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| Sammy the Squid | 17th April 2008 - 06:49 AM Post #1 |
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OK, my 100th game with my Skaven is coming up, and it will be 6k of Skaven going up against 3 2k armies, which will be Vampire Counts, combat-orientated High Elves and Beastmen... My proposed list is as follows: Warlord (general) w. HA, Weeping Blades, Enchanted Shield and Warpstone Amulet Warlord w. HA, Shield, Fellblade and Talisman of Protection Grey Seer on Screaming Bell w. Twisted Crown, EotHR Grey Seer w. Tenebrous Cloak, Warpstone Charm BSB w. HA and Swarm Banner 3 Engineer's w. Kit-Pistol. Their Items include Death Globes, Storm Daemon and 3-4 Dispel Scrolls 2 Plague Priests. 1 has Flail, the other 2 weapons and Bands of Power Assassin w. Smoke Bombs and Warpstone Stars Chieftain w. HA, GW 30 Stormvermin w. shields, command and War Banner 5 blocks of 30 Clanrats w. command 5 Weapon Teams (3 Rattling, 2 WFT) 4 blocks of 21 Slaves 3 Blocks of 18 Giant Rats 2 PWG's 30 Monks w. 2 weapons, command and BoBH 4 Rat Ogres 2 units of 3 Rat Ogres 2 units of 5 Tunnelers w. poisoned weapons 8 Scouting Gutter Runners w. poisoned weapons and Champion 8 Censor Bearers 2 Doomwheels WLC DoW Giant There... Any comments? Im seriously considering taking Thanquol of Ikit Klaw instead of one of my Seers... I know I will be facing alot of Dispel Dice and Scrolls, so the extra magic punch might be useful... Also, we might be increasing the game size to 7k, in which case Ill definately be taking more magic! - Sammy Warpstone Thrower |
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"If the squidman can't do it, no one can!!" Wins/Losses/Draws Skaven Clan Rattenkrieg - 108/58/20 Dark Elves - 44/14/8 Hochland Empire - 33/14/4 Malkavian Vampires - 23/22/4 Beastmen - 50/25/2 Have not completed a Painting Vow since July 07!! | |
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| WageMage | 17th April 2008 - 09:42 AM Post #2 |
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Chieftain
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Actually I would just take most special characters we have. In a game this size it will hardly matter but it will give a heroic feel to the battle. It's not as if they're overpowered. Thanquol on the Bell with his illusions of grandeur, Ikit Claw who believes he's actually calling the shots, while Throt is trying to get slaves for his experiments, and the Headtaker to get the heads of defeated foes. For your army list: - Try to add a master moulder to the list, and deploy the Giant Rats and ROgres within his leadership bubble. If there's any place he can be useful it's in a battle this size. - Give the Charm to the Seer on the Bell. He'll be casting the most and you don't want to cause a STR10 hit on your Bell and most of the unit. ![]() Remember, we want pictures, and lots of them.
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| Sammy the Squid | 17th April 2008 - 02:04 PM Post #3 |
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Yeh, I know it would be awesome to use Special Characters in such a game, but I try to refrain from it for 2 reasons: 1) They are expensive in points. To take more than 1 I would have to serverely drop down my models, and I know I will be facing quite alot since there will be 3 armies amassed against me... As fun as they would be to take, I just don't think I could justify spending so many points... 2) I prefer my own characters. Sure, they may not be as strong as the Special Characters, but they have their own stories behind each of them, and have developed a personality of their own over so many games... I've made a few changes, including adding Thanquol. Thanquol now rides on the Bell and the other Seer has EotHR. To find the points, I dropped the support Chieftain, the Warpstone Thrower and the Scouting Gutter Runners. With that, I also had the points to add another unit of Slaves... - Sammy |
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"If the squidman can't do it, no one can!!" Wins/Losses/Draws Skaven Clan Rattenkrieg - 108/58/20 Dark Elves - 44/14/8 Hochland Empire - 33/14/4 Malkavian Vampires - 23/22/4 Beastmen - 50/25/2 Have not completed a Painting Vow since July 07!! | |
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| pilgrim2715 | 17th April 2008 - 10:47 PM Post #4 |
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Doomwheel Driver
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An excellent list Sammy, although I would suggest the addition of some Jezzails to destroy armored opponents. Dropping the four rat ogres for 10 Jezzails would be beneficial. The team of 8 gutter runner scouts is incredibly expensive and very vulnerable, use nightrunners instead, they are almost as effective in the harassment role and are about 1/3 of the cost. |
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| Sammy the Squid | 18th April 2008 - 04:47 PM Post #5 |
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FINAL LIST!! Thanquol on Screaming Bell (general) Warlord w. Weeping Blades, Warpstone Amulet, HA, Enchanted Shield Warlord w. Fellblade, Talisman of Protection Grey Seer w. Warpstone Charm, EotHR, Tenebrous Cloak BSB w. HA, Banner of the Swarm 3 Engineers w. kit - pistol. Equipment includes Storm Daemon, Death Globes and 4 Dispel Scrolls Assassin w. Smoke Bombs, Warpstone Stars Plague Priest w. 2 weapons, Bands of Power Master Moulder w. LA, GW and Skavenbrew 30 Stormvermin w. Shields, Command and War Banner 5 units of 30 Clanrats w. Full Command - 5 weapon teams (3 Rattling, 2 WFT) 5 units of 21 Slaves w. Musicians 3 units of 18 Giant Rats 2 PWG's 30 Monks w. 2 weapons, command and BoBH 4 Rat Ogres 2 units of 3 Rat Ogres 2 units of 5 Tunnelers w. Poisoned Weapons 8 Censor Bearers WLC 2 Doomwheels DoW Giant Total: 6080 (I know its over, but we agreed that it was okay and the enemies get it too) Total Models: 440! Overall its not as many models as I would have ideally liked, but its all I own... That is practically my entire collection there minus around 5 models!! - Sammy |
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"If the squidman can't do it, no one can!!" Wins/Losses/Draws Skaven Clan Rattenkrieg - 108/58/20 Dark Elves - 44/14/8 Hochland Empire - 33/14/4 Malkavian Vampires - 23/22/4 Beastmen - 50/25/2 Have not completed a Painting Vow since July 07!! | |
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| Lupinbell of Slashkrit | 24th April 2008 - 07:18 PM Post #6 |
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Clanrat
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I might be wrong here, but can't GS only be the General if there are no Warlords, Or does Thanqual ignore that? |
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In space no one can hear you scream...... In the tunnels countless Skaven do, and they will come to feed on your bones........... Yummy
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| Sammy the Squid | 26th April 2008 - 08:35 AM Post #7 |
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Thanquol has equal LD to a Warlord, so he is a legitimate choice for the General. If he had lower LD, then he wouldnt be able to be the general because other characters would have greater LD. I think that clause was added in to stop people having both a powerful Mage (Seer) and a hidden general (Chieftain) as both have same LD, so in other armies would be legal, but is too powerful for us due to lead from the back... Plus it fits the fluff perfectly! - Sammy |
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"If the squidman can't do it, no one can!!" Wins/Losses/Draws Skaven Clan Rattenkrieg - 108/58/20 Dark Elves - 44/14/8 Hochland Empire - 33/14/4 Malkavian Vampires - 23/22/4 Beastmen - 50/25/2 Have not completed a Painting Vow since July 07!! | |
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