Finally finished assembly in time for a first showing of the 6th ed VC this weekend. I normally dislike playing with unpainted minis, but my friend has been tired of losing to my High Elves and it was a great excuse to change it up.
First game against my buddies Empire army went well, defended in a Breakthrough Scenario and managed to block him out of my deployment zone completely. MVP went to the Banshee screaming at his knightly order unit, killing 6 of them with a double-6 roll. We reset and did a 2nd game of Flanking Attack, this time undead as the attacker. Bloody battle. Misjudged 14" and his knights hit my black knights w/ Thrall turn 2, and even though my Thrall killed his Warrior Priest in a challenge, the unit slowly crumbled to combat res. Turn 5 I charged both banshees in to lock down the remainder, but bad screams and combat res finally killed them both with 3 knights left, -just- enough unit strength to hold the table-quarter. Main line had him hacking through zombies and skeletons, but was raising them faster than losing them until the final turn where I flubbed some summoning rolls and he finally destroyed both units. I got an extra unity of 15 skellies summoned, which were cut down by Greatswords, but held them long enough for the Grave Guard and Vampire Lord to cut down the swordsmen and General, leaving them free to charge into the Greatswords and start cutting them down. Game ended with both armies nearly gone, final VP 1455 vs 1467, one of the closes games I've ever played. I wondered how many extras I'd need before the game and learned that 30 skeleton models is not enough for a 20 man unit, tonights project is build and prime some more
Pretty pleased with the list, looking forward to a 2250 or 2500 point game to take more toys as I really had to pare it down for 2K:
-Blood Dragon Vampire Lord (blood drinker, red fury, enchanted shield)
-Blood Dragon Thrall (Sword of Battle, Nightmare)
-Necromancer (level 2, Black Periapt)
-20 Skeletons, Spears, full command (no points for armor)
-20 Zombies, Standard+musician
-10 Ghouls
-10 Ghouls
-5 Dire Wolves w/ champion
-20 Grave Guard, full command
-5 Black Knights, full command
-3 Fell Bats
-2 Spirit Hosts
-Banshee
-Banshee
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