So I started an Astra Militarum/Imperial Guard army
Felt like something different from my 7000 points of Crimson Fists space marines and 4976 points of Deathwatch and Grey Knights combined. And my Orks are basically done pretty much, with the exclusion of painting a squad of boyz and a couple of heroes (13 models total including the Oiler Grot).
I have been thinking about Inquisitors for the Deathwatch and Grey Knights, but Guard come first. Then maybe a Horus Heresy themed 40k force representing the 405th Company of the Imperial Fists legion, but the sheer amount of models and space I'd need plus the required Forgeworld model/parts (Alexis Polux the captain of the 405th, and Phalanx Warder upgrade kits, because they're a void warfare/ship boarding force). I'm not sure what I'd use for the second HQ choice though, because 30k has weird hero choices that don't seem to map very well onto 40k forces - might just have to run it as a Lieutenant, or maybe a chaplain?
My guard army is pretty much all planned out, with 3 Company Commanders, 6 Infantry Squads, 2 Special Weapons Squads, 2 Heavy Weapon Squads, a Tank Commander, and 3 Leman Russ tanks. It's just a case of getting them all now.....
As for the Imperial Fists company, I'd be looking at a Captain (Alexis Polux, although his loadout is technically illegal in 40k), a lieutenant or chaplain, 3 Tactical Squads, 2 Support Squads (run as Devastators), and 2 Phalanx Warder squads (needing 2 upgrade kits per squad); Contemptor Dreadnoughts may be added, and I'm not sure how to allocate special weapons since special weapons squads aren't a thing in 40k
Anyway, this is getting long and it's unlikely to get seen anyway.
I have been thinking about Inquisitors for the Deathwatch and Grey Knights, but Guard come first. Then maybe a Horus Heresy themed 40k force representing the 405th Company of the Imperial Fists legion, but the sheer amount of models and space I'd need plus the required Forgeworld model/parts (Alexis Polux the captain of the 405th, and Phalanx Warder upgrade kits, because they're a void warfare/ship boarding force). I'm not sure what I'd use for the second HQ choice though, because 30k has weird hero choices that don't seem to map very well onto 40k forces - might just have to run it as a Lieutenant, or maybe a chaplain?
My guard army is pretty much all planned out, with 3 Company Commanders, 6 Infantry Squads, 2 Special Weapons Squads, 2 Heavy Weapon Squads, a Tank Commander, and 3 Leman Russ tanks. It's just a case of getting them all now.....
As for the Imperial Fists company, I'd be looking at a Captain (Alexis Polux, although his loadout is technically illegal in 40k), a lieutenant or chaplain, 3 Tactical Squads, 2 Support Squads (run as Devastators), and 2 Phalanx Warder squads (needing 2 upgrade kits per squad); Contemptor Dreadnoughts may be added, and I'm not sure how to allocate special weapons since special weapons squads aren't a thing in 40k
Anyway, this is getting long and it's unlikely to get seen anyway.
