This month, I am submitting a unit of shadows led by a level 10 hero with a level 10 assassin attached and a Dark Elf wizard mounted on a cold one. The assassin / shadow kill team will be for going about murdering characters from the other side using magic and/or poisoned projectiles from the hero and assassin. The wizard on cold one will reinforce the first unit of cold ones I painted for this challenge bringing them up to a strength of seven.
1 x level 10 hero (88) --> 99, "Xylomox", E: hand weapon, repeater crossbow (+4), light armor (+2), scout leader (+5)
7 x shadows (19 ea) --> 133, E: hand weapon, repeater crossbow (+4), light armor (+2)
1 x assassin (88) --> 100, "Vox", E: hand weapon, additional hand weapon (+1), crossbow (+3), light armor (+2), throwing knives (+1), scout hero (+5)
1 x level 5 wizard (78) --> 100, "Nit Noy", E: hand weapon, cold one (+22)
Total 432 points.
Xylomox, level 10 leader of the shadows.
Vox, level 10 assassin.
Nit Noy, level 5 wizard, aspiring grand master of death...
Group shot of this month's submission:
All but two of this month's entry are Marauder figs. The wizard is an old pre-slotta hunk of lead and one of the shadows is an older "Drow" figure. The shadows had brass wire strings added to their repeater crossbows. The assassin carries a Gripping Beast crossbow with copper wire bowstring.
For next month, I pulled out two old units that I've had sitting around for a long time for my final rank & file entry.
Damnit Janet! Who drank up all the Jack?!? Oh yeah, never mind...
Ratwig out...
Oooh, I love the colors on the assasin and the other 'blue' figs!
ReplyDeleteI thought about doing a mage on cold one, but it seems to me that horses are better for mages since they don't have stupidity and they move faster (at least in later editions). Why'd you choose a cold one? Where did you find the +5 pts for being a scout hero?
ReplyDeleteI cant speak for Ratwig but I'd put my wizard on a cold one because that's how the mini came! The -1 to hit and 2 armour piercing attacks make up for the downsides of being stupid, and a unit of helldrakes is a good place to hide.
DeletePoints for special troop champions are on page 6 of Warhammer Armies (continued from pp5). Poison is absent from that list but is +3 as per pp131 of the rule book.
Thanks for answering Alex. Couldn't have put it better myself.
DeleteThe only one with poison is the assassin. Scouts don't have poisoned attacks.
DeleteI'd still pay the +3 on him as it is a) cheap, b) not factored into his price in WA - the assassin rules being free is crazy enough- c) I've spent far too long thinking about these things that don't matter!
Deletethanks for the answer :)
DeleteLove the gritty feel these guys have - seasoned killers obviously!
ReplyDeleteGreat selection of miniatures, your paint job underlines their simplicity. Perfect for shades !
ReplyDeleteGreat skin tones on that assassin
ReplyDeleteGreat minis and even better painting.
ReplyDeleteLove the names for the characters! Inspiring stuff :)
ReplyDeleteNice skin tones on this group and great addition to the army.
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