New Units - This Or That?

[Duke Danse Macabre]

Its top to bottom Lahmian mate.
You can use it in whatever but it is how it is stylized, the rules itself to seduce people is Lahmian as is the ASF and the hand maidens, the only thing that is not is the spirit host beneath it.

 

[HERO]

I just hope he has decent rule, If he can pass on his WS to the unit and has his awesome weapon, decent saves and some awesome rule he will be a must have.
Just hope he is not a let down when he looks that good.

Get blood in the badland but don't expect much from it, there is very little substance in it.
Hell it does not even go into real lore either, I brings up the old Strigoi capital, says they were killed by a ork warboss but fails to mention the head of the bloodline tore his head off in the battle.
READ YOU OWN BACKGROUND FOR ONCE GW!

I am really hoping that Krell will lead a unit of Grave Guard and wear a modified Helm of Commandment; thus passing his WS to the GG. That would justify their missing Drakenhof imo

 

[Duke Danse Macabre]

I was hoping for the passive ability that the tomb kinds and princes have so your on the same page as me mate.
It would make him a must take.
Krell's old rules were quite fair, over pointed but fair, would be happy enough to see them return with this little cherry on top.

Would not justify Drakenhof though, no we need to retain that banner even if they knock it down to 100 points for a 5+.

 

[N.I.B]

I have most of the old stuff, might buy me some MI if they get good rules, and Hexwraiths. Perhaps a second Terrorgheist, if it turns out to be good synergy they can use.
And I might be forced to invest into more Dire Wolves if they count to minimum core, for all-cavalry themes.

 

[Munkey]

I, for one, will certainly be getting one of those new engine things... That's an easy decision to make.

The difficulty begins with transport issues!

 

[TMS]

We might be in luck with the transportation issue. By the looks of the pictures of it, it seems that the throne/engine will simply slot into the carrying spirit horde with one spirit on each flank of the carriage to keep it steady. I can't say for sure of course, but I think it'll be possible to remove the throne or engine for transportation purposes by virtue of simply sliding it up and away from the spirit carriers.

 

[Sanai]

theme wise, the coven throne is very lahmian, but rules wise, you can put a vampire lord on it, who can be any bloodline as far as I know. Of course, the only bloodlines that would make sense on the throne are lahmians and von carsteins.

 

[Alexos]

I am absolutely in love with the Mortis Engine/ Coven Throne, and I will have to get that. Basically, I have been re-thinking my army idea because of the new book. I didn't think that there would be a Master Necromancer, but now their is one, and that plays great with maybe a Necrarch vamp? I have always loved the Bloodlines, and I personally loved experimenting around with chemicals, weights, dissection, and Energy in my science classes, so I might actually make the Mortis Engine. Really depends.

Then again, book comes first. I'll probably have a look through the book, and kick around the idea of taking the rules for Crypt Horrors and making a Counts-As unit of failed Living-undead hybrid experiments.

 

[darragh]

Its top to bottom Lahmian mate.
You can use it in whatever but it is how it is stylized, the rules itself to seduce people is Lahmian as is the ASF and the hand maidens, the only thing that is not is the spirit host beneath it.

pity i watched an old hammer movie the other day lust for a vampire inspired me to do an all female von carstein army the surname of the vampires in the movie was actually carnstein

 

[Duke Danse Macabre]

You can probs just fluff it however you want, even Blood Knights marry and have beautiful wives, as long as you don't want a Nech or Strigoi sex appeal in your army I think you will manage.

 

[Feast4Crows]

I just recently purchased a terrorgheist, as I have an old zombie dragon. I'm planning on the Mortis Engine over the throne, Hexwraiths over BK (simply because I have plenty of Mantic's revenant cavalry), and probably Crypt Horrors at first but I fully plan on getting vargheists as well.

 

[Sanai]

Crypt Horrors + Mortis throne sounds like a solid choice

 

[Scarr Reincarnated]

I thought about that the moment I saw the rules for it. With some raising powers that can be a powerful combo.

 

[Sanai]

Add forbidden lore of beasts to that..... then itll start to get sooo scary.

 

[Von Calyptra]

Maybe they'll grow on me eventually, but right now I don't care for most of the new models. Based on aesthetics alone, I want a Terrorgheist and Black Knights, plus that beautiful Wight King. Krell's nice and Isabella is gorgeous. If the rules force me to get any of the other stuff then I'll likely be spending a lot of time converting it.

 

[Sanai]

The rules dont force you to do anything, unless you play tournaments.

 

[Mioum]

From day one of seeing the pictures, I wanted a Covent Throne for my Lahmian army So that one is a definite buy, and will not look at the engine, unless the rules are reeeaally really good. And at first glance, I don't think I'll want one.

All the mounstrous infantry don't fit my army at all, the concept never sounded exciting, and the mini are as boring as I though they would be. I won't buy any of that. I have some converted Gargoyles that I used as count-as Fell Bats (using Chaos Furies), and planned to use them instead as count-as flying mounstrous infantry. But the actual mini are so big, I don't think my Gargoyles will cut it in the end. Will see with my group how they feel about it, not bothered otherwise.

I also fell in love with the Hexwraiths concept. Ethereal cavalry? Yes please! I'll take them, many of them, I think I'll got for 2-3 boxes, maybe 4 I have some leftover Skeletal Horses, so I might put the wights on them with the barding pieces, but I don't really "want" them and might just not do it. Or trade the Wights for Wraiths and get even more Hexwraiths!

 

[Duke Danse Macabre]

Well so far I went down today and Bought a Coven Throne, WK and the Knights as well as the magic cards and book.

I will have to wait till I have more cash for the rest but at last I can have a massive army expansion.

 

[Archean]

Just the book and the cards for me on pre-order. Dying to read the book! Most excited about rules and points changes of existing units rather than the fancy new stuff.

 

[Undead Teapot]

Just the book and cards for me as well. Would love to get some of the minis, but my wallet is still recovering from the holidays. Next purchase is definitely going to be Krell though.

 

[Kulgan86]

I see few people answering with the new Mounstrous infantry choices. I find them to be quite good. S5 and 4 attacks // Thoughness 5 and 5+ regen for thoze prices is a great deal IMO. If I were to start my Counts's army back up I would certainly get some of the new MI. Probably both!

 

[Von Calyptra]

I am considering converting Hexwraiths out of Tomb Kings skeleton horsemen and lots of green stuff.

 

[Duke Danse Macabre]

Just buy the new kit, allot of spare bits and they are a great deal for what you get, I always said chaos knights were great for what you got and this is right up there beside them.

 

[Ice Junkie]

I dont know how you could pre-order so many of these new units without seeing how the rules change for the rest of your army. right now my army is very infantry heavy, so ill be picking up some black knights for sure. the terrorgeists rules are already out, so i know i want that one. plus, the new ghoul king character choice looks quite promising.
between vargheists and horrors im not sure. gotta love flying monstrous infantry, but im going to hold off on those to see if direwolves are adversely affected by changes to marching rules or something. I use them right now as a fast flanker/war machine killers, but if they cant march unless theyre 12" to the general...i may just drop them all together
vargheists/varghulf/terrorgheist sounds like a really vicious combination, especially to use to crush the enemy's weak flank!

 

[N1AK]

The only things I've ordered so far:
Army Book
4x Magic Cards (to get free post from GW website) :Vampire1:
Hexwraiths

I'll almost certainly get the Coven/Mortis engine if I can find any way to make it work once the rules come out. I've got a crypt left over from the Garden of Morr which I think I could kit bash with some bits from the Mortis Engine and Hexwraiths to a Black Coach (real Vampires bring there Crypt not a carriage).