Astra Militarum CP Farm: What/ Will Anything Be Done to Curb It?

If you play competitive 40k, you are familiar with the Astra Militarum CP farm, but for the uninitiated, let me explain.

Simple Conversion Start to Finish

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Inspiration abound as of late, I thought I would share a project that was one that involved some simple conversion work, some simple freehand and some better than expected results.

It Came From the Forums : Amazing Elysians

Hello everyone Chuck here bringing you some pictures of work from Russian Roulette the recent Unification Wars GT best Painted winner at DropZone Games in Glen Burnie MD.   The army at the GT was a mix of Elysians and Iron Hands all painted to an incredible standard so I dug up these photos from his post over on WarSeer for all of us to enjoy!

The 40k Friendly at Adepticon: List Ideas

This year, instead of trying to scramble together a team for the Team Tournament at Adepticon, SAMSQUANCH MONSTER and I have decided to both enter the 40k Friendly!

With this comes a different set of challenges, first and foremost, with the advent of 6th edition, I actually have to build my Vendettas (what they have only been new in box for a year and a half...) and some other nice things to round out the 1500 points of my list. That's right... instead of the 1850 we have been playing at we have to scale back down to 1500... In fact with how 6th edition is, its not just a scale back to me. It is a whole rethinking of the list.

With this in mind I thought I would start testing a list that I came up with earlier this week. I don't mind feedback on it from my fellows on the net so here we go!

Your Questions and Topics, The Lord Solar Answers... (part 2)

The topic that I was asked to talk about for this installment was by ServvsUmbrarum who also has a blog, The Initiate, (though he has not posted in awhile, hopefully this will encourage him to!) He asked:

"I've got about 2k worth of guard and I was wondering if you could cover an odd topic but something I've been struggling with.

How can one build an army list that is both fun to play with and against. One of my biggest issues with the way I play guard is that I just sit back and shoot. I love my other codex's because I'm constantly moving, weighing options but my current Guard list is just so...sit there and shoot, target priority being the only real skill I have to use.

So I guess the topic I'd like to see is. "How to make a dynamic guard list that works with the unique nature and strengths of the codex without parking lot.

I hope this makes sense. I never like to make my opponent feel disengaged from the battle and am a strong believer in the 'social contract'."

Your Questions, The Lord Solar Answers (All About Allies)

O.K. so with the last post I did, a few questions/topic requests were tossed to me by some faithful readers. So I figured I would take the time to answer the first today like I said I would!

First question was from Grazer who also writes for a couple blogs, Rogue Trader and Claws and Fists so check him out (and perhaps he will join the blog roll legion for DFG after this). His question was as follows

"I'd be interested in what you think are the best options for Allies for IG, and whether you even think they are necessary at all. 

I have used Blood Angels infantry to try and strengthen my midfield and to fight for objectives, but they are quite expensive and obviously limit the amount of artillery  tanks and flyers you can select from the IG codex."

Imperial Guard in 6th Edition, a new series

Hello once again ladies and gents, up here in grand ol' Michigan we have started diving in more and more into the world that is 6th edition. The more we dig in, the more I at least realize things have changed. I do not mean that the entire thing has been turned upside down, but some units have becomes far more viable, and some less so.

DFG Network: Top Posts of the Week Oct 8!

The Hell' O' Ween theme continues with more evil! Old School here kicking off this week's DFG Network Top Posts. Topping my list is this true scale Kharn the Betrayer from Master of the Forge! This is absolutely incredible!

Walkers, Tanks and Transports... still worth it?

Last night I played another game of 6th, and once again, found myself REALLY enjoying it.  The new scenarios, the warlord traits, everything! The other neat thing about this game was I went back in time a little bit with my list making.

You all know I have been touting the foot guard list with a TON of heavy weapons teams filled with copious amounts of lascannons. Those lists are great, and powerful and definitely get the job done! (Getting me tied for 3rd in a tourney not so long ago in which I made a few REALLY bad play mistakes against one of my most dreaded foes Daemons!)

