Army Showcase : The Grot Guard! Fully converted Astra Militarum Army.

Matthew Beavis shows off his fully converted Grot Guard army. Several thousand points of beautifully painted and beautifully converted models.
The Grot Guard take on the T'au Empire in Season 3 of 40k in 40m. Early access on Patreon.
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Want to see more? The Grot Guard take on the T'au Empire in Season 3 of 40k in 40m. Early access on Patreon. www.patreon.com/playontabletop​ Check out Matthew's Instagram here: instagram.com/heavensteeth/

[@thehundreds00]

I MUST SEE THIS

[@pctheonly]

Grot Guard vs Tau, underdog vs underdog, as i like Tau myself, i guess the Grot Guard will win easy going

[@domotrizz5710]

A guy at my game store has his specific guard army, we legit play sometimes and he uses a custom regiment that is literally just Dakka Dakka Dakka. It’s so funny to see a leman Russ shoot more off 6s lol

[@ordoyourmom-icusinquisitor5248]

How much earlier do patreons get each episode?

[@PlayOnTabletop]

@@ordoyourmom-icusinquisitor5248 Typically about a week before the release.

[@Beavy]

A massive thank you to Nick and the PlayOn team for having me, and to every single comment over the past three years, I read them all and it inspires me to hobby almost daily. Also, I guess this is what three hours of sleep looks like, my mum doesn’t even have stairs at her house!

[@sushimandaddi]

This army is so awesome and inspiring, night goblin admech?!?! I might have to...

[@jonathanestremera5949]

You're army heavily inspired me to get into kitbashing! amazing work

[@brandonvaughn7255]

My love for this army knows no limit! Excellent work my man.

[@RenegadeMaster137]

Superb mate, I haven’t played since I was a teenager but came across across this video and youve inspired me to get kit bashing 🤣 Love the creativity. Great vid all round, cheers to you and the Play On team for some solid content 🍻

[@ansonchan8486]

This army is so freakin' cool! As soon as I saw that Shadowsword, it reminded me of the novel "Baneblade" by Guy Haley.

[@ycylchgames]

Imagine being a guardsman and seeing that force in the distance, getting happy to being receiving reinforcements, then them getting closer and realising it's a bunch of grots XD

[@Admiral.Snakbar]

"Barring Squigs and Tau" Coming in HOT.

[@GundamReviver]

As a tau player I went oof there.

[@Beavy]

delivered in jest, poorly

[@hedonistic_goblin7390]

@@GundamReviver same

[@snarkymcsnarkface1863]

It is not a lie. Tau are only good for two things, mocking and ork bits boxes.

[@imperialfist2304]

Bold words, soon backed by bold deeds hopefully.

[@Grayfox251]

I don’t see any grots, just your regular loyal guardsman. Isn’t that right overly large space marine with green skin?

[@PlayOnTabletop]

LOL

[@changer_of_ways_999]

Should have painted them purple and this comment would be even funnier.

[@florians9949]

Those were probably Salamanders.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

@@changer_of_ways_999 Bamboozle squared

[@soup-flavored-soup6613]

Praze da emprah

[@chally2mbt12]

i really feel that this is what 40k is about , he legit has had soo much fun building , painting , and creating lore for his force tbh this is the hooks that pulled me into 40k in the first place

[@dominichorner957]

Same its what drew me to make my custom Craftworld and their own lore

[@chally2mbt12]

@@dominichorner957 like I based my gaurd army off world war 2 German infantry and a German panzer division

[@patrickkusmajadi4736]

I can't wait to make my fan made chapter

[@chally2mbt12]

@@patrickkusmajadi4736 exactly

[@TheGreatMoonFrog]

I've been saying for awhile it'd be cool if a particularly clever orc warboss noticed just how strong space marines are and started their own chapter, gaining tons of strength because they believe they are generically augmented. I'm so on board for this army! Fantastic execution to.

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

This is absolutely crazy and I love it! “How many hours do you think is here?” >”It’s about three years...”

