Army List- 2250pts

[Vengeance Crusader]

Hello!

Been a while since I came on here, jus thought i'd start by posting a list I was thinking up

Vampire Counts Army: 2250pts (2254pts)
Lords
Countess Elizabeth- Vampire Lady (General): 425pts
Hand weapon, Nightshroud, Helm of Commandment, The Gem of Blood, Lord of the Dead, Beguile, Walking Death, Dark Acolyte. Extra Magic Level.
Magic Level (4).

Heroes
Gysela- Vampire: 165pts
Hand weapon, The Cadaverous Cuirass, Beguile, Ghoulkin.
Magic Level (1).
The Late Sir Daniel- Wight King: 108pts
Hand weapon, Additional hand weapon, The Flayed Hauberk.
Dahlia- Necromancer: 90pts
Hand weapon, Book of Arkhan.
Magic Level (1, Vanhel’s Dance).

Core Units
Ghouls: 168pts
20 Ghouls. Ghast.
Skeletons: 142pts
14 with hand weapons, light armour and shields. Full command.
Skeletons: 150pts
15 with hand weapons, light armour and shields. Full command.
Skeletons: 150pts
15 with hand weapons, light armour and shields. Full command.
Corpse Cart: 100pts
Balefire.
Dire Wolves: 90pts
10 Wolves. Doom Wolf.
Dire Wolves: 90pts
10 Wolves. Doom Wolf.

Special Units
Grave Guard: 291pts
18 with hand weapons, heavy armour and shields. Full Command. Banner of theBarrows.

Rare Units
Blood Knights: 285pts
4 Knights. Standard Bearer and Musician. Royal Standard of Strigos.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[TheBlackBey]

In which unit would you bunker the Countess? With the skellies, presumably out of combat? Or with the GG unit?

 

[Vengeance Crusader]

I'd sit Elizabeth in the skeletons with Dahlia,
Wight king would go with the grave guard,
Gysela goes with the Ghouls

 

[TMS]

Hi,

It looks like a pretty decent list to me. You've made some rather exotic/uncommon choices of items and skills for your characters but I can't see why they wouldn't work out, really. The army Battle Standard would be a good fit for that Wight King though - to find the points for this I'd consider skimming down on your Dire Wolf units somewhat, say, down to 8 models per unit? That should also cover those 4 additional points you've gone over the limit with at the moment~

Edit: Alternatively, you might also consider letting go of one of your Skeleton units. Your battle line will be plenty large & long enough without one of those units anyway, and it'd release some points for beefing up the rest of your force by handing out magical banners and whatnot.

 

[Vengeance Crusader]

Thanks for the feedback

When I make a list I bear in mind the force's aesthetic appeal just as much as effectiveness
To me the oppotunity to take an army to the field is to tell a story.

For example with my characters here- I wanted to go for the theme of a noble blooded vampiress taking to the field with her court (or part of it!),
Elizabeth is the said lady, Gysela is a lesser vampire of her household, Dahlia is thei mortal 'blood doll' and apprentice to the Countess. The Late Sir Daniel (Named after the hero from the Medievil games) is her captain of the guard, and personal retainer- In battle his unit of grave guard stand in front of his lady's unit as a shield

Because after all- no self respecting Lahmian Countess would wilingly stoop to hand to hand combat

ANYWAY after my long speel- I hope that you can undertand my motivatons in creating this list

I may drop some wolves out to give The War Banner to a unit of skellies...

 

[william matthews]

Wight King with Nightshroud and Sword of kings is a Boss body guard, i think it will work with the cool "evil damsel" theme you have.