Kroot mercs

[Psychichobo]

This may never happen, but if at some point I decide to start collecting another army, and will probably be on a budget (am on first year of uni here), I would probably collect a smaller force for fun. So...
I found the Kroot mercenary codex online, and was considering these guys. Since most players haven't fought entire Kroot armies, would they be a good army to field simply for fun? It'd be an interesting experience. What experiences have you guys had with them, if any?

It's a bit of a pity that Nids are one of the armies that cannot employ Kroot, though it does make sense... it would be interesting to have Chaos or Eldar with some random Kroot allies.

[Roxas]

kroot can be fun, just remember that they can not stand up to anything resembling bolter fire unless they have a nice safe forest to hide in.

Tam.

[coredump]

I doubt they will be 'tough'... but they sure look like a blast to play.

[kronoflex]

Kroot are good, but make the most out of cover to save them from being wasted before even getting within 6" of the enemy.

[Psychichobo]

Cheers for the advice - I'll certainly consider this in the future. For now though, I must concentrate on the nids.
Thank youse!

[kronoflex]

There's a special kroot mercenary datasheet for apocalypse now on GW online if you are interested

[Psychichobo]

Ooh, apocalypse Kroot...
Naah, as tempting as it is, I need to secure income to be able to even start these fellas. Could never amass 3000 points of them...
Still, I'm looking forward to being able to customise Shapers to no end, with all sorts of other silly looking weapons. Was gonna get a shaper today just to mess around with, but the shop had none left...

[The Custodian]

Lately GW seems to be trying to completly eliminate eye of terror lists.... just remember that you probably wont be allowed to use your kroot in GW tournies

[Psychichobo]

That'd be a pity, as my Nids are so messed up wysiwyg wise that the Kroot would be more useful... still, not planning to go to any tournaments, thankfully, I like to keep it friendly, less serious that way

[MrPrInGlEs]

since they can be adde to your existing force, i would say use them as a addon "swarm like force". many if your army is mainly made up of alot of higher point models. so you can have for uber commando units and a good amount of smaller bulk units.

[Psychichobo]

Unfortunately, as I discovered to my annoyance (but ultimately not really surprise) they can't be fielded alongside Nids, so I will have ot use them seperately. I've actually gone and bought some now, have a box of kroot, two shapers, and a shaper I made out of a kroot head, marine body, and various other bits and pieces.
Here be a pic of him:
psychichobo.deviantart.com/art/My-Kroot-model-73274638
Hopefully will soon be able to create a new, smaller army to play with... though I'll have gargoyle-like issues creating Vulture Kindred...

[MrPrInGlEs]

well i took a better look at the kroot codex and i think it could hold its own, but i would say since it is a almost never seen force that you should do some extensive exertion and research, and not just of the models, the strategy also. and since the codex is not tourny legal, i say customize the codex. add spacial chars ,more kroot weps and ammo and units. another idea would be too make it more diverse,maybe add some ork mercs, like in the codex where it has the ork hybrid. if it says that then you would guess there might be some orks mixed in there. and don't stop there, maybe some humans,eldar or maybe a few tau they picked up from when they where still in the tau empire. maybe put them in their own squad of mitch-matched races giving it a more diverse style of and army.

possible add ons
uk.games-workshop.com/warhammer40000/creatures/14/
uk.games-workshop.com/warhammer40000/creature-feature/4/
go to bottom and download the pdf, it is a template for creating your own creatures.uk.games-workshop.com/warhammer40000/creatures/1/
for my orky idea, use feral orks, its better themed and free to use
uk.games-workshop.com/orks/feral-ork-list/1/
a char from the forum
thetyranidhive.proboards28.com/index.cgi?board=converting&action=display&thread=1198772513

if you want i can help with this design, i am bored out of my skull due to my local hobby shop closing down, there isnt another one for a half an hour drive.

[Shas'o Tash'var Kais Pat]

Yeah, I like the idea of kroot mercenaries, but their lack of anything more powerful than a kroot gun is demoralising...are you gonna get any of the cool forgeworld kroot stuff?

[MrPrInGlEs]

for a human mercs use the catachans, its a free dex and its better themed to go with the kroots.
uk.games-workshop.com/imperialguard/catachan-rules/1/

[Agi]

I suggest collecting tau, a pretty budget army =P

you can get good stuff without finding out u havent got enough cash to buy dinner