wizard's houseguard themed army!

[experiment 626]

okay, granted this all about to change in a month and a half or so, but i'd still like to some thoughts on how this looks
the idea here is that a high ranking amethyst wizard would no doubt have his own secret following of lackies to protect him!

The Royal Guard of Lord Helbrect Von Drakenholf

Lords:
Lord Helbrect Von Drakenholf, Wizard Lord w/Hand weapon, Biting Blade, Armour of Tarnus and Van Horstmann’s Speculum.
Level 3 Amethyst wizard.
Cost; 245 pts
Heroes:
Count Lucious, Captain w/Hand weapon, Full plate armour.
Battle Standard Bearer w/Standard of Death's Holy Angel ('counts as' Banner of Sigismund)
Cost; 143 pts

Master Darius Von Kroger, Captain w/Hand weapon, Great weapon, Full plate armour, Pegasus. Aldred’s Casket of Sorcery.
Cost; 147 pts

Professor Virgil Van Dante, Master Engineer w/Hand weapon and Repeater pistol.
Cost; 65 pts

Acolyte Marcus Corvin, Wizard w/Hand weapon, Dispel Scroll & Doomfire Ring.
Level 1 Amethyst wizard.
Cost; 110 pts

Core Units:
The Gatekeepers; 12 Knights of Morr ('counts as' white wolf knights)
Each w/Cavalry hammer, Full plate armour, Barded Warhorse.
Musician
Standard Bearer w/Standard of Arcane Warding
First Knight
Cost; 380 pts

The Company of Watchers;
Parent unit; 24 Spearmen each w/Hand weapon, Spear, Light armour & Shields.
Musician
Standard Bearer
Cost; 183 pts
Detachment; 8 Crossbowmen each w/Hand weapon & Crossbow.
Cost; 64 pts
Detachment; 8 Crossbowmen each w/Hand weapon & Crossbow.
Cost; 64 pts

The Guardians; 20 Halberdiers each w/Hand weapon, Halberd & Light armour.
Musician
Standard Bearer
Sergeant
Cost; 145 pts

The Wardens; 12 Handgunners each w/Hand weapon & Handgun.
Musician
Cost; 101 pts

The Lost Souls; 12 Free Company fighters each w/Two Hand weapons.
Musician
Cost; 65 pts

Special Units:
The Deathguard; 15 Greatswords each w/Hand weapon, Two-handed sword, Full plate armour.
Musician
Standard Bearer
Count’s Champion.
Cost; 210 pts

Hammer of Death; Great Cannon.
3 Crewmen each w/Hand wepons.
Cost; 100 pts

Rare Units:
The Harvester of Souls; Helblaster Volly Gun.
3 Crewmen each w/Hand weapons.
Cost; 125 pts

[DeAd_cOmMaNdO]

so this is the army youve been talking about

looks cool, and i like the theme, especially the knights of morr.
im guessing theres a heavy black/purple theme with the apint scheme, which i just love

[experiment 626]

Originally Posted by DeAd_cOmMaNdO

so this is the army youve been talking about

looks cool, and i like the theme, especially the knights of morr.
im guessing theres a heavy black/purple theme with the apint scheme, which i just love

well, one of them at least!lol. i've been looking for a reason to get back into fantasy lately and the new empire is just too tempting (i know, i'm so weak!)

my planned colour scheme for the army is black, lich purple, bone and various browns for all the cloth areas and most likely dwarf bronze and a darker gold for armour...
weapons of corse get a nicely deep shade of boltgun metal!

best of all, i have a good deal of the models i need kicking around already! the only big thins to get are some bretonnian knights to use for converting into the knights of morr

cheers!

[DeAd_cOmMaNdO]

nice. i was going ot mention the empire knights looking a bit outdated, though since youre using the brettonian ones, thats no problem
what about the riders? will they just be normal brett knights, or empire ones?

