[AoS 2 - Cities of Sigmar Discussion]

Can anyone recommend a decent starter list for an all-dark elf army? Wanting to capture glory of Naggaroth of old. 

[AoS 2 - Skaventide Discussion]

11 hours ago, Overread said:

Clanrats - lots of clanrats. 

Honestly I would say if you can get hold of it Carrion Empire is a good start - even if you only get the Skaven half on ebay or in a trade the price is well worth it as you get a core of big powerful mechanical based units for a very cheap price. You get the iconic Doomwheel and lightning gun as well as the powerful stormfiends and warlock with a rocket gun. One set is good, two sets builds you a very solid core. 

After that its almost your choice really; Skaven have a very nice Battletome now with a lot of fluffy choices depending on what way you want to go. You can go for a very monster heavy list with Moulder or Verminus; you can go all plague pox and boils with Pestilence, you can go full technorats with Skyre and you can go all mixed up together. 

 

Carrion empire is great for the skyre stuff and techno side of things (and its in limited production and already selling out so those discounts are vanishing fast); whilst pestilence has the Getting Started boxed set. A set which is also good for others because the plague furnace also doubles as the screaming bell model and the plague catapult doubles as the warplightning gun. With those two alone the plague rats within are basically nearly free so always a good set to grab. 

 

So what kind of fluffy fun list are you after?

I really like the idea of all the clans joining together under a Grey Seer.  Something with variety rather than spamming lots of units (I know clan rats are unavoidable). 

[AoS 2 - Skaventide Discussion]

10 hours ago, wander said:

If you want fluffy, I'd say to maybe either pick a single Great Clan and do something with them (gives you extra Battleline options too for keeping things thematic) or think of the alliances going behind your army to make it what it is between the clans.

There's a really nice example of the fluff behind this and how it can effect an army composition in the Skaven tome itself on p.23 with the fluff describing the army of Lord Hakkrit of the Clans Verminus' Clan Fang.

It's a whole Rube Goldberg machine of Skaven allying so they can stab another in the back and then take power to stab their ally in the back too, whilst the others are only forming an alliance to later do a backstab and get power themselves too.

That sounds so cool, thanks. 

[AoS 2 - Skaventide Discussion]

Question: what would a good place to start be?

I’m not competitive and I like fluffy armies. What’s a good place to start to build a fluffy all rounder army, like something from Total War?

[The Rumour Thread]

6 hours ago, HollowHills said:

Don't play a game where you "detest" 90% of it. The new factions are the ones here to stay, even if old models get soup tomes they won't be supported forever.

I appreciate that this forum is a place for AoS positivity, but surely I’m allowed to say I like the system but hate the lore without being told to not play a game?  

[The Rumour Thread]

21 hours ago, Enoby said:

I doubt anyone will ever know, but I wonder how many people have gone off the idea of starting AoS because they don't know if the army they like will be forgotten about. I know I would be more hesitant to buy models if I thought my army would never be blessed with a battletome. 

Ha, this is 100% me. I detest the new factions and lore but quite like the system. I’ve started collecting high elves, dispossessed, greenskins/gitmob and wanderers only to sell them all off and abandon them because I don’t know how many years I’ll need to wait for decent rules and model range and merging back these ridiculous mini factions.