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So I'm thinking about creating a new squad based on redneck Christianity. Give me some feedback on if it will work, what I should change, or if you'd like to stuff a towel down my throat.

Special Characters: Based loosely on the Apostles.

-Shotgun Jeff. Guardsman with shotgun. Has the "Purifying Buckshot" rule and "Toothless" rule.

Jeebus Christos: Leader of the Squad. Power Sword. Carapace Armor. Has the "Water into PBR" rule, "Toothless" and Feel No Pain unless it's a Spear" rule.

Squad is decked out in bluejeans and tanktops. There's a 24 pack in every platoon. Most are overweight. There are "Palin 2012" stickers on their APCs. Any other suggestions would be most welcome, that's all I got so far. Help me out folks.

Have a squad member member have pamphlets and the special rule "down their throats" make the target squad take a leadership test or something as the redneck shoves his belifs on them

Nice.

PBR is more of a hipster beer than a redneck/white trash beer. Budweiser is where it's at for these folks. NRA patches on their shoulders and NASCAR baseball caps and the like will work too.

Ok good. NASCAR is a very nice addition. Let's keep it Rollin folks. I want my squad fleshed out. Special chars, stats, paint schemes, hit me with it.

Battle flags painted as the stars and bars.
In terms of camo the only thing i can think of is that RealTree crap.
I think you gotta have a "Bubba" special charachter, maybe with a heavy flamer that doubles as a BBQ?
Budwiser or Coors light in terms of beer.
Chimera on cinderblocks.
Chimera with lasguns mounted on the rear window.
Hell, replace Chimeras with converted battlewagons.
Accusing the Emperor of being a Seekrit Tyranid or of being born in the Eye of Terror?
Special Rule: Squeal Like a Pig!

Oooh, we could do an entire line of offensive armies

Islamic Orks! -

Osama bin Kidney Splitta - the only ork warboss who doesn't lead from the front

Suicide grots- to represent the children they send to die

Trukks and Buggies as technicals

Special Rule - Hit and Run and whine: Complain about the casualties inflicted by the Imperial Invaders to every Eldar/Tyranid/Tau/chaos worshiper in sight.

Special Rule - on any given turn, remove one suicide grot from play and remove 4D6 Orks from another player's table to represent the massive civilian casualties inflicted by the "holy jihadists"

In other words, yes I can make a game about plastic soldiers offensive too.

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:Oooh, we could do an entire line of offensive armies

Islamic Orks! -

Osama bin Kidney Splitta - the only ork warboss who doesn't lead from the front

Suicide grots- to represent the children they send to die

Trukks and Buggies as technicals

Special Rule - Hit and Run and whine: Complain about the casualties inflicted by the Imperial Invaders to every Eldar/Tyranid/Tau/chaos worshiper in sight.

Special Rule - on any given turn, remove one suicide grot from play and remove 4D6 Orks from another player's table to represent the massive civilian casualties inflicted by the "holy jihadists"

In other words, yes I can make a game about plastic soldiers offensive too.

I'm actually really ok with this.
I get dibs on Space Marine Mormons. Sons of the Latter Day Saints.

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:Oooh, we could do an entire line of offensive armies

Islamic Orks! -

Osama bin Kidney Splitta - the only ork warboss who doesn't lead from the front

Suicide grots- to represent the children they send to die

Trukks and Buggies as technicals

Special Rule - Hit and Run and whine: Complain about the casualties inflicted by the Imperial Invaders to every Eldar/Tyranid/Tau/chaos worshiper in sight.

Special Rule - on any given turn, remove one suicide grot from play and remove 4D6 Orks from another player's table to represent the massive civilian casualties inflicted by the "holy jihadists"

In other words, yes I can make a game about plastic soldiers offensive too.

I agree.

Besides, redneck marines=funny

christian redneck marines=dumb/offensive

Who wants to spend two or more hours playing against someone who uses 40k to express their religious (or anti-religious) views?

Exactly - a hillbilly army isn't bad. Throw religion in there and you are walking a thin line.

I have no problem with a Bubba style army - The whole Jeebus thing was a little much.

And why is Christianity all of a sudden associated with Rednecks?

