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Let me think if I think it was more expensive than a regular Nagash army... I will say this project started because a friend gifted me the old starter box - so that came with 40 skeletons, three chariots, and eight light horsemen. But the skeletons used to just be regular skeletons with a few of the Tomb Kings accessory sprues. That's all I had laying around. I got and repurposed a lot of the TK stuff in this army from eBay. The Neferata, the Casket, a handful of light horsemen, and one purchase of used bits that I paid around $15 for that was mostly heads and shields, which is really all I needed. I think, in total, I paid around $60-ish for what I got off eBay, and most of that was the Casket, which cost me $30 by itself (I was patient and negotiated with several sellers before I got that price). I found a =really= great Etsy shop where the guy will resin cast you scratch sculpted Tomb Guard sprues. They came from Poland, so it took forever (like five weeks) to get here, but they are FANTASTIC and they were dirt cheap. I paid $20 plus shipping for 10. Call it $25. Then I bought the Malignants "get started" box, a Terrorgheist, two boxes of Fenrisian Wolves and the Archaon dragon (which was, by far and away, the most expensive single model I've ever purchased. Even then, I was patient on eBay and got it for $100.) All of that came either from eBay and patience, or, in the case of the Malignants box, my local store because it was on sale and I was impatient. Every base in the army is scratch-sculpted in Sculpey, so call it maybe $40 worth of clay? All told, I think this army cost me about $350-$375, which is about what a regular army would cost anyway. You could do it for around $325 if you didn't buy Archaon. Or around $400, if you had to also buy the Tomb Kings starter box, which goes for about $100-$150 on eBay. So it was a little expensive, but no more so than just about any other AOS army, I think. I priced out a Fyreslayers army (because that's what I was originally going to do), and it was damned near $500. This TK/Nagash army turned out to be a relative bargain.

I finally finished converting my Legion of Blood army (that I was discussing a few pages back in this thread). If you'd like to see the pictures of it, I am posting it over here.

Hi-- I have finally finished painting my Legion of Blood conversion army. I'll be posting up pictures of it here. For reference, the army list is: Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon 2 Necromancers 3 Tomb Banshees 30 Skeleton Warriors 2 units of 5 Dire Wolves 5 Blood Knights Terrorgheist Mortis Engine Everything is fully converted and totally WYSIWYG, because I was super ****** about it. Tomb Kings are done when I say they're done.

I haven't. I could get more "meat" in the list by taking out the Morghasts. They're most in there for modeling purposes (I think they look cool), and they bring another source of -1 Bravery, but they're not the most durable unit in the world. Taking them out would let me do some more "meatier" things: increase the skeletons to 40? Increase the Black Knights to 10? Second Mortis Engine? What would you suggest?

Thanks for that. I missed it. It appears I owe some playtesters a minor apology... 😆 That's unfortunate. Lore of the Vampires sucks. Maybe Amaranthyne Orb then? Maybe Vile Transference? Bleh. I am. This army relies on that spell being successful every turn. There is some strategy to casting order that can be employed (go ahead and block it, and I'll cast Van Hels instead, and won't THAT be fun?) and also the redundancy is important in case a necromancer falls unexpectedly. I can't afford to have that spell become unavailable at all. In the specific context of my list, that is a really powerful spell. My army can regularly stack up to -4 Bravery for 5 or more Mortal Wound screams. Against most non-daemonic armies, that is devastating. Having it on both necros and the VLord was successful because at the very least, that VLord is super hard to kill. But since that's no longer an option, having had that rule pointed out to me, it's even more important that the redundancy be there. At any rate, what do people think of the non-hero choices? I've tried to balance out the things that scream with things that can fight, and one large-ish block to hold really important objectives. I think it's pretty balanced, but again, I've only played three games with it.

"All WIZARDS in a LEGION OF BLOOD army know an additional spell from one of the Lores of the Dead." "A Vampire Lord on a Zombie Dragon is a WIZARD." I can't see where it specifiies which Lore of the Dead a Vampire Lord has to be. Is this in a FAQ somewhere? (Sidenote: I should probably go read the FAQ for this book...) Can you give me a page number or a reference?

Long time lurker, first time poster. 😊 After playtesting this list out for a few weeks, I think I have found what I want to build for my initial 2000 point list. So far, I'm 3-0, but I've only played against Stormcast and a weird Idoneth list. I'm curious as to your thoughts for how it may fare against a wider variety of lists. LEADERS General: Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (Aura of Dark Majesty, Soulbound Garments, Overwhelming Dread) Necromancer (Overwhelming Dread) Necromancer (Overwhelming Dread) Tomb Banshee Tomb Banshee Tomb Banshee BATTLELINE 20 Skeletons, full command 5 Dire Wolves w/ Doom Wolf 5 Dire Wolves w/ Doom Wolf TROOPS 5 Black Knights, full command 2 Morghast Harbingers w/ Halberds BEHEMOTHS Mortis Engine Terrorgheist Exactly 2000 points on the nose. Like I said, I've been pretty successful so far, albeit in a pretty controlled environment. So far, this army has been the Zombie Lord, the Terrorgheist, and their backup dancers. 😆 It also requires me to be very disciplined - my army has to stay together, so they move at a slightly slower pace for the first turn or two before striking. If I'm within 15ish inches at the start of any turn, this army is BRUTAL pretty quickly. It's the first turn that has made me nervous in all three of my games... Anyway, thoughts? I have only bought the skeletons and the dire wolves, so other things could theoretically still be adjusted while I begin assembly...