Brother Glacius Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Wondering if this would be a good combo for a low model count imperial army that isn't marines. Just an idea that has popped up and not sure if it would be worth pursuing. Brief thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 I think this came up recently (Scott was noodling it). It's a decent force although not uber competitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottshoemaker Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 You betcha! I'm doing it as a pure asthetic build. Bretonnians in spaaace! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted October 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 I like the guard and think it would be cool to have such a stylized force. I do think the taurox are kind of ugly though, but maybe I just need to see one in person. I can't say I have seen anyone use them tempestus stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 I think the Taurox look better with actual wheels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalripphook Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 You could just deep strike them all. That way you respond to targets as needed and the only thing on the board are huge armored behemoths. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted October 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Can these guys be a stand alone army? Army Builder was kicking all sorts of red lines at me when I was playing around with it. Could I take the following: commissar Scion command 5 man squad + valk 5 man squad + taurox 5 man squad + taurox 10 man squad is that legal? I'd assume, with options, this would come out to around 850-1000pts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Yes, Militarum Tempestus is a standalone army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Army Builder might have just been having issues because it thinks you were writing it up as an Astra Militarum force instead of Militarum Tempestum. But that's a legit MT CAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 This is hilarious BG. I was just about to make a post about thinking of getting back into 40k (I haven't played in over a year) and was drawn to the exact models you thought of going with. I'm not looking for a competitive army, just one that I like to look at. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I bit the bullet and bought the box set gw had come out with. I'm going to pair these guys with my space wolves. Now I just need a knight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I like the guard and think it would be cool to have such a stylized force. I do think the taurox are kind of ugly though, but maybe I just need to see one in person. I can't say I have seen anyone use them tempestus stuff. The taurox kit is wonderful. Full interior details with lots of options. A great kit for players that enjoy conversion or painting. It was a real treat to put together and paint. As for wheels, I just have a single tuarox and I did put wheels on the front, treads on the back. Looks very good. I do think that if trying to match an IG army, the treads fit better with russes and chimeras for matching paint schemes. Adding wheels to the design is effortless, given how the kit is designed. For in-game value, I think the Taurox Prime is horribly overpriced and it's weapons lacking, at least for the militarium tempestus. The issue is that the transported unit already has a DS transporting option, this combines with it not being very durable, and the towed unit (scions) being very expensive. As for weapons, it does have some nifty weapons, but you really pay for them. The "battle cannon" is just a blast auto cannon, so in addition to not being able to take advantage of BS4, you can't shoot flyers or snap with them. It can take a hull TL autocannon, but it's mounted position will make firing over terrain and other tanks a bit challenging. The cyclone and other weapons are certainly nice, but most of the time, I'd much rather have a razorback with las/plas - it's not like fielding really large squads of militarium tempestus is really a great plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 I think I do like the wheels better. May have to talk to Mr. Shoemaker about pimpin' my rides. The halftrack look also appeals to me. Quick question, can I have space wolves, MT, and a knight in the same list, or only two of those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Space Wolf Primary, MT Secondary and Knight LoW if the event allows LoW OR if the event allows more than 2 detachments OR if the event allows Unbound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Was able to look it up in the Knight book. Actually, a knight detachment is separate from a normal allied detachment and can be taken in addition to. They even have an example in the book about marines taking imperial guard as an allied detachment and then a knight as a knight detachment. So I'm good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 I meant the special Knight detachment when I said LoW above, my bad. That's fine and well, but still dependent on the Event Organizer approving more than 2 detachments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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