thanks for the write up! I'd probably like to stay order/cos for the army, I was originally making them the mercenary Boood knights till that got taken away. I've normally stuck to hallowheart for the little extra magical resistance but I may try tempest eye. I'm unsure how many points krondys is to take a chunk out of the list. but I'll definitely look into him, I liked his model anyways. I was going to use 10 dawnriders as allies and then 10 drakespawn knights. as you say, they are decent priced heavy armored units.
thanks again!