Those are good suggestions :) For some reason I keep associating my Dark Elves with "Within Temptation". I don't want to restrict the music or my army to that one blending, but whenever Within Temptation comes up I'm reminded of my Dark Elves and the other way around as well. Because of th...

I'm afraid I can't give any advice - I haven't played 6th in 20 years (and wasn't good at it!). It's incredible to see another list for this edition.

Hello and welcome I hadn't caught that problem in the rules. It does feel like an omission on the wounds of the handlers. Judging by the rules of handlers, one would expect that a handler could be wounded and/or killed. Or removed from play. But it doesn't really have any rules for this, or for what...

Greetings everyone, For the past weeks, both Ulthuan and Druchii sites have been suffering from downtime. I want to apologize for the inconvenience. The source of the problem was that AI bots were scraping our forums, to the point that they completely shut down the normal working of the sites. I've ...

I like that spot. Since we're a legacy army, we are at risk of getting locked out if we're too powerful, or being ignored if we're too weak.
For my local gaming group, this is also a good spot. You don't want to have to hold back... too much.

Welcome! Thanks for the report. I quite agree on the Crossbows - they feel useful, especially against lightly armoured troops. I'm not sure that that larger units will prove effective since they need such a wide frontage. Maybe 1 or 2 small units will be popular. Magic seems fickle, all around. One ...

If you can stretch the budget to 9 Shades, you add a tad more resilience to panic. Otherwise, 6 or 7 are good enough. Great weapons are powerful, without a doubt, but I'd be very wary of losing the initiative. It really depends on who your opponent is, but generally I would favour the safety of stri...

Unfortunately, I don't have enough experience yet to give it an accurate assessment. I see "everything" in this list: mobility, combat power, shooting, magic, a dragon. It looks good. The only thing I'm missing is a heavy flanker or charge support from cold one knights or chariots. But thi...

I added another strategy: blocking the linehammer post 941318 The link to the calculations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AfmBPq5Mtp130niSLsstuqcJ9PMJtjPFRm2KgzR6UXQ/edit?usp=sharing It might be worth noting that, with a skirmish formation or marching formation, you can increase the length...

I think the character choices will be a challenge. It seems like a lot of comps or smaller armies are limited to a single Lord. The Supreme Sorceress offers a whole world of magic power over a level 2 caster, but she doesn't even have Ld9. So it looks like we may have either of: A supreme sorceress ...

Welcome! The Dark Elves are cruel indeed, even in Total War

Thank you so much for reviewing it. That's a very good point. The Accidental charge rule is going to lead to some surprises and peculiar situations. The distances will play a big role here. The distances in the setup I described are: 5.7" between the enemy unit and the black guard, at minimum. ...

Some test models - I tested with varying degrees of thinning the contrast paint, only to find that it works quite well in pure form. Good enough, anyway
I may have mildly overbrushed the models, so they appear paler than I hope to get on the rest of them.

Part 2 is up, synergy between multiple units.

I'm still working on the following parts, please be patient
It might take me a few days.

Retrospective of old tactics that don't work anymore, incoming

Blocking the Line Hammer Although I doubt Line Hammer will become a thing, it's been the topic of many online debates. I think a single dark rider unit can block such a unit quite easily. This tactic differs from regular flee tactics, in the sense that it relies on using the angle of the flee direc...

When using flee tactics with multiple units, we can push these tricks to a point where rolls become irrelevant. The double flee before the counter charge Two units of dark riders can screen a combat unit, preventing it from being charged. For example, you can screen a black guard unit by placing 2 d...

Preamble TOW is still relatively new, and I find that I still have to learn and explore many facets of the game. I thought it would be interesting to revisit the Dark Rider tactics, both to update the article that highlights their value, and as an exercise to go over the rules and details. The prev...

We used to make old battle reports in battle chronicler, but it looks like the program hasn't had an update in a very long time. It still seems to work on windows 10 however. That's a wonderful thing. But is the program still in style? Or have new alternatives come up lately? I plan to make an occas...

Urgh. I was sure I had read it twice that the banner applied to all weapons, but you are correct: it only works on combat weapons. The banner is wasted on the crossbows. I'm going to need to apologise to my opponent next time I see him. Thank you for pointing it out As for the musician, don't they h...

To get my elves into battles quickly, I went with base converters. I find that the spacing between the models looks good. I was afraid it would look weird but it's quite nice, even for older models like these crossbow warriors. I am not convinced to rebase them yet, considering how much work that wo...

To paint these, I want to try something that produces slightly above battle ready level, very very quickly. So I went with a 3 layer undercoat: - zandri dust for the shadows - wraithbone for the main body - a mild top down spray from scar white 20240221_160456.jpg I like how much depth this gives th...

Some of these speculations were right. But it is unfortunate we didn't get a fleet master. I feel like they never really got that one right though.

The cavalry and chariots join the ranks!