IG and Me

[JohnnyDangerous]

Well as many of you know...I had been saving some money up to get some Imperial guard troops. A small amount, maybe just enough to play as allies and eventually enough to field a full force...

Well, then all of this bitz bs occurred, Mini-market also dropped their discount to 20% and I was sitting here waiting to buy, with money saved, saying to myself this is getting more expensive every day.

What I wanted to buy was:
2 guard box sets
a second Leman Russ
and maybe a basilisk, just because I really like the model and they look like fun to field...

So even with 25% off I was looking at $255.00 USD

I felt the urge to follow my own rant and check out the ol' Ebay. "Hello old friend," I said... "Take me to a bargain," and it said ok...

Well first I won:
A regular Leman Russ
a Leman Russ Demolisher
and a Basilisk
for $87.00... To keep track, thats retail 150.00

But then I was like... Wow that was cool... what else can I get...

So I returned to ebay... Landing:
3 squads of Cadians(full 10 man units) plus
5 Cadians with Flamers
3 Cadians with Grenade launchers
3 Heavy weapons guys with lascannons
2 additional sergeants
Metal Commander
Metal standard bearer and medic
Metal melta Cadian
4 Karskin stormtroopers
2 Commanders with Powerfist
and a metal vox guy
for $72.00 for anyone checking retail thats around $230.00 USD

As we live in the digital era, I quickly run the numbers and see I a actually very close to a complete army... Not maybe the most effective or what not, but one that I have contemplated building...

So I notice a few more auctions which catch my eye...
and win:
2 more full squads of Cadians
and another 3 heavy weapons teams for:
$40.00... If anyone is checking retail on that... its about $99.50 usd

So in the end, I spent less than I had planned, and got way more!

If I would have gone with my original plan I would have far less troops, less tanks, but a very tiny amount of more model options... specifically, two plasma Cadians, and more options for heavy weapons...

Its one of those moments where you thank GW for their awful business practices forcing a monetary savings!!

All of this mess has not arrived yet, and yes the painting must happen...

but with the chimera, the valkerie, and the leman russ I already have... I believe I have a full army!!!

Anyone interested in helping me try it out?

[tiamat]

>seeing as you and i are the only ones who visit the site lately...my guard army was almost entirely tanks and ogryns, with a few infantry squads thrown in for color. the world they came from was basically the world that the Death Korps of Krieg came from (altho i came up with the concept 10 years before THEY did). go figure...think there's a spy on the internet amongst us...<

[JohnnyDangerous]

What happened to your guard army? or was that the preffered build if you got into it? With troops being as craptastic as humans armed with str 3 weapons can be, how relatively cheap points wise they are, and how objectives in 6th are numerous... it looks like to stand a chance a person would need lots of troops to play IG... Yes, tanks are the main reason I was interested in them, with hull points they are a bit more of a liability... but even though russes are not point for point the best choice in the dex, power gamers and fluff players alike agree its not a guard army without at least a couple.

I found this to be an interesting discovery as usually both groups see things quite differently. A bit different for the basilisk, it's rated as not really being competitive for its points cost, I mean yes it fires far and can cause damage, but it's really inaccurate, to me it means its probably properly costed... I just think it will be fun to paint and play!

I guess time will tell how effective these things really are... as long as I have fun playing it won't really matter!

[tiamat]

>my old Gattacan 34th Rifles Regiment was retired several years back - most of my tanks ended up as terrain and/or bits in the box, as for the troops (i used Valhallans), i assume they got abandoned in one of my 27 moves over the last 20 years. i still have a few Krieg models i used for my command squad, a Colonel, a vox-operator, and 3 troops, but anything else i had is either lost to the sands of time, or terrain, or part of my WAAAGH!<

[JohnnyDangerous]

Sad sir... sad times indeed... However great terrain is hard to come by...

[JohnnyDangerous]

For those of you who hate all of the words... I finally received the stuff and primed what I already had...

What it looks like with some quick arrangement for the camera is:


Here are a couple different perspectives:




So its enough bodies and heavy weapons to perform most tasks... but there are a couple gleaming weaknesses.

Mostly no melta or plasma vets... apparently these are the shiznit and while being suicide squads for the most part... They help with competitiveness.

Since I am not going to buy multiple command squads Im working on ways to convert... I think with a cheap 3.00 purchase plus existing unused space marine bits I should be in business!! Although I may not have enough bodies....

However as exampled by the aforementioned those are cheap and easy to come by.

The box sets... Yah, thats two xmases worth of gw... I almost feel bad as they were purchased full bore...

Yah, also no "Marbo" or Rambo model... I really want to convert this one... toying with the idea of using the chick assassin as a basis... maybe calling her... Lun Chee or Craula Loft or Rittany(Trinity from Matrix) or Limla Jovavich etc... On this one HELP PLEASE... I cannot take the name Marbo seriously at all... so a name in the same vein priceless!

For the sake of visual balance I would like another Basilisk... but its got to be atleast 40% off as I dont know that I will ever use 2... not to say I havn't played against it... I just dont know how much it will add as eventually I will be lobbing bombs on my own troops almost at a guarantee with their inaccuracy issue...

Anyway... I am excited! As Far as I can tell, and I am not looking to buy a million dollars worth of forge world etc...(unless I can get it for 900.00;) )The guard are best met with a truely all comers force...(I'll never go Leaf Blower list because of the previously mentioned)

While they can rain munitions with the same bs as Orks, they have the possibility to overwhelm an army tooled against mass infantry... do to lack of armor destroying strength...

They can saturate a field much the same as Orks as well, but there bs is a little better... to compensate for this they have heavy weapons in each squad... also their standard weapon is S3 so not as strong..

They have one hit wonders like Marbo... which is good... but thats a suicide bomb and potential few additional kills once deep striked.

Its nothing a really well built balanced force could not destroy.... I mean they are guard after all... It is perhaps my noob-ness saying this looking at the point spread per unit etc...

It is my bet that a person picking up guard does not gain instant win... This is probably why I am finding great deals on the ebay.

Anyway! Let the Games begin! I will be modeling and hoping that some person wants to play against a new and exciting force!