Army Lists: Empire 2500pts 8th edition x 3 lists

I'm a painter first and foremost and even if I don't play as much games as I want to I love to write down different army lists. This also helps me out when painting as I can paint towards a certain goal as many tournament gamers do before a tournament.

But with Empire it's hard to make a list where I feel 'this is the one' as much as you can feel this without even play testing. But there are some things that's are in most of my lists, cannons 1 or 2, lvl 4, more or less Demigryphs, IC Knights and Halberdiers. And this is good as my base and then I can change as I see fit with sizes of the units, what general I want etc. Anyhow, here are three lists which are similar but with some changes. I know there may be some changes I should do to them and if you spot something, just tell. And tell me what list you like the most, things I've may have missed or just what I should change.

Empire 2500 Pts - Mixed with more Infantry

Lords:

1 Arch Lector on War Altar @ 345 Pts
     Van Horstman's Speculum
     Armour of Destiny

1 Wizard Lord @ 270 Pts
     Magic Level 4
     Talisman of Preservation
     Dispel Scroll

Heroes:

1 Captain of the Empire @ 106 Pts
     Full Plate Armor, Battle Standard *Edited
     Enchanted Shield
     Crown of Command

1 Warrior Priest @ 103 Pts
     Heavy Armour, Greatweapon, Warhorse with Barding
     Dragonhelm
     Ironcurse Icon

1 Master Engineer @ 65 Pts

Core:

40 Halberdiers @ 340 Pts
     Full Command

Detachments 2 x 5 Archers
         
9 Knights of the Inner Circle @ 290 Pts
     Lance, Full Command, The Steel Standard

Special:

30 Greatswords @ 360 Pts
     Full Command

1 Great Cannon @ 120 Pts

1 Great Cannon @ 120 Pts

4 Demigryph Knights @ 262 Pts
     Lance, Full Command

Rare:

1 Helblaster Volley Gun @ 120 Pts

Models in Army: 110
Total Army Cost: 2501

Comment:  Good list for me as I don't need to paint that much. Some knights and Greatswords and it's done pretty much. The idea is to buff both infantry blocks with AL on War Altar and use the Knights and Demigryphs on the flanks. 

Empire 2500 Pts  -  Demigryph Knights List

Lords:

1 Arch Lector @ 192 Pts
     General, Heavy Amour, Shield, Warhorse with Barding *Edited
     Crown of Command
     Dawn Stone

1 Wizard Lord @ 230 Pts
     Level 4
     Talisman of Endurance

Heroes:

1 Captain of the Empire @ 135 Pts
     Battle Standard
     Armour of Meteoric Iron

1 Warrior Priest @ 72 Pts
     Heavy Armour
     Enchanted Shield

Core:

39 Halberdiers @ 334 Pts
     Full Command

Detachments 2 x 5 Archers
         

11 Knights of the Inner Circle @ 340 Pts
     Lance, Full Command
     The Steel Standard

Special:

4 Demigryph Knights @ 272 Pts
     Lance, Full Command
     Banner of the Eternal Flame

4 Demigryph Knights @ 242 Pts
     Lance, Musician

3 Demigryph Knights @ 184 Pts
     Lance, Musician

1 Great Cannon @ 120 Pts

Rare:

1 Steam Tank @ 250 Pts

1 Celestial Hurricanum @ 130 Pts

Models in Army: 78
Total Army Cost: 2501

Comment: Really low model count and I need to paint more Knights, Demigryph Knights and the Hurricanum. I like this list more and more, lot of Demigryphs and most things in the army is really hard hitting and fast. WP and BSB goes with Halberdiers, Lvl 4 with some Archers, and AL in the IC Knight unit. 

Empire 2500 Pts  -  Mixed list with Templar Grand Master

Lords:

1 Grand Master @ 259 Pts
     General
     Runefang
     The Other Tricksters Shard

1 Wizard Lord of the Light Order @ 225 Pts
     Level 4, Lore of Light
     Dispel Scroll

Heroes:

1 Captain of the Empire @ 133 Pts
     Battle Standard, Full Plate Armor, Shield
     Helm of the Skavenslayer
     Dawn Stone

1 Warrior Priest @ 79 Pts
     Heavy Armour; Shield
     Dragonhelm

1 Warrior Priest @ 85.0 Pts
     Barding, Heavy Armour, Shield, Warhorse

1 Master Engineer @ 65 Pts

Core:

38 Halberdiers @ 426 Pts
     Full Command

Detachments - 9 Archers, 15 Swordsmen

8 Knights of the Inner Circle @ 230 Pts
     Lance, Full Command
     Banner of the Eternal Flame

Special:

