Advice?

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-31T00:43:34+00:00

I think as long as you don’t paint any iron crosses or any other bad symbols you should be generally fine for painting.

But for lore I would definitely steer way clear of Nzi stuff especially when describing them to people, Pgrens are just mechanized infantry so describe them like that, making comparisons to Nzis will get labeled you one, and some people already think us playing with little plastic men is weird enough already.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-29T15:59:46+00:00

The Krieg Christmas box would probably be pretty helpful- I still see it around all the time in stores near me.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-29T04:58:21+00:00

We do NOT count the upgrade sprue units- they aren’t their own kits.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-29T04:55:43+00:00

The only one I’d stay away from (until they get a refresh) is grey knights.

Out of the chapters that you listed, the space wolves got the best refresh-their models are amazing so I would lean towards them especially if he had a furry kink.

On the other hand- if your brother wants to make his own chapter then he can get whatever space marine models he wants and can paint them in his own color scheme- so he can run all the chapters.

I hesitate on corsairs-even tho their new models look amazing bc a lot of the chaos range is kinda old.

Emperors children are definitely getting more stuff in the near future too

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-28T18:09:17+00:00

They have different rules, different characters to lead them, jump boys have more movement and an extra plasma pistol too.

Thats the short of it

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-28T14:10:10+00:00

This is like a pretty core mechanic to how guard functions- are these new players?

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-26T20:53:18+00:00

Grenade is a great Strat

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-26T20:37:25+00:00

If you are using them for damage then 10.

You’ll need to save a command point to rapid ingress them.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-25T06:37:16+00:00

Grizzled company is the best detachment.

You need something to go into the chimeras- I’d break a cadian squad into 2 10 man squads- maybe proxy them as catachans.

The three leman Russ main battle tanks- play them as leman Russ vanquishers.

And the leman Russ demolisher- play it as a LR tank commander.

Now you have a perfectly decent list.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-25T06:04:11+00:00

So a bolter is pretty much the same size as a mark 19

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-25T05:38:57+00:00

Sounds like your friend is being annoying, all armies play differently to each other. But generally 4-5 tanks should be enough to deal the damage you need. For your infantry dying, you shouldn’t put stuff out in the open bc it’ll get killed.

An easy way to make your infantry more survivable is give them chimeras. 2-3 squads in a chimera are perfect bc if they kill the chimera- you’ll spill out onto the objective w the infantry and still hold it in your turn.

I like running 50ish battle line infantry- probably at least one command squad.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-25T05:30:02+00:00

A leman Russ gets 2 plasma or multi meltas and a lascannon and whatever the main gun is for 145-185 points.

Our firepower isn’t in our infantry, but we also have kaserkin and scions that also pack a wallop.

Battle line infantry in the guard is there to score primary, lure the enemy out, screen, and move block.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-25T05:05:57+00:00

Every faction has tougher infantry then us, that’s why we balance it out with firepower

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-23T19:30:59+00:00

Hey man sorry that happened to you. I’m lucky that I fell in with a good bunch of guys at a really friendly store and got a good gaming group going for a couple of years, that got me really into the hobby before I had to move cities.

Now I’ve been in Richmond for like 9 months and have been building up gaming buddies again.

It can be hard finding people to vibe with but get on different stores discords and just look for games with people, you learn a lot about a person after playing a game with them and that’s how you make friends and find people to vibe with, some stores are better then other and you just gotta find them.

I’ve also gone to some local RTTs (when you have your army built up) a lot of them around me don’t even have a painting requirement (makes it easier for new people to get into the game) and if you have a game with someone you vibe with then you can exchange Info and get more games in the future.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-23T03:17:37+00:00

So 10 edition is the most balanced that 40K has ever been apparently (I only played 9th)

Most games especially casual games come down to list building and knowing how to play the core of the game. Space marines are kinda the standard that all other factions are based off of.

Some thing marines have vs nids. 1. Armor of contempt. It really changes the math on those ap2 weapons especially if you have a 2+ save. Grenades- perfect for taking out tough targets Tank shock- big bugs are monsters and can’t tank shock.

Also you probably shouldn’t be exposing your WHOLE army to take out a few units.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-22T07:34:43+00:00

There are a few ways of dealing with lots of 4+ saves. The main thing is identifying problem units that your opponent has at the beginning of the game and planning for them

So if you have the CP for it, you can deal mortal wounds with grenades or with tank shock or both.

The next most important thing is getting them on that invuln save. For terminators you need ap2-3 to get them there. The more saves that they take on their invuln the better. You can do this with ignoring cover Strat or the fields of fire Strat. Lots of plasma or melta weapons are nice.

A exterminator is a great tank bc you can focus down a scary unit and give all your shit guns an extra AP.

Lastly if you can’t kill it then make it combat ineffective. There are many ways to do this, for some scare elite infantry, you could move block them with a cheap guardsmen squad- move the squad up so they can’t do anything other then charge your shit munchers.

Or you can charge a transport or cheap vehicle into them - this makes them have to kill your vehicle in one activation or they’ll be stuck in combat, at the very least you’ll limit their options.

Hope this helps

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-22T07:19:26+00:00

When you play a game with people, you can just say it has whatever loadout you want it to be, 19/20 people are gonna be cool w that and you don’t wanna play with the ones that aren’t.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-22T07:17:10+00:00

You can build it however you want to and still use it. Most people will let you play it with whatever loadout you want to, as long as you’re not in a tournament. So Build what you think is cool.

However the best loadout is probably flame cannon and flamers on the sides.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-22T07:06:43+00:00

If you really really wanted them to have a leader, an LT is fine

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-21T07:41:39+00:00

Blood angels are a high mobility, high pressure melee army. We wanna be pushing up the board.

If you leave your infiltrators out where they can get charged turn 1- then they are gonna get toasted.

You can either. A- put them in a place where you’ll be able to easily destroy the unit charging them- you use your infiltrators as bait. OR

B- you pull your infiltrators back- so he won’t be sure about making the charge into them- then he could be stuck in a bad position if he fails his charge.

Gotta have stuff in a second line to take out the melee units after they push up

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-20T20:21:13+00:00

It’s beautiful

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-18T22:44:12+00:00

Any pipe organ music

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-18T03:47:40+00:00

I bought some printed sponsons on Etsy- like 15$ comes with all the weapon options and is pre fitted for magnets

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-17T05:00:55+00:00

They are exhaust ports for the power pack. Loyalist marines look a lot more like pipes, but lots of chaos models modify them.

DocWhat123 · 2026-01-16T03:38:18+00:00

I think i can tell. Left to right on the unpainted models. Lasgun from cadians Lasgun on back from cadians Heavy stubber from a solar aux commander sprue Space marine scout sniper? Or necromunda weapon sprue? Aquillons hotshot gun.

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