Post by Kaikelx on Jul 15, 2017 3:00:31 GMT -5
If I had to quote a budget, it would probably be 300-500 dollars. (The leeway is because I'd prefer to keep my expenses including rulebooks+hobbyist supplies at a minimum, though I'm willing to spend a little more if need be) Getting that out of the way, I definitely plan to play Imperial GuardAstra Militarum. To keep things simple, I thinking of playing something smallish, like 500 pts.
As hilarious as 100 conscripts + support sounds, I imagine the sheer model count and price of purchasing everything would get overwhelming pretty darn quickly. So I was thinking of getting something like this:
HQ
1x Tempestor Prime: Chainsword + Tempestus Command Rod
Troops
2x Militarum Tempestus Scions
-2x Plasma Gun
-Tempestor: Chainsword, Plasma pistol
Elites
1x Militarum Tempestus Command Squad
-4x Plasma Gun
Dedicated Transport
1x Taurox Prime
-Taurox Missile Launcher
-2x Autocannons
-Heavy Stubber
1x Taurox Prime
-Taurox Gatling Cannon
-2x Autocannons
-Heavy Stubber
As a starting point. From what I've been seeing, this should be buildable using two copies of the Tempestus Scions intro box, costing about 170 dollars total. This should also leave me with an extra Tempestus Prime and enough leftover scions to form another command squad, for when I wanna start expanding the army.
Speaking of expanding, what should I buy afterward? I definitely don't want to stick with 100 percent Scions, and would prefer to eventually branch out with cheaper infantry and vehicle support. I suppose taking two of the Cadian defense force kits would be good for that? (Or 1 cadian and 1 catachan for charactervariety) In general this will be my first time purchasing any sort of models from GW, so I'd definitely appreciate some feedback on what to get, especially since the product descriptions are generally vague about hte total contents inside each box...
As hilarious as 100 conscripts + support sounds, I imagine the sheer model count and price of purchasing everything would get overwhelming pretty darn quickly. So I was thinking of getting something like this:
HQ
1x Tempestor Prime: Chainsword + Tempestus Command Rod
Troops
2x Militarum Tempestus Scions
-2x Plasma Gun
-Tempestor: Chainsword, Plasma pistol
Elites
1x Militarum Tempestus Command Squad
-4x Plasma Gun
Dedicated Transport
1x Taurox Prime
-Taurox Missile Launcher
-2x Autocannons
-Heavy Stubber
1x Taurox Prime
-Taurox Gatling Cannon
-2x Autocannons
-Heavy Stubber
As a starting point. From what I've been seeing, this should be buildable using two copies of the Tempestus Scions intro box, costing about 170 dollars total. This should also leave me with an extra Tempestus Prime and enough leftover scions to form another command squad, for when I wanna start expanding the army.
Speaking of expanding, what should I buy afterward? I definitely don't want to stick with 100 percent Scions, and would prefer to eventually branch out with cheaper infantry and vehicle support. I suppose taking two of the Cadian defense force kits would be good for that? (Or 1 cadian and 1 catachan for charactervariety) In general this will be my first time purchasing any sort of models from GW, so I'd definitely appreciate some feedback on what to get, especially since the product descriptions are generally vague about hte total contents inside each box...
