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Seems like lately tons of people are wanting to play them.

Old codex, crappy rules....

(I'd like to think it is my tactica and everyone jumping on my bandwagon but I know better! )


...there sure isnt a shortage of people posting about their Grey Knights and throwing up armylists or asking for advice with them.

Whats the deal?

probubly because there kinda fancy cool lookin SMs, and there silver.... whats not to like!!! lol, and they have alot of unique wepons, good for a SM player wanting a change but doesnt want to go too far from the known tree,

might be people wanting to try an elite army.

might be too lazy to paint a large army.

might like the fluff.

or they are pissed off with daemon players lol

Im guessing silver spray + ink and people are good to go and play :"P

Old codex, crappy rules, awesome models (imo) and Land Raider effectiveness + small army size = jump on the bandwagon.

I personally just wanted to have a fun Elite army.Tried of drop guard. :p
I had them a while ago and wanted to try them again. they need re tooling badly

I love the fluff, but don't really think they fit as a 40K army, much more a scenario/inquisitor/dark heresy thing for me. But if I had a regular Daemon opponent, I'd probably have a small force just for fluff reasons

Because they are cool.
As you said, they are Space Marines but twice as heroic...

Greets
Schepp himself

Small model count that isn't Deathwing.
Nuff said.

Naa, everyone's jumpin on my bandwagon!

I think it's because they look awesome.

Hey someone has to love em.

phyce cannons???

They got a significant boost in 5th I think;

Combi-Meltas became an effective way to deal with Tanks, even Skimmers in one shot deals, which you can take on your Justicars.

Land Raiders became ridiculously hard to stop, which means your super-elite troopers now can get into combat AND you can get some extra anti-tank in the list to boot.

Mix with:

Easy to Paint
Small Army Size
Pretty Models

And you have yourself something that's appealing and easy to acquire & start playing with.

Better landraiders in 5th, as voodoo boyz noted. Hadn't thought about the combi meltas, though.

Terminators became great assault units, because they survive a round in the open, which is necessary in 5th.

Wayland is selling a five-terminator box for 26.25 British pounds, which is about 29.00 Euros - compared to 45 Euros in Germany. Might have something to do with it;-)

Personally, I'd like to believe it's got to do with plague marines becoming the main troop choice for chaos, though.

Bye,
Tierlieb
*who already sold his Greyknights again*

Has anyone considered that we may be attracting more female gamers?

Being attracted to shiny objects is one of the seven similarities between women and fish after all.

MrGiggles wrote:Has anyone considered that we may be attracting more female gamers?

Being attracted to shiny objects is one of the seven similarities between women and fish after all.

That's not a fair statement. Guys like shiney just as much.

Voodoo Boyz wrote:They got a significant boost in 5th I think;

Combi-Meltas became an effective way to deal with Tanks, even Skimmers in one shot deals, which you can take on your Justicars.

Justicars can't take any weapon options.

Kudos to anyone playing Grey Knights at the moment, certainly facing an uphill battle with them.

5th ed has helped them a bit alright with far more cover now and Land raiders becoming rock hard. But they did really need a hand as there a little on the expensive side.

Also sick models with an easy and effective paint scheme. Have plans to start an army with them once i finish my present one (I'm probably a competitor for the slowest painter on earth).

So yeah, the more the merrier I say.

Also deadshane, can you stick up a link to that tactica, I'd like to take a look at it.

Mookie.

with an iron fist wrote:

MrGiggles wrote:Has anyone considered that we may be attracting more female gamers?

Being attracted to shiny objects is one of the seven similarities between women and fish after all.

That's not a fair statement. Guys like shiney just as much.

Sorry, I was busy playing with something shiny, what was that?

Deadshane1,

You caught me...I'm stealing your thunder. That's why I want a couple of GK's for my SoB army. Yep, had those 'old school' GK termies forever just waiting for love.

I'm just being facetious man, GK are damn cool for SM.

Ignore me.

I don't play them, and would never be tempted to do so, but I dream of my Chaos Space Marines feasting on their slow-roasted and repeatedly violated corpses.

Mookie Blaylock wrote:Kudos to anyone playing Grey Knights at the moment, certainly facing an uphill battle with them.

5th ed has helped them a bit alright with far more cover now and Land raiders becoming rock hard. But they did really need a hand as there a little on the expensive side.

Also sick models with an easy and effective paint scheme. Have plans to start an army with them once i finish my present one (I'm probably a competitor for the slowest painter on earth).

So yeah, the more the merrier I say.

Also deadshane, can you stick up a link to that tactica, I'd like to take a look at it.

Mookie.

It's in my articles. It's a little dated now with 5e nice and comfortable, but much still applies.

I did them years ago!

http://www.pbase.com/frazervisser/grey_knights

The terminators were done before they were released

Get off my band wagon

Deadshane: Nice tactica, thanks for that.

Grandmaster: Nice looking army, how'd it go on the field? Seemed a little short on anti-tank from what i could see.

Mookie.

I cannot say what exactly, but they have something of an element of `cool' about them. I have frequently considered getting a unit or two as allies for my Sisters, but could never work out how to fit such expensive squads in. I am still considering getting a unit or two, just to give it a spin.

Elric of Grans wrote:I cannot say what exactly, but they have something of an element of `cool' about them.

Absolutely no doubt about that.

There is something to be said about running the "Emperor's Finest".

However, things sure arent easy up at the top....things like winning games.

Mookie Blaylock wrote:
Grandmaster: Nice looking army, how'd it go on the field? Seemed a little short on anti-tank from what i could see.

They are fun to play with! I don't use them much but for the odd game they are nice.

They are about 50/50 win/loss which is fine with me.

As for anti tank yes they are light but a GK only army always will be. The dead and the melta on the LR are the options at range, but in CC the strength 6 give you some chance.

The best moments with this army are when you banish a greater demon with the Grandmaster.

I was doing my GK army when i first started posting on Dakka, hence the username