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Haha, I can see it now, "Allied" Honor Guard. And don't worry, you two can have all the blood crazed lunatics you want.

Kitbashing Sanguinary, GK and Vanguard seems the way to go!

As I also don't have my new codex yet, how does everything think they are going to equip them?

What gets me about the new codex is that they made it so that only certain special characters can be fielded with certain special rules.

This wouldn't be a problem if there was a fair representation for all of the Chapter Tactics.

The Iron hands got the shaft. Hard. They cant have ANY special characters if you want to play with their special rules. The Ultrasmurfs get 6 frakking special characters (2 of which are lame and useless) and the Iron Hands, who are a first founding legion as well, get nothing at all.

I'm really mad about that.

 Gunnvulcan wrote:
What gets me about the new codex is that they made it so that only certain special characters can be fielded with certain special rules.

This wouldn't be a problem if there was a fair representation for all of the Chapter Tactics.

The Iron hands got the shaft. Hard. They cant have ANY special characters if you want to play with their special rules. The Ultrasmurfs get 6 frakking special characters (2 of which are lame and useless) and the Iron Hands, who are a first founding legion as well, get nothing at all.

I'm really mad about that.

Well it's all relative. In the previous book only way to field non-Ultramarine chapters was to take special character, and there was one for only five chapters. There wasn't any for Iron Hands - in fact they were barely mentioned in the book. So in fact this is a big improvement.

Anyone else thought about using this as a centurion its way cooler. http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/CASTELLAX_BATTLE_AUTOMATA_MANIPLE.html

Diogenesethedog wrote:
Anyone else thought about using this as a centurion its way cooler. http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/CASTELLAX_BATTLE_AUTOMATA_MANIPLE.html

Apart from the price, I think if you look at the page which sells them individually, you'll see they're closer to Dreadnought size than Centurion. I was thinking more the Thallax for Centurions:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/Mechanicum/Mechanicum_Troops/MECHANICUM_THALLAX_COHORT.html

Also for honour Guard, Forgeworld does some handy stuff, in particular the cc weapons pack could be handy:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine-Infantry-and-Accessories/LEGION_MkIV_POWER_WEAPON_SET.html

Always read this thread title too fast in the forum list, and think it says something about 'Marinegasm.' Dyslexia-fueled hopes always dashed by the closer inspection. One of these days I'm going to remember...

Dundas wrote:
Also for honour Guard, Forgeworld does some handy stuff, in particular the cc weapons pack could be handy:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine-Infantry-and-Accessories/LEGION_MkIV_POWER_WEAPON_SET.html

The Forgeworld weapons pack is awesome, only a few duff items in the pack, bolt pistols really, maybe the axes if you don't like long blades on them.

Anvil do a nice selection of lion cloths, including the Roman style ones:
http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=77_71

They also do some good winged & crested helmets:
http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=77_66

Their shoulder pads are a little plain but help eke out fancier ones from other sets:
http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=77_68

 Gunnvulcan wrote:
What gets me about the new codex is that they made it so that only certain special characters can be fielded with certain special rules.

This wouldn't be a problem if there was a fair representation for all of the Chapter Tactics.

The Iron hands got the shaft. Hard. They cant have ANY special characters if you want to play with their special rules. The Ultrasmurfs get 6 frakking special characters (2 of which are lame and useless) and the Iron Hands, who are a first founding legion as well, get nothing at all.

I'm really mad about that.

You do know that you can make an IH CM on a bike with the EW SS and a TH and he is possibly the most dangerous HQ choice in the book?

He can stand toe to toe with Lysander and Marneus and can deck Draigo all the while being a lot more manoeuvrable.

While he's not fluffy at all, I'd give him a try. He's nails against just about everything.

Makumba wrote:
Not here. To get an account in any bank here you either need a job[16+ only unless a judges lets you works sooner] or have a pension [dead parents or beind disabled or having a stypendium of some sort , but those money can only be spend on stuff for school].

You don't need a job to get a bank account. You just need money to put in it in the US. Pretty sure I saw that US flag next to your name Makumba. I had my first bank account at 9 years old if memory serves. I used Christmas club accounts for years to make sure I had money to buy gifts for the family when I was a kid as well. Banks don't care how old you are unless you want a loan or a credit card. Otherwise if all you want to do is store your money you are good to go.

Skriker


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 Gunnvulcan wrote:
What gets me about the new codex is that they made it so that only certain special characters can be fielded with certain special rules.

This wouldn't be a problem if there was a fair representation for all of the Chapter Tactics.

The Iron hands got the shaft. Hard. They cant have ANY special characters if you want to play with their special rules. The Ultrasmurfs get 6 frakking special characters (2 of which are lame and useless) and the Iron Hands, who are a first founding legion as well, get nothing at all.

I'm really mad about that.

This is pretty stupid that did away with the character flexibility of the original codex. Guess they want to encourage people to play certain chapters and since folks have also commented on the single tunr nature of the Ultramarine tactics, maybe them having extra special characters is supposed to be a bonus. If forcing the special characters on chapters there should be at least 1 special character for every main chapter presented in the book, but oddly for Games Workshop (well not really....) they did not build such parity in to the list. I far prefered the encouragement of the last C:SM that said to take whatever special character you like, paint them up for your army and give them a new name because they were only combos of rules and not linked to a single army.

Skriker

You don't need a job to get a bank account. You just need money to put in it in the US. Pretty sure I saw that US flag next to your name Makumba. I had my first bank account at 9 years old if memory serves. I used Christmas club accounts for years to make sure I had money to buy gifts for the family when I was a kid as well. Banks don't care how old you are unless you want a loan or a credit card. Otherwise if all you want to do is store your money you are good to go.

Have no idea why it is there. Am Polish , my mail is polish and I am Poland right now . It changed to an american flag one time , when I check my mail while I was at my aunts home in UK.

I suppose that would be much more difficult for people under 16, but if you have no job, then how are supporting the hobby? If your parents help you, than they can simply get a paypal account for online purchases. If my kids wanted to start an army, I'd be more than willing to do it in a way that saves as much money as possible.

I gather cans ,aluminum stuff and copper stuff and then sell it. I sell stuff I gather in woods like berries , mushrooms. I also go to work durning summer to gather stuff in Germany . Most of that goes for my stuff for school ,but the rest I spend on models.

Makumba wrote:
Have no idea why it is there. Am Polish , my mail is polish and I am Poland right now . It changed to an american flag one time , when I check my mail while I was at my aunts home in UK.

Ahhh that explains it then. Definitely not the same as in the USA. Was confused as to why you you were saying you needed a job first. Gotcha.

Skriker