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HQ:

company command squad, 4 w/meltaguns = 90



Troops:

infantry platoon = 515
platoon command w/chenkov, 4 melta guns = 120
20 conscripts, + 30 men, send in the next wave = 275
2x infantry squads ea w/ melta gun = 120

infantry platoon = 465
platoon command, 4 melta guns = 70
20 conscripts, + 30 men, send in the next wave = 275
2x infantry squads ea w/ melta gun = 120

infantry platoon = 465
platoon command, 4 melta guns = 70
20 conscripts , + 30 men, send in the next wave = 275
2x infantry squads ea w/ melta gun = 120

infantry platoon = 465
platoon command, 4 melta guns = 70
20 conscripts, + 30 men (120), send in the next wave = 275
2x infantry squads ea w/ melta gun = 120

=2000

200 conscripts, 80 gaurdsmen, 20 vets, 5 officers (1 command, 1 special), 28 melta guns.

never ending spam of spammy gaurdsmen! ... plus there is enough melta to tank hunt, and officers to hopefully keep morale up...


thoughts?

I personally think it's brilliant =D. Here is a little article I've enjoyed in the past, particularly with regards to Send in the Next Wave- very tricksy!

http://www.40kforums.com/vb/content.php/170-Imperial-Guard-Conscripts-Tactica

Conscripts do great for giving the rest of your army a cover save. When you're ready, SINTW them outa there, bring them back in on the home objective.

The Melta-gun spam (bring it down), move-move-move, rank fire should do great. If you're clever, you will only give your opponent one unit to assault at a time. In turn they will receive a thousand las shots and some yummy melta to the face.

Consider straken or creed for furious charge. You may want one core unit combined with commissar and sarge power swords

Yeah, I would say Creed would really help this list. I would actually drop the last Platoon and get a Lord Commissar, Creed and Kell and some HWSs. for some long range fire power and AT. I would even get some Commissars for your blobs and kit them out with PWs and melta bombs.

3 Conscript squads should be plenty to bog down the enemy while you pick them apart with your HWSs.

Wow, lots of work for burna boys and deffkoptas with twin-linked big shootas, plus some nobs to slaughter up close and personal. Not guaranteeing a win, but it would be damned interesting.

the idea is to simply march forward every turn, and just spam laz guns fire. the actual infantry and command units follow up behind (nicley covered by the consripts) and pour melta into the tough stuff. MC, tanks, nobs, whatever. if the conscripts die, they replace, and we do it all over again. i also kind of wanted to avoid any heavy weapons or static stuff. the ENTIRE force advances every turn. ideally not even fast DE should be able to escape as ill be covering a huge portion of the table with bodys... and that 1" from the enemy thing....

thought about taking creed and kell... but TBH kind of exensive. plus i dont have the models. (edit after finished reply, i would have to buy like 5 more boxes of gaurd, so converting kell and creed, or even buying them wont be issue)

however after reading exactly how those 2 work.... having a 24" bubble, PLUS allowing conscripts to use orders based on creeds LD, suddenly makes the combo rather interesting....so:

- add creed and kell to the platoon command = +175. minus 2 meltas from same squad. total diff =+155
- each conscript squad looses 10 men (becoming 40 strong) 40pts/squad = -160 diffrence.

2000+155-160 = 1995

army still deploys 160 conscripts, and looses 2 meltas but still brings 26 melta guns, plus now improved stability and LD to the bulk of army, along with some new orders. and with SITNW the loss of 10 conscripts each should not be a major factor.

post kind of random..sorry. was re reading character rules after majority typed.

EDIT: yea - orcs would make it a fun game. defintly a HUGE pile of bodies in the middle of the table either way here....although i suspect i would out number your orcs, and i get to replace my casualties... so perhaps thats an edge?

Heh...nice artical Prime-time. Alittle dated, but good!

DarthSpader wrote:the idea is to simply march forward every turn, and just spam laz guns fire. the actual infantry and command units follow up behind (nicley covered by the consripts) and pour melta into the tough stuff. MC, tanks, nobs, whatever. if the conscripts die, they replace, and we do it all over again. i also kind of wanted to avoid any heavy weapons or static stuff. the ENTIRE force advances every turn. ideally not even fast DE should be able to escape as ill be covering a huge portion of the table with bodys... and that 1" from the enemy thing....

thought about taking creed and kell... but TBH kind of exensive. plus i dont have the models. (edit after finished reply, i would have to buy like 5 more boxes of gaurd, so converting kell and creed, or even buying them wont be issue)

however after reading exactly how those 2 work.... having a 24" bubble, PLUS allowing conscripts to use orders based on creeds LD, suddenly makes the combo rather interesting....so:

- add creed and kell to the platoon command = +175. minus 2 meltas from same squad. total diff =+155
- each conscript squad looses 10 men (becoming 40 strong) 40pts/squad = -160 diffrence.

2000+155-160 = 1995

army still deploys 160 conscripts, and looses 2 meltas but still brings 26 melta guns, plus now improved stability and LD to the bulk of army, along with some new orders. and with SITNW the loss of 10 conscripts each should not be a major factor.

post kind of random..sorry. was re reading character rules after majority typed.

EDIT: yea - orcs would make it a fun game. defintly a HUGE pile of bodies in the middle of the table either way here....although i suspect i would out number your orcs, and i get to replace my casualties... so perhaps thats an edge?

Yeah, damn rapidly reproducing Humies. However, if you move forward every turn, that greatly reduced your volume of fire. Perhaps some deff rollas might thin the weeds before the melee commences.

lol by all means...bring those tanks closer to the meltagunz....

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pretty cool man. I think a horde list will cause you trouble. Time will tell.

Flamers will not be your friend! You've got to keep combat off the command squads with those melta. If those PCS get caught then the rest of the list doesn't really scare anyone ...

true... but every list has a weakness. hoping that the conscripts will do a nice job of slowing down and stopping any flamer type units... cause you know... with first rank second rank thats 120 shots of rapid firing lazguns per squad.