Thursday 29 August 2013

The Paint Pot: 1,000 point Warhammer Fantasy Army in one sitting.





Welcome to the Paint Pot, In this section we aim to cover everything to do with the practical side of scale models and war gaming from model building and conversions to painting and army lists.

To kick us off we had a meeting on a  rainy Saturday afternoon myself and another member of the extended group Sgt Longbeard met and set ourself a challenge of constructing a 1,000 point Warhammer Fantasy Army in one sitting.




Now before we begin a little more information on the Sgt Longbeard, he is an ex GW staffer and has been Role-playing and War gaming since 1985 when he first sat down and played  'Keep to the Borderlands' in the 1st edition Redbox D&D. Longbeard is somewhat of a dedicated collector and boasts a collection that only truly be described as 'Impressive'.

Picture courtesy of wizards.com

Now the Army itself, after some conversation it came down to two options - either an Empire army or a High Elf army, We set ourselves a few guidelines; firstly it will be completely out of the box with no after market parts or conversions and Secondly it would have to be tournament legal.

On what seemed like a flip of a coin we decided to go with the High Elves. First thing we did was grab the army book, a pen and some paper and started spit balling. First list we worked was a simple war band that included 30 archers, 30 Seaguard Spearmen, a Noble and Level 2 Mage totalling 960 point (we planned on filling the rest of the points out with some war gear) Luckily for us The Doc was in the room and he diagnosed our list as terminally stupid and so after a bit of treatment we had our final list.



  • High Elf Army
  • Heroes
  • Noble with Reaver bow (attached to the archer unit)                                       95pts
  • Level 2 Mage   With Caine's Ring of Fury                                                    135pts
  • Core
  • 15 Seaguard Spearmen    (with Musician, Standard and Hawkeye)               165pts
  • 15 Seaguard Spearmen    (with Musician, Standard and Hawkeye)               165pts
  • 15 Archers                      (with Musician, Standard and Hawkeye)               180pts
  • Rare
  • 2 Bolt Throwers                                                                                         140pts
  • Lothern Skycutter                                                                                     120pts
                                                                                                          Total 1,000 pts

So after a few hours of messing around showing each other the new tabletop stuff we've found online and gentle disagreement over rules are points we came out with our High Elf army. We will be putting them to the test under the control of the Doc against Longbeards trusty Dwarves so keep an eye out for a Battle report in our After Action Report section.



But little did we know but while Myself, Longbeard and the Doc were dealing with the high Elves SabbatWolf was quietly sitting in the corner with her nose in the army book and as we were finishing the last models with a grin she presented an alternative 1,000 point army and here it is...


Heroes
  • Handmaiden of the Everqueen with Reaver bow                                            120pts
  • Level 2 Mage with Caines Ring of Fury                                                        135pts
Core
  • 15 Archers (with Musician, Standard, Hawkeye and Light Armour)                195pts
  • 15 Spearmen (with Sentinal, Musician and Standard Bearer)                        165pts
  • 5 Ellyrian Reavers (with Bows, Musician and Standard Bearer)                     125pts
Rare
  • 10 Sisters of Avalon (with a High Sister)                                                     150pts
  • 2 Great Eagles                                                                                         100pts

               
                                                                                                           Total   1,000pts

So there you have it given the right motivation and a little planning you can get yourself a great starting point for an much larger army.


posted by Sero

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