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I have long wanted to start a Imperial Guard army but I can never decide if I want a cadian or catachan army. So now I ask Dakka which you think I should pick, I'm fine either way I like both of them. =)

Mix both. Base it on one and use parts from the other to add variety.

Cadian. If you ever get board of being Cadian, you can strip them, repaint them, and make up your own fluff.

You could always have Cadian/Catachan army with detachment from another Cadian/Catachan regiment.

Cadians. Maybe catachans as penal legion.

It's easier painting to do cadian, however mixing in cata guys as vets and other stuff works well too.

Look through the codex and figure what stuff you like. If there is a special HQ that is cadia/cata that you want to use, then do that.

I want to say Catachan, because they're significantly less common, but I really prefer the Cadian models. Honestly, you wouldn't have a hard time justifying a mix, if you care enough about fluff to bother.

Catachans.

Cadians look like prancing doughboys from WWI next to the Rambo awesome winsauce that is the Catachan.

Cadians

Catachans look like wantabe 80s action actors next to the gritty hammer that is the Cadians

(just kidding BeefCake)

juraigamer wrote:It's easier painting to do cadian

It's also easier to convert cadians.

The catachan box has some nice bitz to it, but the pieces don't always fit together nicely, and it's much more difficult to hack those muscley arms apart and reassemble them in a way that looks good than an arm wearing clothing (fabric folds can cover anything). Also, with a little work, cadians can be painted and converted to represent a much wider array of armies (from mordian to tallarn) than catachan, who are always stuck being an army of muscley brutes.

If you want something from the brute line a la street gangs or mujahadeen, then go catachan. For everything else, cadians are probably going to be a better fit.

Then its decided I will go with the Cadians.

Thanks so much everyone for your posts, I apreciate it alot!!!

Cadians are cool, but Catachans put hair on your chest.

Neither.

Terraxian regiments are the best.

Cadians and Catachans both have cool fluff, but the Cadians have better models.

But for gaming, Death Korps of Krieg