BloodBeast Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I've had a wacky plan today that I just can't shake. I've been working on rebasing my old WoC army and was thinking a whole marauder army might be quite cool. Its mainly the hobby aspect that I'm interested in so I was thinking a couple of marauder units on foot, a couple of horsemen units, some hounds, backed up by converted StD characters to look more marauder-y and some converted chaos ogres. Any thoughts on other things I can add or repurpose/convert? Thoughts on how these units would perform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowgra Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I don' t think it will be very competitive, however is perfectly possible. U have darkoath chieftain as leader, marauder and horsemen as base infantry and fast cavalry, and in the end u have one of the most powetrul and awesome monsters: the chaos mammoth On a 2000 i would recommend a couple of chieftains, 30*3 marauders and at least 3 mammoths Imho is a really aestethic army but not that much powerful in terms of competitiveness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBeast Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 I hadn't thought about the mammoth! Thanks for the tip I'll check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkiham Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The best list I could come up with which was thematic and semi functional was something like. 3 x 20 marauders. 360 20 marauders + wulfrick 200 2 mammoths 640 Warshrine 200 3 x 5 marauder horsemen 300 2 darkoath chieftain. 160 Chaos Sorceror Lord on Mount. 140 That shouldbe about 2k. Wulfrick and his band will be a deep strike of sorts providing a distraction on the turn the mammoths intend to charge with luck, The everything will die fast. except for the mammoths, so it's not particularly effective at much lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Mark them with Nurgle and bring the harbinger. I'd run them in units of 30 for longevity and the ability to get +1 to hit and wound on a roll of 4+. They can be surprisingly resilient, and I've frustrated a few opponents who were unaware of their abilities. The only real downside, and this goes for almost all Slave units, is lack of rend. I've been having fun with them again, and yes, I've won some games with them. They can be hard to get off of objectives, and they are fast with a 6" movement, =+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lyons Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 13 hours ago, Tasman said: Mark them with Nurgle and bring the harbinger. I'd run them in units of 30 for longevity and the ability to get +1 to hit and wound on a roll of 4+. They can be surprisingly resilient, and I've frustrated a few opponents who were unaware of their abilities. The only real downside, and this goes for almost all Slave units, is lack of rend. I've been having fun with them again, and yes, I've won some games with them. They can be hard to get off of objectives, and they are fast with a 6" movement, Agreed wholeheartedly here. Alternatively, you could potentially run Glottkin as both his command and spell would work well with the numbers of models you will be fielding. The bonus attack would buff the Marauder horsemen surprisingly well as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 ^ Done this....they performed awesomely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthbeerder Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Just out of curiosity how are you going about rebasing your models ? I also have an old woc army but I just cant figure out a tidy way to rebase them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkiham Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Darthbeerder said: Just out of curiosity how are you going about rebasing your models ? I also have an old woc army but I just cant figure out a tidy way to rebase them Do you have terrain? A battle field or something? I'm doing mine as grass being corrupted as I have a grass mat thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBeast Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 On 12 December 2016 at 4:23 AM, Darthbeerder said: Just out of curiosity how are you going about rebasing your models ? I also have an old woc army but I just cant figure out a tidy way to rebase them What is it you're struggling with? Most of the Slaves to Darkness range has been repackaged, so I'm going with the bases the models come with in the new boxes - Marauders on 25s, warriors on 32s, cavalry on ovals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthbeerder Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Just how to get them off the old bases with as little damage as possible , have had some good results from just being very careful with cutters and a hobby knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaleb Daark Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 just use a set of clippers to cut off the edges of the old bases and glue the whole lot onto the rounds. You'll need to do a bit of cleaning up but at least you're making good on existing bases rather than having to rebase everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkiham Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I happen to have a grinding wheel in my workshop, so I chopped off a bunch an used that to remove the rest, a lot safer than having to rely on a nice, or bend the bases off and potentially break a leg or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBeast Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 I've been slicing the models off the bases very carefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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