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I dont think im the only one that picks battalion / plastic regiments to *beef up my armies.
So if money isnt an issue , what are some crazy armies you always wanted but never made it because
its just not viable money wise?

For me, i always wanted:

Fantasy: O&G with LOTS of squigs , Squig hopper , Squig riders , anything to do with squigs!
40k: All Metal Aspect Warrior army.

40k ... a full chapter of space marines. 1000 marines, plus vehicles.... woot.

Horst wrote:40k ... a full chapter of space marines. 1000 marines, plus vehicles.... woot.

Sternguard marines while we are at it!

oh definately. I'd have the entire 1st company in there.. probably 40 sternguard, 30 terminator, 30 vanguard.

A Deathwing army is something i'd like.

RogueMarket wrote:A Deathwing army is something i'd like.

I dont really touch space marines , but cant the plastic termies work? ( since they cost so much point wise ,
i dont imagine needing too many boxes )

RogueMarket wrote:A Deathwing army is something i'd like.

Terminators aren't particularly money inefficient. 5 points per dollar is pretty good at stock prices, more with a good discounter. In fact I'd say that DW armies are cheaper than most to make.

I always wanted 96 Gargoyles and 6 X 32 Old metal Hormaguants (the ones that looked like the aliens from "Aliens")

And even after that it would still be only around a 1000pt army.

I would buy 500 gnoblars for my ogres

also a dwarf army with large units of slayers.

me it would have to be two small imperial guard regiments and then..
3 vendettas
6 valks
3 leman russ punishers
3more leman russ
ans 3 manticores
and as many chimeras as fit

I like those words "IF money isn't an issue"

Hmmm... Gee.. Now let me think..

Probably I would have enough models in my space marine army to take exactly what I wanted to game with..
The PICK UP & PLAY technique.

Each Tactical Squad would have 9 normal marines & a standard sergeant with the following extra models
4 marines armed with Heavy Bolter, Multi Melta, Missile Launcher, Plasma Cannon
3 marines armed with Plasma Gun, Melta gun and a Flamer
All the combos of how a Sergeant can be armed with

Elites, Heavy Support choices would be all maxed out (3x 10 Vanguard plus 3x 10 Vanguard with Jump Packs, etc)

Then all the tanks would just cover the 6x4 board

I'd have 2 Full Regiments of IG 1 Tanith first and only and a Valhallan Armoured.

The way I do now. Pick a theme, create a list, then buy it one regiment at a time, intending to paint one, buy one, paint one, buy one.

Though rather than one unit a month, it might one unit a week.

I find money is less of an issue than finding the time to paint stuff i.e. I can buy things a lot faster than I can paint them. Infact the very thought of being given a boxed set like "Spear of Sicarius" scares me. All that unpainted plastic! Or worse, all that untrimmed plastic!!

A Catachan army using entirely command squad models. In other words, I'd make my regulars out of that wonderful box, instead of the 12+ year old sprues contained in the regular troops box. This army would be Valk heavy and would have 9 Leman Russ Punishers.

Alternately, all Valhallans.

LunaHound wrote:So if money isnt an issue , what are some crazy armies you always wanted but never made it because
its just not viable money wise?

A massive Guard Force.

I'd start with 6 45-man platoons - two of the old Cadian, two of the new, one Mordian and one Tallarn. The two plastic Cadian would be funny mech, all in Chimeras. All of these platoons would have like 4 Heavy Weapon teams attached each, sometimes more, one of each type of weapon. Enough extras like CHQ's and Commissars and things like Ratlings and Sniper/Demo Charge guys to make it all legal and cohesive.

I'd then have three complete Leman Russ Companies - y'know, Command tank + three 3-tank Squadrons. I'd have one for Artillery too, and then maybe two for Sentinels (20 Sentinels!) 'cause I love the models. Then I'd have a full Super-Heavy Regiment - a command Baneblade (or Baneblade hull), and then two companies, each Company with 3 Super-Heavies (all Baneblade hulls) and then, for fun (and even though it's Forge World), a full Super-Heavy Company of three Macharius tanks, one of each type.



Oh wait... I just described the army I already own. I dunno... guess I'd do Tau?

Clthomps wrote:I always wanted 96 Gargoyles and 6 X 32 Old metal Hormaguants (the ones that looked like the aliens from "Aliens")

And then spend the rest of your money on the therapy bills after getting that many of the old Hormaguants to stay upright.

