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Hi guys, I have decided to get my small guard force out of the box and whip them into shape. Trouble is I don't really know how to start...

To work with I have;
Lord Commisar
Company command squad
1 leman russ
2 chimeras
25 guardsmen

This is around 750 points. The main reason of this army is to augment my Black Templars as allies, as I feel my Templars have lost their touch and are not even fun to play anymore.

So what do you guys think should be my next investment? and loadouts that work (command squad espec) ? Also any tactics and builds that can help a newby guard commander rise to the level of Mr Creed himself.

Oh, also, anyone know what this model is?

Thats Jacobs for Sobs.

As for the rest.

Do you want this to be a full on army or a allied detachment?
What style of army do you like to play?

Oh right, I was using him as an guard priest/missionary.

For now just an allied army, maybe around 1000 points, but as my love for the Templars has died, they will become my main one day.
I don't play defensively, I use Templars lol, so I was thinking flamer units in chimeras to advance up alongside and hold a squad or 2 back to hold objectives and offer support with grenade launchers...

Then this is the army for you.

CCS with x4 flamers in vendetta
Lord commissar

x5 squad unit of guard with flamers and sargents with Power weapons and commissars with power weapons (lord commissar in here).

Vets with triple plas in chimera
Vets with triple plas in chimera
Vets with triple plas in chimera

As many vendettas as you can buy/get/steal

And for heavy i love the basic LRBT for the blast template of anti MEQ, or even better a squad of x3 basilisks for better anti meq and for tanks take exterminators for anti air and AV
or plasma spam tanks for anti teq.

Also if you get a lot of vendettas buy the astropath and officer of the fleet (the MoO is only good with gun lines).

Basilisks are the biggest crap shoot around, it has a minimum range of 36 inches. I love them to death but I only love them in apocalypse.

You probably will need Heavy Weapons. Or just buy Cadian Battleforce. Don't spend much, in March 2014 there will be new IG boxes.
You need alse special weapons like plasmagun, meltagun, flamer. It can be converted, scratchbuilded, copied using grennstuff/epoxide or bought as spare bitz.

And cheap box with 5 guarsmen

With HWS box and speacial weapons your army:

company command quad, 4 plasma, 1 power wep, Chimera - 120pts
veterans 3 melta, Chimera - 100
veterans lascannon, melta, forward sentries - 130
veterans Harker (any guard+HB), 3 sniper (convert it from lasgun), Heavy Bolter - 150
vanilla LRBT with HB sponson - 170

Still have 45 pts. Can drop power weapon and take IA Hydra platforn. It has intercept.

So by the sounds of it I need to be running plasma vet. squads?
I was a bit dubious about having plasma on a dude with only a 5+ save as if it does get hot they are pretty much dead...
As with command squad, anybody recommend the medic for fnp or the standard bearer??