[@PlayOnTabletop]

A real passion project.

[@Rahetalius]

The PlayOn Drinking Game: take a shot every time a split fire fails

[@JoshuaLBurch]

Out of all people.. never thought I'd see you here!

[@nb7624]

Huh. Train man.

[@tablekun8690]

Please don't play that drinking game, you've formad enough things. Now playing 40k though.

[@Diego-py3ts]

Wait... train man?

[@solidsentinel1285]

Dead from alcohol poisoning by the end of turn 3

[@szyper212pl5]

The most beautiful army I've seen. Period Every look at any model makes me think how much time, blood and tears had to be put into it.

[@Beavy]

You’re too kind! Definitely many late nights!!

[@tablekun8690]

"we is the emporers greenest, FOR DA EMPEROR"

[@Ecthelion842]

"Krump the spiky gits! Smash the mutated gits! Stomp the heritec gits! In da Emprah's name, kill 'em all boyz!"

[@lukeamparo6586]

I wanna see this army fight Tanya Gates’ army and have them role play interactions between them. Cadian: By the emperor what are you?! Goblins: we serve the emperor!!! Dakka dakka dakka!

[@devileanblack]

That would be hilarious and awesome. :D

[@szyper212pl5]

Yaaaaaaas That would be amazing

[@BrakDaWarboss]

I to want to see this happen

[@pkawesome6230]

Yes!! Hahaha

[@SkyPhoenix_3991]

Oh yeah, that would be awesome

[@1vandread]

Seeing this Grot Guard gives me more inspiration to continue on with my custom Sisters of Battle order the Sisterhood of the Wolf, using a lot of Space Wolf bits, green stuff and molding.

[@enclavecomms.officer5219]

now we need an imperial knight to be orkified

[@imaneeldealwithit969]

Play on tabletop's orks vs necrons actually had a orkified knight in it if that interests you.

[@bobalthoff8242]

After seeing this video, I was talking to my friend about building an imperial knork army.

[@cyanideinmycereal1077]

no dont

[@bombarded15]

@@bobalthoff8242 do it dude, Orks are the most fun project to get dug in with

[@enclavecomms.officer5219]

@@imaneeldealwithit969 watching that now

[@aceofaces44]

You can really tell that Matt had a blast making this army. It turned out amazing and has so much personality!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

His passion and love for the army was infectious. Made us in the studio want to get to work on our own armies.

[@Beavy]

It was fun to see the conversions in my head spring to life, they normally don’t look as good as I imagine!!

[@dreadpiratedan]

every time i'm asked what i want to see next in 40k my answer is always "expanded grot options in 40k to be on par with grots in WFB or AoS". there's so much space to work in, and i feel like people would go mad for properly fleshed out 40k grot armies

[@guillermomelendez7950]

In an alternate universe, it's the Greenperium...

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

More like The 'Perium

[@Churrb]

@@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745 the ‘Perium of boyz

[@user-hz9hu4gh2z]

Where the Beast won and conquered Terra, so the Orks are the dominant civilization of the galaxy and human remnants are mostly demoted to the role of savage raiders.

[@roobs2976]

The emperor's greenest

[@yormhammerson530]

@@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745 da perium

[@matthewwatts8294]

A truly incredible army. An excellent display of creativity and kitbashing. I look forward to seeing the army on the battlefield once again.

[@Oscar.L.Titcombe]

This is the coolest army I’ve ever seen!

[@texanjoecoffeehouse8141]

Somewhere in the 41st millennium there's a record keeper in the Imperial Administratum completely missing the obvious on this regiment! XD Absolutely love this army, very well done and thanks for the showcase of it!

[@tombombadil9338]

Btw y'all, the episode between Matt and Nick is fire.

[@filwilliamson9149]

Goddamn patreon time travelers...

[@andrewbakescakes9684]

This is one of the most creative conversions I have seen. Nice work!

[@sarrakitty]

As a fan of zany and unorthodox conversions and armies this stuff really speaks to me! Converting models and making them your own, complete with your own lore and everything is the creative soul of this hobby.

