New to VC

[Arkhan the Black]

Hello all, I am considering starting a VC army, but I want to know if there are any good unit alternatives out there because I want my army to look unique. Here are some I am considering:

LOTR fighting Uruk-hai painted undead, I like the pikes

LOTR Various undead models for ethereals

LOTR Dead marsh specteres for vamps as I don't like most of the warhammer ones

EDIT if this is in the wrong forum please move it

 

[Onikaigo]

Welcome to the Family. We're all dead, so we're all related in some sense of familiarity at least.

And that'd definitely be a very unique looking army. I don't know much of the LotR army style, or if the miniatures would be the same scale or not. but as far as VC army slots go...

The Uruk Hai could easily be Grave Guard. I kinda like that idea. But if you want them to have Pikes, Skellies are the only option available for any weapon type equivalent. They get spears, which look awesome on the tabletop.

I've never seen the spectre models for the LotR range, so I can't say anything about their replacing the Vamp models. But if you take this route you'll have a very unique army indeed. Looking forward to it.

 

[TMS]

I agree with Onikaigo, I'll also be looking forward to seeing what you might come up with. The LotR models are a bit smaller in scale compared to Warhammer models though but as long as you'll have all, or atleast most, of your army from the LotR range it should be alright still.

Also, that's quite a name you've managed to nab, I'm surprised that it wasn't taken already, heheh.

Welcome!

 

[Swissdictator]

I think you have a cool idea, and welcome to the site!

The only caution I offer is the GW run tournaments don't let you use LotR figs in Warhammer tournaments. Now if you're going to RTTs and such that would allow them, or not going to the tournament scene you'll be fine.

Though I always love to see conversions and cool & different looking armies!

 

[Arkhan the Black]

Thanks for the welcome guys, the LOTR minis are only about 3mm shorter, so not that big of a difference. I will probably end up using the ethereal models for the most part, like the army of the dead etc. And about my name I got the idea from the Nagash the Sorcerer book and I am surprised it is not taken.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

Welcome!!

Your thread is fine here as your discussing your army - though you might want to post a welcome in the Masters Room.

I like the concepts you've thought of, though as most said the models are noticeably smaller, but as long as your not bothered that's fine.

The LOTR Army of the Dead are superb models however, so I would love to see them used. Make sure you start a painting log so we can all drool over your models, and if you have any questions feel free to ask.

 

[Arkhan the Black]

Well you will drool over it until i bring out the paint that's when it goes downhill

I am considering making my main core of ghouls, I love the models, T4 and two attacks. Is this plausible?

I will probably start with the battalion, then some dire wolves, probably some actual vampires next, army of the dead, then bulking it out with ghouls.

 

[Onikaigo]

Ghouls as a base core unit is very well plausible. I like my Armor Save (AS) on skellies, but the two poisoned attacks from ghouls is very strong. It's a matter of preference and metagame after that.

that question in particular has been beat to death (harr!) multiple times (Double harr for Invocations!) in the tactica sections of the forum. Do a little digging and you'll find all sorts of gems in there to peruse. I know I did.

I also second the idea for a paint log. Those are awesome to behold, and once I get my paints back I'm starting one. My word on it. ^^

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

A ghoul base would work fine, though I prefer skellies myself. Skellies offer a more defensive outlook, more inline with with beating the opponent through CR - the standard VC way of fighting.

Ghouls are more offensive, and they have to be as they have no SB, nor can they take magic banners to increase their base CR.

Just make sure you take units 15+ (unless it is a bunker), a vamp with the Summon Ghouls power, and if you're going all Ghoul you definitely want to take Ghoulkin.

If you have any other tactics questions, as Onikaigo said, look in the Tactics forum and failing that post a thread in there.