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Bruce Willis

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Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« on: May 28, 2011, 10:36:13 AM »
In this order I like Beastmen, Lizardmen, Chaos Warriors, and Skaven. The few times that I have played 40k I am a generally "assaulty" player. I like the Beastmen because they have an appealing look as well as history, Lizardmen are pretty neat looking and would be a blast to paint, Chaos Warriors seem pretty "ownage" plus I like there horses, and Skaven are pretty much Skaven.   
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2011, 11:08:33 AM »
beastmen are rather difficult to use at the moment, very unfriendly to beginners. but the models are great and i love mine, i highly recommend them but as a second army. lizards and skaven are both very strong, they have a huge range of capabilities in their books and are pretty forgiving. warriors are awesome, i'm strongly considering started them myself, they have gorgeous models and can be very powerful. they're more 1-dimensional than skaven or lizards as far as gameplay. all great choices for an assault style player. is money a big factor? if so, steer clear of the skaven as you will be buying 250+ models for 2.5k games. warriors are probably the most wallet friendly of those armies. all great choices though.
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2011, 12:34:39 PM »
Do not go with beastmen, unless you don't care about winning.  Their book is not very good and it will get very frustrating.

In terms of power level, it would go Skaven, Lizardmen, Warriors.  However, All of those books are in the top half of armies and can compete.

Warriors would likely be more your style.
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2011, 12:49:35 PM »
Ok, thanks! I'll rule Beastmen out altogether then. Warriors are definitely a gorgeous army (yay for horses!), as well as a befitting my play style, and Skaven would be fun (LOTS of rat people ftw!) as well as Lizardmen. I am still fleshing out my 40k armies (Blood Angles and Dark Eldar) so by the time I'd buy a fantasy army (maybe 4 months) I probably will have made a decision.
Thanks again for your help and console!
 
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2011, 07:09:35 PM »
Actually I think Deamons of Chaos will be my choice. I have never actually considered them before but they're pretty cool so...yeah.
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2011, 07:50:00 PM »
i have 36 plastic daemonettes with command assembled and primed black if you want em.
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2011, 12:03:14 PM »
Really? How much would you want for them?
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2011, 02:50:45 PM »
how's a doombull worth of store credit? $41.25?

edit: make that 36 with 2 full commands
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2011, 04:12:34 PM »
$41.25 for the commands and the Deamonettes or JUST the "Doombull"?
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« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2011, 04:53:40 PM »
sorry didn't mean to confuse you, i meant $41.25 in store credit (roughly $1.15 a model) and all 36 daemonettes are yours. reasonable?
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2011, 09:18:32 PM »
Thats ok.Thats a great price too. Not to sound sketchy but, I probably wont buy them right now, maybe in a few months when I buy my other Daemon stuff. [But] when that day roles around I will PM you and definitely buy them.  :)
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2011, 01:38:05 PM »
Brother Maynard, if your going to sell your demons just sell them. I think i'm going with a different army.
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2011, 02:59:05 PM »
ok. what are you going with out of curiosity?
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2011, 01:31:57 PM »
Just tell us it ain't another damn Skaven army.... ;)
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Re: Looking to play Fantasy in the nearish future: what army should I choose?
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2011, 03:08:58 PM »
Oh no, definitely not!
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