Chexmix282
02-06-2014, 03:43 PM
Well after some trading with a friend yesterday I now find myself with a most unusual Fantasy army:
2 Arachnarok Spiders
90 Spider Riders with Spear/Shield
20 Spider Riders with Spear/Shield/Shortbow
20 Night Goblin Archers
20 Night Goblin Spearmen
4 Spear Chukkas + crew
As I haven't played Fantasy in a couple years I have little knowledge of what I'm, doing, lol. I could get a third Arachnarok, but only if I can make the list work. Here's my initial list:
Lords
Goblin Great Shaman 575
-Level 4, 50 pts of magic items
Arachnarok Spider
-Catchweb Spidershrine
Heroes
Snagla Grobspit 115
Goblin Shaman 92
-Dispel Scroll, Giant Wolf-Spider
Goblin Big Boss 96
-Great Weapon, Light Armor, Giant Spider, BSB, 15 points for a Banner
Goblin Big Boss 56
-Great Weapon, Light Armor, Giant Spider
Goblin Big Boss 56
-Great Weapon, Light Armor, Giant Spider
Core
30 Spider Riders 420
-Command
30 Spider Riders 420
-Command
30 Spider Riders 420
-Command
10 Deff Creepas 150
-Musician, Short Bows
Special
4 Bolt Chukkas 140
Rare
2 Goblin Stone Throwers 170 (converted from Arachnarok sprues)
Arachnarok Spider 290
TOTAL: 3,000
This isn't designed to be super competitive, as you can see. Fantasy tournaments in my area died out long ago, along with the remainder of Fantasy players. This will be a fun list to play with my pals over a few beers; nothing more. I just don't want to get tabled :D
I like the list so far, but I feel like I could use smaller units for flanking and warmachine hunting. Does anyone have experience with Snagla? Is he a decent buy? The Ambush rules seem okay, but i think it's too many points for a fragile disruption unit. I may swap him and his unit out for 3 or 4 5-man units with bows.
Is 30 Spiders too many for a unit? They are really expensive for how fragile they are, but I want to stick to a spider theme here so I would like them to be the vast majority of my core. I want to stay away from Orcs where possible. I could do 5 units of 20 or something. What configuration would you not want to see across the table?
I would also like to have a Goblin Warboss on a Gigantic Spider if at all possible. Is there a commonly accepted build for such a model? This may not happen with the Arachnarok in the lords section, but I want to keep my options open.
2 Arachnarok Spiders
90 Spider Riders with Spear/Shield
20 Spider Riders with Spear/Shield/Shortbow
20 Night Goblin Archers
20 Night Goblin Spearmen
4 Spear Chukkas + crew
As I haven't played Fantasy in a couple years I have little knowledge of what I'm, doing, lol. I could get a third Arachnarok, but only if I can make the list work. Here's my initial list:
Lords
Goblin Great Shaman 575
-Level 4, 50 pts of magic items
Arachnarok Spider
-Catchweb Spidershrine
Heroes
Snagla Grobspit 115
Goblin Shaman 92
-Dispel Scroll, Giant Wolf-Spider
Goblin Big Boss 96
-Great Weapon, Light Armor, Giant Spider, BSB, 15 points for a Banner
Goblin Big Boss 56
-Great Weapon, Light Armor, Giant Spider
Goblin Big Boss 56
-Great Weapon, Light Armor, Giant Spider
Core
30 Spider Riders 420
-Command
30 Spider Riders 420
-Command
30 Spider Riders 420
-Command
10 Deff Creepas 150
-Musician, Short Bows
Special
4 Bolt Chukkas 140
Rare
2 Goblin Stone Throwers 170 (converted from Arachnarok sprues)
Arachnarok Spider 290
TOTAL: 3,000
This isn't designed to be super competitive, as you can see. Fantasy tournaments in my area died out long ago, along with the remainder of Fantasy players. This will be a fun list to play with my pals over a few beers; nothing more. I just don't want to get tabled :D
I like the list so far, but I feel like I could use smaller units for flanking and warmachine hunting. Does anyone have experience with Snagla? Is he a decent buy? The Ambush rules seem okay, but i think it's too many points for a fragile disruption unit. I may swap him and his unit out for 3 or 4 5-man units with bows.
Is 30 Spiders too many for a unit? They are really expensive for how fragile they are, but I want to stick to a spider theme here so I would like them to be the vast majority of my core. I want to stay away from Orcs where possible. I could do 5 units of 20 or something. What configuration would you not want to see across the table?
I would also like to have a Goblin Warboss on a Gigantic Spider if at all possible. Is there a commonly accepted build for such a model? This may not happen with the Arachnarok in the lords section, but I want to keep my options open.