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So what's an idea for a 500 point IG army that meets the 1HQ 2Troop requirement? I can overfil 500 points on just a troop choice!

Yeah, Guard is incrediblly flexible. Heck, you could fit in a LRBT at 500pts, depending on the quality of the troops your willing to use.

Here is a gunline/ assault Blob hybred list
CCS - 90pts
2x Melta Guns, LC

Platoon
PCS - 50pts
4x Flamers

PIS - 120pts
Commissar, 2x PW, Melta gun

PIS - 75pts
PW, Melta gun

HWS - 60pts
3x Motars

Vets - 125pts
2x Melta guns, Plasma gun, LC

500pts

If you want to throw a LRBT or two at them...

CCS - 60pts
2x GL or 2x Flamers or GL+mortar or HB/AC

Penal Squad - 70pts

Penal Squad - 70pts

LRBT - 150pts

LRBT - 150pts

Gunline...

CCS - 80pts
2x GL, LC

PCS - 45pts
2x GL , Mortar

PIS - 100pts (blob 1)
GL, AC, Commissar

PIS - 65pts (blob 1)
GL, AC

PCS - 45pts
2x GL, Mortar

PIS - 100pts (blob 2)
GL, AC, Commissar

PIS - 65pts (blob 2)
GL, AC

Leafblower...

CCS - 70pts
2x GL, AC

Vets - 90pts
3x GL, Mortar

Vets - 90pts
3x GL, Mortar

Basilisk - 125pts

Basilisk - 125pts

Enjoy...

Penal Squads cost 80 pts, and have a 1/3 chance of having weapons slightly better than veterans. The other upgrades are worthless unless you plan on assaulting fire warriors or similar units.

Now that I look at them...why in the word do prisoners have better leadership then experienced soldiers?

Yeah, thank you for the correction on the Penal troop cost. The other upgrades don't matter, the goal was to get 2 Russes in 500pts, which I can't do in that list, even with a naked CCS. With that 150pts extra the list would look vastly different, or two naked Vet squads instead of Penal.

Their Leadership was better in the past when you could kill a guy with the explosive collar to automaticly pass a morale check.

Here's what I usually run at 500 points.

HQ

CCS
Commander -power weapon
2x melta guns
Vox
Carapace armor

Troop
Vet squad
Vox
Carapace armor

Troop
Vet squad
Vox
Melta bombs/det charge.
Chimera

Fast Attack
Scout sentinel
Multi-laser
Hunter killer missile

Fast Attack
Scout sentinel
Multi-laser
Hunter killer missile

Fast Attack
Scout sentinel
Autocannon


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Offers plenty to take out light and medium armored targets, and also has the ability to take out the heavy armor that is uncommonly seen in a low-points game.