Post: #1

he guys, im trying to put a first 1000pts VC list together with my painted models, i think im a tad over the limit though.. any suggestions?
I dont play that often, but enjoy painting models en just want too know if i can put a small force together with the models i got and if it is any good..

Master Necromancer lvl4

Vampire /nightmare/ha/enchanted shield/dawnstone/sword of strife
quickblood / beguile

25 skeleton warriors /fc/spears
20 zombies (bunker for necro)
5 dire wolves
5 dire wolves

5 black knights /fc/barding/lances (vamp in this unit)
3 crypt horrors
Spirit hosts

Post: #2

Master Necro lvl 4; 200

Vampire + Nightmare/ha/ES/Dawnstone/SoS & Quickblood/Beguile; 240 (20 pts over on gear limit)

25 Skele +FC/Spears; 155
20 Zombiez +FC; 70 (Added FC so I could post points )
10 Dire + Doom; ~90
5 BK + FC/Barb/Lances; 160
3 Crypt Horror + Haunter; 124
Spirit Hosts (x??); ???

Well, by the looks of it, you have around 1000~ pts in models, depending on the gear/Command you give to your units. One note is that with the Vampire you listed, you have gone over his 50pt magical gear limit, you'll have to either down-grade the Sword of Strife or give up the Dawnstone?

The basic stuff you have looks like it could be fairly well rounded, probably just depending on your play style. I was going to mention not putting the vampire in the BK unit (I think it's too vaunerable at low points) Magic Missiles could kill it fairly easily, though you probably were going to use the Wolves as a screen or such, but still I would probably split the two so it was less of a tempting target over all, ya know, spread out the threat.

The Horrors and zombies will most likely be the walls you use to keep things in place, with the wolves trying to get to anything vulnerable or to distract the opponent (Plus cheep drops early for deploy). Skeletons are saddly not terribly great, even against other core troops, without support from other VC goodies (Buffs from Vampire lore, or CC ASF) so they might be a bit lack-luster in this list it looks like, plus with no Master of the Dead I feel they aren't doing terribly much. At lower points it may also be better to go with Sword&Board just for the 6+ Parry instead of the extra rank of (Usually useless) attacks.

Seems like a passable army though, you'll just have to play to your strengths, and try not to make anything far too tempting of a target (Like the small BK+Hero bus). Also, anyone playing with a fully painted army earns my respect, it's more than I've ever had on a battle field (So bad at getting around to painting)