Nubgan

I made a Necromancer style character out of mine. He is sat on a gravestone from the black coach kit, skulls on the base and some bits from dryads for the magic and the raising skeleton. Not really useful, meh, looks nice

Well, because of my failure with the Battalion and not being able to afford that extra box in time I am having to drop the Dawnriders and twinstones and replace them with LoE and the Rune of Petrification. Its far from perfect, but it'll help me learn! Also, people are taking equally as nonsense lists. Reasoning for Syar, because of how important that unit of Wardens are, being able to give them an extra Aetherquartz and potentially protecting them from a massive hero with Goading arrogance seemed more sensible than giving the Cathallar extra unbinds and +1 to the casts. I'll let you all know how they do in a couple of weeks!

Yeah, just reread the battalion. My bad, it was never about what I could take, its about being that guy that enjoys playing with painted models and affording that extra box of guys. Might have to drop more bodies in the Dawnriders at this rate in favour of LoE in the first list. But I think that gimps my movement bodies on the board too much. Its only a fun thing though, so really I should probably keep the cost down this close to Xmas.

Hi guys, I am doing a little 1500pt game day between 6 of us in a couple of weeks and I have two/three choices really. One list with Teclis and 2 Endless spells The other with LoE, Stonemage and Spirit of the Mountain, 1 Endless Spell Third potential choice LoE, Spirit of the Mountain, 5 Stoneguard and 2 Endless spells. I know the lists are far from what you would want to be competitive, but I am using minimum buys on top of the original prelaunch box to get to 2000pts to start with. Obviously, Teclis will make the Hero phase and casting mine against any army I am likely to face. But I am wondering whether the potential combat power of LoE and Cow would be more powerful in a 1500pt game. What would be peoples thoughts on the 2 options?

Hey guys, I am still painting my way through the first 10 wardens and at least 4 of them are already bending on the stupid weak point where the lines are on the haft. I know a few people have expressed how silly the pikes are and I honestly feel bad about putting then on a table to get broken by your opponent, because I would feel bad about breaking them Now, a lot of people I know in my hobby group straight away say 'Brass rod this, brass rod that' and I am not convinced you even need to do this, because stick a bit of metal that is equally as long off the edge seems preposterous when you balance them on not flat surfaces and doesn't solve the issue of people not being able to properly pile in because of your social distancing pikes. So below I have attached pictures of what I think I am going to do with mine. I believe this alternative, compared to others will: Make them more stable than the brass rod. Make them friendlier to play against. And if you use plastic glue, stronger than the original and alternatives. How I did this was: Cut behind the blade at the pointy end. Cut hand side of the moulded line on the haft. Quick file/emery board to flatten both sides. Plastic glue together. Please feel free to share your alternatives to this problem. Would be good to see how people approach this. But it looks like I am going to go back and retroactively fix this problem!

I'm honestly thinking I just chop this entire section out between the lines to be fair. I already have a couple bending at the bottom line, so it's a bit of a weak point. @LuminethMage, yeah I'm thinking the same with the amount of bodies, but to get to 2k quickly it's the cheapest route, I can replace Teclis further down the line with Cow and cow troops if I wanted variety, or even just more varnari.

The sad thing is though, the models are that good that its a crime to do that. My mind is doing a Gollum right now. My 2k list, that uses everything from the prerelease box, I have managed to get down to £183 through loot room. I guess that isn't the worst, I am not sure its what my final 2k looks like though for sure! What do people think of: LEADERS Archmage Teclis and Celennar, Spirit of Hysh (660) Scinari Cathallar (140) The Light of Eltharion (220) UNITS 20 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (240) 10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (120) 20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (280) 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (130) BATTALIONS Auralan Legion (120) ENDLESS SPELLS / TERRAIN / COMMAND POINTS Chronomantic Cogs (80) That comes in at 1990

My mood was that soured that I spent all afternoon looking at how easy a Sylvaneth army is to start. It's crazy when Alarielle which is a chunkier and more attractive model is £20 cheaper. I get about 4 times as much infantry for the same price too.

