Imperial guard Becoming Astra Militarum (Re-skinned and Re-tooled?)

[CoffeeGrunt]

Militarum Tempestus are the Storm Troopers, Astra Militarum is the standard Guard.

The Taurox doesn't get a real Battlecannon. It's S7 AP4 and not Ordnance. The armour is also 11\10\10, and it costs about 80pts. Overall, it seems pretty crappy.

[The Man They Call Jayne]

S7 AP4 Large blast isn't something I would sneeze at, anything less than MEQ is going to suffer against that.

[Narric]

And even at S7, with it being a Large Blast even MEq is going to have something to worry about.

The armour is also 11\10\10, and it costs about 80pts. Overall, it seems pretty crappy.

Am I the only one that thinks that is a little underwhelming for the model?

[The Allfather]

Seems to fit the Guard theme perfectly though. Lots of cheap tanks. Although I think its a butt ugly model.

[salamut2202]

Seems to fit the Guard theme perfectly though. Lots of cheap tanks. Although I think its a butt ugly model.

But I like their feel to be implaceable. A fast lil' rhinoesque thing with a dumbed down big gun that feeling this model does not give.

[CoffeeGrunt]

The squishier the troops being carried, the better the transport you want for them. Otherwise explosions tear squads apart.

[The Allfather]

Seems to fit the Guard theme perfectly though. Lots of cheap tanks. Although I think its a butt ugly model.

But I like their feel to be implaceable. A fast lil' rhinoesque thing with a dumbed down big gun that feeling this model does not give.

I suppose it depends on what kind of Guard Army you like. I like the idea of waves of utterly expendable no-faces to be thrown into the grinder. On the other hand I also like an Elysian style fast transport army.

[The Man They Call Jayne]

At least the Venator /Warthog looked good though. Like an actual, usable fast assault unit.

[Charistoph]

At least the Venator /Warthog looked good though. Like an actual, usable fast assault unit.

Actually, I think it looks more like a Puma...

[Railgun Convention]

At least the Venator /Warthog looked good though. Like an actual, usable fast assault unit.

Actually, I think it looks more like a Puma...

Nah, definitely a Walrus.

[Narric]

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At least the Venator /Warthog looked good though. Like an actual, usable fast assault unit.

Actually, I think it looks more like a Puma...

Nah, definitely a Walrus.

Would you two stop making up fanciful animals?! Its a Warthog!

I think thats enough joking now

[salamut2202]

http://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/21vhw7/new_guard/

[Charistoph]

Wow.  I'm honestly surprised to see the Hydra on there.  It's a Forgeworld kit, and they've reticent in recent years to snipe from them.

Having seen that, though, I'm not surprised to see it have an alternative build, but just as surprising to find it to be a heavy mortar build.

[salamut2202]

There must ALWAYS be an alternate build. Always. *sigh*

[Mabbz]

So, those new orders. I quite like "Smite at will", "Move, move, move" remains unchanged and "Forwards, for the Emperor" is just Al'rahem's "like the wind" now available to generic commanders. "FRFSRF" now works on hotshots, and you can give pinning and precision shot with the other two. Frankly, I don't much care for pinning since we have plenty of barrage weapons for that, but precision shot could be pretty powerful.

I'll miss "Bring it down" and "Get back in the fight" if they are really gone, but a tank commander with his own tank orders is confirmed so maybe they'll be somewhere else. Speaking of which, we have a tank commander now! About time.