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You don't say... Is it really that essential that I take the Officer and Standard Bearer with the unit? If I leave them out and drop the Brute, I can keep Nightmare...

On a semi-related note, should I always take units at full strength rather than half strength? Or is it ok to take say, just the 6 Bane Thralls instead of the full 10? Same for Mechanithralls... and how exactly do unit attachments work? Are they in addition to the existing squad or replacements for grunts?

They are in addition.

MasterDRD wrote:You don't say... Is it really that essential that I take the Officer and Standard Bearer with the unit? If I leave them out and drop the Brute, I can keep Nightmare...

On a semi-related note, should I always take units at full strength rather than half strength? Or is it ok to take say, just the 6 Bane Thralls instead of the full 10? Same for Mechanithralls... and how exactly do unit attachments work? Are they in addition to the existing squad or replacements for grunts?

You should consider picking up entire units. PP has said they would like to move to eliminating the troop blisters.
So if you don't want to worry about scrounging up extra blisters in the future, you might as well buy all at once.

Also, if you have all 10, you will be sure to paint them all to match.

MasterDRD wrote:On a semi-related note, should I always take units at full strength rather than half strength? Or is it ok to take say, just the 6 Bane Thralls instead of the full 10? Same for Mechanithralls... and how exactly do unit attachments work? Are they in addition to the existing squad or replacements for grunts?

Min sized unit of Bane Thralls + UA = 8 models. With Stealth and Tough (from UA) that's usually enough to reach the enemy lines and get into melee. However most of the times you'll probably also include Tartarus and he can add new models into the unit so it's good to have some in reserve to not waste his Death Toll (not even mentioning eGoreshade here ). I've had games where I finished with more Bane Thralls on the table than I started with.
The same goes with McThralls if you have a Necrosurgeon nearby.
UA's are, as the name suggests "attached" to an existing unit. In case of BT's just remember that as long as the Officer is on the table he is the unit leader and the original one is "inactive" for leadership purposes.


P.S. Don't know how could I miss it before but I've just noticed your avatar...

Six Bane Thralls plus the UA is better than ten Bane Thralls without it. That said, I tend to run stuff that adds guys to my undead units, but you can only do that as long as the original unit is alive, and it's harder to kill all ten guys than it is to kill all six so I usually run full units.

However, if you plan on playing Denegra I would keep Nightmare, since they're BFFs.

You probably just noticed my avatar because I just changed it...

Alright so I'm not entirely sure what exactly I'll leave out and add in, I guess I'll just wing it. I still have a little over 2 weeks before I have to decide...

Alright, well my money came right on time, and this is what I got:
MK2 Prime rulebook
Cryx Battlebox
Iron Lich Asphyxious
Deathjack
Cankerworm
Bane Knights box
Bane Thralls box
Bane Thralls UA
Bane Lord Tartarus
Skarlock

I already have Terminus and the stat card deck, and I also got 2 Deathrippers that I may or may not convert into Defilers. (Not a permanent conversion, more like a magnetizing type thing so they can be used as either...)

On a related note, my insidious plans to convert everyone in my gaming group to Warmachine is working. I've successfully converted one of the 2 biggest naysayers (he shall be playing Circle) and the other is losing his resolve. He has taken an interest in Mercenaries and a slight lean towards Cygnar as well... My best bud in said group is too broke working on finally completing his Vampire Counts, but he has bought Venethrax (to use as a Necrarch) and since his favorite WM faction is Cryx, I will in fact be able to let him use whatever half of my army I'm not. (With everything I've purchased so far, I can cobble together two 25 point lists that don't completely suck...)

Just because I feel like it, I'll post those lists here.
List 1: pDenny, 2 Deathrippers, Deathjack, 6 Bane Knights, Tartarus
List 2: pGaspy, 2 Defilers, Cankerworm, Slayer, 6 Bane Thralls, Bane Thrall UA, Skarlock