Dead GW, I am a man that religiously spends money on your models, I'll get models when I like them, no problem, until today. This whole Lumineth range is ludicrous, and you crossed a line I never thought you'd cross for 1 model (and it isn't even your biggest or most plastic heavy). £105, look, I love the models, I was ridiculously excited to get into this army and enjoying painting up my shiney pre release box. But £105????? Not to mention your mono pose troops, again with less plastic and options than a Stormcast equivalent, and again even more pricey. What did I honestly deserve being kicked so hard for. For the first time ever, I am saying no, and as sad as it makes me, the Lumineth might have to be put to one side for now I'm out for now guys, But do feel free to justify that cost to me! Nub

What makes this army uninteractive is the amount of things you either just do, or the abilities that this army has without dice rolling. I honestly think I have been suckered in purely due to the aesthetic without even thinking through the consequences on the board as someone who only plays once a month. The army has slow play and yawnfest wrote all over it with all the extra stuff you have to remember, say, do each phase. Its probably what makes the army so uninteresting to play against.

30 painted wardens aside, I don't think this army can function properly in theory without 30 at 1000, let alone 2000. The big block of 20 seems to be a staple part, especially to get any amount of sentinels and dawn riders. The fear at 1000pts is mobility will be a huge issue in objective based scenarios due to the desire to 'shield wall' if your spending that much on wardens. Do people think units of 10 are really durable enough though if you did drop that to 20?

I went for Syar myself! Love doing purple!

I am not sure whether the risk of them potentially braking them would be worth it? I have one already that is on the verge of snapping. To be fair, I think these pikes on the wardens are going to make me sad for ages. I feel like it won't even be me that will end up braking them either, you know some poor person is going to move there models into combat with the pikes and brake them. Has anyone got any good practical solutions for replacing the pikes? The hands are so small on them, will the usual rod tricks work? Has anyone got some images? I am tempted to make them smaller if people have a good alternative.

I think what we can agree on, is that it beats having 50 different books like in 40k.

You say that, The Azyr app doesn't have the Nighthaunt battalions in from White Dwarf, Scrollbuilder does.

What people need to realise about the win ratio, yeah its not Flesh Eater Courts, but you have WAY more people polluting that sample, you probably have just as many people playing on bottom tables with 1 win as you do nearer the top with 4 wins. And how many of these lists are going to be optimal? Yeah I agree that it's not great right now, and like was pointed out above, our units are not points efficient compared to other armies, but it probably accounts for a couple % surely?

Yes there are meta chasers, but people aren't telling me that those meta chasers are spending more than 1% of GWs overall profits every year. The amount of people the term applies to is probably a drop in the ocean of there sales. I think most people rather enjoy the huge differences and will always find a flavour they like because of these differences. Yeah its sad that it has such a massive impact on win ratios at tournaments. But as we can see from 40k, it only takes 1 round of changes to make an army ridiculous (space marines), and I think that is fun too. PS: I do think that Infinity statistic is pretty impressive though!

Hey guys, I went to build some decks there last night and I am wondering whether I am assuming correctly. So I currently only have the Shadespire box, Farstriders and now Beastgrave, I am filtering, saying that I have those and it is showing me a bunch of universals still from the shadespire core set. I am guessing those are ones still legal in championship, as I am guessing they were perhaps duplicated in Nightvault (haven't got the cards). If not, is there a decent way of filtering this does anyone know? Or would I have to have a list of the cards I can't use.

Quick question from a lurker (who doesn't keep up with everything), but what is involved in Anvilstrike? It's not in the Battletome, so I am presuming its in another book or a name for a combination of units. Many thanks

I like them all for different reasons really. But I love the fan thing on the Cypher lords.

With they would start a character range for AoS, whole forgeworld armies are far too expensive for the majority of gamers. They bang on about the amount of cool lore they are getting now, to me it would be a great place to start.

Hey guys, is the Hailstorm Battery worth the tax in points and Castigors to take do we think? Or would a second Baillista/something else be more worth it in your opinion. I am not sure whether the reduction in 2 drops is worth it either?

Good job @Greasygeek it is one of the greatest feelings when it happens. They all look brilliant too. I can only hope my banshees, Lady Olyinder and such look as good. What did you do to get the white on there clothes look so perfect?

I have used Stormcast pretty much since AoS hit, just over 5000pts of that. I have about 10000 pts of Slaves to Darkness (Warriors of Chaos really), Wood Elves and Dark Elves that I retired simply down to square bases. Shame really. Currently I have about 4000pts of Nighthaunt that I am painting up, haven't used them yet though.

Hey guys, acquired a bunch of Nighthaunt in a trade recently (about 4000pts). Pretty much got all the models but Revenants and Harridans. My question is, I obviously see a lot of Legion based death armies, over just pure Nighthaunt, is that a coincidence on the strength of the army alone, or are there decent-ish battalions that people suggest I look at? Looking to make a 2000pt list so I know what to paint first. All suggestions welcome! Don't mind adding potential allies either!