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Elysian Drop Troops. They have one of the best looks of any guard faction and have a great back story with looks of source material.

Elysian Drop Troops, probably followed by the Preatorians.

I really do like Cadians, and I'm not much of a "special snowflake" kind of person in terms of what I want, but god are the models awful. The look, art and 3d models in DoW2 are excellent, but I'll pass on the bobbleheads.

Followed by Krieg. They're a bit heavy on the grimdark, but in a way more sophisticated than SKULLZ, SKULLZ EVERYWHERE. They also exemplify the human wave, not one step backwards, drive the super-human nigh-unkillable xeno/creature from the void with courage, determination and by point of bayonet.

DKoK, followed by Vostroyans. Cadians come bottom of the pile for me; despite having potentially great fluff the models are bland. DKoK models are fantastic, plus they are rare, something which Vostroyans also share. Third would be Mordian Iron Guard for reasons above.

Vostroyan First Born.

 Ailaros wrote:
If I lost all my guard models, and had to start all over again, and money or modelling or time wasn't an issue.

Yeah, mordians. Apart from blacksails, I don't know what the rest of you are screwing around with.

Every other guard regiment is all like:



Except for mordians, who are more like:



That is all.

What sort of self-respecting guardsman wouldn't get dressed up to do battle against demon-spawn and killer robots?

Mordian Iron Guard - My first army way back in 2 ed.

Harakoni Warhawks all the way.

Tempestus Scions, Elysians and Cadian Kasrkins get honorable mentions

 Zaki66 wrote:
Armageddon Steel Legion.... most likely the most iconic mechanized infantry army in the Imperium.

Modeled after WW2 German paratroopers, lol

Mordians & Scintillan Fusiliers.
Mordians in practice will not go a step backwards, Instead of copying weak WW2 Soviet slogans.

Good old Cadians.

The Valhallans.

The WW2 Soviet Army theme looks cool and fits with the basic idea of "drown them in bodies and bullets" that I love about the Guard. Plus, the Soviet Army had officers who pretty much functioned as Commissars

Harakoni dudes, and their sneaky (and footslogging) friends from Tanith.
Both for fluff and their style of waging a WAAAGH!

And my own regiment, the Neutran Panzers. German blitzkrieg infantry, IN SPESS!

Praetorians, naturally.


Honorable mention goes to the Mordians if only because they allowed the Praetorians to be made in the first place.

Vostroyans. They actually look like they belong in 40k thanks to their incredibly baroque, "antique" appearance.

Tanith First and Only. Light infantry are my jam.

I agree Mordians are pretty radical but Catachans are just badass. Rambo.... in spess!
Im talking fluff, the Catachan models are pretty horrid...

Well mine is an Imperial army regiment but its the Geno they are female psykers and the troops are there tank bread "sons" thats just cool.

If i had to do a Imperial guard regiment it would be Pyran Dragoons.

Tanith First and Only followed by Cadians.

Taken from the Imperial Infantryman's Handbook... the 91st Cadian Regiment! For aesthetics, I like the Armageddon Steel Legion models.

My Avatar speaks for itself.

 Blacksails wrote:
Mordian.

That's the only correct answer.

The rest of you have failed and I'll see you all for remedial drill in the morning. I expect all of your boots to shone to a much higher standard than what I'm currently seeing.

Mordians: Queuing up to die since M31. EDIT: In full dress uniform no matter what the climate. Yeesh.

Vahallans all the way, comrades.

Volscani Cataphracts. They know where it's at.

Elysian Drop Troops and Mordian Iron Guard.

For mother vostroya! Their mustaches bring all the girls to the yard. They also probably have some of the best training and I really dig the WW1 Russian imperial army / tsarist vibe.

Plus regal great coats for the win. And now a days they're probably rarer to see than DKoK. DKoK are the new cadians. Everyone and their mother have them.

Genswick.

Because someone has to buy fantasy kits. Oh and they are DKoK without being DKoK.

 GreaterGoodIreland wrote:

 Blacksails wrote:
Mordian.

That's the only correct answer.

The rest of you have failed and I'll see you all for remedial drill in the morning. I expect all of your boots to shone to a much higher standard than what I'm currently seeing.

Mordians: Queuing up to die since M31. EDIT: In full dress uniform no matter what the climate. Yeesh.

Vahallans all the way, comrades.

Do you not get dressed up for battle? What kind of a guardsman are you?

I like my own personal regiment.
rather than just go with one of the cookie cutter stereotypes, I used the world my D&D group played on and advanced it several thousand years and there was a civil war occurring when the Imperium showed up and stopped.
So for me, it is the Bearbane 1st

Cadians mostly because you can have an all-plastic army.

Vostroyans, Steel Legion and Valhallans just for their style.

Catachans. No real reason, I just have been playing them for a long time. Other than the new Bullgryns, my army is complete metal infantry models.