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Hi all.

So, my marines are all nice and working now. And I just thought. It would be nice to have a little group of guardsmen, but I wouldn't know where to start. Then I thought, the battleforce would be ideal, no? If I want a tiny allied group of guardsman, buying their battleforce would be an ideal allies contingent. It would be a no-brainer solution to the problem, right? Or is the battleforce terribad, or does it not have the unit's needed to be an allies section? (1 HQ, one troop, limits on other types)

It would give you a small infantry platoon, which is an okay start. The Sentinel isn't terribly good though, and IG Fast Attack choices like Valkyries, Vendettas, and Hellhounds completely eclipse it for that slot. You're probably better off getting a few boxes of Cadians, two Cadian command squads (one for a platoon command squad, one for a company command squad, and using their bits on all the other Cadians) and some heavy weapon squads.

Also, it's "units" you're thinking of, not "unit's" as plurals aren't the place for apostrophes. I've seen like 30 people make the same mistake in the last 5 minutes on this site and ugh.

Mmmmkay, well, then, not really worth it. I wanted the battleforce as a way to make a cheap slot of allies. If they are not very good, then Ill just get the blood angels one instead or something, and use those as allies.