The Beginnings: Lists, army theme and gregarious plastic consumption.
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Greetings TGA,
So I've recently started getting back into Warhammer following a 8yr haitus. Back in the day I used to be a big fantasy player (dwarves, ogre kingdoms, orcs and goblins) and while I was initially a bit miffed on discovering the cataclysmic death of the old world, Age of Sigmar looks like a lot of fun. Plus the models are great.
Having perused the different army tomes and dug out some my old bitz from the attic, I've decided that Cities of Sigmar is the one for me. I like the idea of ordinary humans sticking it to all the supernatural beasties and free cities have lots of narrative/lore potential. Plus the army book seems really versatile.
I picked Hallowheart based on the competitive value and OP magic action. While I'm not primarily in it for the competition, I do enjoy a win now and again.
This is the list I'm thinking for a 1000pt starter:
Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar
- City: Hallowheart
Mortal Realm: Aqshy
Leaders
Sorceress (90)
- General
- Command Trait: Veteran of the Blazing Crusade
- Lore of Whitefire: Ignite Weapons
- Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Roaming Wildfire
Celestial Hurricanum With Celestial Battlemage (280)
- Artefact: Agloraxi Prism
- Lore of Whitefire: Sear Wounds
- Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Warding Brand
Battleline
20 x Freeguild Guard (160)
- Swords and Shields
10 x Darkshards (100)
- City Role: Honoured Retinue (Must be 5-20 models)
Units
5 x Sisters of the Thorn (130)
- Lore of Whitefire: Elemental Cyclone
- Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Ignite Weapons
2 x Concussors (240)
Total: 1000 / 1000
Extra Command Points: 0
Allies: 0 / 200
Wounds: 66
Hopefully reasonably competitive. 3 spellcasters, big blob of freeguild, 2 cavalry units for mobility, concussors as my hammer, darkshards for short-range support and objectives.
Theme-wise I'm going try and build them like a research caravan company. A bunch of magical experts have been sent out on an expedition to find hidden artefacts etc. Got to work on the narrative stuff but I've got a bit of representation from all the different races and I'm repainting some old dwarves for my freeguild guard too. Stormcast have been sent along to make sure the dark elves don't get up to anything backstabby.
So far I've got my hands on the freeguild and darkshards kits. Going to use them to work on conversion skills and get a colour scheme sorted etc. I'm planning on kitbashing in most units with all my old fantasy stuff. Then for basing it'll probably be rocky/snow themed.
Freeguild guard for undercoating. Got a couple head swaps in there, plus steam drill, pet rat, wooden leg and a raven.
Dwarf mercenaries for inclusion in my guard unit. Got a nice OG skull pass warrior in there for the nostalgia.
The old Shield-Sprayer 9000. I really like the battered bretonian one not sure where it's from, might be the giant or maybe an ogre set.
Anyway, my next steps are to undercoat and start painting these up, get started on the darkshards, and then I'll see what everything looks like from there.
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