[@MrTuerte]

This is one of the reasons I want different type of guard regiments to be released from GW. I don't have skills to turn Imperial Guard to something like this :D

[@stonehorn4641]

You do, you probably just don't have the time and patience. Ive done some awesome stuff (nothing like this army) that shocked me.

[@ccggenius]

Technically he doesn't either. He said this was made out of Blood Bowl grots and AoS dwarves.

[@mysticflare829]

Welp, I'm inspired to kitbash an army now. Thanks play on.

[@MiguelGomez-vc1cl]

Finally I can see this army again, it's so beutiful as the first time I saw it!!!

[@argokarrus2731]

I think the best part is that this is applicable to canon lore, and doesn't break it

[@argokarrus2731]

@@tchaika2697 I generally like armies that both look good and have story to them

[@taiyoctopus2958]

Legendary Army!! That's some good stuff.

[@thomasalegredelasoujeole9998]

Absolute BEST custom army i’ve ever seen ! Fun factor AND awesome kitbash+paint are through the roof ! Games Workshop absolutely should let you sneak in some house rules for these hilarious little guys ! Really amazed !

[@morskulskram1722]

I Love this Army! I am tempted to make a GrotGuard for years. This army is a perfect example of how to make a count as Army that is still mostly WYSIWYG for the Opponent.

[@Beavy]

The best counts as shouldn’t require too much thought when playing against! (Tired grammar...)

[@207tex]

This should feature in white dwarf. So good.

[@fennecfoxed211]

Woohoo! These are so cool, and I love the idea behind the army!

[@nightlordnorris4446]

This is perhaps my favorite army I've seen in the entire time I've watched, played and read Warhammer 40k. Stuff like this is so fun to see, and breathes life into the game. There's lots of GORGEOUS armies that appear here on Play On Tabletop, but I think this is perhaps my no. 1 favorite. I love the story too, and the callback to 2nd edition. As a newer warhammer fan, it's always nice to see references to materials I haven't personally been exposed too, yet.

[@solidsentinel1285]

Not gonna lie being someone who is very new to war hammer I thought the grot guard was an actual faction with official models and everything

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Matthew made them look that good so can't blame you for thinking that.

[@patrickgarrett6475]

This is one of the coolest conversion armies I’ve ever seen. Well done.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

It is a joy to see every time it comes by the studio!

[@SlocumJoe7740]

This warmed my cold spongy Ork heart.

[@pitguyminis5440]

They need to team up with the Ultramorons

[@songohan1075]

I like the Grot Guard army, I see this army in some other channels befor and every time I see his converted Army is amazing, I can't wait to see his Grot Guard in action =) Matthew is a cool guy and a friendly person I think :D

[@Aldoron1981]

Can confirm Matthew is a great guy. Source: that's my friend!!! :D

[@fishbowlhead]

Absolutely fantastic army! This is what it's all about just having fun with the hobby, it's just an added bonus that it's a playable army. Grot commisar is now officially my favourite model.

[@socalastarte6727]

Not an Ork fan at all, but that army is amazing! At of all the armies in 40K, Orks are probably the army that I'd least like to collect, but Ork players are the most fun to play against. True labor of love

[@stonehorn4641]

They need a new codex, but they are so much fun. They were my second army, and one of my favorite

[@montaguegray7486]

this is an amazing army, this is the creativity and imagination i loved most about the hobby when i started

[@angrysnailbug]

I was inspired to get into warhammer because of the grot guard when i saw you play 40k in 40 mins. Thank you Matthew!

[@Beavy]

So glad to hear it! Hope you’re enjoying the hobby as much as I have over the years, keep painting and keep learning!

[@archabe]

This army makes me smile

[@Sleepyjackable]

I am actually really blown away buy this. It's amazing, beautiful, and fun. The lore is perfect too! Imagining these little guys being so serious about the duty to the emperor is great!

