My local seller has a box of the last batch of metal corsairs before the plastics came out, and retails them for 1.5x the price of the new models. (i.e. new corsairs are $29.99, but these old ones go for $44.99) I'm not sure why he charges more. I think the old models are both boring and goofy looki...

Strong lists aren't the same as cheesy lists. The first is intended to win, the other is to win at all costs. The latter means that your opponent won't play you again, whereas the first will encourage your opponent to try again. This is a huge difference in my experience, but the line is pretty fine...

I think the important question is whether Exec's are any good on their own, without the CoB or ASF banner or any other buffs - most units can be really effective if "you use them properly". BG and CoK can stand up with nothing but their own stats, but exec's need support to be reliably eff...

if seperated from an army their concern for their town could easily overide their loyalty to army leadership If we were discussing humans, I'd agree with you and be done with it. But these are HE, and frankly I think they have a much more refined concept of the good of the many overriding the good ...

75/25 split between theme and miniatures. Fortunately the corsairs, and most of the DE miniatures, look awesome. Winning is nice, but winning big with a well-fluffed army is tough - you really have to commit to wanting to win more than lose, and that means sacrificing some of the thematic element fo...

you have to take into acount that not all of the warriors and levies will be in any one place Although this possibly more practical/realistic, the situation at hand is that all the HE were marshalled together; I would assume that this includes garrisons and every possible person of fighting age, ev...

I feel like the chariots might complicate things a bunch too (impact hits, shot randomisation, etc) moreso than the artillery, which I find can be a lot of fun (or frustrating...) for a beginner. Granted, I don't know anything about TK so maybe there's no alternative at all. I really think that the ...

What about shades/assassin deploying almost within range of one of his butchers, using the whole "reveal assassin in first turn, displacing a shade to within 10" of the enemy and thus allowing them to charge in the first turn" trick? It's probably a cheesy move, but it's sneaky and th...

probably more along the lines of 100,000's of HE (or millions, I think Ulthuan is big enough that it would easily support many millions) vs. maybe double the number of druchii? It seems kind of silly to me that there would be more DE than HE though, since the DE come from just a single "provinc...

While I agree that rape-produced half-breeds are likely, I don't think they'd be common. First off, Elves are not very fertile, whether male or female, so the chances of impregnation are low to begin with - toss in the cross-species issue and you've got yourself a real rarity. Clearly rape wouldn't ...

I think a chariot mounted bolt thrower isn't implausible, especially if RBTs are mounted on black arks and other DE ships. Getting any kind of accuracy out of that might be a challenge, but the mobility (over flat terrain...) might be handy. DEs value precision, so a catapult/trebuchet type weapon i...

It might be interesting if you fluff it up with the idea that Zardock mentioned, and then have a 1-on-1 fight with the lizardmen general after the fact, maybe even with just the survivors of the previous 2-on-2 fight. Could make for an interesting match. Please don't raise threads that have been dea...

Currently though my Bolt Throwers are on the brink of getting dropped as very often they decide to do very little at all. This is exactly what I'm talking about - they're so inconsistent that I'm very ambivalent. @Stonecutter, you make some good points about their tactical uses, but since much of t...

Is it worth it? It's never turned the tide, or killed any major models (for me at least). It only ever inflicts minor damage on units. I can see it being effective against small units of fast cav, maybe, but for 100 pts I can field ten repeater crossbowmen who will cause a lot more damage and who ca...

Just wanted to point out another plug for the Roman comparison wrt the cult of pleasure. It sounds to me a lot like the bacchic cult of the late republic. It's got some similarities in terms of sexual abandon and substance abuse and it was also criminalized and (some would say) brutally pursued whil...

Have you checked ebay? I picked up a half dozen for $12 USD a couple months ago. It's definitely not as creative as these other ideas though.

I put this list together basically because it's the most economic use of miniatures that I could come up with, and that met with a corsair-themed army. LORD/HERO Master on Cold One, w/ Sword of Might, Armour of Darkness (140 pts) Sorceress (lv.1 - 100pts) CORE 10 Corsairs Full command (125 pts) 10 C...

The (modified) randomized magic dice rumour might really affect DE too, any updates on that?

I was expecting a rewrite soon, but not this bloody soon. Why even bother putting out TK if there's an 8th ed coming out a couple months later?

[EDIT - original post deleted it's important to enjoy the process of reading a book. for me, style is at least as important as content, and with this novel, although i might enjoy the content, my experience with the sample chapter suggests that i might not be able to finish reading the whole thing b...

good synopsis! Sure, the gender roles aren't quite what i would've expected from a race as sophisticated as the DE. The only thing missing, i think, is an actual depiction of what the client DE do on a daily basis (when they're not going to war that is!) since they don't have trades or jobs to take ...

In other words, use it however you wish but don't argue that it's the ultimate truth.

That sums it up nicely for me, thanks.

Alrighty, what about instances in which the official AB do not mention any details, and the BL fluff does? It makes sense to me to go with BL because it is affiliated officially with GW. Clearly where BL contradicts an AB, the AB overrules...but when BL goes into an area that an AB does not; wouldn'...

Army Name: Raiders of the Lost Black Ark General: Lorik Felblade Philosophy: More foes = more slaves Quotes: "Not all those who wander are lost" Background: After its initial defeat against the High Elves in the Shadowlands, the Black Ark Dread Mercy fled south and raided the northern coas...

I enjoy the fluff, good going! I do object to the idea of Siilur as a merchant or business-elf. His very nature as a bloodthirsty and ruthless killer would make him a perfect corsair admiral. So, he could raid other continents (which would account for the many battles you'll be fighting!) and have o...

Remember that the breed of cold one ridden by DE are different than that ridden by lizardmen. I'm not sure, but I have the impression that Slaan and skinks more or less pre-date most other races. But probably not dragons; maybe elves. Anyone think that the mysterious race from the underway civilisat...