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put auto-cannons and lazcannons in your infanty squads. generally, guard usually don't have much of a choice but to be long range based. (unless you like suicidal charges)

well I see the need to step in and save the day here you really havent given him enough advice to get an army on the Table

Ok here is what you will absolutly need to get a minimum requirments army on the table

HQ Squad (yes you mentioned this already but I am reiterating)

Platoon HQ depending on your path you may need two. (now this you have a few options with. If your really cheap you can make your own officers using the Head with the officer hat off the tank spure but I advise buying a Lts blister you get better weapons. Also you will want special weapons so pick them up for your main HQ as well)

One more box of Shock Troops (even if you dont build all of them now I always come up with some evil genius idea for a conversion. Or you could build extras in variants of special weapons)

Heavy Weapons Squad box, and extra bases (you dont truly understand how much this box contains. with each HW set I can build 3x HW, you build your autocannon or lascannon then you build missle launchers without using the leg thingys. They look dump on a man portable weapon IMO. Then you can use parts of that and the grenade launcher arm to make a hvy bolter on a Bipod, or you could build motars they are always fun to use)

these are mats best buying recommendations.
1x Cadian Shock Troops
1x Cadian Lts Blister
1x Cadian Command Squad
2 or 3 x Cadian Special Weapons
1x Cadian Hvy Weapons Squad

You mention Stormtroopers so Ill draw up a sample list base on mats crazyness

1850

Doctrines.
- Light Infantry
- Iron Discipline
- Storm troopers
- Sharpshooters

HQ.

Senior Officer - Power Fist, bolt pistol and Iron Discipline
Veteran - Medic with lasgun
Veteran - Standard bearer with company standard, laspistol and ccw
Guardsmen (2) - Grenade launcher and Plasma Gun

Elites.

Storm trooper squad
Veteran sergeant - Hellpistol and power weapon
Storm troopers (9) - Flamer
Deep strike or Infiltrate

Troops.

Infantry platoon.

Junior officer - Bolt pistol, Power Fist and Iron Discipline
Veteran - Medic with lasgun
Guardsmen (3) - Heavy bolter and lasgun

Sergeant - Laspistol and ccw
Guardsmen (9) - Flamer , Heavy Bolter

Sergeant - Laspistol and ccw
Guardsmen (9) - Flamer , Heavy Bolter

Infantry Platoon.

Junior officer - Bolt pistol, Power Weapon and Iron Discipline
Veteran - Medic with lasgun
Guardsmen (3) - Melta, Plasma, Lasgun

Sergeant - Laspistol and ccw
Guardsmen (9) - Meltagun , Heavy Bolter

Sergeant - Laspistol and ccw
Guardsmen (9) - Flamer , Heavy Bolter

well I put a little more stuff in there than what you might have but I do my best with what limited resources I have over here

In the 41st Milennium, what is classed as a profanity? ********, tits, arse and bugger aren't that fitting.

What do guardsmen say when really pissed off?

-Mykal

Well ill make a small list

Feth, Gak, Frag, Kek

it all depends on what world said Guardsmen come from. While the Tanith use Feth. The Verghasites use Gak. Frag is pretty universe for guardsmen. And I cannot remember where I heard Kek.

Khek is used by Vostroyans and quite liberate by these simple neo-Russkies.

But Catachans and Cadians swear like real people do, so ********, s**t and piss should suffice. Should you go for the "safe for youngsters ears" method, then go with frag at the very least, my Cadians use that term all the time. Along with warp and using the term "the Eye" as a swearing matter.

Funny enough, I don't remember Catachans from the novel Death World swearing at all, they all just had stupid names such as "Lorenzo" and "Patch Armstrong" plus a strong lemming-like desire to die at certain points in the novel to fullfill some human deus ex machina moment.

Armageddon is based partly on German themes, correct?

I direct you to this.

Ah-ha, tis genius!

Scotish people are British, as are a percentage of the Irish.
I assume you meant English there?
Yes, I think so.
*Waves flag*

-Mykal