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oh my gosh i have went back and forth in armies and cant seem to find one that i really enjoy everbody says go for the army you think looks the coolest. but that hasnt worked out for me...
im interested in
emperors children
imperial guard
i have done a small guard army befor and im not a fan of vets and mech gaurd... i have the codex for ig and the chaos codex and noise marine box.. and 250$ to spend

I'd say Emperor's Children are the way to go then...maybe. Nothing still quite jumping out at you though, so you may not want to commit yet. Any play-style appeal to you? Close combat? Shootiness? Speed? Tough?

go to your flgs and ask to play with those armies

choose the one/s that you like the play style of

worked for me

thanks i have 2 people that willmost likely let me try em

chayson chayson wrote:oh my gosh i have went back and forth in armies and cant seem to find one that i really enjoy everbody says go for the army you think looks the coolest. but that hasnt worked out for me...
im interested in
emperors children
imperial guard
i have done a small guard army befor and im not a fan of vets and mech gaurd... i have the codex for ig and the chaos codex and noise marine box.. and 250$ to spend

Are you more interested in fluff or playing to win? A heavy Emp children list will have a harder time than even a fluffy guard list. Chaos didn't get a good book, and it hasn't for the most part aged well. That being said, if you go with chaos, you can build good lists with Emp children, but it won't have as many units of the cult marines as you probably would want. Chaos is the marine equivalent of the eldar playstyle: Over priced specialists, and FOC traffic jams (all the good choices tend to be in the same FOC slots)n

ok tookin into consideration... infantry guard pretty good? im planning on picking up 2 battleforces command squad 3 boxes of cadians and a mantiore

Yeah, they're pretty good. Bloody expensive to make an army though.

chayson chayson wrote:ok tookin into consideration... infantry guard pretty good? im planning on picking up 2 battleforces command squad 3 boxes of cadians and a mantiore

I would belay that idea. Just starting out and you are going to try and put together over 80 figures? You will stall and never get them put together, or painted. I couldn't do that. I understand you really want to get playing, but start off slow. Plus, if you throw down all that money, and decide after the 4th cadian that you don't like flak armor, then what? I would suggest getting a command squad box and another cadian box for starters. Put them together, paint em up, maybe have a skirmish or two. Then if you still like them, go hog wild.

yes i understand that... but i have played an mech guard army with basically chimeras and leman russ i had about 750 pts.. wasnt a fan of mech guard but i love the look of guard ssoososososo much... wat my concern i want to find an army that i wont get bored of becuz i played my crons for about 1 year and a half and got bored..... i played orks for about 3 months and found that the become quite repeatitive.. i want guard because of the unit variability..... e.c. dont have much unit selection similar to cronz when it comes to that factor. but pink is amazing haha

Try playing both armies before you buy either. There are a few ways to do this:

1) Borrow an army. If an FLGS knows you want to buy stuff, they will probably let you use one of those forces if they have them.

2) Play Vassal. You can play any race and any configuration. It's free on the interwebz- do some Google to find the bits you need.

3) Proxy. Print paper markers that represent the various troops you want to try out.

Play a half-dozen games. See what you think. THEN buy.

vassal? can you pm me link i have vassal but not 40k module... do you know were i can get

For a new player, emperors children is your best bet. You can always get guard later, after you've learned more about the game and what exactly you want out of it.

well i know the game ive been playing for 3 years so i know it decently well i just got bored of orks and crons so i want a less boring armies and gaurd and ec stamnd out to me