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I have a bunch of beastmen and dont know what would make a fun/tough army. I liked a few things from the new book, but I was wondering how other people would configure an army based on the models that I have.

What I have:

3 Beastlords with GW
2 Beastlords with 2HW
2 Shamans
60 Gors with 2HW including 4 sets of full command
40 ungors with spears and shields
20 Bestigors AND 2 sets of Full Command
10 Hounds
3 Tuskgor Chariots
and an Ass-ton of Spawn
1 WIP Ghorgon


How would you construct an army, including wargear options and configuration of units? I am at a loss as I have yet to play my first game with the new book, but am looking to play one this Friday. Give me some suggestions for a list anywhere from 2000-2500. Thanks in advance.

If you counts-as your tuskgor chariots as razorgor chariots (and it's be pretty easy to convert them, imho... just add spikes all over the tuskgors!) you could run a list very similar to this one:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/279575.page

You'd need to use your WIP ghorgon instead of the jabberslythe, and change out the shaman on chariot (which is the weakest part of the list anyway, imho) and the harpies, but it's a pretty good fit

Cheers,
Steve / RiTides

Heres what I came up with using the list you linked to as a base but made some changes and increased the points total because my opponent and I decided on 2500 pts. So here it is.

Beastlord (w/ Bestigor unit) 258
Gouge Tusks
Gnarled Hide
Ramhorn Helm
Horn of the Great Hunt
Heavy Armor
Great Weapon

Wargor (w/ large gor unit) 164
BSB
Totem Of Rust
Great Weapon

2x Bray-Shaman (1 w/ each large unit) 324
Lvl 2
2 Dispel Scroll2
xHW

Tuskgor Chariot 80

Tuskgor Chariot 80

Tuskgor Chariot 80

23 Gors 209
Full Command
xHW

3x 10 Gors 255
Musician
xHW

21 Ungors 195
Spears
Ungrol Four-horn

20 Ungors 120
Spears

23 Bestigors 341
Full Command
Manbane Standard

Spawn 55

Spawn 55

Ghorgon 275

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I decided that I liked the idea of Ungrol, hes either another lvl 1 wizard, or he has near the statline of a beast lord. Throw Bears Anger on him and hes WS 6 St 7 T5 I 4 At 5. That will add a little punch to an ungor unit. And I liked the idea of big blocks of ungors because they look more intimidating than they actually are affective, so I blobbed them into 2 units of 20. 1 of which can ambush.

I saw that Beastlord in that other list, and after reviewing things, decided that a st7 AP Beastlord with a 2+ save would be fun.

As for the BSB, hes going into the large Gor unit, which is why I gave him the Totem of Rust. Neither he nor his unit has an armor save, so they take no negatives from the banner, but they get (essentially) a stock 2 armor penetration, plus all the goodness of a BSB.

I will more than likely go with Lore of Beasts on my Shamans just because of the easy casting values versus the relatively high values in the Lore of the Wild. I took DS's because my opponent runes Warriors, and tends to use alot of Tzeentch casters, so I wanted to guarantee that I shut him down when I need to.

Thanks for the suggestions, it helped me out. I'll post later to tell how the game went. In the meantime, more suggestions are welcome.