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Looking for another army to work on, and can't pin it down. I've currently got a GSC and a Deathguard army. I've painted dozens and dozens of GSC over the past years, so i want something to work on for a break from that, something that isn't horde. I just can't settle on what direction to go. I also like armies that get up in your face, or at least do their shooting from mid field, i get bored to tears with armies that all sit in one block at the very back corner edge of the board, I had an ad mech army that did that and sold it.
Your suggestions would be really helpful. Thank you.

- Not a horde
- Not a castle in the back corner of the map army

Knights + Airbourne Scions.

Could be cool. Take 2 Knights Gallant + an Armiger for your Knights detachment, and a bunch of Scions in Valkyries for your Battalion. Could be fun. No idea if it would be competitive though.

Big Chaos Demons?

Well if it's an addiction... might as well play Emperor's Children...

How about Deamons? they can get up in your face, can avoid being hoard easily, and would work as allies for your death guard as well.

Custodes?

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BrianDavion wrote:
How about Deamons? they can get up in your face, can avoid being hoard easily, and would work as allies for your death guard as well.

Hrm, second suggestion for deamons, and those could be be interesting to work on with my airbrush that i don't get to use enough. That sounds promising.

Militarum Tempestus. Only units with the Militarum Tempestus keyword and units from the Advisors and Auxillia list.


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It’s elite, doesn’t work as a horde, and doesn’t castle like Space Marines.

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BrianDavion wrote:
How about Deamons? they can get up in your face, can avoid being hoard easily, and would work as allies for your death guard as well.

Hrm, second suggestion for deamons, and those could be be interesting to work on with my airbrush that i don't get to use enough. That sounds promising.

Another idea is a Primaris Marines army of some sort, this is assuming you bought dark imperium and have some spare marines kicking around already, Space Wolves or blood angels could be a nice "in your face" army. but I think it might suffer from being not being differant eneugh from plague marines from a painting POV

I'd go for daemons, but they really work best as a quasi-horde, their troops and characters are the best things in their codex.
Daemons could tie into your death guard too.

You could wait for Sisters?

If you have an airbrush then Harlequins would be a good challenge for you. Definitely not a Horde, and absolutely not a sit-in-a-corner army. Also not super common either and very skill dependent.

If you want something that just is a real treat to paint and gives you loooots of hours of painting enjoyment for both the relatively low price and the points, while not being a total horde, I'd suggest Drukhari. They are dynamic as you said you wanted and have a very solid range of sculpts.

Custodes sound like they check all the boxes

Deathwatch or Ravenwing...they love that middle 12-24" range region.

Nidzilla nids to supplement your GSC. Won't sit in a corner and it ain't a horde.

Drukhari. The army has a lot of flexibility, Ynnari gives you a soup option later for variety but the army itself can lend itself to a variety of playstyles. The models still look great as well as being cheap

I suggest an Aeldari army. So you would have something different.

I would suggest craftworlds. They have short range guns on your basic troops, dragons and wraithguard along with some combat. Also if you are bored of doing the same paint style over and over you can get different aspect warriors for different paint schemes.

Sounds like you need Custodes in your life?

Necrons. Mid-ranged shooting with good AP as well as a lot of strong CC units. And in 8th they're not that similar to Death Guard anymore, which is good.

If you want to work with your airbrush, Craftworlds Eldar have some great surfaces to work with.

Sisters of battle, or whatever they are known as these days.

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Definitely custodes sound perfect for you-all absolutely not a hoard, can expand into other imperials if you get bored/want a new army and their new FW stuff is awesome.
Very good to airbrush too, pretty easy.

Or eldar of any stripe- fast, furious, and delicate. Very fun. Very very competitive also.

I'm going to vote for Knights. Nothing was as fun as converting my knights to nurgle. Absolutely fun!

I vote Harlequins. Either that, or wait and see what the new Sisters range has in store.

Morgasm the Powerfull wrote:
Nidzilla nids to supplement your GSC. Won't sit in a corner and it ain't a horde.

I second this. I recently proxied 9 Carnifex and old one eye list against a friends knight (pure, not a guardsmen in sight) list and it was hilarious and Im currently in the process of sourcing another 4 carnifexs and painting up my current ones to run it properly!

Necrons sounds like your jam to me. They aren't quite an assault army, more like an assault-band shooting army. They ride that bleeding edge where one wrong move gets you charged. You might enjoy that.

Play the one of the most fun IN YOUR FACE armies I've been playing have had a lot of fun with.

House Terryn Knights!

Ive been running

1x Valiant w/2 siegebreaker cannons
3x Knight Gallant
2x Armiger Helverin

You get a first turn charge potentially. The Helverins do provide some good distance shooting. and the Valiant wants to be up close and personal but also does not want to get stuck in CC. Also she eats hordes for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Plus the gallants do ALL THE DAMAGE.

I would have to be another who suggests Space Marines or Primaris, with all their chapters there has to be something that not only will fill your requirement tabletop tactics wise, but also thematically.

Perhaps Space Wolves, they seem to have a good balance between melee charges and shooting. Blood Angels seem to have a nice mix too, or even go as far as making your own chapter specifically for the purpose you're aiming for?

Not played tabletop for many years so, not sure if that is a thing or if it would be too difficult. Good luck!

Dark Angels