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This is about the normal size of combined squads for IG players.

3 Squads, 1 commissar.

4 squads, commissar. (with heavy weapons thrown in those figures).

Usually twenty. Bigger is unwieldy.

Should have a 21-31 option. Three squads plus commissar, or two squads plus commissar. Melta guns, power weapons, and melta-bombs.

Two 40s and a 30.

I find 20s to be way to small and to easy to destroy.

Agree with what Steelmage said, even 30 is a little too easy to chomp through at times so I run 3x 40 man squads.

2 normal with sgts MB/ Pw and a commi, but I give them meltaguns and lascannons.

PCS's get 3 meltas

other one is Al'Rahem's so 4 meltaguns in his PCS, and for the blog meltaguns, sgts with MB, PW. special wapon squads with melta guns.

keeps me form being ungainly as one come son a flank, the lascannons keep termies well behaved at range or vehicles. works well in kp games where I can sit back and pop tanks with BID.

30 man all the way, Heavy weapons and commisar is always included. Same goes for special weapons and melta bombs

My list is made where each squad has a commissar w/ power weapon. So, when it is all five squads together, 5 commissars.

I run 30, with a Commissar. 3 AC, vox, power weapons on the commie and two sergeants, and 1 sarge also has melta bombs. I keep one sarge completely plain in case he needs to be shot.

I'm also a 2 squad, 1 commissar guy. If ever you need more guys, you can always throw two blobs at it, while not running the same risks of overkill or getting tarpitted.

Also, for KP purposes, I usually run a platoon with 4 squads and two commissars. Usually they're two blobs, but on KP missions (and on rare occasions, otherwise) they become a 42-model monster blob.

30 models is as big as I'll go generally. Anything more than that and the unit gets too unwieldy to use. My general rule of thumb is 30 for powerblobs, and 20 for shooting blobs.