[@YohanPlaine]

Great job ! 👍🏻 Beautiful army !

[@SkeletonFlower]

Beautiful stuff. This army is really amazing, and you can tell that a lot of thougt and love has been put into it. This is why I love this hobby!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Absolutely! We love connecting with people that love the hobby as much, or even more, than we do.

[@CB-eh8ji]

Clearly my favorite army in ALL of wh40k. Meaby one day I might make my one groots conversion army

[@joschm23]

Well if his goal was to spark joy he certainly succeded. Not just his army, his general demenour seems absolutely lovely. Best of luck to him with his future armies, I know I'll love to see them.

[@gabrielmarquez4029]

Cool to see this army back, one of the most imaginative I’ve seen

[@Baerengulasch]

Great army. And putting the unit names on the bases is just a great idea. relatively simple und avoids confusion.

[@Beavy]

I always want to avoid confusion in any future games and I feel this army will outlast most of my others through many future editions!

[@shyshy1984]

loved all the thoughtful questions you came up with. love this army as well. props to everybody; well done on this one.

[@ryanbrooks3432]

This army is incredible thank you guys so much for highlighting it. I love seeing all the hard work people have put into their army’s, and this one is something else

[@nicholaswohlgemuth2809]

Such a cool army! You are a master kit basher. Besides the fact that this army looks amazing, the fact that it is all GW and tournament legal is so epic!

[@Beavy]

Thanks! It’s a bucket list item to bring this to Warhammer World one day...

[@jacobbuchan7384]

Fantastic interview - loved it (and what an army!)

[@Elxonl]

You guys are the freaking best. I love all your personalities and your attitudes are so great and just seem like a genuine blast to be around. You guys actually helped inspire me to play in the first place. Keep up the great work!!!

[@colecv01]

Great job on these! Looks amazing!

[@TheKenny1988]

I was waiting for this :)

[@1KamaronConClase]

The army is amazing! Great job converting and painting it! Love it!

[@stax6092]

Yeah, that's such a phenomenal conversion. Grots believe that they are Guard which means they believe in the Emperor. Amazing. XD

[@Beavy]

It all makes sense!

[@motorsonny]

this guy is amazing! what an effort and such an amazing army as well. Good work on the painting there, I love it!

[@revy1063]

easily one of the most beautiful and fun army I have seen haha, love it

[@thomaswoods7522]

This is the most awesome army showcase I have ever seen! I was smillling all along

[@ljubomirgoronja8014]

This was sooooo chillll :) AMAZING VID. Keep up this content :) Love could be seen from Emperors Astronomicon itself :)

[@FunkBastid]

An outstanding labor of love. I adore the commitment

[@gabrymefisto6110]

fell in love with the army the first time i sat my eyes on those. EPIC project

[@RadarLeon]

I now have the urge to make the Bois of Brattle, Grot Punishment engines and Boiz of battle squads, Brother Sella-Stein and his Snotty Inferiors, Morka Fryers, and Cast-a-gork'ar's, also can't forget his Kannonezz

[@DarkMorningFilms]

What an amazing labor of love! Awesome work my dude, some really kick ass pieces!~

[@xvpanda7197]

Such an awesome army showcase. I really hope that he decides to come back on and play a match with them. He's got a really great attitude it seems as well.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

He did. And you can see it right now. It’s coming on KZbin soonish. But patrons get early access. :)

[@Barry-Sweaty]

Holy cow!!! This is so dang rad! Man, I’m chubbin over here.

[@fullfrontal2860]

This a one of a kind army. No contest.

[@andrewhughes7181]

I’ve seen these types before. He’s not the first to do this, but it’s still amazing.

[@Accessg]

Hands down one of the most creative and incredible armies I've seen out there! Amazing work, Matt!

[@Beavy]

Thanks!!

[@mikestafford6900]

That Army is DOPE! Thanks for sharing!

[@jaanikaapa6925]

And so very much in lore. Orks believe that the Emp's and utter giant. :)

[@quart5extakkord]

Such a beautiful converted army. Marvellous!

