How many guardsmen do you own?

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**TanKoL**

Plastic infantry is for wussies !

100ish Vallhala
100ish Steel legion
120ish DKoK
20 Kaskrin
25 DKoK Grenadiers
10 DKoK Engineers
5 DKoK Rough Riders
10 non-hobbit Snipers (GW, Infinity, other ranges)
9 Artillery pieces (including historical Art pieces)
9 Sabre/Rapier platforms (including historical AA pieces)

That's about 400 non vehicular guys

11 Various Russes
6 Chimeras / HH
2 Vultures
1 Valk
Macharius Vulcan
Gorgon
2 Baneblades (1 very old resin one, pre-FW)

**H.B.M.C.**

If we're adding vehicles, then:

1 Leman Russ Annihilator
1 Leman Russ Executioner
3 Leman Russ Exterminators
4 Leman Russ Vanquishers
6 Leman Russ Demolishers
15 Leman Russ Battle Tanks
12 Chimeras
3 Hellhounds
4 Basilisks
2 Griffons
3 Manticores
1 Bombard
20 Sentinels
3 Macharius (1 of each type)
2 Shadowswords
1 Hellhammer
1 Stormblade
3 Baneblades
4 Valkyries
2 Vendettas

I... think that's it.

**VikingScott**

I've got 3/4 vets squads
4 Chimeras
1 manticore
1 LRMBT

Although the manticore is special since I can use it to fire missiles at the player as well as his miniatures.

**Mr Morden**

Its one of my larger forces as I bought a couple of well painted armies and have lots of bits and pieces.

About 350 guardsmen
Baneblade
Shadowsword
6 LR tanks, 3 Artillery platforms,
couple of sentinals
2 Valykrie (although one painted as SOB)
and odds and sods.

Only thing I don't have is a Chimera - waiting for a couple of cheap ones to appear on ebay.

**MrMoustaffa**

washout77 wrote:
Just enough Cadians to fill out my platoon army, with special weapon possibilities. So we're looking at....3x50 man platoons. Not too bad.

MrMoustaffa wrote:
Before this last Saturday?

300, easily.

But I sold all the plastic cadians (numbering around 100-150) so my army is dramatically reduced.

TIME TO REBUILD!

Roughly 40 Catachans
~40 of those defiance games UAMC infantry
~40 half assembled new awesome-o cadians (read, half assembled victoria lamb guardsmen)
~40 Dreamforge stormtroopers that I may or may not use
~20 or so old metal heroes and characters that I kept mainly because they looked cool. I also kept a few of my old Cadian commanders because I was sentimental.
~50 Starship troopers Power Armored Mobile Infantry (the TV show kind) and 40 light infantry on the way (The movie kind. They will look beyond badass in my guard army.)

Highly doubt I'll be buying any more GW guardsmen though...

Don't get me started on tanks. I have like 8 russes of various types, a vendetta, and 5 chimeras.

Those Starship Troopers mini's interest me, I love that universe so much. Where did you get them?

A combination of lucky ebay finds and guys on here. I can send you a PM of the guy I bought a lot of this from if you're looking for stuff.

**NuggzTheNinja**

MajorStoffer wrote:
Only 50 cadians (20 vets, 20 regulars, 10 in various commands), but I'm going to start building up a footguard list from victoria's guardsmen, a 100 when all's said and done.

I'm curious to see, however, how many tanks the average guard player has.

Not really that many...8 Chimeras, 3 Russes, 3 Hydras, 2 Manticores...I think that's it.

**Ovion**

I have 5.
I doubt I'll ever have more than that.

**xSPYXEx**

I don't have many :(

Barely enough to make an allied detachment not counting them as Veterans.

**Polonius**

Painted, counting heavy weapons as two guardsmen?

let's see:

Praetorians (252):
12 Infantry squads
6 PCS
2 CCS
5 veteran squads
7 heavy weapon squads (3 LC, 1ML, 2HB, 1 Mortar)

Tallarn (71)
3 PCS
2 Infantry Squads
2 HWS
24 Rough Riders

Catachan (all metal) (70)
CCS
PCS
4 Veteran Squads
20 Conscirpts (plastics)

Auxilia (78)
10 Ogryns
10 Ratlings
10 Pyschic Battle Squad
48 Stormtroopers

HQ (20)
5 Commisars
3 Priests
3 Sanctioned Psykers
1 Techpriest
3 Reginmental advisors
2 Bodyguards
Yarrick

So, about 500 fully painted. Unpainted is mostly more praetorians, IIRC it's 12 more squads and a bunch of heavy weapons)

**Foster**

I have over 400, mostly Cadians but some Catachan, Tanith, and Steel Legion in there too.

**Mr. S Baldrick**

Last time I took inventory it was around
200 pretorians
30 mordians
78 steel legion
50ish plastic cadians
55 rogue trader guard
25 catachans
20 Kasrkins
22 ogryns
15 ratlings
I also have around 200 squats, but they are being used more for SW these days. So in a pinch around 600 guard could take the field.

**Polonius**

As for vehicles?

