Hopefully there’s no better way to start this Blog than by
posting a battle report, fought at Warhammer World, Nottingham, England.
As it was a special occasion, we decided to use two of our
armies that we owned painted models for; Vampire Counts and Lizardmen. Therefore, the first report for Proxy Table Gaming
is ironically a 2,500 point non-proxy battle!
Only a handful of our models were not painted therefore this report has
a non-proxy rating of 9.5 / 10. (A
report with all painted non-proxy models would achieve a 10 out of 10 score).
Army Lists were as follows:
Vampire Counts – Commanded by Lucky-Sixes (Total 2,500
points)
Lords & Heroes – 1,107 points
Strigoi Ghoul King (Fredericko Von Hesselink) on
Terrorgheist
(Level 1, Beguile, Red Fury, Aura Of Dark Majesty, Sword Of
Bloodshed, Potion Of Strength, Dragonbane Gem)
Wight King (Izarazul)
(BSB, Great Weapon, Armour Of Destiny)
Necromancer (Toby The Half-Zombie)
(Level 2, Dispel Scroll)
Vampire (Saxon The Merciless)
(Level 2, Quickblood, Heavy Armour, Great Weapon, Other
Trickster’s Shard)
Core – 635 points
20x Zombies
20x Zombies
30x Skeleton Warriors (Full Command, Screaming Banner)
20x Crypt Ghouls (Champion)
5x Dire Wolves (Champion)
5x Dire Wolves (Champion)
Special & Rare – 758 points
3x Vargheists (Champion)
Mortis Engine (Blasphemous Tome)
Black Coach
Varghulf
Lucky-Sixes says... "Writing my army list, I was just
surprised I had 2,500pts of non-proxied Vampires to be honest – despite the
non-painted Zombies (although the week leading up to the battle I had
fast-tracked 10x Skellies, 3x Vargheists and a few characters just to be able
to field a viable army!). Not a standard VC list, but with a lot of rare units,
and a blender lord on Terrorgheist it was going to be a fun one to start.
With a lack of cannons (on either side) the
monsters/chariots were always likely to have an impact on the game, and would
probably mean I had the opportunity to get my Terrorgheist into the thick of
things. Not too worried about my core – and if I had the chance I would’ve
boosted the Skeleton numbers (by at least double), but otherwise I was feeling
pretty good.
My only real concern was getting out magicked by the Slann.
Having 2x level 2s & a level 1 against his level 4 and 2x level 2s would be
difficult, as VC would normally rely on magic to add the necessary boosters,
but I had enough chaff to hopefully be able to pick my battles and block his
charges when needed.
Regardless of what was going to happen, it looked like a
really fair match up and was promising to be a good start to the PTG campaign…"
Lizardmen – Commanded by Hyper-G (Total 2,496 points)
Lords & Heroes – 965 points
Slann Mage-Priest (Itz’li)
(BSB, Power Stone, Soul Of Stone, Wandering Deliberations)
Skink Priest (Lotyl) on Ancient Stegadon with Engine Of The
Gods
(Level 2, Dispel Scroll, Unstoppable Stampede)
Skink Priest (Xotyl)
(Level 2, Cloak Of Feathers, Scroll Of Shielding)
Core – 625 points
40x Saurus Warriors (Full Command, Spears)
15x Skink Cohort & 1x Kroxigor (Full Command)
Special & Rare – 906 points
10x Temple
Guard (Full Command)
10x Chameleon Skinks
10x Chameleon Skinks
6x Cold One Riders (Musician, Standard, Spears)
Salamander Hunting Pack (Extra Handler)
Salamander Hunting Pack (Extra Handler)
Salamander Hunting Pack (Extra Handler)
Hyper-G says... "Whilst it’s fairly clear that I’m lacking in
Temple Guard numbers and Kroxigor for the
Skrox I’m not terribly disappointed with the structure of my (non-proxy) Lizardmen
army. This is pretty much my entire
painted Lizardmen collection! It boosts a
combination of speed from the Chameleons (although the models are normal
Skinks), Cold Ones and Salamanders with a hard to shift unit of 40 Saurus
Warriors and capable magic. The Stegadon
will always be handy on a battlefield without any cannons and its 6+ ward save
to units nearby could prove very useful.
I’m also happy playing the Temple
Guard as a bunker for
my Slann to cast magic from without expecting too much from them. The Skrox with only one Kroxigor are probably
nothing more than a distraction and I’m hopeful that with lots of Vampire Count
infantry core about my Salamanders should have plenty to fry!"
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Lizardmen army deploys centrally flanked by Chameleon
Skinks.
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