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Yeah, I know, the Loyal Order of the Amethyst Rose was probably mostly wiped out during the Khador invasion, but I think I would still like to do an army themed on them. Of course, to do it I'll need a Cygnar WC, and who better than the granddaddy gunmage of all time, Cain? Of course, we're coming from Llael, so he'll definately get a Vanguard, and probably a nomad or hunter or some other jack that's not especially focus needy. Add in lots of gunmages (With the UO, marshalling either a sentinel or a defender) and, might as well, the Black 13th. And maybe a GMCA. Anastisia has to come along, and while I'm at it, in larger games I'll probably throw in Ashlynn as a second warcaster.
This is still only a slowly forming idea in my head right now, but I feel like it needs some other units to flesh it out and I'm not sure where to go with it. What other units in the llael army are likely to still be relatively solid? Also, one other thing I'm wondering about is what the Amethyst Rose's regalia looked like before they changed it to black, if any Iron Kingdoms players could help me out there.

Are you looking for a game legal army? Cygnar warcasters and jack marshalls can't
use the mercenary warjacks.

I would take:
Caine
Gunmages w/ UA
^ Sentinel
GMCA

That's about 270 points. Throw in a unit of Precursor Knights with UA, and you're easily at 400 points. How about some Steelhead cavalry to round out the list?

I don't think it's a horribly competitive list, you really have no counter to a heavy jack, but it could be fun and would do well against infantry.

Dang, I forgot about the restriction on merc 'jacks. :-/ Maybe I'll swap out the shield on a vanguard and have it 'count as' a lancer.... I just really like that model.
The sentinel is awesome with the gunmage UA, but as you said, it's hurting for something to deal with heavy jacks. I had wondered if having him marshal a Defender would be effective? With a handy snipe from Cain it's a 22" range pow 14, with thunderbolt could really keep the nasties from being any threat for a long time....