12 Leman Russes (3 w/ Hull Hb, 3 w/ Hull LC, 3 w/ triple HB, three with HHB and plasma sposons. 6+ Battle cannons, 3 demolisher cannons, 3 Exterminator cannons, 3 Vanquisher cannons, and 3 Executioner cannons)

8 chimeras
2 Hellhounds
2 Magnetized Devildogs/Banewolves
4 Valk/Vendettas (magnetized)
12 Sentinels (3x LC, 3x HF, 6x ML)
3 Hyrdas
2 Medusas
1 Griffon
1 Basilisk
1 Baneblade
1 Shadowsword

Unpainted is only a few sentinels and a manticore.

**gaovinni**

Simply put: not enough. I would like to add a battleforce to my catachans. I have a bit over 70 guardsmen at the moment.

**Avatrass**

I have about 40 - 45 guardsmen, they act as an allied detachement.

**AtoMaki**

I own some ~500 guardsmen. Roughly 450 plastic Cadian models and 50 hybrid Cadian/Catachan (also plastic) models.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Just got back on the Guard bandwagon last year, brought most of them in may, then picked up more through the summer and finally started getting them together in October and beyond.

Vhaekonian 75th
85 Cadian Guardsmen
FW Hellhound
2 Chimera
Leman Russ Exterminator
Leman Russ Executor
Leman Russ Punisher
Baneblade
Basilisk

Vhaekonian 111th
30 Cadian Guard
2 Vendetta
Devil Dog
6 Ogryns
2 Chimera

Hellesvour 21st
90 Cadian/Catachan/Vic's Highlanders
5 Chimera
Leman Russ Eradicator
Leman Russ Battle Tank
Hellhound
Manticore
Stormlord

Plus
Harkers Catachan Devils squad

Depending on RH female Guard, it could be about to explode further, not so much a new regiment but seeding women through out the three armies. Will have to see how they look.. if I think they'd help create the 'Spiders' I'll be adding a fourth force.

**xole**

Somewhere in the 350-400 range of (zombie)cadians. I think they have been breeding.

**Shadox**

A single Steel Legion Commissar but I'm planning to add a Vet-Squad in a Chimera and probably an Executioner.

**Mr Nobody**

One. I won an old vostroyan lascannon team in a contest. That's about it.

**jifel**

One, firing frantically at a looming terminator. I plan on there being a few more in the future.

**MajorStoffer**

HBMC has lots of guard? I never would have guessed....

I may only have 50 odd guardsmen, but I do have:

8x Leman Russ (various models)
3x Chimera
1x Bane Wolf
1x Baneblade

I may not have a large collection (been playing 40k for only 1 year), but I do have one of every codex variant of Leman Russ, and plan on adding a FW Annihilator to my next Guard regiment. I don't think I'll ever be arsed to buy a Conquerer

**TheLionOfTheForest**

I'm feeling the IG player love! Lets step it up a notch. Post a picture here (just one please) showcasing as many of your infantry as you can get into frame!
I'll add mine later when I am not exhausted from work, school and wine.

**MrMoustaffa**

TheLionOfTheForest wrote:
I'm feeling the IG player love! Lets step it up a notch. Post a picture here (just one please) showcasing as many of your infantry as you can get into frame!
I'll add mine later when I am not exhausted from work, school and wine.

Oh god do you have any idea what you're about to unleash?

I don't even know if I could fit my entire army in frame right now...

**TheLionOfTheForest**

MrMoustaffa wrote:
TheLionOfTheForest wrote:
I'm feeling the IG player love! Lets step it up a notch. Post a picture here (just one please) showcasing as many of your infantry as you can get into frame!
I'll add mine later when I am not exhausted from work, school and wine.

Oh god do you have any idea what you're about to unleash?

I don't even know if I could fit my entire army in frame right now...

The iPhone4s has a great panoramic feature. Unleash the hounds!

**Blacksails**

3x 30 man platoons with various command squads, heavy weapon teams, and a plethora of special weapons of all sorts.

Oh, and they're all metal Mordians.

**Houndmaster**

125 Steel Legionaires.
Good god I love the Armageddon Steel Legion.

**H.B.M.C.**

MajorStoffer wrote:
HBMC has lots of guard? I never would have guessed....

Please tell me you're being facetious.

**Amaya**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
MajorStoffer wrote:
HBMC has lots of guard? I never would have guessed....

Please tell me you're being facetious.

It's a bit blindingly obvious.

The only correct answer is "Not enough."

**Somedude593**

Mr Nobody wrote:
One. I won an old vostroyan lascannon team in a contest. That's about it.

so you mean you have two..... technically though they are one model they are two people... some gunline guard players may have to do some recalculating lol

**ansacs**

Just wow, I need to count the exact numbers of my guys now and the poll needs to be redone with options going up to 1000.

Lesson to be learned: Imperial Guard are like meth-highly addictive and as you continue the addiction you just keep needing more.

I got another question how much weight is 200+ metal guardsmen weigh? Sounds like you need special training to play that army what with the weight and all.