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Here are the situations and what i think about these armies , see if you guys have some input since im going in circles among them:
( reason why i made the battle force thread )

a) IG : new releases. I would like new command squad , new sentinel weapons , and new valkyries , however the problem is...
if i buy 3 sentinels ( 3 to make sure they can have same weapons for complete squad ) it'll just make it more troublesome for the left over 12 sentinels already existed in my army
that cant be field , same problem with adding valkyrie , it'll compete for fast choice.

b) Eldar: All my favorite models ( wraith lord / war walker ) take up heavy support section , thus getting more = making my falcons obsolete. I do like
their battle force content but not sure what to do about wave serpents ( i have never ever field them since they are such expensive transports )

c) Lizardmen: My birthday army ( im getting intimidated from thinking how to paint them especially temple guards jaw area due to armor plate ) so far the army
i have is unfieldable . It can be settled with 1 battalion though

d) Dark elves: (cousin's army ) have troops , 15 cold one calvary , ( finishing it with 1 battlion would work , but not sure about having 20 cold ones , split into 3 special choices? so i can squeeze 1 slot for witch elves? )

e) Tomb Kings: Have enough core troops and character to be small legal army , the battalion: i love everything minus the old out dated horses. Incomplete unit of Ushabiti ( expensive to buy too... ) .
so basically if there is 100% confirmation they wont come out with new plastic undead horses i'll give up waiting on it now.

f) Vampire Counts: ( cousin's army ) Used to be complete army till i painted his skeletons into Tomb Kings ( sorry! ) I dont like how the generic older skeletons look , if there is a way i can make
good looking skeletons that can fit into both VC and TK this will be a life saver! ( so please need ideas! ) a battalion would help tons.

Those are the most confusing choices atm , please feel free to suggest!

Honestly, paint up what you have before you get more.

In that case ignore army A and B

the other 4 my cousin would pay for them just so he can
play with a complete / legal list.

Im confused, you already have 12 sentinels and they cant be fielded? what is the reason for that?

Is the main point to just get a project finished, or to get one of your armies painted and on the table? If the latter, than I think it's a question of lizards or tomb kings, and your TK sound farther along (and also arguably easier to paint ). I don't really expect new plastic horses myself (vamps still have old black knights, which will probably be the next plastic undead ponies to be redone), so getting TK up to strength will get you 6 months or so of gaming with them before the new rules come out, when you'll be all painted up so can enjoy adding in new models at your leisure, rather than just piling them on

- Salvage

KingCracker wrote:Im confused, you already have 12 sentinels and they cant be fielded? what is the reason for that?

The current sentinels are mostly the multi laser / heavy flamer ones ( not the new one with all the plasma cannon / auto cannon and such )

In other words if i want to field their squadron , i want the 3 to have same weaponry. So basically if i buy 3 new sentinels , i can give the extra weapons
to my older ones!

3x plasma cannon , 3x auto cannon , 3x missle launcher , 3x las cannon , and 3x heavy flamer i guess. its nice!

@ Boss_salvage:

Thats really good advice , but VC is actually (90% complete compared to TK's 40% ) It would be complete if i didnt turn his core troop into TK lol.
So basically its my fault ish , he would buy the 1 battalion to add in more core troops. ( Which is.... the best idea for him , but! I hate painting those VC models >.> )

Don't field a sentinel squadron with only 1 weapon variant. I use a squadron of two multilasers and 1 lascannon. I use the multis for lighter vehicles(immobilize heavier ones) and my lascannon goes for the kill.

WFB DE and VC can be ignored, as they aren't youre models.

Of the rest, can't you just pick something that you'd like to see finished?

halonachos wrote:Don't field a sentinel squadron with only 1 weapon variant. I use a squadron of two multilasers and 1 lascannon. I use the multis for lighter vehicles(immobilize heavier ones) and my lascannon goes for the kill.

ah i see... the way i play is abit different . back when all the sentinels are AV 10, i play to keep them at max distance if i can ( so going after the one without range to return fire )
i perfer not to mix 36" and 48" weapons for that reason ( since small arms can kill me , oh god my sentinel army died to SM bolters rofl )

@John , im tempted to do TK , but cant help feel their undead steeds will get replaced soon....

Vampire counts all the way.

Scrap your guard and send them to me so I can make dead guard conversions for my ork army!