extra firepower.

Remember! Lascannon + MoO == Bring it Down win!

I like my CCS standard it's never been critcally useful but it looks right, if it's in range of a Commissar blob I just use the Standards reroll instead of his (can't reroll a reroll)saving a Sarg..not sure if that's wholly correct....no one seems to mind..

Briancj wrote:Remember! Lascannon + MoO == Bring it Down win!

My CCS never leaves it's Chimera (until someone looks at it funny and it explodes) so never get to do that..

i am excited to see more guard!

Briancj wrote:Remember! Lascannon + MoO == Bring it Down win!

That's the plan!

RandyMcStab wrote:I like my CCS standard it's never been critcally useful but it looks right, if it's in range of a Commissar blob I just use the Standards reroll instead of his (can't reroll a reroll)saving a Sarg..not sure if that's wholly correct....no one seems to mind..

That's something I was planning on - that and getting to save my heavy weapons teams from running off if one of the crews gets killed.

I found that having a flag gives you a victory at heart. Fun things i like to do during games is say, you see that flag? its going to park on your base. (i do this before the game starts) turn 1 it typically goes ignored, then turn 2 when its close it draws attention..(i am in a valkyire.) Turn 3 i land put the flag on his base and to really poke him have the squad use the flamers and plasma on something near by. The valk then pokes around, and suddenly my entire command squad is being shot at with the flagg on the hill. Yay my army is ignored for a turn of shooting.

I don't intend to have my CCS or banner anywhere near the enemy deployment zone, but if the banner is still waving at the bottom of turn 6 then I can always declare it a moral victory!

Haven't been here in a while, everything is looking great though, especially the tanks. I mean wow!

Nice to see a power axe as well, swift converting!

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