Ulthuan

I'm still working on my 2.5K list but I have a 2K ready to go! My prince got off his horse to get Strikes First, Magical Attacks, Killing Blow and more shooting with the Reaver Bow in the seaguard for the Razor Standard. Younger Seredain is ship-bound in this period and yet to locate his family's l...

I have also been wondering about the new heros and subfactions. I was thinking that Alariel the Everqueen could have a good shot together with Eltharion the Grim. There are already models available and I think, that Eltharion also fits in the timeline, no? Those are certainly an interesting option....

In general, across the lists I'm finding myself moving more and more into a Cavalry Heavy-Core, sometimes with darts of 5 Archers. Like previous editions, these seem to be the setups that actually can do something. Playing around with a Cav-Star style as well, which I think is possible right now in...

Interesting. I haven't seen many 3k pts lists, and I don't know if a fixed meta exists for it. It's a pity that the handmaiden can't be general, though I agree that with only 10 sisters, it's not worth the downside anyway. Especially at 3k points, you would want 20-30 sisters in core to make taking ...

Thank you all for you explanations and illustrations, I understand a bit better now. It's clear to me that, in order to use them well, you have to already be a good player, right ? Doesn't look like the kind of strat a beginner would have an easy job play with. Yes and no. Like with anything, the b...

I think this is the one situation in which I prefer the Lore Familiar over the Silvery Wand. With an Illusion combat mage, you need to get Spectral Doppelganger. That's his whole point. 5 spells is no guarantee. What would this mage do that that 1-in-6 games when you don't roll it? A 16% chance if w...

I think everything that goes for redirectors in general goes for archer darts as well. Redirectors are about giving you board control and about disrupting your opponent's plans. To give an easy example, say your opponent has a deathstar unit. Maybe something like 20 Dragon Princes with a Prince in t...

The main question is, if you're going for Spectral Doppelganger, what magic weapon are you giving him? If you're just going with a handweapon, you might as well not bother. WS5, S3 attacks aren't going to do much against most things where you want such an important character. This will also impact ...

Also if the game does not reach 6 turns because of running out of time (my games are currently slow because everyone playing in my group are beginners) does your opponent claim them as victory points because they did not make it onto the table? To add to this, it's impossible for units not to show ...

Having said that, only a dwarves as far as I can tell can take a regular cannon - although the Empire Great Cannon is undisputedly better than RBT at monster killing (probably even at a 3:2 ratio). I'm going to have a look through the various army lists, but I think we're the only BS4 bolt thrower ...

Combined with hitting half the time, you're only doing a wound every 4 shots, and that's before saves. Compare that to a cannon, which has the same range, but S8. You only misfire every 6 shots, then you wound T6 stuff on a 2+, and on average do the same nr of wounds before saves (though they're AP...

Unfortunately no spell casting in armour, unless the armour explicitly says it can. Of course you'll get the 6+ from the mount, and then can add in 5+/5+ if needed. You may need to run a larger unit of Dragon Princes so they can't chip away 1 R&F and start targeting the mage. To elaborate a bit...

If you're using them for multi-shot, then in my opinion, there are better options for the points. 1 RBT gets you 5 Sisters of Averlorn. In terms of shooting, you get (multi-shot): 3+D3 shots, 48'' range, BS 4 (with a -1 to Hit), S4, AP 1, AB 1 5 shots, 30'' range, BS 5, S3, AP1, AB2, ignores cover T...

The brave and refreshing thing to do would of course be to introduce new characters. It would add to the lore and create a fresh look at the Old World. It would offer new stories instead of going back to the same old tales. I'm not sure they're going to do that though. The Old World also feels a bit...

I agree. That army looks epic! It has to be a joy to play with and against.

Good luck in the event and let us know how it went. And take plenty of pictures for us!

Interesting lists for sure. I like Warden of Saphery as an honour. The Sword of Hoeth, and Killing Blow special rules are wonderful for the price. I don't rate the Reaver Bow on a prince at all though (or on any other character really). The problem is that a Prince doesn't have the Arrows of Isha sp...

I don't really have anything useful to add, except that I enjoyed the write-up of the battle. So thanks for that. Also, your sisters look epic!

Thanks for being vigilant, Pash. I originally approved the post, since it looked Warhammer related and genuine enough. Though I didn't test the link, so there's that...

I am keeping an eye on things however.

Knowing GW prices, that would be a very expensive float though...

I'd love to see an actual Phoenix King take to the field (might we finally see a S5, T4 elf character?) I very much doubt it. Even Tyrion and Korhil were only ever S4, T3. And they were reputedly the most bad-ass elves since the forming of the vortex. I don't think GW is going to change that. One r...

That looks like a fun list to play with. And it should have enough hitting power to hold its own in a medium strength environment I think. After giving your list some thoughts, I would like to try something similar. However, I don't really have much experience with a handmaiden general and core sist...

Exiting news! Thanks for sharing. It's great to see the timeline laid out. Seems like GW is figuring out how to play the hype-train. There's a few nuggets in there that are worth mentioning. The reference to the High Elves merwyrming does hint at an actual merwyrm showing up, which would give us a n...

I like the chariots as an alternative mount if you're looking for a more budget choice, or if you're going for a friendlier list where you don't want big monsters. They're still plenty strong I feel, while not dominating the field in the way a (star) dragon does. And the Skycutter is definitely one ...

Sounds like you had a fun tourney. And it sounds like a good performance for a first showing. Seaguard were not great. The razor standard got, maybe 5 extra wounds across 5 games. I probably needed to be moving them more upfield to get better shots off. My issue with them is that if I use them more ...

They look great! They must look amazing on the table. Thanks :) 10 minutes of research on how to paint gems really paid off, once I figured out why to paint them a certain way they're now one of the more enjoyable things to paint for me. Basically just a bunch of tiny German flags with a gloss varni...

That looks like an epic game. Also, the Bret army looks so small for 3500pts... Congrats on the win. Magic has been a bit hit or miss for me. I've had a game recently where I failed almost all my casting rolls, and all my dispell rolls. Which meant that my lvl4 was useless, but my opponent's lvl2 ma...

It should be a fun list. I think the frostheart phoenix isn't the strongest choice. It's not bad by any means, but it's not great either. Also, beware of facing bretonians and their falcon horn. You could be stuck on a M2 model for a large part of the game. Also, I'm guessing you're aiming for Spect...

Just out of curiosity, how would you run the swordmasters? 3x5? I currently have them in 6x2 for extra damage. Same goes for the spearmen. 6x3 If you give them Drilled, then you can change their formation as needed, even on turns you charge. So that's always an option. I tend to run them 7-wide to ...

Sun Dragon mage always gives me pause so I'll be curious how it continues. I don't like that it's neither super happy outside combat (vulnerable to mid strength shooting) or in it, and impetuous has a nasty habit of hitting at exactly the wrong moment. I think the sun dragon isn't too bad in that r...

In regards to the bolt thrower, the consensus is that point-for-point, sisters are better. Though sisters have shorter range, BS5 is a big deal, and ignore cover helps even more. As does the fact that for the RBT, the multi-shot suffers from an additional -1 to hit, so you're effectively shooting at...