My friend Paul is going to be visiting us for a couple of weeks (on and off – he has business in the Bay Area). Paul is an old Warhammer 40k buddy of mine, and I hope to get in a game with him. Since he no longer has any of his 40k figures (I bought them all from him a long time ago) I have been making up a 1,500 pt. army for him to play against either myself as Chaos Space Marines or Sophie’s Orks.
Back when Paul and I played 40k it was primarily an infantry game – there were few vehicles available. What I have in terms of figures for his Eldar amounts to what today is called a horde army – lots and lots of infantry in all sorts of roles. Here’s what I have for his 1,500 pt. army so far.
HQ
Avatar of Khaine 155 pts
What it’s for: killing things and making troops fearless.
Elites
Harlequin Troupe (10 models) – 268 pts
- upgrade 7 with Harlequin’s Kiss
- Upgrade 2 with Fusion pistols
- Upgrade 1 to Troupe Master
- Upgrade 1 to Death Jester
- Upgrade 1 to Shadow Seer
Harlequin Troupe (10 models) – 238 pts
- Upgrade 8 with Harlequin’s kiss
- Upgrade 2 with fusion pistols
- Upgrade 1 to Shadow Seer
What they’re for: main striking force of the army. Taking the pain to the opponent.
Troops
D
ire Avengers (10 models) – 177 pts
- Upgrade 1 to Exarch
- Give Exarch Power Weapon and Shimmershield
- Exarch powers – Defend and Bladestorm
What they’re for: taking and holding a victory objective. Shooting infantry.
Rangers (10 models) – 240 pts
- Upgrade to Pathfinders
Taking and holding a victory objective. Shooting the living hell out of anything but heavy vehicles.
Guardian Squad (20 models)- 230 pts
- Heavy Weapon platform with Bright Lance
- Add Warlock
- Upgrade Witchblade to Singing Spear
- Warlock Power – Conceal
Taking and holding a victory objective. Supporting the Dire Avengers and/or Rangers. Tank-killing weapons team.
Fast Attack
Swooping Hawk Squad (7 models) – 147 pts
- Upgrade 1 to Exarch
- Exarch has sunrifle
- Exarch power: Skyleap
Strategic reserve and Exarch delivery service.
How I expect the army will work
Rangers grab a victory objective through Infiltration. Dire Avengers advance on and take a victory objective. Guardians support the Rangers/Dire Avengers depending on who is getting beaten up the most.
Avatar of Khaine and Harlequins go after the enemy main forces/vehicles/leaders.
Swooping Hawks in reserve shore up weak spots and act as support.
At 68 models, its a bit bulkier than I had hoped for and I have some concern that Paul might have a bit of trouble managing it all, so I am typing up a reference sheet for him.
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