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So I hope this is in the right spot. Please move if not. I am converting my watchmaker empire guys into imperial guard. So far I can make about the following and have 40 more bodies I can use (need to buy the arms). Please direct me.

40 lasgun guys.
4 bbanners.
3 melta
2 flamers
2 gernaders
2 vox
2 commissar
2 priests
5 autocannons
Heavy bolster
Mortar
Lascannon
2 missle

Lehman russ with side bolters and lascannon
Demolisher with bolters
Chimera twin linked bolters

So I assume I need more lasgun. People are gonna say wyvern but I'd like to play less with those and go away from meta. Suggestions. How would you run what I have at 1000?

Also do heavy weapons teams have to be on a big round base?






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Here is the last list I ran that allied to a SM force:

CCS with lascannon, Master of ordiance, chimera

PCS with mortor

2 combined squads with 2 flamers and a commissar

2 heavy weapons squads with autocannons

Leman russ
Demolisher

Allied with SM
Librarian
2 scout squads
2 Talons

Yes heavy weapons have to be on a bigger base.

Heavy weapons should be two guys on a 60mm base...with the heavy weapon ..I would suggest a minastorium priest to go with the blob guard as well ..note for a couple points more and since they prolly arnt fully built yet you may want to make 3 of those heavyweapons teams saber teams with lascan or auocan ..(adds skyfire and interceptor makes them immobile Artillery ) which makes them fairly tough to kill

I have old empire parts to maybe build some Thudd guns or heavy mortars, how do those stack up.

I forgot I do have two priests to insert as well.

I just bought an aegis with quad gun to put for skyfire(it cant shoot at the ground right? has to roll 6s? what about skimmers?)

What about another tank or two?

Some more help please?

quad gun has skyfire and intercept so can shoot both airborne and ground targets equally well ..suggest sticking a PCS/CCS here with a flakk missile team to get the BS4 ..note this is the only place i woulld put a flakk missile team as it provides synergy with the quad gun

You need at least 1 more toon of troops. You only have one.

I thought the quad gun could only hit on 6s for ground troops? Ill have troops for lasguns, my fear is MEQ type troops. How do plasma gun guys do with IG? Or will the tanks be enough?

Heavy weapon guys can be like this too
Theres a dude with the rocket launcher and a dude with the missiles

Aegis line Quad Guns do indeed hit ground targets on 6's this edition. Use it mainly to intercept reserves and focus on flyers.

If you want to stay away from meta (no wyverns, and not going mech vets) then blob guard with some heavy Leman Russ' up front can be a good time.

So something like 2 platoons with 3 squads each and some russes upfront?

Not sure if you want the russes up front or just behind the conscripts..(rember the greatest str of guard is orders ) playing guard without orders is almost as bad as tau without marker lights..

What about chimeras instead of conscript blogs.