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Hey guys,

a friend of mine is about to start playing IG and since I'm used to fighting them, but not playing them myself, I therefore root for the entirety of Dakka to help him out. A few pointers:

- it's a friendlies-only list but should be able to stand ground on its own

- it should be reasonably priced / affordable

- he would prefer a focus on infantry, though I already told him that might turn out to be more expensive given the sheer numbers you have to field.

- starting points limit is ~1000

I'd appreciate any sort of help and advice, well knowing I'll get myself a worthy enemy

Thanks and regards,

Sigvatr

Thanks for your reply Ailaros!

Converting models with bitz is no problem, I'll help him with everything and am pretty experienced in conversions. Same goes for getting to know the rules, he already played a few matches with Blood Angels / Grey Knights, yet I appreciate the advice of starting with less points. Would you consider 750 an appreciate choice of points or would you recommend going down to 500 in order to get a feel for the army and how it plays out?

Playing / getting to know the rules is a good go, I play since 3rd and frequently take part in tournaments thus have everything you need to play ready including two rulebooks, templates etc.

Thanks for the advice of starting out with 3 boxes of infantry and the lookout what he should be getting next.

Looking forward to more input!

Sinji wrote:
Always remember that if you really want to convet something to make it cooler looking but don't have the funds. Hold out becuase its worth the wait even if the moneys burning a hole in you pocket. My Guardsman are all kit bashed fron Cadians and Catachans and all kinds of different things but they look so awsome and original and I'm proud to field every single one of them.

I will get around to posting some images in the gallery some time. Until then stay tuned.

I fully agree - most of my Necron army is modified, i.e. I made all my Warriors stand up straight in the very same position.

Thanks for all the input! Any more opinions on the actual battleforce? Judging from my very own experience, I consider Sentinels being pretty worthless, but you still save some money given the fact you get two infantry platoons, a command squad and a heavy weapons team. Should be able to grab one for ~60-70€.

Hey guys, thanks for all the discussion going on!

He is not looking forwards to get any flyers, he prefers having tanks and, even more, infantry around and is much of a fluff guy who likes the army's look. I'm certainly not using my tournament list vs him

Ebay's a real good place to buy used miniatures though:

- 20 Cadians + 1 Machine Seer (?) for 35€ (47$)
- 10 Cadians + 3 Heavy Weapon teams for 33€ (44$)
- 16 Cadians + 1 Heavy Weapon team for 27€ (36$)
- 20 Cadians + 3 Heavy Weapon teams for 43€ (57$)
- 20 Commando Cadian for 35€ (47$)

Good deals? They need to be stripped off paint of course, but they are not damaged and complete.

 alarmingrick wrote:

It can be all over the place on Feebay. You can find some some really good deals if you are patient.
Just be careful buying assembled. Make sure you get good pics.

It's a professional shop I already ordered a lot of stuff from. Sells a lot of stuff, e.g. Leman Russ for 28€, complete, unpainted.

Ebay tends to be better than its rep if you watch out though, got an entire goblin army of ~220 Night Goblins, 8 Fanatics, heroes / lords / shamans for 80€ total

Built 2 Doom Divers myself and am about to scratch-build my second pair of Mangler Squigs.

Regarding the topic, I'll stick with the initial advice of starting out with infantry - he already got 2 Chimeras. What would you add in order to get some firepower? Leman Russ? They surely pack a punch and he likes the look + all the options you can equip it with.