Recent content by Sovereign

As the title says, I've got two unopened boxes of the latest plastic Chaos Knights. I was originally going to use them to convert Black Knights, but I think I'll do better with Bretonnians- skeletons are a wee bit thinner than Chaos Knights as it turns out*. So, what to do with them... I'm...

You don't need to start the game with Zombies, especially when you have so much casting power. I would suggest dropping all three blocks of them and adding a nice regiment of Grave Guard- killing blow is your friend, and you really need some heavy hitting power that cuts through armor saves...

Keeping that in mind... I reworked the army list again, mostly the characters. Thoughts on whether the above list or this one would do better will be appreciated quite a lot. The list now totals 999 points. CHARACTERS: Army General- Vampire w/ Avatar of Death, Dark Acolyte, and Staff of...

Sounds like tarpit time to me. Zombies here there and everywhere- particularly right in front of those Hydras. Don't they have to charge stuff they can see or something like that? Don't throw points at his points, it's not how Vampires work- throw air at his points, and throw your points at...

Wood Elves do exactly two things- isolate parts of your army, and dismantle those parts before backup can arrive. Divide and conquer, essentially. While Forest Spirits are somewhat formidable in combat (except against that 10 point Banner of Hellfire, teehee...) the rest of the army is...

Chariot base if it needs it, otherwise do what you can with a 40mm base. When I see an Orc Warboss on Wyvern that casts a shadow three times its base size, I honestly fear for that metal monstrosity toppling onto my models a lot more than I care about what base it's "supposed to have". Keep...

I'm not convinced on your math... do 3x2 knights inflict 8 casualties? At first you said they would kill 5 on average, which gives the following combat results: Assume you have a 10 model unit. The Bretonnians have a +1 bonus for ranks, +1 for standard, +1 for outnumbering, and +5 for...

If you know you can't win in the magic phase, go for a defensive setup and don't even bother arranging offensive spell+item/bloodline combos. Still try to cast things when the magic phase comes around (just in case) but don't count on anything getting off. I'd recommend that if you want to try...

First off; get the base rulebook. Period. Non-negotiable. Just do it. Moving on to your questions... The only thing that a challenge does is put the two models involved (and their mounts and items and everything about them) in their own little zone, think of it as a different combat...

The Black Coach, like all other chariots, can't march and as such makes for a poor flanking unit. It will do well supporting your infantry, though. On average, it'll chew up 1-2 of your dice when within 6" of your general... but remember that every dice it gets is well worth the loss in most...

If you need core units, buy the battalion. Even if you don't need any particular one of the unit types, it's well worth it- and remember that it's always good to have some extra Zombies laying around to be raised. The only time I think it would be good to start off with a battalion (or to get...

I strongly suggest that you make your units bigger to start with. Granted, the 8 power dice with a +1 to cast (+2 with skeletons, but remember that you always fail to cast a spell on a 1 or 2 regardless of bonuses) with only one character is really awesome, but casting Invocation of Nehek with...

Somewhere in these forums, there was a link to some ghoul-related story on an Empire website, and between being both curious and bored I went through some other stuff on that site... including a rather large article on how Empire should handle Vampire Counts. While some of the information is a...

Gotcha, I understand what you mean. Grave Guard it is... probably. I always find some new wacky thing at Games Day... or maybe I'll finish my Corpse Cart. We'll see. Nice Konrad there, by the way... I wasn't too happy with the way the model looked from the Army Book, but painted with...

This is specifically referred to in the Vampire Counts FAQ- check the pinned threads in this forum for a link. The answer is, as Pietr said, that the wounds are only multiplied if the model has more than one wound. For example, suppose Konrad is fighting a unit of Skaven Clanrats and...