Next to
my Iron Warrors, I'm also working on an Imperial Guard army (
with Necrons skulking in the shadows as a third army 
). I won't bother anyone with the Necrons yet, but as my
IG are also coming along nicely, I've decided to open a thread for them as well, even though I'm not quite sure if it's proper form, here
Despite that I've started two
40K armies for real now (
the afforementioned Iron Warriors and Necrons), I knew little of the rules, bare the parts I assumed to be the same as those of
WHFB, my major wargaming hobby before
40K.
A friend of mine has a rather large Cadian Imperial Guard force (enough for us to both have 1000+ points) and we decided to have some 'training exercises'. The high point came for me when I Deep Striked my/his Vendetta on top of his tanks and blew them to smithereens in two turns.
And then it struck me; the concept of an Imperial Guard force I was toying with, would be an Air Borne Rapid Response Team; as much Vendettas and Valkyries as I can stuff in a single list!
I've written some background to work from, which I'll start this thread with:
Grigori Mandate, Heavy Rain Division, Black Water Company, Special Mission Unit.
The name 'Grigori Mandate' both refers to all of the Imperial Guard Regiments that fall under it, as well as the mandate that enabled their founding, issued by Lord Inquisitor Grigori Faust of the Ordo Hereticus. Though he knew fully well that he could requisition any Imperial asset at any time when he needed it, the Inquisitor tired of disbanding them when he no longer needed them, and more importantly, he tired of the delay between when he issued orders and the men needed were under his command.
Though the legislation in the Mandate itself was worded exactly as complex as the Administratum prescribes, it boils down to a simple concept: Grigori's own birth planet, Nox Loctum Prime, was turned into a 'factory' for the Inquisitor's private army, much like most of Cadia's population exists solely to guard the Cadian Gate. Unlike the Cadian Regiments, the Nox Loctum Regiments are much more mobile, required to follow the Inquisitor on his journeys.
The Regiments are divided by speciality in different Divisions, and further divided into Companies and Units as appropriate. The Heavy Rain Division is named after a euphemism Grigori once used to warn a heretical Planetary Governor when the man refused to turn back into the Imperial fold. He warned him to "watch out for heavy rain", referring to the Valkyries, Vendettas and Storm Troopers that were about to make planet fall.
The Black Water Company, Special Mission Unit exemplifies the Heavy Rain Division doctrine of being a airborne rapid response force as their elite warriors, composed almost entirely of veterans and often lead by Inquisitor Grigori Faust himself.
The current status of miniatures for this army is as follows:
A concept model for a standard trooper will hopefully be done sometime early next week
