Fimm McCool
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Recently I have been drawn to the Reaper Bones minis. A selection of their lovely metal sculpts and a whole host of new minis all done up in very reasonably-priced plastic. Having had some Bones rats I am aware of the limitations and particular traits of the plastics, this is about something different.
We are going to be playing some Mordheim on the run through Christmas, a pick-up to a degree of last years' Heroquest campaign. To that end I have been toying with warband ideas. I've got some nice metal Pirate Orcs who have just been joined by an Ogre Shaman (thanks to JJ!) which are going to be my number 1 warband, marauding around the city in their airship. I was hoping Treps' goblins would also be joining the crew, but the less said about that probably the better. It's always nice to have a couple of warbands for these things though so we can invite newcomers to play and to this end I was browsing the Bones minis for some tasty characters and have settled on a Witch Hunter list.
Now the point of the post is this, I chose juicy models and then fitted them into the Mordheim roster, arming them as depicted on the model without any real thought to tactics. To my surprise the figures I wanted in the configurations of the miniatures came to almost exactly 500gc, just a dagger tot rhow in to make up numbers! Having then read a bit on Witch Hunter tactics if I were starting from the list/rules I would probably not have ended up with the combination I now have, but as I was compiling the list all kinds of back stories and plots began to creep into my mind so that even before the minis arrive I have a good sense of how this warband will play out. Not a way I've built a warband before, but one I've really enjoyed.
So what's your preference for picking small skirmish bands? Do you agonise over the rules and lists picking strategic options? Do you work out the back story first and pick models for flavour? Do you let RoC dictate your band for you on a roll of the dice? Work with what you have? Theme it? So many ways and all with their strengths and weaknesses. All I can say is I've really enjoyed picking the models I like the look of and crowbarring them into the most appropriate list!
We are going to be playing some Mordheim on the run through Christmas, a pick-up to a degree of last years' Heroquest campaign. To that end I have been toying with warband ideas. I've got some nice metal Pirate Orcs who have just been joined by an Ogre Shaman (thanks to JJ!) which are going to be my number 1 warband, marauding around the city in their airship. I was hoping Treps' goblins would also be joining the crew, but the less said about that probably the better. It's always nice to have a couple of warbands for these things though so we can invite newcomers to play and to this end I was browsing the Bones minis for some tasty characters and have settled on a Witch Hunter list.
Now the point of the post is this, I chose juicy models and then fitted them into the Mordheim roster, arming them as depicted on the model without any real thought to tactics. To my surprise the figures I wanted in the configurations of the miniatures came to almost exactly 500gc, just a dagger tot rhow in to make up numbers! Having then read a bit on Witch Hunter tactics if I were starting from the list/rules I would probably not have ended up with the combination I now have, but as I was compiling the list all kinds of back stories and plots began to creep into my mind so that even before the minis arrive I have a good sense of how this warband will play out. Not a way I've built a warband before, but one I've really enjoyed.
So what's your preference for picking small skirmish bands? Do you agonise over the rules and lists picking strategic options? Do you work out the back story first and pick models for flavour? Do you let RoC dictate your band for you on a roll of the dice? Work with what you have? Theme it? So many ways and all with their strengths and weaknesses. All I can say is I've really enjoyed picking the models I like the look of and crowbarring them into the most appropriate list!