Hello, I wante to make a 1k army but without to many units ( to many would be like 60 models) I have sombody in my local group selling Saurus Warriors (x16) Saurus Riders (x10) Can I make a nice/fun list with this? and what else would you advice ? Or should I get Skinks and a couple big dinos ? TL;DR What is a good 1k army with low model count?
a shadowstrike army works well at 1k and is still good at 2k also if you eventually get a bigger collection. thunderquake is also a good army at 2k tho. anther nice combo are a oldblood on carno with scar-vet on cold one
Get another 10 saurus riders, then a couple of scar vets (one on Cold One and one on Carnosaur); pick one or two Starpriests and you can field a passable Firelance Starhost. And you even save some points.
Here my two favorite 1k list: 1000pt Shadowstrike Starhost Allegiance: Seraphon - Mortal Realm: Ulgu LEADERS: Skink Starpriest (80) - General - Command Trait : Master of Star Rituals - Artefact : Miasmatic Blade - Spell : Meteoric Convocation Skink Priest (80) - Cloak of Feathers - Artefact : Betrayer's Crown UNITS: 6 x Ripperdactyl Riders (280) 10 x Skinks (70) - Meteoric Javelins & Star Bucklers 10 x Skinks (70) - Meteoric Javelins & Star Bucklers 3 x Razordons (120) 3x Razordons (120) BATTALIONS: Shadowstrike Starhost (180) TOTAL: 1000/1000 EXTRA COMMAND POINTS: 1 WOUNDS: 64 1000pt Sunclaw Starhost Allegiance: Seraphon - Mortal Realm: Ghyran LEADERS: Skink Starpriest (80) - General - Command Trait : Master of Star Rituals - Artefact : Incandescent Rectrices - Spell : Meteoric Convocation Saurus Sunblood (120) - Artefact : Ghyrstrike UNITS: 40 x Saurus Warriors (330) - Spears 10 x Saurus Warriors (90) - Clubs 10 x Saurus Warriors (90) - Clubs 3 x Razordons (120) 3 x Skink Handlers (40) BATTALIONS: Sunclaw Starhost (130) TOTAL: 1000/1000 EXTRA COMMAND POINTS: 1 WOUNDS: 83 Shadowstrike Starhost is the strong of the two.
I dont know the Firelance one, but its like the Dracothion's Tail 1500points on the main list thread right? (probably without the slan master?) I really liked that one, can you share what you had in mind for 1k ? I dont want to go with Ripperdactyls just yet because they are very expensive to get here, not even in second hand market I can find them or 3D print them.
Thanks I would definetly go with the shadowstrike if I could get the ripperdactyls I also like the Eternal Starhost Do you think its viable? and are the warriors convertible to guard?
Yes but of course that one includes a Slann, razordons and the points for the DT, which you won't need at 1000 pts (and if you don't have models to summon)
So you think at 1k that would be viable? adjusting for the points ( taking the slan and razordons out?)
For a friendly enviroment , a 1000 firelance list works and can be more or less effettive. In a competitive scenario, a shadowstrike is much stronger, and so a summoning list
I see thanks. But all your answers made me think If this was actually usefull to buy or not. Forgetting those units I mentioned above. If I was just starting, is there any good 1k list without ripperdactyls (nobody has them second hand and in stores here are very expensive). And not horde. I thought the Knights would be more elite while the skinks would be more horde but it seems I was wrong so I rather ask the pros from scratch .
I see. At this point, you need to focus firstly on battlelines. Saurus warriors. Passable fighters but need support and hordes. Given your idea i would say to skip them. Skinks. Incompetent fighter, even with horde bonuses their performances are poor . In small units they are good obj grabbers and have a nice ability that helps them. First choice as battleline if you pick certain battalions (shadowstrike...) Saurus knights. Good obj grabbers and can put up some fight. More durable than skinks and with almost the same cost they are a nice unit. Firs choice as battleline if you pick firelance dracothion's tail . When buying seraphon you need to remember that one of our main strenght is the ability to summon units ... so even if you don't want to collect sauri and go toward skinks is always a good idea to have those warriors and those knights. Anyway, we need casters... so as a minimum buy a starpriest and then a Slann. ATM, the cheapest and strongest list at 1000.pts, IF you don't want hordes and cannot afford ripperdactyls , is saurus knights and firelance.