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2021/05/02 21:13:08
Subject: Expand or restart
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Okay, so I'm sitting on about £650 worth of store credit.. (don't ask how) Automatically Appended Next Post: Okay, so I'm sitting on about £650 worth of store credit.. (don't ask how) Automatically Appended Next Post: Okay, so I'm sitting on about £650 worth of store credit.. (don't ask how). My initial thought was to expand my guard to give me a larger option.
Second train of thought is to buy an elite army for that same amount where I won't need to add more. ( so I'm thinking grey knights)
Reason for this is that me and the other half are going to be trying for a kid later this year or so.. So obviously funds are gonna be tight.
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2021/05/02 21:14:29
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2021/05/02 21:29:25
Subject: Expand or restart
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Drop Trooper with Demo Charge
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650 pounds sounds like 280 guardsmen.
Be a man.
Do it.
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Imperial Guard - 1500 GSC - 250 |
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2021/05/02 21:31:50
Subject: Expand or restart
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Storm Trooper with Maglight
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You haven’t given us much to go on with how to advise. The choice is ultimately up to you anyway.
One thing you could do is ally a small force of Grey Knights with your Imperial Guard. Allies aren’t great these days as you will lose out on some benefits (especially when the 9th edition Astra Militarum codex is released). It is an option though.
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2021/05/02 21:34:17
Subject: Expand or restart
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Drop Trooper with Demo Charge
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El Torro wrote:You haven’t given us much to go on with how to advise. The choice is ultimately up to you anyway.
One thing you could do is ally a small force of Grey Knights with your Imperial Guard. Allies aren’t great these days as you will lose out on some benefits (especially when the 9th edition Astra Militarum codex is released). It is an option though.
If you do this, your Grey Knights have to slaughter the guardsmen after every battle, is it really worth it?
Alternately, you could do 12 squads of Armageddon Steel Legion infantry in Chimeras and still be under budget.
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Imperial Guard - 1500 GSC - 250 |
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2021/05/02 21:48:34
Subject: Expand or restart
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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El Torro wrote:You haven’t given us much to go on with how to advise. The choice is ultimately up to you anyway.
One thing you could do is ally a small force of Grey Knights with your Imperial Guard. Allies aren’t great these days as you will lose out on some benefits (especially when the 9th edition Astra Militarum codex is released). It is an option though.
Well I don't feel my guard has a huge variety to it, I feel that's one reason why I'm kinda falling out of love with them. They're the only army I painted, so I thought grey knights would be a decent alternative.
I've got 6 Russes, artillery, 60 guardsman painted, a baneblade and shadowsword, weapon platforms, Bullgryns, I dunno, 5k is alot of explaining.
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2021/05/02 21:56:31
Subject: Re:Expand or restart
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Fixture of Dakka
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Oh, well if you've already got 5k worth of Guard? Definitely do something else. GK in this case.
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2021/05/03 02:33:43
Subject: Expand or restart
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Ultramarine Chaplain with Hate to Spare
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MOAR GUARD!!
I'd look at rounding out your Guard collection if there's anything useful you're missing. Big Guard armies just look amazing, imo.
Once you feel like your Guard collection is complete, only then would I consider starting something else. Personally I like the idea of a small Imperial Agents/GK addition to function as auxilliaries to your Guard Main Army. And btw if you decide to collect GK, I'd look into ebay for finding the metal Terminators, which look fantastic, better than the plastics by far.
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2021/05/03 02:54:57
Subject: Expand or restart
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Andy140491 wrote:...I've got 6 Russes, artillery, 60 guardsman painted, a baneblade and shadowsword, weapon platforms, Bullgryns...
Seconding the need for more Guardsmen, though it also sounds like you don't have any Fast Attack choices. Perhaps you could grab some Hellhounds or Sentinels as well?
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2021/05/03 03:05:55
Subject: Expand or restart
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Dakka Veteran
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Start LOTR! Great game!
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2021/05/03 03:07:42
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Yes, LotR is fantastic. If you want a historical feel with fun tanks, Chain of Command is an excellent world war 2 ruleset as well...
You can't spend your gw voucher on it though so nvm
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2021/05/03 07:00:24
Subject: Expand or restart
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Ladies Love the Vibro-Cannon Operator
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Well, GK is more a surprise bag at the moment.
Not sure how the new codex will fit into the meta.
Therefore, I'd stay away from them.
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Former moderator 40kOnline
Lanchester's square law - please obey in list building!
Illumini: "And thank you for not finishing your post with a "" I'm sorry, but after 7200 's that has to be the most annoying sign-off ever."