[@DylanBFishkeeper]

What an epic army! All I can think of is Noman's Astra Mili-grot-um army, da greatest and da greenest serving Da Emprah and his mighty 'Perium. If you guys got a chuckle from this army, check out Noman's channel for his story playlists, particularly his story on "Da Emprah."

[@JonarusDraconius]

Oh maaaan... I getting flashbacks to the one tournament army I had - Blood-Axe Orks based in 1950's Russians - The 1st Mota-riflez ov da 1st Gran Army ov da WAAAGH - Led by the 'Grand Komissar fer WAAAGH' himself: Iagrof Snarlin I had a 'looted Chimera' as a command tank (this was back when the 'looted vehicle' rule alowed you to pick specific vehicles as their basis), and I bought a WW2 Tiger kit that I converted to be a "full" Battletank/wagon (I *think* I rulesed it as a Lotted Leman-Russ). I do SO MUCH conversion work - Iagrof was converted from a metal 'Warboss' figure, but I put him in a full (sleeveless) Greatcoat plus fancy 'officers cap', with a Power-claw hand and a bunch of little stuff all over. Then there was my Commando squad who all got red berets (Because red wunz go fasta - And if yer hat is red den dat meenz ya THINK fasta too!). Ahh... So many memories... ~JD

[@michaeltime1185]

Well done sir! Thank you very much for sharing your work.

[@WafflesYo]

this is my new favorite army!!!

[@Schwermetalloer]

this is just pure love and dedication for the hobby!

[@KoHug7]

Such a fun and creative army! I love it!

[@MrJimbo1001]

Great to hear about the challenges of hobbying with young kids!! Excellent video by the way. "Warhammer Dad'ing" could be a great video to do

[@hedhogempire]

I don't say this lightly. This is the best army ever. Amazing work. Conversions are beautiful and the paint jobs are incredible.

[@Beavy]

this means a great deal to me, thank you!

[@spartan-loui8842]

The actual best army I’ve ever seen, I have some ordered grits comin to my house soon!

[@anderslundtoft2315]

Best overall army I have ever seen. That blu is fantastic! Happy life

[@Beavy]

lothern blue! happy hobby, happy life :)

[@gordoncree2899]

Great job matt, Blue matches your shirt.

[@ChampionofTerra]

I believe I saw a bat rep on Winterz that featured this army, and its gorgeous!

[@coalitionofrob436]

He’s played it against Dark Angels on this Channel

[@ChampionofTerra]

@@coalitionofrob436 yes, thats it! Why did I think it was on Winterz channel?.... Thank you for reminding me )

[@adammoore251]

This is great, I'm in the process of making the same thing. Some of those kit bashes are amazing, pricey but amazing.

[@txmyrmidon1287]

And things like this, is what got me into 40k. Hats off to you!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

His creativity and dedication is inspiring!

[@pedro.oscar.perez.murueta]

Awesom army! Thanks for bring it!

[@thedocumentarian7259]

So incredibly thoughtful. This guy has an eye for the aesthetics, and a love for the lore. What a beast!

[@cdp124]

I love this army! The work and amazing payoff of an awesome looking army! I'm kinda hoping to do a bit of similar good-hearted schenanigans with some Bladed Cog genestealers, so any other tips would be well appreciated!

[@Shooterpirat]

That is sooo cool! Love it!!!

[@EnchoMoskov]

Amazing conversions!

[@PirateMagoo]

epic army thanks for sharing dude!

[@lewrl1]

This is my favourite army on this series and I'm so glad they're back

[@clock1212]

AMAZING Project!

[@treymartinez7398]

Need to get that battle of Grots vs orks awesome army collection

[@weatherthis8062]

Hobby goals right there, just awesome.

[@TheColosiss]

Very cool. Inspirational!

[@maximem.ste-marie3578]

Matthew Beavis' friend : Astra Miitarum or Grot ? Matthew Beavis : YES. *laughs as Beavis from Beavis and Butthead