4 Demigryph Knights @ 252 Pts
     Lance, Standard, Musician

1 Great Cannon @ 120 Pts

1 Great Cannon @ 120 Pts


Rare:

1 Celestial Hurricanum @ 130 Pts

1 Helblaster Volley Gun @ 120 Pts

1 Steam Tank @ 250 Pts

Models in Army: 92
Total Army Cost: 2494

Comment: And one more mixed list, a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Can quite easily make some changes and swap Hurricanum, Det, swordsmen and a cannon or Volley Gun for more Demigryph Knights and some Outriders maybe. Quite like the Grand Master with Runefang and Other Trickters Shard combo.

So what do you think? All comments are welcome!

Army Lists: Orcs & Goblins 2400 pts 8th ed.

I really like doing army lists, I'm afraid I don't use them much on the field though. But it seems my friends are becoming interested in the game again so hopefully we will start playing soon as well. Currently I'm working most on my Orcs and Goblins so my first draft for a army list is dedicated to them. I'm trying to take stuff I already have, that's why there's pretty many different things in this army, this is also because I would try out as much as I can in the beginning. So here's the list.

No room for ordinary Orcs anymore! :.(

Lords:

1 Orc Warboss @ 218.0 Pts
     General; Shield, Basha's Axe of Stunty Bashin, Armour of Destiny

1 Savage Orc Great Shaman @ 290 Pts
     Magic Level 4, Lucky Shrunken Head, Fencer's Blades

General got a 4+ 4+ save and a good weapon which may be to pricey but I like that he can make a good boost in combat, the shaman lord got the standard gear from what I've seen on forums and I really like the idea of a Battle Shaman. With the units I have there's not much places to go other than the big bunker with S orcs so I think I will see how this work out.

Heroes: 

1 Black Orc Big Boss 165 @  Pts
     Battle Standard, Talisman of Preservation, Enchanted Shield

1 Night Goblin Shaman @ 75.0 Pts
     Magic Level 1, Dispel Scroll

Some protection for the Blorc BSB, and the little dude is a scroll caddy. BSB into the bunker and the shaman into the NG unit. Not much more to say, way have wanted one more NG shaman and upgrade this one and maybe take away the Blorc and make a NG Big boss bsb instead. So much choices in the O&G list.

Core:


30 Savage Big 'Uns @ 385 Pts
     Big Stabba, Second Choppa, FC

49 Night Goblins @ 247 Pts
     Netters, Shields, Spears, 2 Fanatics, FC

5 Goblin Wolf Riders @ 50.0 Pts

5 Goblin Wolf Riders @ 50.0 Pts

A big bunker and hammer unit in the Savage Orc unit, all chars go in here except the N Goblin Shaman. If I had the pts I would up the unit to even more orcs but as it is now it's a large point sink but I think it will deal with most things really well. The NG unit is the anvil unit and the the Wolf riders go as annoying little units on the flanks and as diverters. Have all models except seven orcs, also needs some painting to be done.

Special:

30 Squig Herd @ 270 Pts
     10 Night Goblin Herders

1 Spear Chukka @ 35.0 Pts

The other hammer unit, the Squig herd. Don't have that many squigs, but hopefully GW will make plastic squigs soon! Quite cheap unit that can really make some punch. Also a Spear Chukka that I need to invest in. When I modify the list in the future there will be most changes here I think, Black Orcs, Trolls and Chariots are some really possibly choices as well as maybe Savage Orc Boar riders.

Rare: 

1 Doom Diver @ 80.0 Pts

1 Rock Lobber @ 85.0 Pts

1 Arachnarok Spider @ 290.0 Pts
         
1 Mangler Squig @ 65.0 Pts

1 Mangler Squig @ 65.0 Pts

So much fun in the Rare section nowadays. Can make some real changes here as well and from what I've heard from others the Doom Diver, Rock Lobber and Manglers will probably stay as most seems to like them. Only need to convert a Rock Lobber and buy the official Mangler Squig when it arrives to have two Mangler Squigs. The Big spider on other hand it seems like it can be a real hit or miss in games, and some like it and some don't but as I will only play against friends and the model looks awesome, of course I need to use it! At least until I need the points for other stuff.

 

Only need to finish the Howdah!

So that's all I think it looks like a quite nice list, a lot of different things that I need to try out and I'm sure there needs some tweaking. But as I said, this list is only for friendly games but It should of course be somewhat competitive as well. Comments and suggestions are very welcome.