Post: #1

So... I went ahead and purchased an army based around the 7th edition book and managed to play only 1 or 2 games before the new 8th dex was released. Before even reading the army book I went ahead and bought 3 boxes of the varg/horrors and assembled 3 varg, 6 horrors. My friends wont play me above 2000pt until I get the hang of the rules proper (having only played a couple of games). Having said that here is the list that I have devised.

Lords - 480
Strigoi Ghoul King - 315
Redfury
Dragonbane Gem
(Joins Ghoul unit)

Master Necromancer - 165
(Joins Skeleton bunker)

Core - 505
29 x Ghouls - 300
Ghast

19 x Skeletons - 125
Spears w/ Full command

10 x Dire Wolves - xx

Special - 788
30 x Grave Guard - 390
GW w/ Full command

6 x Crypt Horrors - xxx

3 x Varghiests - xxx

2 x Fell Bats - xx

Rare - xxx
Terrorghiest - xxx

TOTAL - 1998

The general idea being that the grave guard, ghouls and horrors advance center followed by the skeleton bunker, flanked by varghiest and terrorghiest. The bats and wolves are simply there for cheap drops and possible warmachine hunting/ skirmishers/harrassers/redirectors.

I realise that this might not be a competitive list but its what I came up with without purchasing any new models just yet, although I have my eye on the coven throne/mortis engine kit... The models I own are:

70 x Ghouls
30 x GW Graveguard
30 x Skeleton Spearmen
6 x Crypt Horrors
3 x Varghiest
4 x Fell Bats
10 x Dire Wolves
3 x Strigoi Vampires
2 x Wraiths
1 x Necromancer
1 x Terrorghiest

If anyone can think of a better combination, then please, I would appreciate any and all comments.

Post: #2

Looks like a good list with the models you have. If you had access to zombies I would say switch them for your skellies. You have 20pts left for your lords and a potion of strength would look really good for your ghoul king, or you could grab a powerstone for the necro. I would drop 2 GG to get the points and run them 7x4. I would also probably split your dire wolves into 2 units of 5.

Post: #3

Thanks for the reply. I like the idea of switching out the skeletons for zombies. If I had the models I would do just that since then I wouldn't need to drop any gg for the extra 20 pts... I think I'll play a few games and let everyone know how it goes in the Battle report forums. Cheers