2400pts Balanced/Competitive Empire

[Saviour]

Fantasy Army: Empire

Hey guys,

Getting back into the Empire after a stint playing pretty hardcore warmachine. Played Empire rather successfully in 7th edition making them competitive in the Australian scene before 8th came along, but haven't played them much since. I like my lists to be able to take it to all armies regardless of makeup so the balance is quite important to me. Since I'm not up with the current metas when it comes to the new 8th books, I would like critique on how you think this would go against OnG/TK/VC/OK.

LORDS (465pts)
Arch Lector w/ Great Weapon, AoMI, Dawn Stone (180pts)
Level 4 Death w/ Talisman of Protection, Van Horstmann's Speculum (285pts)

HEROES (298pts)
Engineer (65pts)
Captain w/ BSB, Full Plate, Shield, Helm of the Skavenslayer (108pts)
Level 2 Shadow w/ Dispel Scroll (125pts)

CORE (600pts)
54 Spearmen w/ FC (300pts)
-25 Halberds (150pts)
-25 Halberds (150pts)

SPECIAL (527pts)
2 x Cannons (240pts)
4 Demigryph Knights w/ Std & Muso, Steel Standard (287pts)

RARE (490pts)
Steam Tank w/ Hochland Long Rifle (270pts)
Helblaster (120pts)
Luminark of Hysh (120pts)

I'm really tempted to drop a few things (like the Luminark) and grab another Helblaster + Engineer for good measure, but I quite like the model of the Luminark and think it could be useful against Daemons/VC/TK large monsters. I also would like to somehow fit some diverters into the list but again am not sure what to drop and how to fit them in.

Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.

[Saviour]

Changed my list slightly after my first game against Daemons today.

LORDS (450pts)
Arch Lector w/ Great Weapon, AoMI, Dawn Stone (180pts)
Level 4 Death w/ Talisman of Preservation, Earthing Rod (270pts)

HEROES (323pts)
Engineer w/ Ruby Ring of Ruin (90pts)
Captain w/ BSB, Full Plate, Shield, Helm of the Skavenslayer (108pts)
Level 2 Shadow w/ Dispel Scroll (125pts)

CORE (600pts)
47 Halberdiers w/ FC (312pts)
-23 Halberds (138pts)
-5 Free Company (30)
5 Knights w/ Muso (120pts)

SPECIAL (527pts)
2 x Cannons (240pts)
4 Demigryph Knights w/ Std & Muso, Steel Standard (287pts)

RARE (500pts)
Steam Tank (250pts)
Helblaster (120pts)
Celestial Hurricanum (130pts)

Played against Daemons with double Bloodletters today, and save for a couple of unwanted IFs that stuffed a few things up I thought I was doing well until my Captain, AL, and WL were all KB'd in the one round of combat and then both of my blocks broke. Ended up losing by about 700pts. Stars of the game were the Steam Tank, Helblaster (with Engineer of course), and the Demigryphs.

Decided I needed a redirector for the large block (who have been changed to halberds for future games) and for the Demigryphs, so in come a crap little unit of 5 Free Company to do some pissy redirecting for the block and the Knights to redirect for the Demigryphs. Also swapped out the Luminark for the Hurricanum because the +1 to hit and +1 PD would have been much better than the WS and DD.

All in all I loved my first game with the new Empire... Wish I had more points to spend!