I have no
idea what I'm doing. I love the High Elves, I love their background
but as far as the mechanics go I am going in completely blind here. I
wanted an army list to work to but trial and error is very much going
to be a thing here. The following is mainly based around units I
have, units I definitely want and a strong feeling that magic and
shooting are what I should be focusing on here:
Lords
Loremaster
of Hoeth, great weapon and heavy armour. 230 points
Heroes
Mage, Level
2 Wizard. 120 points
Mage, Level
1 Wizard. 85 points
Lothern Sea
Helm with spear, light armour, shield and Reaver Bow. 125 points
Core
20 Lothern
Sea Guard, full command, spears, bows and shields. 270 points
5 Ellyrian
Reavers, full command, spears and bows. 125 points
5 Ellyrian
Reavers, full command, spears and bows. 125 points
Special
20
Swordmasters of Hoeth, full command. 290 points
10 Shadow
Warriors with champion. 150 points
Lothern
Skycutter with Eagle Eye bolt thrower. 120 points
Rare
Eagle Claw
Bolt Thrower. 70 points
Eagle Claw
Bolt Thrower. 70 points
Flamespyre
Phoenix. 225 points
Total: 2005
points
The
Loremaster of Hoeth is my general for no better reason than I really
like the model and want to use it. He has a couple of Mages backing
him up in the Magic Phase, though I don't know what lores I'll be
going with just yet. Finally, character-wise, is a Lothern Sea Helm
who I'll have spare after making the Skycutter.
Actually,
Lothern units have turned out to be something of a theme of the army
with the Sea Helm. Sea Guard, Skycutter and Eagle Claw Bolt Throwers.
I just happen to like the looks of them, to be honest. I just don't
like Archers and Spearmen, the models are very old and chunky so
their more modern (and more heavily armed) Lothernii brethren made
the cut. Similarly, I got a couple of units of Ellyrian Reavers cheap
on eBay so that's the Core taken care of.
The
Loremaster needs some friends to stand with so the Swordmasters were
a natural inclusion. The Shadow Warriors are, again, just a unit I
like and one that will let me take a break from painting white.
And,
finally, a Phoenix. I want one. They look great.
Its quite
elite by my standards with just over seventy models and only two
ranked infantry units. I usually don't have this many ranged units,
either, so that's a whole new play style to try out (and eventually
fail at and just refocus the army on White Lions and Tiranoc Chariots
if I know myself at all).
So, I've got
the Loremaster undercoated and the Reavers halfway built, its time to
clench my teeth and once again try to paint white.
1 comment:
The Loremaster is excellent both as a model and on the table. With his selection of spells, really consider giving him the book of Hoeth. As he’s only a level 2, he really benefits from it. It might be worth dropping one of the other mages to free up a few points
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