Blackhoof wrote:
and for models, i would look into various historical ranges for russian/eastern european models from the middle ages

from what i can tell, Kislevites are pretty much medieval russians

Rob451 wrote:
I've been thinking about building a Kislev themed army for 8th edition and was looking for ideas on the most appropriate army to use.

There are two books that immediately spring to mind: Empire and Warriors of Chaos and of those two my own idea of a Kislevite force most closely matches WoC.

A Kislev army is famous for highly mobile horse archers, winged lancers and Tzars riding bears. Ranks of burly and lightly armoured men make up the bulk of the force.

Taking from WoC would mean avoiding anything too Chaos related so no marks on any units except possibly the mark of Khorne to make some kind of Berserker unit. Slaanesh is a possibility based on the more elite units being so used to fighting the horrors of Chaos that nothing phases them anymore.

Marauders are just men so are ideal for infantry blocks. Marauder horsemen can fill the role of horse archers with throwing spears even though it's a bit of a reach given the significantly reduced range of Spears vs Bows.

Winged Lancers could be represented by Chaos Knights making a point to switch those lovely blades for lances (paying points to gimp a unit for thematic purposes!)

Bear mounts fit really well with the profile for Demonic Mounts for heroes.

Warhounds could use the Fenrisian wolves from 40k to represent packs of hunting dogs or something.

From a magic point of view Lore of Heavens seems to fit and is a valid choice for a Sorcerer.

I'm thinking yes to Ogres (they get everywhere) but no to Trolls.

I can't think of a fluffy reason to take Chaos Warriors and I'd certainly be against taking them as the majority of the force. Kislevites are still humans so alot of the statlines for the Heroes and Lords are just too good imo which is why I also think the Empire book might work better. Alternatively I limit myself to Exalted heroes.

What do you think? Is there a better book to base a Kislev themed force on?

thedarkavenger wrote:
I'd say Empire, on account of Kislev being close allies and having guns.

krazynadechukr wrote:
Do searches on ebay or internet like "28mm medieval russian" and you will find several makers....