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Ok, so, I am into my 6th year of 40k and around this time of year, I usually begin the workings of my next army (2k points usually). Seeing as how I have 2 friends of the Imperium armies (Space Wolves and a DIY SM Chapter heavily themed into the Wizard of Oz movie) and 3 enemies of the Imperium armies (1k Sons, Tyranids and Farsight Tau), I have now decided to balance it all out with another Imperium army.

My only issue is that I have two possible candidates: Dark Angels Death Wing and an Imperial Guard Siege Regiment.

I am looking for these qualities in an army:
1) Difficulty factor- mainly refers to how tough it is to win games against any/all enemies.
2) Power factor- how much pain I can bring to my enemy.
3) Fun factor- how fun it is for not only myself to play as, but for my opponent to play against.

I will now post my 2 army ideas for approx 2k points.
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"The Grave Diggers" Imperial Guard Siege Regiment:

HQ- Chimera w/turret HB, hull HB and Pintle Hvy Stubber.

Elite- 2x Chimera Aces w/ turret HB, hull HB,Pintle Hvy Stubber, rough terrain modifications and searchlight.

Troops- 3x Griffon Mortar artillery.
3x basilisk artillery w/Indirect Fire.

Fast Atk- 3x Hell Hound w/ pintle Hvy Stubber & rough terrain modifications.

Hvy Sppt- 3x Leman Russ Battle tank w/ hull Lascannon, sponson HB and pintle hvy stubber.

Cost: 600$+tax
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Dark Angels Death Wing:

HQ- Epistolary Librarian w/ FoTA, SotEW,storm bolter, termi armor, teleport homer.

HQ Terminator Cmd Sqd- Sgt w/ storm bolter + power weapon. 4x Terminators w/ storm bolters + power fist.

Troops x5- Sgt w/ power weapon, storm bolter, teleport homer & auspex.
1 terminator w/ cyclone missile launcher, storm bolter, power fist.
1 terminator w/ assault cannon, power fist.
3 terminators w/ storm bolter + power fist.

Note: all are stubborn.

Cost: 360$+ tax
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So, as you can see, both armies rank high in challenge/power/fun factor. I would just like to see what the community's all around input is regarding these two outstanding armies.

Any and all comments are welcome.

Thank you.

although i voted for the siege army- as it is in many respects cooler- the termie army can be so much more competitive by cramming more assault cannons in

Yes, the Siege regiment took quite a long time to research and make all around. With it, I can be very effective against not only Marine type armies, but also horde armies.

The DW army honestly took about 30mins to think up.

I chose these 2 armies because I would be using units/models I have never had before.

Would people think the Siege Regiment or an all Assault cannon terminator army cheesy? I would not like to be labeled as "one of those" types of players.

Do you see any downfalls to these armies? What would the Siege army fear the most? What would the DW army fear the most?

Go for Death Wing.

The IG siege list looks like a real bore to play. Other than the hellhounds, you have nothing to do in the movement phase. And your shooting phase is not much more than putting down a few blaste templates.

The Death Wing should offer a much better chance to customize the force. Get bored with terminators? Add in 3 dreadnoughts, or a few land raiders.

I voted for the Siege regiment because it isn't MEQs. The game doesn't need anymore MEQ armies, so whenever given the choice I will always vote for the non-MEQ selection, even as strange as this one is.

Yeah, I have a future WE army planned for '07ish so that would be more Power Armor.
Looking across the 3 sites I posted this, it seems the Siege Regiment is preferred (not by much though). Most people think it is a cool idea for an army and have never heard of such a thing, that, and it is not a Marine army.

The cost factor is not really a concern. More so, the fun factor and that I would also be the first player in my area to ever have not only Guard, but an Armored Company.

I already have plans to apply those WW2 cute girl pictures you see on the planes, to my units, to give it some penache'. Paint on some grave stones that say R.I.P. on them to the gun barrels and really give this army some nice flavor.

I think seeing a bassie with some cute 1940's redhead in some skimpy skirt, holding an old "Coke" bottle or something, painted along the sides, would be pretty darn cool to have.

Hahaha! Brainstorm: I guess I will do both armies, AC now and DW after WE and non Res Orb/Monolith Necrons.  ;D

If anyone else has some input to either DW or this Siege Regiment idea, post it up here.

Oh and thanks for the input thus far.