Armies: Eldar, Necrons, Blood Angels, Grey Knights; World Eaters (30k); Bloodbound; Cryx, Circle, Cyriss |
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2021/05/03 15:21:09
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Fixture of Dakka
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True, plus to run it right now at the optimal level you need a ton of weapons that are on per box. And any investment in to them maybe voided when or if the codex comes out.
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If you have to kill, then kill in the best manner. If you slaughter, then slaughter in the best manner. Let one of you sharpen his knife so his animal feels no pain. |
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2021/05/03 20:32:14
Subject: Re:Expand or restart
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Lead-Footed Trukkboy Driver
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Personally, I wouldn't invest in Grey Knights until they get their codex. That's my general rule - you don't want to buy a bunch of stuff only to have the rules abruptly change and make some of your brand new models obsolete.
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Active armies, still collecting and painting First and greatest love - Orks, Orks, and more Orks largest pile of shame, so many tanks unassembled most complete and painted beautiful models, couldn't resist the swarm will consume all
Armies in disrepair: nothing new since 5th edition oh how I want to revive, but mostly old fantasy demons and some glorious Soul Grinders in need of love |
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2021/05/03 20:40:20
Subject: Expand or restart
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Mad Gyrocopter Pilot
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If you're falling out of love with your guard for having no variety, I don't think Grey Knights are the way to go.
I'd have a trawl through the GW store or on here, see what tickles your fancy. Maybe write up a list and post that in this thread and then people can advise a little better?
I'd also definitely say buy some more guard, because there's no such thing as too much guard.
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2021/05/03 22:57:27
Subject: Expand or restart
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Inquisitorial Keeper of the Xenobanks
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Orks.
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2021/05/03 23:06:32
Subject: Re:Expand or restart
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Dakka Veteran
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If you want an army with high points for few models, you can't get any better than Custodians. Everything I hear says they're big shots on the table right now and their points per unit make them one of the cheapest armies to get to 2k points right now.
They also look fairly simple to paint too, since they're 90% gold armor and 8% red hair.2% weapon steel and miscellaneous accessories.
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2021/05/03 23:45:21
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Gun Mage
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Yeah, I vote Custodes too over Grey Knights. They're in a better position competitively and are newer models.
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2021/05/05 10:53:39
Subject: Expand or restart
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Try out another game.
Seriously, it can open your eyes to whether the one you're playing is actually any good
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2021/05/05 11:22:28
Subject: Expand or restart
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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If I had 5K of guard and if I had that much money I'd be heading over to Forgeworld and looking at some of their fancy tanks and such and perhaps sinking some money into a few of them to bolster the guard.
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2021/05/05 14:29:25
Subject: Expand or restart
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Well, it's store credit, so I'm not sure FW is an option.
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2021/05/05 20:52:34
Subject: Re:Expand or restart
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Dakka Veteran
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Doesn't hurt to ask though. If you order it in person at a GW store, they might let you order it through them with store credit. GW does own FW after all. Automatically Appended Next Post: But I still think starting Custodes is the best bang for your buck at this point.
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2021/05/06 03:46:43
Subject: Expand or restart
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Gun Mage
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Plus you get to make jokes about space janitors.
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2021/05/07 12:00:43
Subject: Expand or restart
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Well without knowing how much guard you have, it's hard to give a good piece of advice. However, I would say this, expand guard.
Having one deeply complete army is better than a bunch of smaller forces with holes in them. Just one clowns opinion.
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2021/05/07 13:39:46
Subject: Expand or restart
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Shas'la with Pulse Carbine
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More guard imho.
I'm happily sitting on >10k points of Tau and I can basically build almost any list I want. Not all of them are fully painted, but already having the models means that I can quickly finish a unit should I decide to include it in a list. It's nice to have this kind of flexibility.
The counter argument is that once the faction is trash (like Tau now), there's not much you can do. But you can always find a decent solution if you have a wide enough pool of models to pull from.
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2021/05/12 19:38:16
Subject: Expand or restart
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Trigger-Happy Baal Predator Pilot
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i would look at your gaurd and buy some helhounds or sentinals, would not buy forge world te expansif and crap resin. also no gk and no goldenboy they are boring to play.
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full compagny of bloodangels, 5000 pnt of epic bloodangels
5000 pnt imperial guard
5000 pnt orks
2500 pnt grey knights
5000 pnt gsc
5000 pnts Chaos legionars
4000 pnt tyranids
4000 pnt Tau
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