I'm not new here, it's just that my account (Prince_Of_Caledor) doesn't seem to exist anymore.

Anyway, what do you think of this army? any ideas?


LORD(S)-

Highborn, light armour, wild rider kindred, elven steed, spear of twilight, blight of terrors - 296, army general, leading Wild Riders of Kurnous


HERO(ES)-

Noble, eternal kindred - 80, leading Eternal Guard

Spellsinger, level 2, hail of doom arrow, ranu's heartstone - 175, lore of athel loren

Spellsinger, level 2, starfire arrows, deepwood sphere - 175, lore of athel loren


CORE UNIT(S)-

8 Dryads - 96

10 Glade Guard - 120

10 Glade Guard - 120

6 Glade Riders - 146

19 Eternal Guard, musician, standard bearer, banner of war - 271


SPECIAL UNIT(S)-

8 Wardancers - 144

4 Tree Kin - 260

5 Wild Riders, musician, standard bearer, saemrath - the banner of zenith - 173


RARE UNIT(S)-

6 Waywatchers - 144

Treeman - 285


TOTAL = 2,483 pts.


As for my tactics:

I put the noble in the eternal guard to make them stubborn. I intend to use the etneral guard to soak up charges, hence the large number and banner.

I was going to use the glade riders to charge units, whilst the dryads flank the same enemy units. And the same tactic for the wild riders (with the general) and wardancers respectively.

I would use the spellsingers (wiht the arrows and magic) and the waywatchers to cut snipe at various enemies.

And last but by no means least, the treeman and tree kin would be used on artillery and other such things.



Any ideas or advice?

It's a bit heavy in magic and accessories. Wood Elves are already expensive enough in general to be outnumbered anyway. Don't make it worse for yourself.

Another point about wood elves, don't try to make an uber unit. I guess you can get away with it in 2.5k, but still.. the highborn and wild riders are too decked out for what is just 6 lightly armoured models.

The general set up is fine, but it just seems to me like one of my "dream" lists before I see I'm five or six hundred points over, and I realise I've got way too much funky gear and not enough army. Arguably it matters less at 2.5k, but it's still something to think about.

8 dryads for 96pts. For me that unit epitomises Wood Elves. Get more little units that are effective yet expendable.

How about this?


LORD(S)-

Highborn, wardancer kindred, blades of loec - 230, general, leading wardancers


HERO(ES)-

Noble, eternal kindred - 80, leading Eternal Guard

Spellsinger, level 2, hail of doom arrow, ranu's heartstone - 175, lore of athel loren

Spellsinger, level 2, starfire arrows, deepwood sphere - 175, lore of athel loren


CORE UNIT(S)-

8 Dryads - 96

10 Glade Guard - 120

10 Glade Guard - 120

6 Glade Riders - 146

19 Eternal Guard, musician, standard bearer - 246


SPECIAL UNIT(S)-

7 Wardancers - 126

4 Tree Kin - 260

6 Wild Riders, musician -156

4 Warhawk Riders - 160


RARE UNIT(S)-

6 Waywatchers - 144

Treeman - 285


TOTAL = 2,517 pts.


I may get rid of the glade riders, and get more dryads, wardancers or warhawk riders? any comments?

Speaking of change:


LORD(S)-

Highborn, wardancer kindred, blades of loec - 230, general, leading wardancers


HERO(ES)-

Noble, eternal kindred - 80, leading Eternal Guard

Spellsinger, level 2, hail of doom arrow, ranu's heartstone - 175, lore of athel loren

Spellsinger, level 2, starfire arrows, deepwood sphere - 175, lore of athel loren


CORE UNIT(S)-

8 Dryads - 96

8 Dryads - 96

10 Glade Guard - 120

10 Glade Guard - 120

19 Eternal Guard, musician, standard bearer - 246


SPECIAL UNIT(S)-

7 Wardancers - 126

4 Tree Kin - 260

6 Wild Riders, musician -156

5 Warhawk Riders - 200


RARE UNIT(S)-

6 Waywatchers - 144

Treeman - 285


TOTAL = 2,509 pts.


Comments?


ADDITION: I've tried to increase small units and get rid of needless accessories.

Looks good. You don't need 5 warhawk riders though. 3 is enough, especially with them being US2 each. 4 is being safe, 5 is overkill.

You don't really need 4 treekin either, but as they're more about the toughness and sticking around, I guess you may as well. Just remember that 96pts is all you need for another dryad unit.

Exaclty 2,500 pts.


LORD(S)-

Highborn, wardancer kindred, blades of loec - 230, general, leading wardancers


HERO(ES)-

Noble, eternal kindred - 80, leading Eternal Guard

Spellsinger, level 2, hail of doom arrow, ranu's heartstone - 175, lore of athel loren

Spellsinger, level 2, starfire arrows, deepwood sphere - 175, lore of athel loren


CORE UNIT(S)-

8 Dryads - 96

8 Dryads - 96

8 Dryads - 96

10 Glade Guard - 120

10 Glade Guard - 120

19 Eternal Guard, musician, standard bearer - 246


SPECIAL UNIT(S)-

7 Wardancers - 126

3 Tree Kin - 195

6 Wild Riders, musician -156

4 Warhawk Riders - 160


RARE UNIT(S)-

6 Waywatchers - 144

Treeman - 285


TOTAL = 2,500 pts.



Thinking aboout it now, another unit of dryads is never a bad thing, and 3 tree kin should efinitely be enough considering I also have a tree man.

Thanks for the advice, this final draft looks much better than what I started out with.

And now for a confession; in the first draft, the lord was orignally riding a great stag instead of a normal steed, I've since realised just how much overkill that was.

Looks good now, well done. What's it for? You got a specific battle in mind or is it just a general list you're working towards?

Really just a general, all-purpose army list I plan to start out with (or rather start out with the 1k list and collect up to this one).

I only know 3 people who play warhammer, one uses dwarfs, one uses lizardmen, and the last uses dogs of war, any ideas who I should battle first?