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One of the players in my area started an Emperor's Children Legion and seems to really like it (he is deployed to Afghanistan right now).

I used to play Orks, but somewhere lost having fun and started focusing on tournament winning (mediocre at best). So I switched to Nurgle Deamons that I borrowed from a friend. Now I want to go back to gaming for the sake of gaming and fluffing (haha).

This summer I have been in a State of Flux, buying/selling a number of Codexes trying to find the right fit.

Anyway my Friend suggested that I listen to They Eye of Horus Podcast since I have read all of the of HH novels and love almost all of them. Since then I have ordered the Red Books and have been trying to figure out what to play.

Initially I was thinking of making a Tank Heavy list, but it seems that most of the lists revolve around taking the best unit with their Primarch in a Spartan and shoving it down your throat in the second round. I have yet to see a reliable way to stop that thing from making it to my lines (reading and Theory Crafting on Battle Scribe only). I still want to have a Tank Centric Army, but realize that I will need a counter charge unit to catch theirs.

TEoH and my friend have suggested that I should play either, Iron Hands, Iron Warriors or Salamanders. I am limited in my info about the differences.

Iron Hands:
Pros:
Bonuses to vehicle survivability
Assuming they have bionics like their 40K brethren.
Ferrous is total Player Pimp
Access to 3++
Not sure about their special units.

Cons:
Black all too often looks like primer
After Istvaan Ferrous is dead and most of them are damn near suicidal.

Iron Warriors:
Pros:
Extra Armor for everything
Assault after shooting Bolters
Bolt Gun Metal looks better than Black
Upgraded Heavy Weapon Squad
Can be Loyal or Traitor

Cons:
Perturabo seems to be the weakest of the 3.
He treats his men like gak.

Salamanders:
Pros:
Green can be varied
Access to 3++
Pyroclasts look crazy good
Vulcan might be able to beat the others like Red Headed Step Children
Better Flamers and Meltas
Cares the most about regular people

Cons:
No vehicle upgrades that will really mater thanks to Ceramite Armor.
Melta Upgrade also experiences this problem


Next option would be to play a Shattered Legion.

Thanks in Advance,
Matt

Welcome to 30k. The best places to talk about 30k and to look for tactics and inspiration are http://heresy30k.invisionzone.com/ and http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/ Both have active communities and painting logs. As for starting a Legion, you don't have to paint them in parade ground colours. Legions would change their colours for camouflage, or in the case of some different colours under different captains. You should choose a Legion that you like the fluff of, and/or the style of play.

By the way, why aren't you on the first expedition forum?

So, 30k has become a thing in my area. Everyone seems to have at least 1,500 points of some chapter.

It's worth it to read up about the ways different legions operate. I found this to be useful.

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000/Tactics/Space_Marine_Legion_List_(30k)

It's accurate in a general sense, but realize everything depends on your army. My Sons of Horus army cleans up against just about everyone despite what it says about specialist units being too costly.

It's also worth it to consider whether or not to do a legion in the first place. AdMech are very interesting.

in my (limited) time playing HH salamanders are good and fun but can also be competitive. IH are also pretty good. i dont play iron warriors but my friend does and everyone calls hime TFG