Picking up where we left off let’s get back into some more theme force fun. Today I will be looking at Borka's family reunion, the Madraks, Calandra, Jarl, and eBloodsong,
· Borka, Family Reunion:
o Requirements to achieve T4:
§ Two or more champion heroes
§ Stone scribe chronicler
§ Three or more champion and/or slugger units
Army list:
Borka Kegslayer
(*5pts)
* Pyre Troll
(5pts)
* Swamp Troll
(4pts)
Greygore Boomhowler & Co. (Boomhowler and 9 Grunts)
(9pts)
Krielstone Bearer and 5 Stone Scribes
(4pts)
* Krielstone Stone Scribe Elder
(1pts)
Trollkin Champions (Leader and 2 Grunts)
(6pts)
* Skaldi Bonehammer
(3pts)
Stone Scribe Chronicler
(2pts)
Trollkin Champion Hero
(3pts)
Trollkin Champion Hero
(3pts)
I love the family reunion and feel it has addressed an issue bugging me for some time. Why the hell is Boomhowler not faction when taken with trolls? I mean those dirty elves get retribution partisan on all of their mercs why not of Kith and Kriel or something along those lines for Boomie and his boys? OK I am off the soap box now. I love this theme force and I find myself using it nearly every time I choose to take Borka to my FLGS. I typically leave the champs at home when I play it however since I have never really had much luck with them. I don't play them that often, to be honest, but when I do they rarely get their points back and seem to be taken out of play far too easily. Even after complaining about the champions I decided to try them out again. I am a little worried about playing this with no heavies. We will see this list may need some serious tweaking but I like the title of the post says....first thoughts :)
· pMadrak, War Party:
o Requirements to achieve T4:
§ Two or more units of kriel warriors
§ Two units of bushwhackers
§ At least one axer and one impaler
This is not the way I like to play pMadrak. I have mentioned it here before, and my local meta knows, I love playing the beast brick with pMadrak. Moving on this is not the lock for me.
· Madrak, End Times:
o Requirements to achieve T4:
§ Two units of fennblades
§ Horthol
§ Two or more heavy warbeasts
Two units of fennblades? Cleaning the mold line off my first box set almost made me rage quit the game. “These aren’t the droids we’re looking for. You can go about your business. Move along, move along”
· Calandra, Children of Dhunia:
o Requirements to achieve T4:
§ Two or more trollkin solos
§ One or more scout or pyg units
§ Two or more earthborn dire trolls
Army list:
Calandra Truthsayer, Oracle of the Glimmerwood
(*5pts)
* Earthborn Dire Troll
(9pts)
* Earthborn Dire Troll
(9pts)
Kriel Warriors (Leader and 9 Grunts)
(6pts)
* 3 Kriel Warrior Caber Thrower
(3pts)
* Kriel Warrior Standard Bearer & Piper
(2pts)
Pyg Burrowers (Leader and 9 Grunts)
(6pts)
Fell Caller Hero
(3pts)
Stone Scribe Chronicler
(2pts)
Hmm. I used to play Calandra a fair amount when I first started playing WM/H and I always loved her. Calandra got put on the shelf cause people get frustrated playing against starcrossed, her feat, and dygs. I typically take a bomber/impaler with her but seeing as the list doesn't allow for bombers the EBDT is a really good heavy beast option and since the bomber is gone no need for the impaler. One of the nice things about the theme force is that it still allows me to take almost the entire dygmy support staff with the only omission being the champ hero for the CMD 10. This list is my heavy hitter with multiple options for cracking high armor. You may be asking where is the dmg buff? I look at the caber thrower as a dmg buff for the EBDT. by running a caber next to a target then charging the EBDT so that the caber is in his melee range puts the EBDT at P+S 19 with 7 attacks...not a lot is going to stand up to that. If you take into account Cally's feat.....bad news bears for the target. I am playing around with some other builds
so this option is still very fluid.
· Jarl Skuld, Highwayman:
o Requirements to achieve T4:
§ Two units of scattergunners
§ Three or more units (kriel warriors, scattergunners, bushwhackers, SoB)
§ Three or more light warbeasts
I don't really care for Jarl's themes. I really like taking minions and mercs with him. I love the gatorman posse and Nyss hunters. If I am going to go with a faction unit I like fennblades. Since none of these units are an option in his theme force Jarl is out.
· eBloodsong: Blockade Runners:
o Requirements to achieve T4:
§ Horthol
§ Sons of Bragg
§ Three or more warbeasts
Grissel Bloodsong, Marshal of the Kriels
(*6pts)
* Troll Impaler
(5pts)
* Dire Troll Bomber
(10pts)
Kriel Warriors (Leader and 9 Grunts)
(6pts)
* 2 Kriel Warrior Caber Thrower
(2pts)
* Kriel Warrior Standard Bearer & Piper
(2pts)
Trollkin Long Riders (Leader and 4 Grunts)
(10pts)
Horthol, Long Rider Hero
(4pts)
Troll Whelps
(2pts)
I have not fielded Mrs. Bloodsong in a single game yet but I really like her sculpt and have wanted to play her. The theme force allows you to have cavalry models at -1 pts. That is Horthol for 4pts, full long riders for 10pts, and the war wagon for 8pts…..what’s not to love there. The issue I am having is squeezing in all I want that the 35pt level. I would love to have a wagon and the SoBs (I love these guys now) but I couldn’t seem to make it happen. I also wish she had access to the KSB but no dice. I am considering swapping the two beasts to an axer and a mauler but, on paper, I think I prefer the ranged element the bomber adds and the ability to far strike Grissel.
So there we have it two posts looking at the theme forces available to me for Templecon and a few preliminary lists. I like a few of them on paper more than I thought I would initially. Seeing as one of the lists needs to be T4 I am starting to think I may have to get that last unit of runeshapers and do the Runes of War theme as one of the two. What do y’all think? Any of these lists ones you would not want to see across the table? Any of the lists you would like to see on the painting table and finished? Well work week is almost over so back to actually getting paint to models this week. Hopefully some finished minis to post soon.
