I've made a few changes to my WHFB Stirland army, namely in the removal of a few units. Originally I had only wanted about a 1k point list, but once I started Greatswords, I 'needed' more to make them effective. Which meant a bigger army, cause they have a high point cost (for a foot slogging human). Plus I wanted a cannon, which meant an even bigger army to fit both units in with the army percentages (such a stupid system of army building). Soon my 1k army damn near hit 2k before I hit the breaks on it.
WHFB has taken a back seat here locally, as most games other than 40k do periodically. Looking at my little horde of Stirlanders, I really just wanted that 1k list, or rather about 1250 points just to have a little bit of variety. Thus, some units are hitting the auction block. I sold the Greatswords to Bob, and my FAILcast captain, spearmen, and archers (the latter have failed to kill ANYTHING in all of their games) will go to ebay sometime this week.
Now, before Neverness starts lamenting that I'm selling my Empire army before he finishes his Orc regiment (not holding my breath for the rest of the army...), remember that rodent problem I mentioned? Well...
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Like my Stirland army, Mordheim is indeed a gateway drug as I've wanted a Skaven army for quite sometime, despite my public denials to the contrary. Last week was a good week on ebay (selling wise), and so I picked up 2 island of blood skaven starter regiments before transferring the rest of the funds to my checking account. Half have spears, the others hand weapons and shields. Hopefully this week I'll add the same amount to bump them up to blocks of 40-50 after adding in the Mordheim minis. They will be the core of my army. After that, I'll need an army book to see just what I have and where to go from there to reach the 1k mark, where again, I intend to stop.
These will have to wait a bit to see some paint/assembly, as we're moving my GF into my/our house this week. Hopefully the dust will settle enough next week for me to paint up a few or something.
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My Skaven army was started in the same way. The skaven models form the Mordheim starter set lead me to pick up enough for a 500 point warband. Then I picked some weapon teams and warmachines to make a small 1000 point army. Finally I picked up about a hundred skaven from a friend of mine getting out of the hobby to break the 2k mark. I have also picked up a couple sets of the Island of blood Skaven to add to the horde. Most of it is unbuilt but one day they will skitter to victory.
lol, I'm just hoping they have a similar record to the Mordheim warband which spawned them!
I am bummed that you are down scaling the points down to just 1k! I was building up to 1500!
Fair enough, I guess I will just have more options to choose from... :)
We don't play it enough to justify larger armies.
That said, Bob's empire army probably crests the 3k mark, so you can still keep building up da boyz!
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