Imperial Guard

[Xander]

What do you guys think of the new IG codex? There's a copy at Queen st Vagabonds, and a summary on warseer (here: http://warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192073)

I love all the new tanks and artillery, supposedly most of the LRs will be made in a few different box combinations. and a few of the artillery pieces might come out in a box or two too, but not all.

This is how guard should be in my opinion - tons of options to reflect the millions of worlds and tactics etc, and rules to reflect how the army works (i.e. the orders and platoons etc).

Who else is excited by them? Who's going to start them up (maybe for the second/third/xth time), and what's your theme going to be if any?

[Lezle]

I have to say I am only mildly excited.

When I get my army back together I plan on making a tank force (to be reckoned with!) because I have always wanted to but felt it was too cheesy in the past.

Pask(?) in the twenty-shot-tank-thing is a must for me!

Lezle

[Lazarus]

Imperial guard why bother more big ass tank armys for the bugger who cant play the game right, where is my new landspeeder storm i want to know.

[Eisenhorn]

I'm quite exited, i want to play Apocalypse with the forces of the imperium but also don't want to fork out for models i can't use in normal games. i really want the "cheesy" tank force but what is cheese, it's all in the eye of the beholder
 

This is how guard should be in my opinion - tons of options to reflect the millions of worlds and tactics etc, and rules to reflect how the army works (i.e. the orders and platoons etc).

i agree wholeheartedly, and in most 40k books they call upon whoever they can get so quite often you'll end up lots of different forces fighting together which i think will be good cause not everybody will have to be the same colour, i know they look better all the same but i just get sick painting 100 dudes all he same

Vagabonds takapuna has a copy too if your on the shore

[Lezle]

Imperial guard why bother more big ass tank armys for the bugger who cant play the game right, where is my new landspeeder storm i want to know.

Says he who loves the "Rhino Rush!"  Or does everyone in tanks not count as a tank army, Matt?

Lezle

[daemion]

I cant wait.... I have been hard out painting my traitor guard over the last 2 wks and just have 3 chimeras, a helhound and anuther gatling cannon russ to finish..... gonna field 5 punishers.... heh heh heh......

[Xander]

Imperial guard why bother more big ass tank armys for the bugger who cant play the game right, where is my new landspeeder storm i want to know.

Says he who loves the "Rhino Rush!"  Or does everyone in tanks not count as a tank army, Matt?

Lezle

tanks are Heavy support but can be fielded in squadrons of 1-3, LRs in one option and artillery in the other, the death strike and manticore are 1 per slot.

I cant wait.... I have been hard out painting my traitor guard over the last 2 wks and just have 3 chimeras, a helhound and anuther gatling cannon russ to finish..... gonna field 5 punishers.... heh heh heh......

Swwweeet, 100 S5 shots will be nasty. . .but what about enemy vehicles?

I was thinking 2 LRs, a Basilisk or Colossus (take that marines in cover  ), 4 recon sentinels, and about 103 troops.

[Big D]

The only problem being is those sqauds consist of 3 LR that all have to shoot at the same target, which is going to result in a fair amount of overkill and wasted firepower

[NeckFace]

where is my new landspeeder storm i want to know.

coming in june with the 2nd wave of marine releases isn't it?

[daemion]

puleeeze....Th ere is no such thing as overkill in 40k. I want a squad dead a turn dammit. I dont mind firing all weapons at it. Anti vehicle? Nah bugger that. I have no anti tank gun heavier than strength 6.... All about anti infantry in this army.