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>> I've always liked Fantasy Fluff and imagery -wise and I'm really
glad it
>> is not as character based as before. When last I played it was
empire and
>> I got really turned off when I charged 5 DE cold ones with my 10
Empire
>> knights and got my teeth kicked in. So even though I have my old
empire
>> army I just can't get motivated to get it ready for 6th...
>>
>> Any other suggestions as a fledgling WFB player?
>>
>Bretonnians are the best at the moment for miniatures..
Rubbish. Bret Knights are decent enough, but the plastic peasantry's
bland and the rest forgettable. I'd say that at the moment the Empire
has the best overall range (and you don't have to use Spearmen if you
don't want...) followed by High Elves (with the new RBT crew and so
long as you swap Archer heads for spare Spearmen helmets). Wood Elves
are still good, but the age of the basic troops is starting to show.
For the rest, I'd nominate as being as good or better than Brets the
Lizardmen (don't go by the GW paintscheme - Saurus are very good
models, at least when armed with spears, and Skinks are decent even
with blowpipes, while the only models in the range I'd actually call
poor are the Kroxigor) and non-Khorne mortal Chaos. That's five at
least who come in better than the Brets. I'd rank Bretonnians about
equal with the Dark Elves - the DE have better models for most units,
but they're let down badly by godawful monsters, the Cauldron and
Witch Elves, while the Brets are distinctly average across the range
without anything especially terrible, but without anything save the
Green Knight and perhaps the hippogrif to compare with Executioners,
Black Guard, the Reaper bolt thrower or the Manflayers.
Philip Bowles
>> I've always liked Fantasy Fluff and imagery -wise and I'm really
glad it
>> is not as character based as before. When last I played it was
empire and
>> I got really turned off when I charged 5 DE cold ones with my 10
Empire
>> knights and got my teeth kicked in. So even though I have my old
empire
>> army I just can't get motivated to get it ready for 6th...
>>
>> Any other suggestions as a fledgling WFB player?
>>
>Bretonnians are the best at the moment for miniatures..
Rubbish. Bret Knights are decent enough, but the plastic peasantry's
bland and the rest forgettable. I'd say that at the moment the Empire
has the best overall range (and you don't have to use Spearmen if you
don't want...) followed by High Elves (with the new RBT crew and so
long as you swap Archer heads for spare Spearmen helmets). Wood Elves
are still good, but the age of the basic troops is starting to show.
For the rest, I'd nominate as being as good or better than Brets the
Lizardmen (don't go by the GW paintscheme - Saurus are very good
models, at least when armed with spears, and Skinks are decent even
with blowpipes, while the only models in the range I'd actually call
poor are the Kroxigor) and non-Khorne mortal Chaos. That's five at
least who come in better than the Brets. I'd rank Bretonnians about
equal with the Dark Elves - the DE have better models for most units,
but they're let down badly by godawful monsters, the Cauldron and
Witch Elves, while the Brets are distinctly average across the range
without anything especially terrible, but without anything save the
Green Knight and perhaps the hippogrif to compare with Executioners,
Black Guard, the Reaper bolt thrower or the Manflayers.
Philip Bowles
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