I own 12 of those horrid little models. I did own 11, and the only reason I bought that elusive 12th one was because I'm OCD with even numbers. But believe me, had I owned an even number, I would have never taken them out of the drawer again...

I'd build a true Skaven Horde. And get someone to paint it.

I'm talking no blocks smaller than 25 models, built around a core of Clanrats and Slaves. Probably about 500-700 Skaven.

Ahhh skavens!

I always wanted a maxed size Jezzail gun line -_-

How about an IG army that's actually the size of a real battlegroup? Let's assume that IG work on a sort of old-fashioned org. system, 1000 man infantry battalions as in WW1, and make the heavy tank regiments about the same size as the UK has today (54 tanks)

1000 guardsmen, all basic infantry platoons, 1 CCS.

OR

54 Leman russ tanks,

OR

100 Chimeras, carrying 90 vet squads and 10 CCSs.

OR

10 Superheavy tanks

OR

All of the above, deployed together. Hell, get 50 artillery pieces, a few 10-sentinel companies, a hellhound company as well. How many blackhawks and apaches does and american aircav regiment use? You could make one of those using valks and vendettas.

I don't want to start collecting IG, because I'd never be able to stop. They'd just work so well as an apocalypse army!

can you expand existing armies? If yes I would rack both my chaos and ork up to 10,000 points. if not I would do my techmarine army, master of the forge, Captain and command squad(because of Pedro Kantors model), as many Techmarines and servitors as Elites, dreads as Heavy suport and scouts as troops and then I would keep expanding it.

waaagh!orksrocks wrote:can you expand existing armies? If yes I would rack both my chaos and ork up to 10,000 points. if not I would do my techmarine army, master of the forge, Captain and command squad(because of Pedro Kantors model), as many Techmarines and servitors as Elites, dreads as Heavy suport and scouts as troops and then I would keep expanding it.

Sure ! this is sort of ( whats your dream army ) thread hehe.

I can, and did, buy all the GW models I ever wanted.
I once bought a Baneblade just to paint it lavender, as a joke.

lord_blackfang wrote:I can, and did, buy all the GW models I ever wanted.
I once bought a Baneblade just to paint it lavender, as a joke.

Aww you people just ruin all the fun. So there is absolutely no army or unit builds that interests you atm?

2000 pts.
All plaugebearers and Epidimius.
3 nurgle daemon princes.

well in that case I would have a massive speed freak waaagh! literally a full waaagh! however big it is and a massive army of chaos worshipping the emperor (long story) . full of baneblades, skullhammas, stompas, titans and fliers.(between them)

chaos space marine army based on the OOP noise marines

Yea... I don't play LOTR but I'd do 10,000 Uruk Hai.

I would get a Tyranid swarm that had a full sized brood of every unit.
(At least) One brood of each possible configuration that is.



The second part is the kicker, just about done with the first. . . until 2010.

Then I would probably get a BFG fleet done like that same, and get them painted the same scheme and call it a Hive Fleet.

Well, lets see;

2 heavily 1k sons converted chaos sorcerers

1 ahriman

2 heavily converted deamon princes to look like 1k sons daemon princes, one as magnus the red

6 full squads of 1k sons, a land raider and rhino for each one with all options modeled so i can pick and choose the load out

3 full chaos terminator squads, converted with 1k sons kits to make them 1k sons terminators also with land raiders for each squad with all options modeled so i can pick and choose the load out

3 full squads of raptors, using the wings from eldar jump troops and converted with 1k sons kits to fit the theme with all options modeled so i can pick and choose the load out

9 obliterators converted with 1k sons kits to fit the theme

9 fire team bases made out of dev squads and 1k sons kits to match the theme and stand in for obliterators with a single marine holding each weapon an obliterator has.

1 chaos forgeworld titan with all options magnetized

that is it so far, this would be a nasty army and well set for apocolypse games and tournament levels, i would also probably commission the entire thing out so that it would look fragging amaizing, i would also have custom sabol trays made for the entire thing. with each squad of 1k sons their LR and rhino having their own tray.

following the foc i have the list up to 6910 points, though that is following foc, if i didn't it would be alot more.

um the entire grey knights chapter (yes they are an arstartes chapter dont believe me check out 'the art of warhammer 40,000')

also id get a 1,000,000pt necron army full of pariahs, immortals, wraiths, flayed ones, destroyers, heavy destoyers and lots and lots of monoliths.

infact i'd probably buy a 1,000,000pt army for each army they ever release