[experiment 626]

Originally Posted by DeAd_cOmMaNdO

nice. i was going ot mention the empire knights looking a bit outdated, though since youre using the brettonian ones, thats no problem
what about the riders? will they just be normal brett knights, or empire ones?

my plan is to use the brett knight's legs and horses with the empire knight torso that has 'sigmar' engraved across it. (i've got about 7 or 8 torso's so far...)
instead of lances, the knights will carry either flails or double-handed spiky maces while the first knight of corse gets a nice shiny scythe
not too sure about what bits to use for the heads yet, though i'm very tempted to try and find some way of fitting the mounted nurgle lord head onto the slightly smaller empire bodies!

overall i'm trying not to go way overboard on converting too much of the army! the knights and characters will get some decent work done, but i'd like to try and maintain my ever fragile sanity for once

cheers!

[DeAd_cOmMaNdO]

Knights of Morr with Sigmar written on their chest? is that ethical? lol!

[experiment 626]

Originally Posted by DeAd_cOmMaNdO

Knights of Morr with Sigmar written on their chest? is that ethical? lol!

lol! well, they are technically speaking worshipers of sigmar as well as morr... they usually work very closely with the witch hunters and other empire forces who are likely to face the undead!

seeing as an amethyst wizard studies necromancy, i figured it would at least be a bit of good 'ol irony to include some these chaps

cheers!

[experiment 626]

okay, i've made a few changes/tweeks to the list - basically lost a few expensive models and got even more cheaper models!!!

the major difference is that the halberdiers have now become a parent unit with a free company detachment... the other big addition is the unit of skirmishing archers as i felt i was a little light on the missile fire department!

the only other thing, i should mention that the extra hero, (master darius), is listed as i'll use him for smaller games where my wizard lord won't be available!


The Royal Guard of Lord Helbrect Von Drakenholf

Lords:
Lord Helbrect Von Drakenholf, Wizard Lord w/Hand weapon, Biting Blade, Armour of Tarnus & Van Horstmann’s Speculum.
Level 3 Amethyst wizard.
Cost; 245 pts

Heroes:
Count Lucious, Captain w/Hand weapon, Full plate armour.
Battle Standard Bearer w/Holy Banner of the Reaper (as Banner of Sigismund)
Cost; 143 pts

Master Darius Von Kroger, Captain w/Hand weapon, Great weapon, Full plate armour, Pegasus. Aldred’s Casket of Sorcery.
Cost; 147 pts

Professor Virgil Van Dante, Master Engineer w/Hand weapon & Repeater pistol.
Cost; 65 pts

Acolyte Marcus Corvin, Wizard w/Hand weapon, Dispel Scroll, Doomfire Ring.
Level 1 Amethyst wizard.
Cost; 110 pts

Core Units:
The Gatekeepers; 12 Knights of Morr (as white wolf knights)
Each w/Cavalry hammer, Full plate armour, Barded Warhorse.
Musician
Standard Bearer w/Standard of Arcane Warding
First Knight
Cost; 380 pts

The Company of Watchers;
Parent unit; 24 Spearmen each w/Hand weapon, Spear, Light armour & Shields.
Musician.
Standard Bearer
Cost; 183 pts
Detachment; 8 Crossbowmen each w/Hand weapon & Crossbow.
Cost; 64 pts
Detachment; 8 Free Company fighters each w/Hand weapon & Additional Hand weapon.
Cost; 40 pts

The Company of Wardens;
Parent unit; 20 Halberdiers each w/Hand weapon, Halberd & Light armour.
Musician
Standard Bearer
Sergeant
Cost; 145 pts
Detachment; 10 Free Company fighters each w/Hand weapon & Additional hand weapon.
Cost; 50 pts

The Guardians; 12 Handgunners each w/Hand weapon & Handgun.
Cost; 96 pts

The Lost Souls; 10 Archers each w/Bow and Hand weapon.
Cost; 80 pts

Special Units:
The Deathguard; 12 Greatswords each w/Hand weapon, Two-handed sword, Full plate armour.
Musician
Standard Bearer
Count’s Champion.
Cost; 174 pts

Hammer of Death; Great Cannon.
3 Crewmen each w/Hand wepons.
Cost; 100 pts

Rare Units:
The Harvester of Souls; Helblaster Volly Gun.
3 Crewmen each w/Hand weapons.
Cost; 125 pts


so now i'm upto 126 models
cheers!