Investing in Imperial Guard... need suggestions

[Mortis]

I'm gonna start a Cadian army in the style of The Third Reich. I'm getting the battleforce and I want to know what I should add.
I feel kinda odd asking that because noone here plays Imperial Guard as far as I know.

[skeletontom]

I play Imperial Guard. You need to pick up some chimera transports, with a multilaser, heavy bolter and five fire points you can't afford not to have them. You'll probably want to pick up another Sentinal too, so you'll have a full squad of three (since you get two in the Battleforce).

You get a decent infantry platoon in the battleforce, but you should pick up a couple of box sets of cadians to use as veteran squads, or as platoon special weapons squads if you want to go that route.

Then finally, fill out the rest of your points with tanks. The standard Lehman-Russ is great against vehicles and infanty, although everyone who's played me so far knows i'm very partial to the Punisher loaded down with heavy bolters along with the gatling cannon.

I also use Hellhounds for my fast attack rather than Sentinals, but Sentinals are cheaper in points.

So to recap, pick up Chimeras, maybe another Sentinal, a couple of more squads of Cadians, and fill in the rest with tanks.

[Knight's Bane]

Yea, you field like, what, 8 tanks, Tom? It's crazy and intimidating and makes me cringe, especially whenever that Punisher kicks out 20 shots in one go. Those Hellhounds are the devil, too, and are so flexible in the manner of their shooting they catch me off guard every time.

[skeletontom]

I read that IG lists comprised 1/3d of the armies at Adepticon. I also see on the various gaming boards everywhere that people are complaining loudly about IG being overpowered, and about everybody playing the same list at tournaments (fully mechanized "leafblower" armies).

I'll admit that there isn't much strategy to my force (just shoot the hell out of everything in sight), but i've been having a lot of fun with it.

I also never get tired of the look on someone's face when I unpack my army and they say "That's a 1500 point force???!!!"

[drakyon]

don't take anything out of the can unless u have to cause the IG out side of tank is squishy

tom riped apart my tau in 2 turns

[Katzu]

Correction... Know exactly when to take your men out of their transports. You get no points for not using 1st 2nd rank fire...

As for the 'theme,' I'd use Death Korps of Krieg. Nazis from the Russian Front could get away with Vostroyans and the Afrika Korps could use Tallarns.

Personally I'd love to see a Marine Corps army done with Mordians... Muzzy?

[skeletontom]

A Marine Corps Mordian army....that's been done...
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