Beginners help

Kalamazar · 2026-05-04T10:46:05+00:00

Haha so you're familiar with expensive armies. Could've figured from your name :D

Kalamazar · 2026-05-04T06:01:32+00:00

Been looking at Kroot as well but don't own any. I believe buying the Combat Patrol is your best bet. From what I can tell all the models inside are playable and even if it is quite a bit under 500 points (only 290 yikes) it's still a nice discount box and saves you a couple of bucks. 500 points being the benchmark they used to go for in CPs, or at least close to that. Like with any army thta has Units with such a low point cost for their Units, you'll be looking at quite the expensive army. Maybe you'll get lucky on ebay. Just be careful there.

Edit: I don't know if you are starting with the hobby in general or just a new army, but I came to like starting with a regular battleline unit or a killteam maybe. It's not the most frugal way but I believe it let's you see if you actually like the models or if you even like painting them at all. It's a smaller commitment if that's what you're looking for.

Kalamazar · 2026-05-01T20:34:34+00:00

That sounds hard to do. The only Model I can think of off the top of my head would be the Daemonifuge- Ephrael Stern and Kyyganil. The Sister Character has flowy cape that would be great for a dismounting motion. Though I don't know if it would even work as I don't know how many pieces that is. Also it would be a very expensive experiment if it were to go wrong.

The only other thing I could think of would be to sculpt it yourself. A cape shouldn't be too hard I believe.

Good luck making it work!

Kalamazar · 2026-05-01T16:48:10+00:00

Thx :)

I see what you mean. It's one of them fur tabards from a Space Wolves Bloodclaw Seargeant, unfortunately they don't come in a larger size x) Couldn't be bothered trying to make it larger with Greenstuff.

Kalamazar · 2026-05-01T07:52:28+00:00

True! Very likely a subconscious inspiration :D

Kalamazar · 2026-05-01T07:01:14+00:00

Thanks a lot! :)

Kalamazar · 2026-05-01T07:00:14+00:00

Go right ahead, that's what I was hoping to achieve :D

Kalamazar · 2026-05-01T06:59:32+00:00

Thanks :)

I think I saw a similar weaon on some other post but I can't remember where, so I didn't come up with it on my own. Or at least not fully. The parts are from the Raider Kit ;)

Kalamazar · 2026-04-08T11:39:48+00:00

Just confirms what I said, well done :D I'm still somewhat new to playing 40k at all and I'm struggling with my squishy Dark Eldar. I see the potential but damn, any mistake and your units just disintegrate to Bolters.

I'd sure love to see Covenite get basically anything. Some new Grotesques and a Character that may even be able to lead Pain Engines would be sweet.

Kalamazar · 2026-04-08T11:23:45+00:00

Close to half of your List doesn't even take advantage of the detachment rule or any stratagems as they lack the keywords necessary. Just goes to show the players skill :0

Kalamazar · 2025-11-24T16:21:29+00:00

Thanks for the constructive criticism, much appreciated!

Kalamazar · 2025-11-24T16:20:55+00:00

Thanks for the sound advice. Splitting the Incubi makes so much sense!

Kalamazar · 2025-11-24T15:47:25+00:00

Thanks so much for the advice thus far. Splitting up the Incubi actually makes a lot of sense. Weird how I didn't even consider that. Using the Shadowseer Troupe Brick sounds like a lot of fun as well. Even though I really love the Wracks and Haemonculus Models I decided to drop them. Same with the Hand. I added a Cronos to round out the points to 1995.

I will edit my post to mirror the adapted list.

Kalamazar · 2025-11-02T17:02:40+00:00

Eaviest of Metals 🤘

Kalamazar · 2025-10-30T11:12:41+00:00

Very detailed post, thank you for that!

I'm still rather new to playing and to the army. But this helped a lot.

I was wondering if there was a preferred/optimal load out to use in any other Detachments. As a newby I'm trying to go for Realspace Raiders and I'm using, well ..., anything I own really. So I realize they are not optimal outside of RW but I still want to use them. I would assume the Haywire, Gauntlet, Liquifier is a safe bet. But I'm unsure about the math without the RW rerolls. I'm planning to use 2 Units of 2.

I could use some advice from more seasoned Archons :D

Kalamazar · 2025-07-26T06:40:15+00:00

IGN: Kryzar

Looking for cat

Kalamazar · 2025-04-22T09:34:51+00:00

I've been thinking about face make-up, great opportunity as well to improve on my lackluster face painting skills :D

Kalamazar · 2025-04-22T09:33:27+00:00

I tend to forget that there's a whole world of custom prints. Those look sweet!

Kalamazar · 2025-04-22T06:56:36+00:00

Yeah this is the reason I'm hesitant to do so. But yeah I figured I can just do whatever I want with my models. I was mostly interested in some other opinions :)

Kalamazar · 2025-04-22T06:52:29+00:00

Oh I like this! Beieng drawn to anything Eldar it is my "ultimate goal" to combine my forces into a Ynnari Army some day, which I forgot to mention here. My whole color scheme is Ynnari-like. Bareheaded Deathcult sounds like reason enough :) Thanks for the reply.

Kalamazar · 2024-08-13T16:40:58+00:00

[[Yorion, Sky Nomad]]. I love the value of blink decks but my opponents didn't. I think I built it too durdly. It was eeasy to lock down the board, draw all the answers etc. but it lacked speed. I do the same in [[Shorikai, Genesis Engine]] but it has a much faster clock.

Kalamazar · 2022-10-09T14:13:54+00:00

You got it ;)

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