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150 points
70 points for vets.
10 points for plasma pistol for SGT
10 points for power sword for sGT
10 points for nade launcher 1=5pt 2x
15 points for plasma gun
5 points for vox caster
30 points for carapace armor.

i made these guys to try in my next game to do some more close anti personnel stuff. what do you think? was also thinking of adding a transport on them. might work well with sentinel support to.

I think this is better suited for 40k lists or discussion, not general.

That said, they are guardsmen. A power sword is not going to help their lacking base stats. If you really want to give them more melee punch, give the Sergeant a power fist if anything, as at least that has a better chance to wound stuff.

First of all, you're not allowed to post detailed points breakdowns like that on Dakka. GW is pretty aggressive about it. This also belongs somewhere else, this is for general non-40k gaming chat.

As for the breakdown of the actual squad, it doesn't sound very good. If your guardsmen are in melee, they're dead already. Don't bother with the power sword. Don't take grenade launchers on vets. GLs are cheap and great for cheap troops, but vets should be toting meltas or plasmas exclusively. Carapace is okay if you want to prevent overheats, but the guys should be in cover or a vehicle anyway. 3 plasma or melta with a plasma pistol on the sarge is as good as it gets, and carapace armor can be fun if you have the points.

ok thanks. the input is good. sorry never posted on here. i do have to say for the first poster that i have a squad with a Sgt with a power fist but i dont have a spare. i just pick out of a bit box i have. for the second poster i also have a melta in a squad apart from this post. as i said i dont have parts to put on guys. i have a transport that drive's these guys around most of the time. but sorry guess just off this post.


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Working with 40 guys btw -5 for my command squad who has a metla and medic and blah... still sorry for getting into this oh so non forgiving dakka ;-)

We're not non forgiving or anything, just trying to give good advice. Redundancy is really key in how your unit is built, and gearing them for one task is always preferable to mixing and matching their equipment. For instance, a squad of veterans with a melta gun, sniper rifle, and heavy flamer is conceivably good at killing tanks, infantry at range, or infantry close up, but when you're using one you're wasting the others. If you're shooting a melta at a tank, you're probably not getting much use out of the flamer or sniper rifle. If you're torching infantry up close, you're not firing your sniper rifle and your melta is probably being wasted on some cheap infantry. That whole deal.

Gear a squad up for one purpose and one purpose only. Take the melta out of your command squad and give it to your vets. Get extra weapon bits through bits sites, eBay, or GW.

Brother SRM wrote:First of all, you're not allowed to post detailed points breakdowns like that on Dakka. GW is pretty aggressive about it.

Really? Why? What does it hurt?

Honest question there...I dont play 40k, so I never get into the build threads...but that seems like a dumb policy from an outsiders point of view.