Mr Mystery
06-25-2015, 05:17 AM
How do?
Recently, I've been pondering how to best represent the myriad forces available to an Inquisitor. It's not that I consider the official Codex a bit meh, so much as it only scratches the surface, designed as it is to interact with other, official army lists.
And in no time at all, my attention was drawn to IA:13. Not for the Chaosy Goodness contained therein (though there is plenty of that) but specifically the Renegades list.
What is the Renegade list I hear you ask? Well, that's a really, really good question, with a slightly enigmatic answer - the Renegade list is pretty much whatever you want it to be. It has so many options, the only sane way to approach list writing with it is to decide what you want your army to look like. Abhumans? Got it. Citizen based uprising? Got it. Imperial Guard gone to the bad? Got it. And everything in between.
And just now, whilst outside having a smoke, it struck me.....the Renegades list is the closest thing we currently and quite possibly ever will have to a bare bones, DIY Codex writing kit. It offers a myriad of base level infantry and vehicles which you can then tailor through the upgrades. That it's primarily for Chaos is a red herring. I think we could use it to make lots and lots of other lists.
I'm already underway in my head with the plotting of an unholy marriage twixt Codex Inquisition and that list. And now I'm thinking I could do much the same with it to represent a Genestealer Cult writ large. But why stop there? Cult Imperialis could be made from it, representing Citizen Militia pressed into service.
The more I think about it, the more opportunities I see.
Now of course, at £45 it's far from being particularly cheap, but I can give it my full (admittedly largely meaningless) endorsement for anyone wanting a crack devising their own Home Brew Codex. Tinker of the points here, tweak to the options there, and most of your work is done - all that remains is to assemble your force and give it some play time. Anything absurdly out of whack will be spotted fairly quickly, allowing for further tinkering and tuning.
Anyone else had a play around with this?
Recently, I've been pondering how to best represent the myriad forces available to an Inquisitor. It's not that I consider the official Codex a bit meh, so much as it only scratches the surface, designed as it is to interact with other, official army lists.
And in no time at all, my attention was drawn to IA:13. Not for the Chaosy Goodness contained therein (though there is plenty of that) but specifically the Renegades list.
What is the Renegade list I hear you ask? Well, that's a really, really good question, with a slightly enigmatic answer - the Renegade list is pretty much whatever you want it to be. It has so many options, the only sane way to approach list writing with it is to decide what you want your army to look like. Abhumans? Got it. Citizen based uprising? Got it. Imperial Guard gone to the bad? Got it. And everything in between.
And just now, whilst outside having a smoke, it struck me.....the Renegades list is the closest thing we currently and quite possibly ever will have to a bare bones, DIY Codex writing kit. It offers a myriad of base level infantry and vehicles which you can then tailor through the upgrades. That it's primarily for Chaos is a red herring. I think we could use it to make lots and lots of other lists.
I'm already underway in my head with the plotting of an unholy marriage twixt Codex Inquisition and that list. And now I'm thinking I could do much the same with it to represent a Genestealer Cult writ large. But why stop there? Cult Imperialis could be made from it, representing Citizen Militia pressed into service.
The more I think about it, the more opportunities I see.
Now of course, at £45 it's far from being particularly cheap, but I can give it my full (admittedly largely meaningless) endorsement for anyone wanting a crack devising their own Home Brew Codex. Tinker of the points here, tweak to the options there, and most of your work is done - all that remains is to assemble your force and give it some play time. Anything absurdly out of whack will be spotted fairly quickly, allowing for further tinkering and tuning.
Anyone else had a play around with this?