I've been wanting to try this for a while & I finally got round to it - I've long thought these Rebel Minis Earth Force Home Guard would make great 15mm-scale Imperial Guard! I have painted this squad up in the same scheme as my official Imperial Guard figures. I'm wondering what it would be like to play in the
Warhammer 40,000 setting, but using
Crossfire rules - in my mind it'd be more like a Dan Abnett action sequence (with a gritty sense of the believable amidst the hyperbolic silliness) than the (IMO) lacklustre official rules.
Using the same '
Crossfire moderns' tweaks as my Middle East forces, I decided to represent an Imperial Guard squad as a Squad Leader, two rifle fireteams (one with a flamer, which could give a Close Combat bonus, or perhaps count as 'SMG'), & a weapons team with a missile launcher (which could be 3D Firepower against infantry [frag], 4D against large creatures [krak], & a 'bazooka' shot against vehicles [krak]).
I've been wanting to try this for a while & I finally got round to it - I've long thought these Rebel Minis Earth Force Home Guard would make great 15mm-scale Imperial Guard! I have painted this squad up in the same scheme as my official Imperial Guard figures. I'm wondering what it would be like to play in the Warhammer 40,000 setting, but using Crossfire rules - in my mind it'd be more like a Dan Abnett action sequence (with a gritty sense of the believable amidst the hyperbolic silliness) than the (IMO) lacklustre official rules.
Using the same 'Crossfire moderns' tweaks as my Middle East forces, I decided to represent an Imperial Guard squad as a Squad Leader, two rifle fireteams (one with a flamer, which could give a Close Combat bonus, or perhaps count as 'SMG'), & a weapons team with a missile launcher (which could be 3D Firepower against infantry [frag], 4D against large creatures [krak], & a 'bazooka' shot against vehicles [krak]).
