Ulthuan

Greetings! As the rulers of Elithesian Isles, the court of Tor Elithis already established close trade partnerships with Cathay millenia ago. This exchange of goods and knowledge has benefited our realm greatly, even when the routes to Ulthuan were severed upon by Caradryel, the Forsaker of His Own....

This definitely confirms that the whole thing is simply unplayable. The fact that you actually get the same number of total attacks with CC + S&S as having no banner at all just shows how ridiculous the thing is. I'm willing to forgive the army book writers a lot. But this thing is just so bad ...

Really cool shots of your models - they pop even more with this setup! Did you do some editing to make the fire and dragon mouth shine on these shots?

Congrats on the win. It sounds like an epic and fun battle. It sounds like you managed to make the most out of a favorable situation, with the impetuous boar rider charge. And well done in keeping the Black Orks out of combat. Sometimes just avoiding the big stuff and picking off the smaller bits i...

The elves won the battle! Thank you all for the input. For some more information on the battle join me in my campaign thread: viewtopic.php?p=966242#p966242

Victory to the elves of Tor Elithis! In a tight battle I was able to beat my O&G opponent by 170 points, squeezing out a victory. I was fielding this list (https://ulthuan.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=965834#p965834) while the O&G brought the following to the table: Black Orc Boss in foot Orc B...

Not sure how I'm feeling about that, especially considering I could probably repeat the same experiment with a tomb king or duke, with the same result. And I'm not trying to say, that our Princes (or monsters for that matter) should be able to stand up to those lords (resp. stronger monsters), but ...

I like the new list as well. Are you planning on running the Tiranoc chariots separately or as a unit? Both can work, and both have advantages and disadvantages I think. In the first version of the list I had them as a unit of two, but with the second list having less redirecting pieces, I decided ...

Cool to see you expanding your collection! I must admit that I had forgotten the Handmaiden to come in metal. It's really been a while since her original release...

Some tiny elf painting today. Still some way to go but at least I got to slap on some colours

Also basecoated 10 Sisters of Avelorn, so these might be next in line after I finish the tiny spearelves.

Another player from our campaign just forwarded me this link to a french shop that sells a wide range of alternatives for HE 3d prints. I found this quite comprehensive, so might be worth checking out:
https://www.forg3d.fr/collections/hauts-elfes?page=1

Thank you, Axiem. More good points to consider. The switch to the Loremaster's Cloak would be easy enough to make. Do O&G lists typically feature a lot of magic missiles? Though maybe just the availability of the Ruby Ring is enough threat already due to my limited magical defense. Regarding the...

Thank you for the input! My opponent unfortunately had to postpone today's game, but I did work your suggested changes into the list and do indeed like it better now. Will let you know how it went once we have played our game. === High Elf Realms v1 vs O&G [1648 pts] Warhammer: The Old World, Hi...

Greetings fellow Nobles, this evening I will be playing against one of the O&G players from our local campaign group who had the audacity to send his troups into my realm! While thinking about how to approach the battle, I came back to the idea of giving the Cavalry Prince a spin and came up wit...

Round 10: Battle is inbound! The Orks of the Blooded Rock Clan have passed the lands of their undead allies to attack the town of Aldium, which is currently under my control. This means there will be a 1650 points battle coming soon. I am open for suggestions against the Greenskins. My opponent oft...

Interesting that they appear to be releasing a skycutter with too few crew. I wondered why they upped it to 3 and i had to mod the model: i reckon it might be due an errata soon as that's easier than redoing the model If you don't build it with the bolt thrower, there actually is a build with three...

The Merwyrm one is nice, especially if you want to stick to a dragon theme. Though I actually like that the GW one is very different. It really is its own thing, not just a wet dragon. I've had a look around for printing services, and at least here in the Netherlands, there seems to be a fair few o...

It's looking great and the sisters are shaping up nicely. Let us know what the next model you're getting is going to be. I always enjoy putting together some of the bigger kits. And you keep finding some great alternative models. Well, for the Merwyrm I will likely go with this model: https://cults...

Finally finished the Skycutter. Next up will likely be 10 Sisters of Avelorn or 9 IoB Seaguard. When these are all finished, I will allow myself to buy something new. Either a second Skycutter, a Phoenix or a Merwyrm. But first, more painting

Skycutter prices can finally come down - wave 3 will go on preorder next Saturday:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/en- ... d-knights/

I feel he looks more like a warrior than a mage, so would probably use him as one of our fighting characters. He could be a Seaguard Garrison Commander BSB for example. Hos stoic pose would fit that character. Mine has been a regular Noble on foot since ages.

Interesting to have the Razor Banner on the block of 20 SM. Most people probably would not opt for this, but it gives some extra bite against units not affected by cleaving blow. I find it more curious to not see drilled on the SM. I thought that rule to be very valuable to increase their movement ...

The Merwyrm is indeed the official model. I must say it's growing on me. When I first saw it in photos I didn't like it much, but each time I come across it, it's better. It's pricey indeed. Though I hadn't bought any WH stuff in ages (except for the TOW rule books). Not since The End Times, and ev...

Good luck with those White Lions! I have 15 of those left to paint as well. But their current rules don't put them very high in the priority list.

Are you using the official model for your Merwyrm? I can't yet stomach the pricing of that model and will likely go for an alternative.

That's looking amazing. I love the freehand on the sail. Looking forward to seeing it complete. Thank you for the praise. The dragon on the sail is not a freehand though, but instead is part of the printed model. I also like the look of it, however! I do have to warn you though that the GW Skycutte...

Round 9: Movement for round 9 of the campaign. All banners evade each other on my borders, so no battle this round. But the TKs' armies in my lands continue to be a nuisance. And from the East, O&G armies approach via the territories of their allied TKs. Either their alliance breaks soon, or I ...

Nearly done. Just the two exchangeable crew members - one with the bolt thrower, one without - left to do.

Some progress on the Skycutter. One more painting session for the chariot and eagle and one for the crew and it should be finished. Still a terribly flimsy model. I hope GWs version in plastic is at least a bit more stable.

Thank you for the additional explanation, that makes a lot of sense. I was looking at it from the angle that you'd often use a larger unit of Seaguard to pile in these benefits and in that case the SGGC would cost similar to what you would pay in your version if you want to buy all the rules. The ar...

I've been thinking about recent seaguard experience and how I'd change it to make it a reasonable alternative. The fundamental issue I see with it is that the mismatch between units and characters: you have to take expensive, mediocre characters to access the most interesting rules, and the stormwe...