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So while I love the chaos army book i cant stand warriors, so i tried to make a list that uses to more barbaric units in the chaos army

Chaos Lord 235
Mark Of Khorne
Shield

Chaos Sorceror 140
Lvl 2
Mark Of Nurgle

25 Marauders 200
GW
Light Armor
Full Com
Mark of Khorne

25 Marauders 200
GW
Light Armor
Full Com
Mark of Khorne

Giant 225

Total:1000


so whatcha think?

Only 40% of your points are marauders.

That's hardly a Marauder only army.

-Matt

HawaiiMatt wrote:Only 40% of your points are marauders.

That's hardly a Marauder only army.

-Matt

yeah but he cant have marauders as characters can he now??


truth be told there can be no full marauder army.
i find it curious that you like chaos but not the warriors..
anyway why not try some points higher like 2000??
i cant say a lot about 1000 armies.
against what armies do you play usually??

rockabill-gr wrote:
yeah but he cant have marauders as characters can he now??

While he can't have them "rules wise" there is nothing that says he can't model them like Marauders.

I think the main issues is that you have too few Marauders. Your naked Lord is more expensive than your Marauder blocks.

I would drop the Lord. Add in another block of Marauders (you really don't need the Champ) and give your lvl 2 an item.

Speaking of the lvl 2 where is he going? I would look at having your 3rd block of marauders beeing a bunker for him. MoN or MoT with HW/S.

HawaiiMatt wrote:Only 40% of your points are marauders.

That's hardly a Marauder only army.

Part of me agrees, but I also think with creative counts as modeling you can make some of the warrior-esque choices into more naked barbarian versions. A giant, while naked and barbaric, is harder to model as crewed by marauders ... How about converting up some barbaric chariots? I think a pair of them would serve your army far better, and they can be made quite feral with some conversion work (my bro has done similar in his all-marauder chaos force). More in general on the list, I think you need more bodies, and there are places to go. The chaos lord seems pretty spendy at 1k, why not a cheap-o exalted? And the light armor on the marauders is basically useless, so there's a load of points. I think with proper cutting you could jam in a lot more troops, along with some chaff and swiftstriders.

Let me just get right to what I'm thinking:

H: Exalted Hero - MoK, shield = 130
H: Sorcerer - MoN, spell familiar = 120

C: 30 Marauders - MoK, full command, gw = 200
C: 30 Marauders - MoK, full command, gw = 200
C: 30 Marauders - full command, shields = 170
C: 5 Warhounds = 30

S: Chariot - MoK = 150
--------
1000

How's that grab you?

- Salvage

Boss Salvage wrote:

HawaiiMatt wrote:Only 40% of your points are marauders.

That's hardly a Marauder only army.

Part of me agrees, but I also think with creative counts as modeling you can make some of the warrior-esque choices into more naked barbarian versions. A giant, while naked and barbaric, is harder to model as crewed by marauders ... How about converting up some barbaric chariots? I think a pair of them would serve your army far better, and they can be made quite feral with some conversion work (my bro has done similar in his all-marauder chaos force). More in general on the list, I think you need more bodies, and there are places to go. The chaos lord seems pretty spendy at 1k, why not a cheap-o exalted? And the light armor on the marauders is basically useless, so there's a load of points. I think with proper cutting you could jam in a lot more troops, along with some chaff and swiftstriders.

Let me just get right to what I'm thinking:

H: Exalted Hero - MoK, shield = 130
H: Sorcerer - MoN, spell familiar = 120

C: 30 Marauders - MoK, full command, gw = 200
C: 30 Marauders - MoK, full command, gw = 200
C: 30 Marauders - full command, shields = 170
C: 5 Warhounds = 30

S: Chariot - MoK = 150
--------
1000

How's that grab you?

- Salvage

That looks pretty good to me.
But at a 1,000 points, I drop the exaulted.
Sorcerer, charmed shield, 4+ ward, 3rd eye, mark of tzeench. Gives him a 3+/3++ save, and options for good spells should yours suck.
IMO characters are better as hard to kill than choppy.
This guys very tough to kill, and covers your magic needs, at a savings of about 35 points.


-Matt

The main books i play against are High Elves, Skaven and sometimes Beastmen, so due to my I compared to theirs i cling to my GWs. Also I have been considering removing the CHaos Lord but its such a waist of the Archaon On Foot model if i dont use it

I would agree with going with only one character at 1k, but it is up to you. I would go with the Boss list and Matt's character, then either give your 3rd block of marauders a mark (Tzeentch probably) or pick up 5 more hounds.