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so for my imperial guard army I am doing a storm trooper doctrine with more than 1 vet squad and sentinel squadrons with finally anti-infantry Lemans with regular infantry thrown in as well.
So the regiment is from an urban desert world where the population is taught to fight from a very young age, hence the storm trooper doctrine but all of the sand and stone of the world is is blue. troops are elite bodys of troops that are supported by infantry eliminating tanks and tank hunting sentinels. I have the Stormtroopers as my troops choices and then i was going to use tallarns as veterans because I can see them performing behind enemy lines missions while the stormtroopers confront the nemy head on. All of these squads will be supported by some form of vehicle. For the paint scheme I was thinking A medium blue with black dabs so its a type of camo. ALso the Veterans will have red bandanas and gun......wraps. Let me know what you think, this army is more about fun and painting than winning games but input on both would be very appreciated, thanks.


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Any input?

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Sorry about the others , Let me start off.

I think that this army sounds like a really good idea however i am not sure on the rules or how many vetran squads and so on you are allowed so i cannot really help you with that.

The scheme sounds really unique and i think would look really good if pulled of well , i think that the clothing on the guard should be akind of creamy sand colour just to blend in with the terrain if you decide on making some for this world.

Hope you get on with the project well i will be keeping an eye on this

~UnDeAd~

Storm trooper doctrine? I havn't read the IG codex very well but I thought they got rid of the Doctrines.

Ok more background! I was reading my newly purchased IG codex and saw that Tallarns live in well....caves. So these guys would be the Tallarn Tunnel Rats. They are a local force that help excavate new caves and tunnels and use dark blue camo cloak thingies to blend in while checking for danger. I also know know that Veterans are troops and thus can take as many as I want! So these guys are veterans of excavating caves and only the hardiest survive. Unfortunately I can't do an painting or modelling on Tallarns or stormtroopers until July 5 or 6 because I have alot on my plate right now but I have a few Unassembled catachans that I will find a way to incorporate into the force. Maybe...OH I know! They can be a veteran squad of the lightest armored but some of the heavily armed that attract attention and confront the enemy head on. (Its really just something to keep me occupied but hey! Its better than staring at the TV.)


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Yeah i just got the new codex i didn't know they had gotten rid of doctrines until yesterday.

As much as I enjoyed the old doctrines system I think the current codex strikes a nice balance. I do like the idea of tunnel fighters. Maybe give them entrenching tools in their gear. For Conscripts or penal legionaries you could model them to be slave workers pressed into combat groups. Headed by an officer with a whip or stun baton maybe. Plenty of options.

I agree about the whole doctrine system but I wanted this force to be portrayed as elite Tunnel fighters but I like the digging shovel pack thing. Thing is though i'm usless at greenstuff.

Why don't you model penal or conscripts with a flashlight and a pistol like the old US Army Tunnel Rats. The Penal Legion or Conscripts would go in first to set off any boobytraps then the regular troops would go in after.

Ahhh i'm catching your drift here now. I like that conscript idea but I don't really think it fits in with the theme of the army. I do like the bomb tracker idea though. I think ill have the squad of catachans as Bomb squad and just paint bomb squad on theur uniforms, because again I want the army to be portrayed as elite stud muffins. Thanks for the ideas guys.

I like pipboys idea. Then you could have an infantry platoon of normal Tallarn with say a veteran squad you could customize to be your elite tunnel fighters. Could make overall for a cool theme as all Tallarn armies Iv'e seen do focus on the desert combat side of their planet and not what might happen say when they're fighting off a besieging force on their underground towns, cities and outposts.

Taken into all of these comments I will post up an army list in about 5 minutes


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HQ
Company command squad
Bolt psitol
power weapon
missile launcher team
2 snipers

Elites
2xStorm trooper squad
2 special weapons
3 additional stormtroopers

Troops
platoon command squad
Bolt psitol
power weapon

2x infantry squad
plasma pistol
plasma gun
missile launcher

2x veteran squads
3 plasma/meltas
missile launcher
plasma pistol

Veteran squad (bomb squad)
2 flamers
grenade launcher
forward sentries
(not sure how camo cloaks would look on catachans)

Fast Attack

2x scout sentinel squadrons
3 sentinels
autocannons
search lights
hunter killer missiles

Heavy Support
I have 200 points left and i want to get a leman but I Want it to fit in with the theme input would be welcome on this.

1500 points
questions or comments?