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:
And why is Christianity all of a sudden associated with Rednecks?

Uh, really?
Probably, because rednecks have traditionally been associated with creationism, southern baptists, televangelism, harassing jews and catholics, and people who say "God hates f*gs" and "thank god for IEDS"

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:Exactly - a hillbilly army isn't bad. Throw religion in there and you are walking a thin line.

I have no problem with a Bubba style army - The whole Jeebus thing was a little much.

And why is Christianity all of a sudden associated with Rednecks?

I think it's more that rednecks -> likely Christian, not the other way around.
And I am inclined to agree, I would avoid putting IRL religion into my army to avoid any unpleasantness. There's basically nothing to gain, but a big argument to potentially encounter.

DEUS VULT wrote:

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:
And why is Christianity all of a sudden associated with Rednecks?

Uh, really?
Probably, because rednecks have traditionally been associated with creationism, southern baptists, televangelism, harassing jews and catholics, and people who say "God hates f*gs" and "thank god for IEDS"

I hope you realize that's a very small but loud part of Christianity. You know the old saying the empty can rattles the most?

I also hope you're not one of those people who believe all Muslims are terrorists.

I shall now channel my inner redneck (it hurts, it hurts!!!).
Remember, I would go heavy on redneck and light on the religion or it could offend quite badly (unless you really like to offend...)

Use as your symbol a red rectangle with a blue X through it (you got it, confed flag without the stars), should make you look twice.

Outfit the occasional guy with combat shotguns where possible and the odd cigar.

I would modify the sentinals so that the body is the front of a pickup truck and in the back you have a tripod for the gun and a guy operating it in the back. Add lots of lights.

Put XXX across all barrels on the hellhounds so they are using moonshine for their flame... any barrels you use or cans should have this as well.

Any character showing teeth make sure you draw a black line between the two front teeth for that proper buck tooth look.

I would buy Catachan AND normal guard and do the unholy mix and match of parts.

Where you can see dog tags draw a cross on each.

Put a cross tattoo on bare arms.

Ensure anyone wearing a vest or hat they are painted the bright orange/red hunting colors.

Replace grenades with TNT.

Add the occasional "LOVE" and "HATE" words tattoo'ed on fingers.

The commisar with the power fist reading from the big book could have SOOO many things that could be done to him for a proper bible thump-er look.

Valkyries try to give it a more huey helicopter look attach loud-speakers to each side so... you... can... play "Flight of the Valkyries" like in Apocalypse now.

The Ratlings need littel modification, maybe put moonshine jugs next to them and modify their hats so they are backwards. Put on logo's like "Jack Deer (John Deer)", "Go-Pop (Co-Op)", "Nastycar", "Bug Light", "Sabbat Blue", "Samuel Radams", etc....

Set up the Kaskerin (sp?) to look like survivalists, add extra knives in boots, hunting rifles, ropes, get "GRA" somewhere on them (galactic rather than national rifle association).

Tanks: put extra lights and tube bumpers on the front. Find a way to get gun racks on the back of the turret.

For lascannons and autocannons heavy weapons get the guy to hold the thing and attach a huge scope on the side he looks through. Convert the tripod to a bipod and have the barrel rest on a sandbag or something.

Where possible paint all weapons stocks with a wood-like finish or grain.

Okay, even if I could think of anything else I am sure I do not want to. Hope this gets things going for you.

Wraithlordmechanic wrote:

DEUS VULT wrote:

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:
And why is Christianity all of a sudden associated with Rednecks?

Uh, really?
Probably, because rednecks have traditionally been associated with creationism, southern baptists, televangelism, harassing jews and catholics, and people who say "God hates f*gs" and "thank god for IEDS"

I hope you realize that's a very small but loud part of Christianity. You know the old saying the empty can rattles the most?

I also hope you're not one of those people who believe all Muslims are terrorists.

Of course not. But its his money, and if he wants to paint his guys like rednecks, or nuns or mullahs, and write fluff about them, thats his choice. People need to stop being so easily offended.

Thanks fellas. You are all scholars, even the politically correct ones who are reading way too much into this.

My Bubba Guard will be a treat.