With the release of Warhammer in its 8th edition form, then all of the Warhammer Armies need a bit of a revamp. First up is the High Elves, which I suppose is partly in response to their feature in the Island of Blood. Initially just had a copy of Island of Blood and the cut down Warhammer Rulebook. This is a pretty small print size I have to say and not kind on eyes that have been painting small minis for many years.
Anyway now have a copy of the main hardback rulebook as well as the latest High Elves Army book. So getting down to reviewing the army list and how it might work was dismayed to see how Silver Helms have gone from must have core to hard to fit in Special choice. So ideas of a 90% all cavalry High Elf army went out the window. The army construction rules which dictate 25% come from core do not work in my opinion, especially with the Silver Helms now relegated to a Special choice. So it looks like a big unit of spearmen and 15 High Elf Archers. I don't have enough of the current crop so will have to supplement from the was it 4th or was it 5th edition High Elf Archers and Spearmen that I still have knocking around.
Still going to put one unit of Silver helms in (they are painted they are going in!). Rest of the army will be made up of Dragon Princes of Caledor, Ellyrian Reavers, a tiranoc chariot and a lion chariot. Then probably just three heroes. It might not be balanced but alot of the decisions are based on monetary concerns!
I also tried out the Army Painter dip system on a trial Silver Helm. It did not go too smoothly for my first attempt but I'll go into detail next time.
Anyway now have a copy of the main hardback rulebook as well as the latest High Elves Army book. So getting down to reviewing the army list and how it might work was dismayed to see how Silver Helms have gone from must have core to hard to fit in Special choice. So ideas of a 90% all cavalry High Elf army went out the window. The army construction rules which dictate 25% come from core do not work in my opinion, especially with the Silver Helms now relegated to a Special choice. So it looks like a big unit of spearmen and 15 High Elf Archers. I don't have enough of the current crop so will have to supplement from the was it 4th or was it 5th edition High Elf Archers and Spearmen that I still have knocking around.
Still going to put one unit of Silver helms in (they are painted they are going in!). Rest of the army will be made up of Dragon Princes of Caledor, Ellyrian Reavers, a tiranoc chariot and a lion chariot. Then probably just three heroes. It might not be balanced but alot of the decisions are based on monetary concerns!
I also tried out the Army Painter dip system on a trial Silver Helm. It did not go too smoothly for my first attempt but I'll go into detail next time.
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