sturguard
19-03-2009, 17:43
Hey folks,
I am primarily a 40k player, however, given my age and three young ones I don't get to venture far from the ranch so to speak and play 40k much. I do know two guys who live in my area and have no problem coming over the house to play but they only play fantasy. So... I am debating getting into warhammer so I can play.. these would all be fun games (no tournies) but one of the guys does play pretty hard lists. Please feel free to steer me towards the army which would be right for me... the three I am considering are Bretonnia, Dark Elf and Wood Elf.
First and foremost I am very model driven- even if a unit is good, if I don't like the model, I either convert or don't use it.
Next, of the two players, one uses High Elves and Empire and the other uses a Lizardman Steggy list with 2-3 steggies and a unit of Kroxigor with skinks (at least that is what he told me) so I would like my army to match up well against the others.
Does anyone know if another wave of Dark Elves is coming out... I really dislike the dark rider, warrior and harpy models, so that just leaves me with corsairs.
I am looking for an army that can be effective in all three phases and I can swap out. I don't want to play the same list over and over and would prefer flexibility- winning every game isn't as important as being able to use different units and having fun with different tactics.
My thoughts- I like the idea of Bretonnians (I was always big into paladins during my early stint with D&D) but they have fewer unit types than either elves. I also don't know how well I could paint the heraldry- it kind of spooks me. I actually like the models that aren't the backbone of the army (men at arms, questing knights, grail reliquay? sp?) so could I play effectively with them?
Dark elves, again, I have never seen the new book so don't know their strengths relative to high elf, empire and lizardmen. I do like the corsairs, the nobles, assasins, hydra and cold one knight models- I hate the harpies, warriors and dark riders. As dark riders and harpies seem to be integral to the army play, I'm not sure how this fares.
Wood elves. Like the big monster models, wardancer and spell singers and wild riders- however, I am a bit concerned with the learning curve on them and how they play against lizardards, high elves and the some of the power armies.
Oh, I also wanted to point out I wanted to play an army that would be fun in small games and larger games- so the quality of the army wasn't dependent on the size of the game.
Finally, I play eldar in 40k, so I was thinking I might want to get away from elves.
Any suggestions and comments would be greatly appreciated.
I am primarily a 40k player, however, given my age and three young ones I don't get to venture far from the ranch so to speak and play 40k much. I do know two guys who live in my area and have no problem coming over the house to play but they only play fantasy. So... I am debating getting into warhammer so I can play.. these would all be fun games (no tournies) but one of the guys does play pretty hard lists. Please feel free to steer me towards the army which would be right for me... the three I am considering are Bretonnia, Dark Elf and Wood Elf.
First and foremost I am very model driven- even if a unit is good, if I don't like the model, I either convert or don't use it.
Next, of the two players, one uses High Elves and Empire and the other uses a Lizardman Steggy list with 2-3 steggies and a unit of Kroxigor with skinks (at least that is what he told me) so I would like my army to match up well against the others.
Does anyone know if another wave of Dark Elves is coming out... I really dislike the dark rider, warrior and harpy models, so that just leaves me with corsairs.
I am looking for an army that can be effective in all three phases and I can swap out. I don't want to play the same list over and over and would prefer flexibility- winning every game isn't as important as being able to use different units and having fun with different tactics.
My thoughts- I like the idea of Bretonnians (I was always big into paladins during my early stint with D&D) but they have fewer unit types than either elves. I also don't know how well I could paint the heraldry- it kind of spooks me. I actually like the models that aren't the backbone of the army (men at arms, questing knights, grail reliquay? sp?) so could I play effectively with them?
Dark elves, again, I have never seen the new book so don't know their strengths relative to high elf, empire and lizardmen. I do like the corsairs, the nobles, assasins, hydra and cold one knight models- I hate the harpies, warriors and dark riders. As dark riders and harpies seem to be integral to the army play, I'm not sure how this fares.
Wood elves. Like the big monster models, wardancer and spell singers and wild riders- however, I am a bit concerned with the learning curve on them and how they play against lizardards, high elves and the some of the power armies.
Oh, I also wanted to point out I wanted to play an army that would be fun in small games and larger games- so the quality of the army wasn't dependent on the size of the game.
Finally, I play eldar in 40k, so I was thinking I might want to get away from elves.
Any suggestions and comments would be greatly appreciated.