DFG Community Top Posts of the Week! Seven Posts You Should See!

Old School here with the latest featured article. The DFG Network Posts of the Week is a weekly feature where we will feature things that the DFG Team (Authors and non-authors) have pointed out as great posts from blogs in our network. Not only does this help support our Network Members, but it also allows the 1.5k+ visitors we get daily to find inspiration for our next project. This week is very Chaos oriented. The reason for this is that this humble blog started with a Chaos Space Marine army and one man. It has grown so much bigger than one man or one army. This first week is a tribute. So without any more yammering from me, let's look at the first seven Post of the Week!

It Came From the Forums Update: Xenobiotics Successors!

Old School here with an It Came From the Forums Update. More than a year ago, we featured the work of Heresy Online's Xenobiotic. Well, Xenobiotic is at it again with more of the Brethren of the Phoenix ... and the start of some new projects! Links will be at the end of the article. Let's take a look:

Dark Angels in 6th Edition Part 4: Brothers in Arms

Old School here, if you plan to take the Dark Angels as your main detachment or as an ally, there are some great options now and we are Brothers in Arms with some that offer us a good boost. I will be covering Brothers in Arms in this post and will follow this up with a very brief post later concerning other allied options, but that post may not come for some time. As always with these early 6th edition posts, I am not an expert and I think there is much to be learned from discussion as this is a new game for all of us at this point. I don't want to waste your time building it up any more, so here we go ...

Weekly Painting Challenge Write Up, Week 1 Million!

Old School here with another weekly round up from our Painting Challenge contributors! It is incredible that it has been going this long and as I look back, I think I am going to have to count the KP (or VP now) to see how far we have gotten as a collective!

Imperial Guard: Thoughts of life in 6th so far.

Well, we all have had time to look and read over parts of 6th, and I will give you a few opinions on what I think so far on how it has affected the Imperial Guard.

Painting Challenge Week 9 round-up: Heresy World Eaters and Traitor Guard with a Look Ahead!

Old School here with this week's Painting Challenge Round Up! Week 9 brings us more from Mordian7th and Brian of Lead Legion! Let's take a look.

Orks, Inquisitors and Guardsmen -oh my; Painting Challenge Week 8 Update!

Old School here with a big update for the Painting Challenge! This is week 8 and let's take a look at the round up from our contributors, featuring a special guest from our own ranks: SeerK!

Painting Challenge Week 7! Storm Eagle and Traitor Guard!

Old School here to post the weekly wrap up of Painting Challenge Kill Points from our contributors! This week is all about traitors! We have a World Eaters pre-heresy (maybe even mid heresy) Strom Eagle and some Traitor Guard Chimeras for you, so let's check them out!

"Rise of the Lascannon" Round 2..... FIGHT!: Battle Report

As you all know I recently started a new list that is really different. The reasons why and what the list is can be found here. Now I have played my second game with this list, and against Grey Knights at that against DFG's very own... The Judge.

Lascannons arise! The Rebirth of my foot-guard, and the death of Chimera spam

   

     So a couple weeks ago I had decided to try out a new list (for a reminder on the list, or if you didn't read it the first time, here is a link to the article.) This list... its gone to the cleaners... and will never return. After three games I have thrown in the towel. I know, I know, I promised to give it 10 full games, but 3 was all it took to realize that the list just was not going to work.

Week 5 of painting challenge: A little guard, a lot of dark eldar

Hello everyone, its me L.S.S., taking over for Sammy while he is out on the road for his business. This week we have two more entries from our faithful followers... well one entry and a bunch from a second guy. My own kill point for this week is delayed for now, but should be up by Friday.


First we have Brian with more of his wonderful guard, he called them "Another speed-paint job: A Platoon Command Squad." though they look pretty darn good for a speed-job.

Next we have a HUGE amount of pictures from Ed, I will let him speak for himself about this: