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Started playing 2k imperial guard gun like blob lists. All models are painted the same. What's an easy way to differentiate where a unit starts and stops and where another one begins!
Thanks

Slight barriers between units? (inch or two of space) (Works for my crons)
Maybe add on some squad markings on the shoulder pads or something?

Squad Markings on armor, or Markings on the edge of their bases

A buddy of mine played green tide orks for a while and he used to color code his bases by painting patterns around the edge. He would also note on his army list which squad was which color.

It helps if you magnetize the various options for the squad. Otherwise you will actually need to have more models for each squad than you can actually use.

Thanks all!

Counting. Seriously, don't paint squad markings.

Maybe it's just me, but had to remove all my squad/platoon markings because I would refuse to have guardsmen in the wrong squads. It results in taking ages to set up and if something breaks in transport I get very frustrated. So I covered them all up and decided that it's actually pretty obvious where the squads are.

 Griddlelol wrote:
Counting. Seriously, don't paint squad markings.

Maybe it's just me, but had to remove all my squad/platoon markings because I would refuse to have guardsmen in the wrong squads. It results in taking ages to set up and if something breaks in transport I get very frustrated. So I covered them all up and decided that it's actually pretty obvious where the squads are.

The point isnt necessarily for you; it's for clarification for your opponent.

 CaptainGrey wrote:

The point isnt necessarily for you; it's for clarification for your opponent.

I'm aware...but that doesn't stop me getting aggravated when I have to set up specific squads.

To be fair, it's not hard to count 10 men. Or 20, or 30. It is however, time consuming to deploy them in a specific order, then put them away in a specific order so you can find them in their appropriate squads.

It might be ok for some people, but I already dislike the slow set up some guard lists require (hence why I love mech so much), and adding something for me to get obsessive compulsive about isn't worth the courtesy to my opponent. Especially when I'm already a paragon of virtue and politeness.

Squad markings, painting the bases, maybe even differing paint schemes are all good ideas to differentiate squads. "Counting" is no answer. When it comes to an issue of morale checks, a simple count could be used to prevent the checks from ever happening. I've had it happen to me, where two units intermingled and I couldn't see the difference between his squads. The shell game can be effective in Warhammer, too.

I agree with the squad markings. It is extremely simple to do and is easy when you pack and unpack the models. You unpack one squad from a specific part of your case (which a blob is at least one tray in my case), and put them back in the same part as they die during the game. It's really helpful in mech guard as well, as I am of the opinion that I shouldn't have to tell people which unit is in what transport. They squad hops out, their shoulder matches their tank, and everything is gravy.

 Griddlelol wrote:

 CaptainGrey wrote:

The point isnt necessarily for you; it's for clarification for your opponent.

I'm aware...but that doesn't stop me getting aggravated when I have to set up specific squads.

To be fair, it's not hard to count 10 men. Or 20, or 30. It is however, time consuming to deploy them in a specific order, then put them away in a specific order so you can find them in their appropriate squads.

It might be ok for some people, but I already dislike the slow set up some guard lists require (hence why I love mech so much), and adding something for me to get obsessive compulsive about isn't worth the courtesy to my opponent. Especially when I'm already a paragon of virtue and politeness.

It's also very frustrating to keep track of which squad starts where in a 150 guardsman blob. And without clear markings its very easy for a model to be in one squad on one turn and another in the next by "accident".

Painting the bases or some such slight color scheme differentiation. I have a hard time knowing which units are separate with my 2 units of knights exemplar are which in warmachine, let alone my space marine army in 40k

I do two things in this vein. For my Space Marines, if I have more than one of the same type of squad, then I do their bases differently. (My first tactical squad just has grass. The second one has grass and rocks. The third has grass and leaves. The fourth has grass, rocks, and leaves.) I have a friend who plays Necrons who does the same thing, just varying up the number of crystals sticking out of the bases. (Squad one has one crystal, squad two has two, etc.)

Within a squad, to differentiate combat squads, I mark the shoulders differently. Since I usually number the squads, one half will have gothic numerals and the other half will have Roman numerals.