My inner teenager is very gleeful to finally have the opportunity to build his dream army. There are a few that hold a place in my my heart – High Elves as my first, splitting half the starter box with my older brother (he chose the orc and goblin half), and Dwarves were the first I chose for myself. However Warriors of Chaos was the army I longed for in my later teenage years (before other things took priority in my hormone-driven mind) but never came to be.
The release of the new battalion box coinciding with a few of us starting a slow grow campaign is the perfect opportunity. The first games will be 500pts so this will use about 1/3 of the box plus a character, who will be the protagonist of my background story.
The issue I see with Warriors of Chaos is they are very elite unless you go for marauders. As I’m trying to slow grow with minimal spend I will be focussing on the starter box and building from there. Being elite means bodies and board control can be a potential issue, so I will be trying to put out some smaller formations, for mobility and to prevent flanking, and build from there.
The box does include some strong units out the gate, with 32 chaos warriors, 10 knights and 2 chariots, so I should be set for a while outside of characters.
Character
Aspiring Champion on Foot
My general is equipped with a shield and a Mark of Nurgle, my general is built for survivability. Adding in Poisonous Slime, to allow some sneaky wounds through on tough opponents, and the magic item Favour of the Gods so I can use the Gaze of the Gods ability early on with less risk (probably roll 1s still). Despite being fairly basic this should be a character to be reckoned with, especially at this early stage.
Core
Two Units of 8 Chaos Warriors
Armed with hand weapons and shields, these will be acting as my main line. I decided to keep the Mark of Chaos Undivided on these to assist in passing panic tests and hopefully keep them from breaking, whilst relying on the heavy armour and shield (4+ save) to survive.
Taking two units they should be able protect each other from flanking charges.
Unit of 4 Chaos Knights
This is the mobile threat of my force. Equipped with lances to make them especially dangerous on that first charge, this will be my reaction force to either hunt down ranged opponents or hit the flanks of any combats that are grinding on.
This totals 496pts. The detail is below:
++ Characters [102 pts] ++
Aspiring Champion [102 pts]
(Hand weapon, Heavy armour, Shield, Mark of Nurgle, General, On foot, Favour of the Gods, Poisonous Slime)
++ Core Units [394 pts] ++
8 Chaos Warriors [130 pts]
(Hand weapons, Heavy armour, Shields, Mark of Chaos Undivided, Champion, Standard bearer, Musician)
8 Chaos Warriors [130 pts]
(Hand weapons, Heavy armour, Shields, Mark of Chaos Undivided, Champion, Standard bearer, Musician)
4 Chaos Knights [134 pts]
(Lances, Shields, Heavy armour, Mark of Chaos Undivided, Champion, Standard bearer, Musician)
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Created with “Old World Builder”
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I will be back with a painting update, and some story fluff to go with it. But if you have any suggestions on where to go for 1000pts (the next points jump) let me know. Trying to use what I will own from the battalion box; I am currently thinking a sorcerer, chariot and probably increasing at least one unit of warriors to 16 but I am open to suggestions.
