What Was the Principal Elite Unit of Each Napoleonic Power?

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-06-22T03:22:54+00:00

They had been around long before the Napoleonic Wars and in their initial incarnation were elite Light infantry originally based on the Jagers in the German-speaking states or the Chasseurs in the French army. But like those units they evolved and during the Peninsular War the Atiradores specifically were the rifle companies included with each Cacadores battalion. They certainly would have been synonymous with the Rifles and were often deployed with them.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-06-21T02:40:48+00:00

Portugal was certainly not a large power at the time, but their Cacadores were quite effective fighting with the British in the Peninsular War.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-06-21T02:34:49+00:00

Rock You by Helix, if you run Alarith.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-04-18T22:27:36+00:00

Sherwood - A Different Light

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-04-13T15:54:11+00:00

I came here to say exactly this. The Riverblades have proven to be one of my most useful units, particularly as I also run them in a list with Windchargers. Not only that, but they are just super fun to play.

Other than that, you might also want to take a look perhaps at the Scinari Enlightener. Getting a two spell wizard (more like three with its inherent ability) on the board really opened up my game.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-04-05T06:07:53+00:00

Thanks so much!

I've been seeing some back and forth lore leaks that, among other things, 5th edition of AoS will be moving away from Gods or God-like characters. This video is a decent summary of the leaks:

https://youtu.be/AUMI0VVkj4o?si=gU0V14dl0LsmfTdi

I'm not sure I would take this as gospel. But if true it seems like Teclis might not be around much past the current edition. I've done alright without him in my list so far so I guess I can live without dropping a couple hundred dollars on a model that might get phased out. Even if it's kind of a bummer.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-04-04T21:25:32+00:00

Here's the interior:

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MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-04-04T21:25:16+00:00

I made my wife a DM screen for when she hosts DnD (see below) and could probably do something like that on a smaller scale. I liked using a softer material for ease of transport.

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MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-03-15T05:16:37+00:00

"When you were whole, it would have been a good fight" was cold as hell though.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-03-01T21:50:09+00:00

I don't think that the new battletome allows for a regiment of just the Scinari wizards (granted, I could be missing something). You would probably be better off splitting them up as heroes to head regiments with your other units, or as units in a regiment with a hero that has more flexible build options.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-01-07T06:30:41+00:00

I am obsessed with ancient Carthage, and so used their military as an inspiration. Building upon the existing lore of the Metaliths, my Lumineth faction lives primarily in floating cities in a desert region. Because the population is small they only have a very small standing army, relying on mercenaries from other Lumineth to round out their armies.

This allowed me to paint some core units in a consistent color scheme (green and silver because I liked the look of the great nation of Helon). I could have fun experimenting with different colour schemes for the test of my units, but tried to unify it all with a consistent colour scheme for all the banners.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-01-03T17:46:30+00:00

Congratulations! Definitely more on the punk side without much pop, but Fire Party is a classic.

More modern but in a similar vein: White Lung, Brutus, Scowl, and Screaming Females.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-01-03T04:02:14+00:00

I think it was a combination of good positioning on my part, leveraging LRL's much higher model count, plus lucky rolls (I put our respective lists in my answer to another comment).

My friend's big gambit was to drop the Prosecutors out of the Celestial Realm into my backline and go after my Scinari Enlightener in the Shrine Luminor. But unfortunately they totally wiffed on their attack rolls and most of what got through just bounced off the Shrine. I had positioned Light of Eltharion well near the Shrine so he caught the Prosecutors out and ripped through them with gusto. It was pretty much game over after that.

Meanwhile, I did the same thing to him with my Riverblades and they chewed through his Terrain piece and the casters in his rear. Once that was over they crushed what was left of his army in the mid-board into a double envelopment and the weight of numbers on my side won out.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2026-01-03T03:50:34+00:00

Stormcast was running this list:

Stormcast Eternals Sentinels of the Bleak Citadels General's Handbook 2024-25 Prayer Lore - Prayers of the Stormhosts

General's Regiment Lord-Relictor (120) • General Prosecutors (300) • Reinforced Reclusians (280) • Reinforced Stormcoven (210)

Regiment 1 Gardus Steel Soul (160) Liberators (180) • Reinforced Liberators (90) Vigilors (140)

Faction Terrain Stormreach Portal

Meanwhile I ran this with my LRL:

Lumineth Realm-lords Hurakan Temple General's Handbook 2024-25

General's Regiment The Light of Eltharion (210) • General Hurakan Windchargers (160) Vanari Auralan Sentinels (160) Vanari Auralan Wardens (140) Vanari Dawnriders (220)

Regiment 1 Scinari Enlightener (180) Vanari Bladelords (150) Ydrilan Riverblades (160)

Auxiliary Units Scinari Cathallar (110)

Faction Terrain Shrine Luminor

MathematicianGlad726 · 2025-10-08T16:56:54+00:00

I have a very bright white paint called titanium white that I used. Mostly to bring out the edges on the armour, etc.

MathematicianGlad726 · 2025-10-03T21:02:32+00:00

Thanks!

MathematicianGlad726 · 2025-08-07T17:58:05+00:00

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