What if I handed you $1000 to start a new 40K army?

ALL THE DAKKA!

ALL DA SMASHIN'

ALL DA LOOTIN!

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ALL DA STOMPIN'

ALL DA STUFFINS

"Captain I hear something."

"Probably your imagination."

- last words of Commissar Derp.

"What duz dat button do?"
- Last words of some unknown grot

ROFL! That's great XD

If I were a Grot... I'd be a Warboss. Or better yet. THE GROTBOSS!

"What duz dat button do?"
- Last words of of Gutfang before he became known as Warboss Gutfang the Arch-Mauler.

Thor665 wrote:

"What duz dat button do?"
- Last words of of Gutfang before he became known as Warboss Gutfang the Arch-Mauler.

I don't even know where to begin counteracting the amount of Orkiness in this one sentence.

But I learned something.

From now on.

ALWAYS!
PRESS!
RED!
BUTTONS!

RED GOOD!
Make Buggy VRRROOOUUUMMM!!!

On topic:

For the Raven Guard i'd like to use many Dark Angels Nephilim Jetfighters and Vengeance Landspeeders made a bit more Raven-ish and stealthy. (I hope that fits with the fluff)

And Cybots for everyone! Should be fun.

For another 1000 i'd go with Chaos.
I like the crazed lava lamp wonderland that is the warp.

Dear god. All the Landspeeders!

Lava lamp wonderland... Sounds like... a deal...

I like this question. For some reason, I fancy painting an army of Necrons or Tau, just based on their looks. I have no idea if they're any good, though.

Tau and Necrons are both good armies actually. Like... REALLY good.

Lord_Alino wrote:

Tau and Necrons are both good armies actually. Like... REALLY good.

Like with all armies it depends on what is taken and how they are played against the enemy are facing. They may have a few power builds that make it easier to win but if you don't use the right you could still end up defeated pretty early on.

With that sort of money I'd get a real Aspect Warrior army. The one thing that puts me off buying Aspect Warriors is the price and low numbers that you get, so I'd probably go that route. Or Orks. I've always had a soft spot for Orks.

Cavash wrote:

Lord_Alino wrote:

Tau and Necrons are both good armies actually. Like... REALLY good.

Like with all armies it depends on what is taken and how they are played against the enemy are facing. They may have a few power builds that make it easier to win but if you don't use the right you could still end up defeated pretty early on.

With that sort of money I'd get a real Aspect Warrior army. The one thing that puts me off buying Aspect Warriors is the price and low numbers that you get, so I'd probably go that route. Or Orks. I've always had a soft spot for Orks.

Even SoB have good builds to be fair. (Immolator spam *cough*)

I agree with this point. Also... Aspect Warrior army? That'd be awesome!

I went with Biel-Tan for my Eldar, and the cost of the aspect squads is pretty shocking. I must have spent more on a few boxes of those than on all the troops for my orks. Of course, you do get a lot of bang for your buck (quite literally in the case of Fire Dragons and Dark Reapers) so it's not all bad.

Lord_Alino wrote:

Even SoB have good builds to be fair. (Immolator spam *cough*)

I have won more tournaments playing Sisters of Battle than any other army.

SoB are really good. Only weakness is flyers. (Which aren't as bad in this new edition)

Lord_Alino wrote:

SoB are really good. Only weakness is flyers. (Which aren't as bad in this new edition)

Quad gun. Vindetta. No problem. Or just ignore the flyers. But mostly the first two things I said.

Vindetta? Isn't that an Imperial Guard flyer?

I can't believe no one has said forgeworld - horus heresy marines! $1k (depending on currency) is enough to do a good force purely from FW!

I'll play a Forgeworld army!

Codex: Tau Manta.

Only need $500 more to get into it!

psh.  and yes Vindetta is Impguard.  So just take a command squad and some vets as allies and throw em in the back and you got a cheap scoring unit with a ride and a penchant for anti-air. Besides, having IG was part of the Witch Hunter codex before they changed it so I think of it kind of as normal to have them in there. Inquisitorial Storm Troopers if you recall.