Abominable Plague Marine
10-02-2009, 08:37 PM
Ladies and gents.
Let me first give you a bit of background on what Im trying to achieve here before asking anything.
Basically Ive been working on a Traitor Guard Skitarii (Ordo Reductor) army for just over 12 months now. It started out with the 4th ed Guard Codex and when it went to the 5th ed Codex I had to make some massive changes, all for the good mind you. This however had me thinking maybe there is a better option out there to represent Skitarii?
Im now thinking to go the whole hog and have my army represented through Witch Hunters, Space Marines & Imperial Guard Codexes. For now though I dont have time to go off and get some extra models as I wish to make use of what Ive got thus far and assemble it into an effective force for a tournament happening late November.
So Ive been looking at using Veterans to represent my Skitarii and as I havent had much experience with the new 5th ed Codex I thought I would ask her before committing myself to this project any further.
1. Can you have more than 1 Heavy Weapon Team in a Veteran Squad? It just says "replace two Veterans with a Heavy Weapon Team" where as with the Special Weapons, it limits you to 3. Thoughts (did I miss something)?
2. Can you combine Grenadiers and Camo Cloaks? Being a foot slogging army (part of my theme) I was thinking of modeling on my Skitarii like a personal Refractor Field (not as good as the Commanders one, but easily massed produced........for the masses) so that they can either fire for full effect or redivert power (going to ground) and activate the field. Edit: The Grenadiers option is chosen to represent the Bionics and massed conversions Ive done. Thoughts/comments?
Last of all, I would love to hear any suggestions people may have for things to include in my army that would fit with the Skitarii theme from Witch Hunters/Space Marines/Imperial Guard Codexes.
On a side not, Im now steering away from the Ordo Reductor (Seige Specialists) theme a little bit for my army as I dont want to set too many restrictions without know the full scale of all my options yet.
Let me first give you a bit of background on what Im trying to achieve here before asking anything.
Basically Ive been working on a Traitor Guard Skitarii (Ordo Reductor) army for just over 12 months now. It started out with the 4th ed Guard Codex and when it went to the 5th ed Codex I had to make some massive changes, all for the good mind you. This however had me thinking maybe there is a better option out there to represent Skitarii?
Im now thinking to go the whole hog and have my army represented through Witch Hunters, Space Marines & Imperial Guard Codexes. For now though I dont have time to go off and get some extra models as I wish to make use of what Ive got thus far and assemble it into an effective force for a tournament happening late November.
So Ive been looking at using Veterans to represent my Skitarii and as I havent had much experience with the new 5th ed Codex I thought I would ask her before committing myself to this project any further.
1. Can you have more than 1 Heavy Weapon Team in a Veteran Squad? It just says "replace two Veterans with a Heavy Weapon Team" where as with the Special Weapons, it limits you to 3. Thoughts (did I miss something)?
2. Can you combine Grenadiers and Camo Cloaks? Being a foot slogging army (part of my theme) I was thinking of modeling on my Skitarii like a personal Refractor Field (not as good as the Commanders one, but easily massed produced........for the masses) so that they can either fire for full effect or redivert power (going to ground) and activate the field. Edit: The Grenadiers option is chosen to represent the Bionics and massed conversions Ive done. Thoughts/comments?
Last of all, I would love to hear any suggestions people may have for things to include in my army that would fit with the Skitarii theme from Witch Hunters/Space Marines/Imperial Guard Codexes.
On a side not, Im now steering away from the Ordo Reductor (Seige Specialists) theme a little bit for my army as I dont want to set too many restrictions without know the full scale of all my options yet.