Still Dithering

After picking up the latest white dwarf I'm more enamored with the knight model than ever.  I'm not going to pick one up but I eagerly anticipate facing off against it on the table.  As for dithering... still no painting but I have worked on a 1500 point list.  I figure at 1500 points an opponent could justify spending the points on a knight model.  Specifically I'm trying to convince a friend to add the knight model to his 1250 raven guard army.  As for the Eldar army list at 1500 here below is a snap shot of the models.  At a later time I'll put my mind to building a 1500 raven guard list with a knight ally.

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Ok playing around with army builder and think following could be a fun list to play with Raven Wing and Knight

HQ:

Sammael

Troops:

3 x 3 Bikes - Melta Bomb, 2 Plasma Guns, MM Attack Bike

Fast:

2 x 5 Black Knights

Ally:

Knight

Total Points: 1500

That gives you 32 double tap plasma gun shots a turn, 3 multi melta shots, 1 plasma cannon, 7 scoring units, and big bessie itself with the melta pie plate and D close combat weapon.  Model Count is low at 24 models but the presence of the knight will draw fire away from the bike units.

1850 Plastic Eldar Army

I've laid out my Eldar army at a standard game size of 1850.  Still not painting but to be fair I was occupied watching Canada take a gold medal for hockey this last week.  The list:

HQ:
Farseer - spear, row
Spiritseer

Troops:
5 avengers
2 x 10 avengers - serpent, slasers
5 Wraithguard - serpent, spiritstone, d-scyths

Fast:
Crimson Hunter

Heavy:
Falcon - star cannon
Wraithknight

1850 points even.

With all the changes to 40k I've stopped trying to build the master list and decided to paint what I own.  All plastic is a big win for me.  Still going to alternate between the lizards and eldar.

Stalled Progress

Work took me away from the hobby a couple of weeks ago and I'm having difficulty getting back into the swing of things.  I have 2k lizardmen largely built and ready to play.  As a result I want to get some games in in lue of painting.  I also have a hankering to get back to my Eldar.  With the news of the Imperial Kinght being released I want to get some games in against this fantastic new model.

I've set the following goals then.  Finish painting the front rank of temple guard and the bastilidon.   Once those two models are complete I think I will work on an Eldar unit to break up the monotonous chore of painting rank and file.

The following is my 1250 list that is made up of models well on the way to being completed.

HQ:

Farseer -  row, singing spear

Troops:

2 x 10 Avengers - wave serpent, scatter lasers
10 Storm Guardians - fusion guns, wave serpent, scatter lasers

Fast:

Crimson Hunter

Heavy:

Wraithknight

This army is nearly painted to a table top standard.  The 1250 point limit is also what is played by my local group weekly.  It's a fun point level to play 40K at on a 4x4 table. 

Over all the list is strong in my opinion. Some might say that the crimson hunter is not worth the points but it fills a hole in my list.  Also the expense is offset by the amazing synergy that exisits between the wave serpent and wraith knight.  Another critique I see is taking full squads of avengers.  I've learned to love avengers.  They are so much better than they were in the old codex.  Taking full squads allows me to better capitalize on counter attack.  Counter attack combined with initative 5 means they can take a charge and produce twice as many attacks.  They will then either break and not likely get swept due to initative or hold in the assault.  This allows a counter attack with the wraith knight or storm guardians.  Or set up another round of bladestorm shots.

The common opinion on storm guardians are that they are trash.  I don't hold this view.  WS 4 and BS 4 are game changers.  The farseer rolls with this unit with the singing spear.  Gives the unit 3 anti tank shots that can be buffed with the farseer and battle focus.  The farseer will take all divination powers.  Every power is usefull in my list.  I especially want to be able to reroll reserve dice to maximise the potential of the crimsin hunter.  Also the potential to give the storm guardians a 4++ save or ignore cover shooting is the bomb as well.

Below is a quick snap shot of where the army stands.  Moving forward (after my short term goals of completing the front rank of tg and bastilidon are done) the plan is to alternate painting units from the Eldar and lizardmen.  This should keep painting my two armies fresh and ultimately more fulfilling rather than a chore.

Fine tuning Lizardmen at 2k

Not much done last while.  Was at function for work last weekend so little progress (actually, no hobby time).  Looking forward to dwarf release.  Also I've fine tunned my 2k list.  Dropped the cube of darkness and picked up channelling staff for slann.  Also picked up harmonic so I keep my 3 5+ channel dice.  The cube of darkness did not really fit with life slann due to all the remain in play spells.  I had to drop the ancient steg to a regular steg to make the points work.  I think these changes are for the best.  The army is largely built and ready to get some games in.

Painting wise I still have to finish the first rank of temple guard.  When done I think I will paint a monster.  I figure it will make the most impact on how the army looks on the table top.  I'm also going to make an effort to change the list as little as possible so as to keep on track painting.