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Hello all. I decided to take on a new fantasy army and liked the look of beastmen. Im not as experienced with fantasy as I am 40k so looking for constructive feedback on my ideas for an army list. See what you think. I am open to suggestions of various builds and future expansions as all I have right now are a few beast herds, 2 x spawn, and 10 wolves.


Heros

Wargor Xakhan the Herald of Doom - Scimitar of skultar, Pelt of The Dark Young, shield, Heavy Armor

106 Points

Bray Shaman Olghyak - lvl 2 wizard, Staff of Darkoth, dispell scroll
160 points

Beast Units

Xakhan's Fury - 13 gors - 2 x hand weapons
8 ungors - Spears, shields
Full command

163 Points
The Mutilators - 8 gors - 2 x hand weapons
8 ungors - Spears, shields
Full command

131 Points

The Darksworn - 8 gors - 2 x hand weapons
8 ungors - Spears, shields
Full command

131 Points

The Doomheralds
15 x Bestigors - Full command, Vitriolic totem

235 points

The Wildfangs
8 x Chaos warhounds

48 Points

Special Units

The Hunters
8 x centigors - Full command, Shields, Spears

187 points

Ymgrak's Mauler's
3 x minotaur - bloodkine, banner, light armor, great weapons

187 Points

Rare Units

The Blessed ones
2 x Bloodbeast Spawn

150 points

1498

The Beasts are getting a new army book in Feb. I would not build anything until seeing the new list. Gor/Ungor herds are changing, new monsters will take up all the rare slots. Chariots and Minotaurs seem to be the only units not changing all that much.

As for the current list -
-drop the shields on the ungors, simply spend the points on more figures
-herds 2 & 3 should drop the banner. Too great a risk of giving up the VP to your opponent.
-find some points to make 2 units of 5 hounds. That should give you 6 ambush units or 3 units actually in reserve.
-no need for the upgrades on the Minotaurs. Just take GW & see if you can add a 4th minotaur.
-Double check the rules for Marks, but see if you can take the MoS on the Spawn. 3D6 movement is such a huge benefit.
- speaking of marks, I don't see any marks selected in the list. Slaanesh is my mark of choice - a poor leadership army gets a huge boost from immune to psychology.

Thanks for the info on the update next month. Something else to look forward to. Hopefully new models will mix well with the units I have and make even more variation. Will content myself just building/painting them for now I guess till the new stuff comes out.