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Well Ive been lurking this forum for a while but still havent really posted much. Im planning to have an army of imperial guard army comprised of two Ig regiments, One will be the basic Cadians but I want the other one to be slightly more unique. A few ideas ive had was to make mutant ig using the zombie sprue combined with cadians and using Necromunda scavvies in addition, although it would look cool it would be hard to justify them ever being allied with daemonhunters which I was considering having as allies. another idea was Arctic guard with snowmobiles for rough riders and the like, I would go for a bit more modern of a look than the Vostrayans.
So what are your ideas/suggestions?

I would suggest that you do it, take pics and post them on Dakka!

How do you explain in your fluff that you have 2 regiments? Wouldn't it look micu better if you have one theme in the whole army?
Combining standart cadians with something as different as Snow Guard or mutants sounds a bit weird.

Anung Un Rama wrote:How do you explain in your fluff that you have 2 regiments? Wouldn't it look micu better if you have one theme in the whole army?
Combining standart cadians with something as different as Snow Guard or mutants sounds a bit weird.

In the 4th Codex it says that when Regiments take too many casualties they often combine with other regiments to keep combat effectiveness. I still havent really worked out the fluff yet, if anyone knows where i can get some info on planets near the eye of terror (theres probably one in codex: Armageddon) i'd appreciate it

ye sounds good
1 random sugestion is maby for a commasire you could mold a like polar bears head on instead of his hat just an idea but sounds good cant wait for pics

Personally I like the arctic idea. Apart from anything else, so much easier to explain in terms of fluff.

i really like the artic snowmobile rough riders idea. i've seen plenty of bear/lizard/horse riders and even a few dirt bikin' rough riders but never that one. it may be more in tune with a valhallan army than vostroyans (since they're kinda modelled after cossaks).

Anung Un Rama wrote:How do you explain in your fluff that you have 2 regiments? Wouldn't it look micu better if you have one theme in the whole army?
Combining standart cadians with something as different as Snow Guard or mutants sounds a bit weird.

Guard has always been an amalgation of different planet defense armies mish-mashed into one fighting force. It has just lost popularity because instead of 5 different IG model themes to choose from and mix on store shelves, you only get 2 plastic ones.