Thursday 16 June 2016

1,000 point 8th Edition Warhammer Fantasy Army in one sitting.

We had a meeting on a  rainy Saturday afternoon  Myself and Sgt Longbeard set ourself a challenge of constructing a 1,000 point Warhammer 8th Edition Fantasy Army in one sitting.





Now before we begin a little more information on  Longbeard, he has been Role-playing and War gaming since 1985 when he first sat down and played  'Keep to the Borderlands' in the 1st edition Redbox D&D his favourite fantasy is 3rd Ed.   Longbeard is somewhat of a dedicated collector and boasts a collection that only truly be described as 'Impressive'.




Now the Army itself, after some conversation it came down to two options - either an Empire army or a High Elf army, We set ourselves a few guidelines; firstly it will be completely out of the box with no after market parts or conversions and Secondly it would have to be 8th Ed tournament legal.

On  a flip of a coin we decided to go with the High Elves. First thing we did was grab the army book, a pen and some paper and started spit balling.  First list we worked was a simple war band that included 30 archers, 30 Seaguard Spearmen, a Noble and Level 2 Mage totalling 960 point (we planned on filling the rest of the points out with some war gear) We presented our list to friend for a once over and they diagnosed our list as terminally stupid and so after a bit of treatment we had our final list.


  • High Elf Army
  • Heroes
  • Noble with Reaver bow (attached to the archer unit)                                        95pts
  • Level 2 Mage with Caine's Ring of Fury                                                         135pts
  • Core
  • 15 Seaguard Spearmen    (with Musician, Standard and Hawkeye)                 165pts
  • 15 Seaguard Spearmen    (with Musician, Standard and Hawkeye)                 165pts
  • 15 Archers                       (with Musician, Standard and Hawkeye)                 180pts
  • Rare
  • 2 Bolt Throwers                                                                                                140pts
  • Lothern Skycutter                                                                                              120pts
                                                                                                                             Total 1,000 pts

So after a few hours of messing around showing each other the new tabletop stuff we've found online  we had our built High Elf army. We will be putting them to the test against Longbeards trusty Dwarves.








But little did we know but while Longbeard and I were dealing with the high Elves our friend was quietly sitting in the corner with their nose in the army book and as we were finishing the last models with a grin they presented an alternative 1,000 point army and here it is...


Heroes

  • Handmaiden of the Everqueen with Reaver bow                                            120pts
  • Level 2 Mage with Caines Ring of Fury                                                         135pts
Core
  • 15 Archers (with Musician, Standard, Hawkeye and Light Armour)               195pts
  • 15 Spearmen (with Sentinal, Musician and Standard Bearer)                          165pts
  • 5 Ellyrian Reavers (with Bows, Musician and Standard Bearer)                     125pts
Rare
  • 10 Sisters of Avalon (with a High Sister)                                                         150pts
  • 2 Great Eagles                                                                                                   100pts

               
                                                                                                                         Total   1,000pts

So there you have it given the right motivation and a little planning you can get yourself a great starting point for an much larger 8th Edition army.


posted by Sero


 



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