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Heya all. I've always liked big models. Knights, Battlesuits, flyers, tanks, dreadnaughts, etc. I'm looking to start a new project. Which armies have viable builds of large models? Terminator size and up. It doesn't have to be itc winning level, just looking for something to fool around with at local game nights.

Thanks!

Daemons, Tyranids, Tau for big monsters/ robots.

Imperial Guard for tanks.
Imperial Knights for obvious reasons.

Ork Dredmob with a couple Morkanaughts could be pretty fun.

Dreadnought Armies with a Techmarine/Chaplain Dreadnought warlord

Orks - stompa, gorkanaut, morkanaut, dreads, kans, meganobz

Battlewagons are a big chunky vehicle too.

If you go Forgeworld there are even more like the mega-dread.

Dark Angels Deathwing works as well. All Terminators, Land Raiders, and Dreds.

Nids for fleshy bigness.
Tau for Robot Bigness.
Eldar for Wraithconstruct bigness.
Imperial Knights for giant mecha knights bigness.
Orks for big rattly, seems to be falling apart bigness.

 The Grumpy Eldar wrote:
Nids for fleshy bigness.
Tau for Robot Bigness.
Eldar for Wraithconstruct bigness.
Imperial Knights for giant mecha knights bigness.
Orks for big rattly, seems to be falling apart bigness.

Chaos for daemony flesh metal goodness

A better question might be "who doesn't have interesting large-model centered builds?"

(Harlequins. Assassins. The Inquisition. DE/Craftworlders can try, but they're more limited than most. Battle Sisters. The Talons (Custodes/Sisters of Silence). Anything else you're probably good.)

Chaos for fast dreads with a CC edge. Backed up by daemon princes and daemon engines (if you can stand the 4+ to hit)

Marine Dread army. Ranges from "small" standard boxnaughts, to medium sized Contemptors, and then "large" Leviathan and Deredeo Dreads (and the upcoming Primaris one). There's even an HQ Chaplain Dread. They're full of anger and firepower and fists. I've always been a big fan of Dreads, and this edition, as of right now, Dreads are finally back on the table.

Eldar wraithhosts. You're gonna need a spiritseer or two, but wraith units are big and fun.

Tau have tons of big suits, but the lists will be pretty weak and not able to do much outside of the most casual games.

The Exorcist is by far the prettiest thing that GW makes. But we still need infantry to ride our tanks.


Imperial Guard can field an army consisting entirely of tanks. If you like big things, and don't like Knights, then look no further than the Imperial Guard.

We obviously have the Baneblade and it's kin, which is an awesome model. Then there's the Foreworld Marcharius and Malcador tanks, and then the Leman Russes and Artillery.


We used to have the Armoured Battlegroup, which had tanks for troops, an we can still make an entire tank army using Tank Commanders as our HQ for Spearhead detachments. If you're a treadhead, look no further than here!

Unless you like stompy robots. We don't have stompy robots. But if you like stompy robots, there's Knights.