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The koda guard have an amazing history, despite the minuteness of their homeworld. since, the chaotic effects of the horus heresy, barely anything grows on koda, and almost all food is meat, or vegetable substitute.
there is a rare substance found in the ingrown crevices of koda, known as klakekotoken, which is an unyielding source of light and heat. lasguns produced from koda, though few in number are extreemly dangerous, and are specialised to kill krekoins, which are great, rough-bodied and scaled wyrms such as those that are found in old terran lore. Using this source of light, the koda lasguns have been provided to their tithe companioes - sometimes less then 30 men, which are revered, and respected by all - even the Catachans. The koda guard are particularily toughened against injury which leads to a particularily tough attitude, and their tough attitude leads them to insane acts of courage, and they've been relied on for all kinds of specialist operations, even tank hunting.

These people have a terrible history, and have been included in some heretical acts that defy that of the traitors of kreig and vostorya. as such, they're simmilarily ready to lay down their lives to suffice the debt of their tiny planet.

Koda guardsmen - 110 points

Kodan lightbringer WS3 BS4 S3 T4 W1 I3 A2 LD8 Sv 4+
Koda lantern weilder WS3 BS4 S3 T4 W1 I3 A2 Ld7 Sv 4+
Kodan guardsmen WS3 BS4 S3 T4 W1 I3 A1 LD7 Sv4+

Wargear:
Klakekotoken lasgun
klakekotoken laspistol
Carapace armour
Frag grenades
Lightbringer has a klakekotoken combat weapon as well.
klakekotoken combat weapon

Klakekotoken lasgun This light producing lasgun shoots beams so bright, so superheated that it is capapble of knocking back a space marine, and even capapble of piercing tank shell.
Additionally, this light is so bright that it counts as a flashligh- I mean Searchlight
R24" S3 AP- Type: Rapid fire, rending
Klakekotoken laspistol
This is a smaller variant of the klakekotoken lasgun, though it produces simmilar effects, it's reach is greatly diminished.
Unlike the Lasgun variant, this does not count as a searchlight.
R12" S3 AP- Type: pistol, rending.
Klakekotoken combat weapon:
Wounds any model on a 5 [unless better], has the rending rule.

OPTIONS:
Considered to have the same options as veterans.

Special rules:
Fearless
Stubborn
We know what we're doing.
The light must never be extinguished!

We know what we're doing:
They cannot receive an order from any level of commander
The light must never be extinguished!
The lanternwielder is always removed last. [the other members must be removed first.] additionally, he may not be targeted specifically by anything psychic or shooting, nor combat. if he is to be effected by anything, consider it ignored. his brothers would rather die then have him fall, additionally, he is ignored for spreading out wounds.
if it comes that he must take a wound, he may set down the lantern he weilds so that he might let it continue to burn.
Once the lanternweilder is killed, place a marker over where he was standing.
any model, allied or non that comes within 9" of the lantern is considered to be moving as though they were moving through cover, and it is considered blocking terrain for line of sight.
Any kodan squad within 12" is fearless.
finally, if the lanternwielder is left without a squadmate, he must join another squad of kodans or must move towards a squad of kodans as quickly as possible, if none are availible, ignore this rule. . and must follow the same rules. it is possible to have more then one lanternwielder in the same squad.

Composed
1 kodan lightbringer
1 kodan lanternwielder
8 kodan guardsmen

I decided the squad should reflect something of a tough as minor nation that would retain their own gear and traditions.
I felt that they'd be worth a fair bit. but they do have a fair bit of nice bits....

So I would be paying +60 points for my Guard Veterans to lose all their weapon upgrades and the ability to use orders, so their weapons gain Rending? I just don't get what the special ability of the "guy with lantern" is supposed to be, essentially his lantern makes nearby friendly units better when he dies, except that he can't be targeted by ranged or close combat?

Also, do you have a broken keyboard where every other letter is K?

so they are vets that cost more and when dead grant fearless to units that already are fearless
and they have searchlights

yeah another waste of time

btw what actually you mean that lasguns can pierce tank shells?

By piercing tanks, he's probably referring to the Rending ability of the weapons.

An additional note: The kleko-something Lasguns are capable of knocking back a "Space Marine". Why not just take Stormies with Hot-Shots which are Ap3, instead of having only a 1/6 chance of actually properly harming a Marine?

so why didnt he say that they can pierce tanks hull?

No idea, probably due to the aforementioned broken keyboard.

Also, why both fearless and stubborn, isn't that kind of redundant?

Anyway, I would say, if they are troops (which I doubt) and have access to a Chimera it could work. They are veterans which pay 20p for rending weapons, fearless and T4. But loses all options...some might use it.

nice, i approve of these

Regarding options...

I realise I managed not to say anything; but I don't know how options work for guard.

I'll include it.


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and as for the overuse of the K.

Well, it's a pretty interesting idea how I came to use the K's. but I'm not allowed to say now. someone cried.
[Apparently, people are afraid of using something different.]

no, my keyboard isn't broken.

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. xD

Wait... what? I can't decide if that's horrifying or insulting... Actually, I lack the proper adjectives to describe this.

Just... what the guy?

Tell ya what, I won't quote you, you edit your post to remove that and let's all pretend this didn't happen.

sigh...

so tell me why i should ever take thsese koda guard of yours?
they have searchligths and rendering and cost about 60+ more points than far superior veterans who can take special weapons
their special rule is useless ,it only affects other koda guard members who are already fearless
making area blos makes no sense

you are being very orginal for spamming one letter

Fearless and stubborn are fairly redundant. Also, why is a lantern granting cover and blocking LOS when it's set on the ground? I'm not slamming your idea, just curious on what the justification is.

Now on the other hand, I feel as though you've given them too much with the inclusion that they can have veteran options. You have guardsmen with space marine toughness, 4+ armor, an extra attack, all the things that make vets worth taking, AND a rending lasgun, all for 10 points more than carapace vets would cost. Their only drawback is that they can't take orders, which is not that horrible as you couldn't FRFSRF them even if they could take orders, and I picture these guys meched up more than footslogging anyway. I suppose you could say making them an elite slot would be a drawback except even then in an IG army, elite slots are the last used.

The idea behind the lantern is its such a massively bright light that it can't be seen through. [imagine a blue star kind of light.]

well, they'd be better then stormies in some situations..

anyway, the points is because I've been told that they're too Over priced.

if you could give me a good price, it'd be easier.

So if it's that bright of a lantern, then wouldn't the Guardsmen all be blinded and die?

god damn your nit picking.

I'd have to make a special peice of cloth that blankets and makes it a dull glow. that, like, only, like, klansmans get.

I was just joking...

and how would having a lantern help me get through a swamp or some other piece of difficult terrain?

Is their world like, caves or something?

I knew you were joking.

it was MOVING THROUGH COVER as in, 2D6 choose highest.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

searchlights?