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    Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    Right, this is my first project log thingy and its going to be about me putting together an IG army and trying to stick to a fairly rigid budget.

    Now, since GW's, frankly moronic, decision to repackage IG troopers to £12 (£15 in june) for a 50 point squad san's heavy weapons, Im looking to do something other than just paint an assload more cadians.

    Now, we've all heard of Victrix napoleonics:
    http://www.victrixlimited.co.uk/onli...21302cfcd86e7a

    and its these I'll be using as normal guard troopers. Simply because, at the moment, I can get 52 of them in a box for £20. Cheap as chips as David Dickinson would say.

    The budget I've set myself is £150 for the whole project. The reason is:
    1: I dont want to spend too much when Im also doing World eaters
    2: I've got an adopted daughter
    3: Im only working part time because of my previous convictions

    So I'll also be using alternative tanks, artilliary and all such.

    First pictures of my infantry will be up by the end of the week, along with comparison pictures of how they measure up next to cadians/catachans and marines.
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    Re: Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    Wow! Amazing idea. Subscribed.

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    Re: Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    What an original idea. Those miniatures look great to

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    Re: Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    Looking forward to seeing what you do here, should be interesting.
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    Re: Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    i also had this idea, but was going to use the perry miniatures versions
    cant wait to the results !

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    Re: Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    Since I thought about doing the same, I can't wait to see your results.
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    Re: Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    I'll be following this, I did something similar using Black Tree Design minis to create Praetorians. Order loads of lasguns from BWBitz, it works great.
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    Re: Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    great idea! subbing
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    Re: Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    looking forward to seeing some pics.

    It's certainly an interesting idea, One that I was pondering too since the figures were announced.

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    Re: Hlokk's alternative guard army on a budget...

    I've been thinking about using these (or the American Civil War troops by Perry Mini's). Seem to be great mini's and I guess they can be converted to Imperial Guardsmen with minimum effor. Will you be using real lasguns or converting the rifles they're armed with?

    Can't wait to see an update. :-)

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