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Hello all.

As the title suggests I am interested in a new 40k army. I am personally interested in starting Tyranids, Genestealers, Adeptus Mechanicus, Grey Knights, Dark Eldar/Harlequins, Space Wolfs and/or Deathguard.

I want to build a reliable 2000pt list with any of the above armies. My local meta is solid and no one uses Codex vs Index so most games are fair. I have no knowledge with any of the above armies so have no idea where to start. I imagine a Start Collecting box or 2 and Codex (if possible) would be the best.However, what do I buy next?

I have 2 halfs of the Dark Imperium boxset side of Deathguard non-built and a Old Start Collecting and Swarm Box of Tyranids also unbuilt so it would probably be best to give suggestions to these armies but that does no mean I wouldn't like to start the others I listed.

Funds are not an issue so I could end up taking multiple armies so please pass on all your guidance and wisdom lads.

If possible, a Pros and Cons list would alos be quite helpful if people are able to give any of these armies.

Thank you all in advance for the help.

Adeptus Mechanicus.

Pros:
Coolest models in the game.
Fires Of Cyraxus, which has the second coolest models in the game.
Artillery power.

Cons:
Our book is incredibly uninspired, but still fairly strong.

 Verviedi wrote:
Adeptus Mechanicus.

Pros:
Coolest models in the game.
Fires Of Cyraxus, which has the second coolest models in the game.
Artillery power.

Cons:
Our book is incredibly uninspired, but still fairly strong.

Thank you for the reply. Any AM units you would consider an auto-include? In terms of the <forge world> what units benefit the most from from each specific <forge world>. Thanks again.

as always I suggest SQUATS!

 Odrankt wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Adeptus Mechanicus.

Pros:
Coolest models in the game.
Fires Of Cyraxus, which has the second coolest models in the game.
Artillery power.

Cons:
Our book is incredibly uninspired, but still fairly strong.

Thank you for the reply. Any AM units you would consider an auto-include? In terms of the <forge world> what units benefit the most from from each specific <forge world>. Thanks again.

Dragoons, onagers and kastelan robots. Cawl if you want to go mars (which you should). If you don't want Cawl or mars then go Stygies.

Always go with aesthetic and if you love to read the lore like I do try to find an army you love both the aesthetic and lore too.

I personally play space wolves and harlequins. I love the aesthetic and stories about the space wolves, so I always have fun using them out of my armies.

 admironheart wrote:
as always I suggest SQUATS!

I already own 1 of everything


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Dragoons, onagers and kastelan robots. Cawl if you want to go mars (which you should). If you don't want Cawl or mars then go Stygies.

So, I should buy a Start collecting box, 1-2 Dragoons box and 1-2 Kastelans box? I actually own a Cawl, he is the reason I have an interest with the army. What been does "stygies" give to <forge world> units. Also, if I had a Patrol With Cawl for Mars and another Patrol with Stygies would that be battle-forged or does everything need to share the same <forge world>? Thank you.


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 KingCorpus wrote:
Always go with aesthetic and if you love to read the lore like I do try to find an army you love both the aesthetic and lore too.

I personally play space wolves and harlequins. I love the aesthetic and stories about the space wolves, so I always have fun using them out of my armies.

All the armies I listed I like the look of and general background. I don't really know the fluff to these armies that well so I will be dipping my toe if I start any of these armies. If I may ask, what is the reason you took Wolves and Quins? I noticed I gave no "explanation, as to why I choose these armies so here is the break down.

Adeptus Mechanicus; I was gifted Cawl and feel in love with his detail and general look, I already have a Necron army so I love the robotic/Android look and feel. Looks like a fun army to play with and seems to have quite the synergy within the army. I am also a fan of "slaved" armies coming back to power or just begging to unfold their power. I also planned my paint theme for this army.

Drukhari/Harlequins; The main reason I want these armies is because of the models. They are amazing! I don't know much about the fluff besides them killing each other, having massive orgies and creating the energy that gave birth to a Daemon God. However, what I do know interests me into knowing more. I would like to run these armies side by side hence why they are put together. I am not a fan of normal Eldar as my local meta has lots of Eldar players and majority of them spam the same lists. I rather be different then be apart of the norm.

Deathguard; New poster boys for 40k. What's not to like? Lots of details, good range of models, access to a Primarch and have the resilience of 7th edition Necrons. Winning. As stated, I have 2 DI boxes worth of Dguard unbuilt so this army would probably be the best to start with as I don't need to buy all that much. I love the models. Main reason for this army is because I have a Nurlge AoS army so it would be nice to have an army that can "some-what" play in Gdubs main tabletop games.

Grey Knights; I like these guys because you get low model count (meaning faster games) and it's looks fast and fun to play this army. The models are also amazing! Can't go wrong with Knights in a Sci-fi universe.I also mainly play Necrons Vs Tzeentch or Renegade Heretics and the lack of Anti-pyskic is game draining. It would be nice to have an anti-pysker army that I can plop down from time to time when I get sick of losing to Pysker powers. I am not generally a fan of "Imperium" armies due to them being people in space but somehow GK sucked me In. They are pretty much the "Master Chief" of the Imperium in my eyes. Note, have not read any fluff so I don't know anything about them. Yet...

Space Wolfs; As stated I dont generally like Imperium armies but As mech, GK and Wolves have all stolen my heart in different ways. The main reason for Wolves is because of Wolves. The models look amazing. I also checked some units on Battlescribe and noticed they like to get in CC a lot which is something I would like to do as I mainly play Gunline and only CC if I need to. I would primarily like a Wolves-army only but if some SM units work well with Wolves then don't be afraid to mention them

Tyranids/genestealers; I bought a friend of mine the Swarm box and old Start Collecting box but he didn't want to take them off of me so I now have them and will probably make them mine. I love the models, so much different to the other 40k armies. I know they are a mixture of Gunline and CC so it gives the army a lot to work with. G cult is because I would like to run these armies together most of the time and that my sibling have an Imperial Guard army so it would be nice to "corrupt" them and play them with the G cult. It's just nice to know that 1 army can work with several armies.

I hope this information helps you helping me

Thanks for all the feedback guys!