Saturday, November 20, 2010

RIP Duty. Imperial Guard Massed Infantry Assault.

I posted this list some 5-6 months ago, and it recently came to the forefront of my thinking. I discovered about 60 more infantry I hadn't remembered having while organizing my models. Unopened boxes of guard infantry. So I started putting some more together with the intention of fielding this list. I think I am still a little short, but hey, win a single tournament or spend less than $100 whichever comes first. I think I'm about 60 guys short now.

This list is based off of the books by Dan Abnett. Massed infantry pushing forward in a massive wave. If you've read the books you know how cool of an image it put into your head. War on a massive scale only found in the 41st millennium. Anyhow, here is the list for those of you that are new to reading here, meanwhile I am putting more infantry together.

RIP Duty. Massed Infantry Assault. Retraining, Indoctrination, and Punishment detail
2500 Pts

Total model count 353.

1 Lord Commissar @ 80 pts (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Refractor Field; Bolt Pistol; Power Weapon; Aura of Discipline; Independent Character; Summary Execution; Stubborn)

4 Infantry Platoons @ 605pts
4 Platoon Command Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x4; Lasgun x4)
1 Platoon Commander (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon; Junior Officer)

3x9 Infantry Squad (Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x9; Flak Armour; Lasgun x8; Krak Grenades; Meltagun x1; Commissar; Combined Squad)
1 Commissar (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Bolt Pistol; Krak Grenades; Power Weapon; Summary Execution; Stubborn)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Krak Grenades; Power Weapon)

50 Conscripts Squad (Close Combat Weapon x50; Flak Armour; Lasgun x50)

Basically, we have so many troops, objectives should not be a problem. All the infantry squads have commissars and should be put together so that they are 4x33 men with 6 power weapons, 3 commissars, 33 krak grenades and 3 melta guns. The Commissar Lord should be placed to support and help the 200 conscripts with leadership. Platoon commands are there simply to give orders.