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I'm building my first WHFB army (High Elves), and I'm really torn with regard to theme. I'd really like to build a force representative of an elven fleet - bunches of Lothern Sea Guard backed up by bolt throwers, eagles, and Shadow Warriors. I think this might be limiting myself a bit much, though, so I'll probably have to build a more balanced list.

As a compromise, I've come up with some background that the army is led by a prince of a minor elven house. Through a series of disasters and many centuries of poor luck, he's the last of his line. He's courting the princess of a neighboring holding, but in order for her to marry him (and thus revitalize the doomed bloodline), she's sent him to recover some lost item (essentially a wild goose chase; she's not particularly interested). The prince marshals his remaining knights and men-at-arms and comes to an agreement with a captain of the Sea Guard for passage to the Old World to begin the search. I'm not really in love with this background but I'm a roleplayer at heart and even if I'm not narrating my battles I need to have some kind of background in my head or I really can't enjoy the army I'm playing. Hopefully I'll come up with something better before I start really getting into games.

I really prefer the idea of a pure elven fleet list, raiding the enemy coastlines and then disappearing, but there's a lot of problems with this when it comes to unit selection. You could say something like "Oh, well, the fleet is transporting this unit or that unit" but I feel like that starts to dilute the theme really quickly. I'm also trying to figure out a way to incorporate Nagarythe into my background because I think the story there is excellent.

I've also got a bunch of goblins sitting around that I'd like to one day do as "The Army of the Underking" - masses of night goblins supported by albino spider riders, (cave) trolls, and bat swarms (counts a snotlings) led by the self-styled Underking - a night goblin warboss riding a troll (counts as Skarsnik). Death to the surface-dwellers!

I plan on reinforcing my skaven with 3 IoB boxes (makes 5 units, YAY, wait...) and basing the army off of clan Rictus and using tretch craventail plus a warlord on warlitter with wizard hat.

Lotsa rats, a few storm vermin, two doomwheels, warplocks and/or plague priests plus giant rats and rat ogres.

Well, I decided to get into Fantasy. Warriors of Chaos, Marauder heavy with Warriors standing in for elites. I've got about a thousand points worth in Marauders and Warriors, along with 500 points of Knights, and my converted "Sorkerer". Planning on expanding by adding in a Sorc Lord, and I'm converting a Hellcannon with the Spawn+Dwarf Cannon kit. Now, to find a suitable base so I won't hear people complaining about "Modeling for advantage".

So far, absolutely ADORING Tzeentch magic. In my first game, with a Lvl 2 Lore of Tzeentch MoT Sorkerer, they always threw the dispel dice (I was part of a 3 v 3 megabattle, 1500 points) at pandemonium. While I wanted it to go off, it let me get Call to Glory going every turn, which led to some ridiculous units (2 Exalted, a Sorcerer, and Full Command on a 24 man band of Warriors? Delicious madness.)

jwoolf wrote:I'm building my first WHFB army (High Elves), and I'm really torn with regard to theme. I'd really like to build a force representative of an elven fleet - bunches of Lothern Sea Guard backed up by bolt throwers, eagles, and Shadow Warriors. I think this might be limiting myself a bit much, though, so I'll probably have to build a more balanced list.

As a compromise, I've come up with some background that the army is led by a prince of a minor elven house. Through a series of disasters and many centuries of poor luck, he's the last of his line. He's courting the princess of a neighboring holding, but in order for her to marry him (and thus revitalize the doomed bloodline), she's sent him to recover some lost item (essentially a wild goose chase; she's not particularly interested). The prince marshals his remaining knights and men-at-arms and comes to an agreement with a captain of the Sea Guard for passage to the Old World to begin the search. I'm not really in love with this background but I'm a roleplayer at heart and even if I'm not narrating my battles I need to have some kind of background in my head or I really can't enjoy the army I'm playing. Hopefully I'll come up with something better before I start really getting into games.

I really prefer the idea of a pure elven fleet list, raiding the enemy coastlines and then disappearing, but there's a lot of problems with this when it comes to unit selection. You could say something like "Oh, well, the fleet is transporting this unit or that unit" but I feel like that starts to dilute the theme really quickly. I'm also trying to figure out a way to incorporate Nagarythe into my background because I think the story there is excellent.

I've also got a bunch of goblins sitting around that I'd like to one day do as "The Army of the Underking" - masses of night goblins supported by albino spider riders, (cave) trolls, and bat swarms (counts a snotlings) led by the self-styled Underking - a night goblin warboss riding a troll (counts as Skarsnik). Death to the surface-dwellers!

Play dark elves haha

I am going for skaven. Liked the army for a long time but now am using 8th edition as an exuse to start them. The only background I have figured out for them is that I want them to be centered on Clan Moulder. I want lots of giant rats, rat swarms, rat ogres and slave.

My local group is trying again to make a foray into Fantasy, which means the skaven I've had sitting around collecting dust might finally see some use. IoB gives me a nice way of expanding my forces and adding things like the Plague Mortar that didn't previously have models.

Using 2 boxes worth of skaven to bolster my already very strong skaven force. Want the new clanrats and rat ogres as mine are last edition.

Starting a crusade themed Bret army, even though they're not as good this edition I don't really care, I like knights.

I am planning on finishing my orc army, and maybe starting my red/black artillery heavy army Empire army back up.

I'm doing a High Elf army based on the Island of Blood, found a guy on the web willing to trade his High Elves for my Skaven.

My friend and I each ordered a box. I'm taking all of the High Elves, he's taking all of the Skaven.

I'm thinking I'm going to start building a Tomb King army slowly. With the new book coming out this fall, and the subsequent model release, I'll probably be able to pick up a lot of the older models on Ebay for a decent price.

My plans include creating a 3000 Point Bretonnian peasant army with only 5 Knights of the Realm, they will be my only guys on horse.

Well my first Island of Blood arrived this morning from GW, along with the Skaven BAttalion that came last week, I've already started to amass a chittering horde.

Just need the second IOB to tirn up from Maelstrom and my 1500pt starting Horde will be ready.

Always wanted to play Skaven, and now that the new Armybook is out (which is AWESOME ) I might finally get to it. Obvious place to start: Island of Blood, since my girlfriend have thought about trying to start with the hobby, more for the painting though. She wants High Elves (but then again I wouldn't let her have my beloved rats) so now I just have to wait for the time when I finally can afford it. <,<

Thinking of really dipping into either WoC or Empire. Maybe skaven. But yea I mentioned I'm a cheap guy so I might proxy half the army (except skaven! cant really do that!)

Wellll with the IoB minis my skaven army is practially done. Can easily field just about any variation of 3000 points...

Started on daemons, always wanted to play the army, but with the hate in 7th i didnt want to pick them up.

Finally got my chance!