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hey guys,

after looking at several galleries of the Elysians and the Death Korps i want to start an IG army but i cant decide which one to go with!! the amount of detail on these minis is absoutely amazing so i just thought i'd get the opinions of you guys here on dakka dakka!!

thanks for your time guys

Both are great lines, but the DKoK line is much more complete, and I personally like the aesthetic more. Additionally, Elysians are sorta pidgeonholed into drop/troop airborne lists, while the DKoK background states they field pretty much everything but drop troops, so they can work for almost any list.

Personally I'd go with (and did) the Death Korps.

That said, you really can't go with either as they both are really great.

Personally I don't like the look of the DKOK - too grim dark for me and reminds me of unpleasant times with reparators and cs gas in the army. I really liked the whole aesthetic of the Elysians and want to do a company of them to be the airborne wing of my IG regiment.

its so difficult, I'm willing to spend the money but i want to spend it on the right army!!

I would just go for what you want to paint after all painting guard can be soul destroying Elysians should have a drop troop feel but just look at the para troopers in band of brothers they drop in and then fight as a regular unit. Our own parachute regiment aren't even allowed to parachute into Afghan because expected casualties would be too high so don't feel stuck to an airborne theme just because that is what their specialism is.

Gunners49 wrote:its so difficult, I'm willing to spend the money but i want to spend it on the right army!!

Do you have a list idea in mind? Specifically what sort of units do you want to include?

well, i was hoping for some suggestions!?! i'm more of an infantry man personally but i'm well aware they need some decent firepower behind them so suggestions please....

I want a couple of units of DKOK Grenadiers to uses as Stormtroopers for my GK Army if stormies don't come out with the GKs.

Death Korps look the coolest, but I preffer Elysians just because they are all basically stormtroopers at heart.

Plus those mortar teams look fantastic!

Gunners49 wrote:well, i was hoping for some suggestions!?! i'm more of an infantry man personally but i'm well aware they need some decent firepower behind them so suggestions please....

Well did you want to go tank heavy, infantry gunline, mechanized, skimmerspam, or something else?

If you want to go very infantry heavy (which is totally viable) or a mix of infantry/heavy vehicles. If you want to go with lots of valks/vendettas, or a footslogging veteran list (I'd advise against that on a competitive basis though) I'd go Elysians. If you want to go mechanized, either can work visually rather well.

Also the IA:V DKoK siege regiment list is up for free on the FW site if you want to DL it. Check out IA:8 if you can for the Elysian special army list. Both are interesting.