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Post by Laughing Man on Dec 2, 2009 12:20:14 GMT -5
Empire General Pistol Sword Of Sigismund Crimson Amulet Silver Horn Full Plate
Warrior Priest Armour of Metoeric Iron Hammer of Judgement
Wizard Level 2 Van Horstmann's speculum Wizard's Staff
Wizard Level 2 , Silver Horn
12 Handgunners Full command
12 Handgunners Full Command
15 Spearman Full Command
Detachment 5 Archers
19 Halberdiers full command
Detachment 10 Free Company
10 Archers Huntsmen
24 Greatswords Full Command Standard of Arcane Warding
Detatchment 10 Archers
Detatchment 10 Halberdiers
5 Pistoliers Command
Mortar
Great Cannon
General is with the Greatswords, Warrior Priest is with the halberdiers, first wizard is with the spearmen, second is in my gunline.
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Post by Makarova (M.I.A) on Dec 2, 2009 13:27:12 GMT -5
You can't have doublets of magic items I'm afraid, so drop one Silver Horn. Otherwise the characters look alright, even if I wouldn't give a Priest a magic weapon since he's mediocre at best in combat with only 2 attacks.
Why do your handgunners have a full command? It's rather expensive. If they were 20 they might be able to hold the line a bit, but with only 12 they're going to die instantly when charged, so you might want to ditch the standard at least. Marksmen are always good and the musician can be good for rallying, but not necessary in a gunline.
You're definitely going to want at least 20, preferably 25, Spearmen. You need all the rank bonus you can get, humans aren't that good in combat, but cheap.
Same goes for the halberdiers, even more so with being 25 as they're more vulnerable to missile fire.
15 archers and 10 huntsmen, swell.
I love massive greatsword units, nothing ill to say about that.
Halberdiers are always good as detachment, but 5 of those models will be of more use in the full halberd unit. 5 detachment soldiers is still enough to break ranks, it's not like anyone's going to shoot them.
Pistoliers are lovely. Paint most of their armour as leather though, it's ridiculous that a tempered steel cuirassier plate counts as light armour. They're more heavily armoured than greatswords!
The artillery looks good, although if you are dissapointed with them you might want to take a second cannon instead of the mortar, they're generally very good in pairs. But that's only if you're disappointed with the mortar + cannon combo and want something that might be better.
I would also suggest you put both wizards with the shooters, one with the handgunners (or with the huntsmen if you don't plan to Scout with them) and the other with the archers. Skirmish is a great missile protection. And if the wizard is with melee troops, the enemy will just direct a few attacks at him/her and be done with it.
Is this list really 2000 pts though? It seems rather small.
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Post by Laughing Man on Dec 2, 2009 16:34:52 GMT -5
Oops i missed the second silver horn sorry, i'll rework the list and post an update, probably, dropping a couple of things and changing some magic items around and adding some more footsloggers.
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Post by Laughing Man on Dec 3, 2009 7:52:14 GMT -5
Empire General Pistol Armour of Meteoric Iron Crimson Amulet Sword of Sigismund.
Battle Wizard Level 2 Dispell Scroll, Sigil Of Sigmar, Wizard's Staff
Warrior Priest, Silver Horn, Hammer of Battle (Sword of Battle) Heavy Armour, Shield
Captain of the Empire Battle Standard Bearer full plate pistol Griffon Standard
Core
24 Spearmen Shields, full command
detachment 5 handgunners
detatchment 5 handgunners
24 Halberdiers shields full command
detachment 5 handgunners
detachment 5 halberdiers
24 Halberdiers shields full command
detatchment 5 handgunners
detatchment 5 halberdiers
10 Huntsmen
Special
23 Great Swords, full Command Standard of Arcane warding
Detatchment 5 Handgunners
detachment 5 Halberdiers
Great Cannon
Great Cannon
10 Pistoliers, full command
Deployment
Captain and general with the greatswords
warrior priest with one of the other foot regiments
this is my planned battleline
Huntsmen
Halberdiers
Cannon
Spearmen
Wizard
Greatswords
Cannon
Halberdiers
Pistoliers
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Post by Makarova (M.I.A) on Dec 3, 2009 13:46:34 GMT -5
The list looks good, but where do you put the Wizard? If he's just on his own that Sigil of Sigmar feels rather wasteful, it's not like he's going to survive any spells targeted at him anyway. I'd give the Sigil to a captain or the warrior priest, as the magic resistance is conferred to units they join. You should also put the wizard with the archers at least, it's so vulnerable to have them running around on their own. You can always leave the unit if necessary.
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Post by Laughing Man on Dec 3, 2009 17:00:18 GMT -5
Swap the Sigil to the warrior priest and give the wizard the sword of battle, put the wizard with the archers probably.
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Post by Makarova (M.I.A) on Dec 3, 2009 17:40:08 GMT -5
Wizards with magic weapons are cool, but I hope you don't expect him to kill anything with it.  Good changes otherwise. |
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Post by Laughing Man on Dec 3, 2009 18:20:34 GMT -5
I was toying with running a light empire army, archers and pistoliers only, just for giggles.
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Post by Makarova (M.I.A) on Dec 3, 2009 18:41:02 GMT -5
Add in some DoW duelists and you have the most lovely highwaymen army ever!
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Post by Laughing Man on Dec 3, 2009 19:12:58 GMT -5
They are the dandy highwaymen you're too scared to mention.
I'd totally paint my general to look like Adam Ant
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