It’s great news to finally have some resolution on the state of the game. When we get a release date for the English-language book, I’ll finish painting my Démons.
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Making Sausage
Mostly just thinking out loud here:
With the Bubonic Court and, according to rumors, the new Skaven book, I can take Plague Monks as Core. It’s probably ill-advised, but what the heck:
Plague MonkapaloozaBubonic Court of Nurglitch – 2,000 pointsLords & HeroesPlague Lord NurglitchPlague Priest – BSB, Storm BannerFestering Chantor – Plague Censer, Dispell Scroll x2Core
- Plague Monks x25 – Full Command, Extra Hand Weapon, War Banner
- Plague Monks x25 – Full Command, Extra Hand Weapon
- Plague Monks x25 – Full Command, Extra Hand Weapon
Special
- Plague Censer Bearers x10
- Plague Censer Bearers x10
Rare
- Rat Spawn
AT-43 is also on the top of my mind, since I’ll be playing it in a few hours. Mind you, I’m sure none of these are good and, if they are, they’ve probably been done to death at this point. This is mostly mental sausage-making as I try to process the game. Expect more!
One list I’ll be able to easily run when my final orders come in is:
Red Block – Supra
- Dragonov Kommandos x9 – Sergeant, Sniper Gun x3, Electronic Warfare x2
- Dragonov Groupa S
- Krasnye Soldati x15 – Vrachov, Rocket Launcher x3, Medic x2
- Dragomirov Kolossi – Dragomira
- Sierp x3
Or maybe even drop the Krasnye Soldati and replace them with even more Dragonov Kommandos.
The list I plan to run this evening (at first, at least) is:
Red Block
- Krasnye Soldati x14 – Vrachov, Rocket Launcher x3, Medic x2
- Krasnye Soldati x12 – Tymofieva, Grenade Launcher x3, Mechanic x2
- Dragonov Kommandos x9 – Sergeant, Sniper Gun x3, Electronic Warfare x2
- Sierp x2 – Sergeant
- Urod
I’d like to work up a list that lets me load up on Kolossi… but it just ain’t happening at 2,000 points. The list that gives me the most options there is Frontline and, with that, I need to ensure that I have enough AFVs to stick around… and it’s tough to find points for both those and TacArms with only 2,000 points to spend.
The Stinking Things
I’ve been very excited since we got official confirmation of the upcoming new Skaven armybook. The loathsome ratmen are what got me into the hobby (16?) years ago and, even though I’ve ultimately found frustration with Warhammer, I still love the Skaven more than anything else Games Workshop’s produced.
I can’t quite manage enthusiasm to play them again, right now, before the new book’s come out. Every time I grind out a list, it looks remarkably like the lists I’d played with before taking a break from the game… lists that I know will take forever to play and won’t be particularly successful. I’d like to push my ratmen around… but I want something different.
Enter: The Bubonic Court of Nurglitch. I’ve got Nurglitch. I’ve got 25+ Plague Censer Bearers and over 100 Plague Monks. I can do this. I certainly thought about it when I really set into playing WHFB, so why not?
I’ll be fighting my WHFB arch-nemesis, Mike, and his Dark Elves on the fields of Killpeopleburg next week. The list I’m planning to bring is really only half-considered, but could be fun.
StinkclawBubonic Court of Nurglitch – 2,000 PointsLords & Heroes
- Plague Lord Nurglitch
- Plague Priest – BSB, Stormbanner
- Festering Chantor – Plague Censer, Dispell Scroll x2
Core
- Plague Monks x24 – Full Command, Extra Hand Weapons, War Banner
- Plague Monks x10 – Full Command, Extra Hand Weapons
- Rotten Rodents x25 – Full Command
- Pusbags x20
- Pusbags x20
Special
- Plague Censer Bearers x10
- Plague Censer Bearers x10
Rare
- Rat Spawn
- Rat Spawn
The Censer Bearers are in larger units than they need to be, but why not? Plus, I’d like to stick Nurglitch in one of them, so bigger means more survivable means better.
Two Rat Spawns should be fun: I’ve got bits for a Chaos Spawn and I don’t know how many Rat Ogres floating around, so I should be able to construct one without any trouble (and will likely have a good time doing it) and will use a Carnifex conversion I got in a bulk trade a couple of years back for the other.
The Plague Priest will go in with the Rotten Rodents; the Stormbanner will buy me at least one turn to close on the enemy; if it persists, I lose nothing, however, since I don’t have a single bit of shooting. The Festering Chantor will go in with the large Plague Monk unit.
We’ll have to see if a block of Plague Monks can survive. Normally, they can’t: T 4 is nice, but it can’t make up for the total lack of armor save, and they’re simply not good enough at killing to offset how easily they die. Since Rotten Rodents, the Clanrat replacement, are pretty much in the same predicament (they’re fundamentally Plague Monks who’ve traded Frenzy for Light Armor), I figure I might as well give it a shot. Might be worth it to try juicing up their damage output by replacing War Banner with Banner of Burning Hatred.
Ultimately, it’s sure to play very, very differently than what I’m used to.
Progress – 20090901
I don’t think I should call these posts “Painting Progress” anymore… I feel like I haven’t actually painted in too long.
I did have a little free time over the weekend and was unable to motivate myself to do anything with my Daemons. I really need to knuckle down and come up with a paint scheme for them: I’m sure that, once I do, I’ll have the army done in just a few months.
In the hopes of getting something done, I did some puttering with my Dark Angels.
I put some more effort into finishing off my Sternguard Veterans (they’re just waiting on some studded pauldrons that should arrive any day now).
I also assembled two heavy bolter brothers and another devastator sergeant (I’ve had two assembled for quite some time) for a new Devastator squad. I started painting them last night.
I also fixed this poor assault marine: he’d been a bit too enthusiastic with his chainsword, holding it up higher than the trays I store my marines in were ready to allow. So, he got a new arm.
In other news, I’m officially cut off from buying more AT-43 stuff. I’ve got two Sierps, two Dragonov Kommandos boxes and two Dragonov Kommando Attachment boxes on order. That’s more than I should have bought, but it’s too late, now. (They’re hard to find, which is my excuse.)