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*professor farnsworth*"GOODNEWS EVERYONE" i just came across an amazing deal i got 5 boxes of state troops 2 boxes of militia 2 boxes of pistoliers 2 boxes of archers 2 steam tanks 2 cannons, and a witch hunter wizard and general for 125$ all unopened nib now i need to build.an.empire army any help would be appreciated

50 Halberdiers! More cost effective 25 swords and 25 halberds so you can switch that unit of 50 between the two (i.e. put whatever armaments in the first ranks). You need more core. Also, you need a BSB and maybe a wizmobile. The steam tanks and cannons will work wonders, though if you field both stanks, I would make 1 or both of the cannons a mortar.

ah found more goodies at the bottom 20 more militia an ogre cannon converted to look like an empire cannon and a box of unopened chaos mauaraders on horseback


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I'm thinking about making an inquisition kinda army like vampire or daemon hunters and using the witch hunter.

For $125, that is one hell of a steal mate!

Yeah it was a pretty good deal

If you want help. Here I go.

Out of what you have, you can make the following characters(these are fairly standard in competitive builds): Level 4 shadow wizard, Captain; which you will need to convert into a BSB, 40 halberdiers, possibly huntsmen(not sure if they are made from the militia kit), 2 units of 5 pistoliers, 2 stanks and 2 cannons.

I wanna try to do a fluffy list based on the fact fantasy isnt popular that much at my LGS and the small amount of people who do play are daemon and vampire players but I'll definitely use that build though probably with a lvl 4 light and some witch hunters put in.

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I wanna try to do a fluffy list based on the fact fantasy isnt popular that much at my LGS and the small amount of people who do play are daemon and vampire players but I'll definitely use that build though probably with a lvl 4 light and some witch hunters put in.

I find that empire can take a double level 4 on account of them being cheap. So if you take something like life and shadow, you can boost the toughness of your men till they reach combat, and on the turn they charge, you can mindrazor them. *Note: I am not telling you to take life and shadow, I am using them as examples*

Thanks I'll try that also wondering if i should try to convert the chaos marauders or just sell them as they're nib

Just sell them unless you do some great green stuff work and turn them into flagellants.

Some people dont use militia men that much as they are armorless and tend to lack the fighting prowess of state troopers who have some kind of special weapon. I suggest doing what I did. Mix the state trooper parts with militia. Mix some of the trooper bodies with militia heads or whatever you want. It will still make the army look professional if they are all painted in state colors but give them a more gritty/peasant/northern look depending on what you are going for. I think it also helps make up for all the tights in just a regular box of state troopers, haha.

Doing this also allows you to make those 5 boxes of state troops (50 men) and assemble them all one way, halberdiers or swordsmen and then give the 2 militia boxes (40 militia) bodies the other weapon type. That way you can play them all as state troopers and basically have the strong foundation to your army that you want.