So now we come down to the last three evil armies, and to we will start with Nightstalkers
Nightstalkers
| 2nd Ed List | 3rd Ed List | Pts Diff |
|---|---|---|
| Spectres Troop | Spectres Troop | -10 |
| Reapers Troop | Reapers Troop | -20 |
| Scarecrows Horde | Scarecrows Horde | - |
| Phantoms Troop | Phantoms Troop | -25 |
| Butchers Regiment | Butchers Regiment | -20 |
| Mind-screech | Mind-screech | -80 |
| Horror / Bane Chant(2) | -105 | |
| Shade | +135 | |
| Fiends Regiment | +130 |
So this was one list that basically everything went down in points. I decided to change out the horror for a fighty hero in the Shade, and even had enough points then (the prior list was only 995) to add in a regiment of fiends (which I have to paint up).
When it comes to fighty lists, are there any better ones (fluff wise that is) than Orcs?
Orcss
| 2nd Ed List | 3rd Ed List | Pts Diff |
|---|---|---|
| Ax Regiment | Ax Regiment | +5 |
| Greatax Regiment | Greatax Regiment w/ Orcish Skull Pole | +10 |
| Skulks Troop | Skulks* Troop | +10 |
| Gore Riders Regiment | Gore Riders Regiment | +5 |
| Gore Riders Regiment | -185 | |
| Krudger / Mounted | Krudger | -55 |
| Flagger | -50 | |
| War Drum | War Drum | - |
| Godspeaker / Heal(2) | +85 | |
| Moreax Regiment / Orcish Skull Pole | +180 |
Initially this list was ok (and for once I didn't have any issues with unlocks), but I was kind of tired of it. It was just too much of the same. So I dropped a regiment of gore riders for a regiment of Morax (of which I currently only have a troop painted, so I need to paint those up). Plus the Krudger on gore model was just not wearing well - I had tried to pin his blade back on several times. So I swapped him out for one on foot, and since he was inspiring, I didn't really need the flagger any more, so that opened up points to get a Godspeaker into the list. Of course I don't have either of those characters yet (though they are on order).
Undead
| 2nd Ed List | 3rd Ed List | Pts Diff |
|---|---|---|
| Skeleton Spearmen Horde / Undead Giant Rats | Skeleton Spearmen Horde / Undead Giant Rats | - |
| Zombies Horde | Zombies Horde / UGR-5 | |
| Ghouls Troop | Ghouls Regiment | +55 |
| Werewolves Regiment | Werewolves Regiment | -5 |
| Revenant Cavalry Regiment | Revenant Cavalry Regiment | -5 |
| Revenant King on Undead Wyrm | -190 | |
| Necromancer / Bane Chant(2) | Necromancer / Heal(3), Bane Chang(2) | -10 |
| Balefire Catapult | +95 | |
| Undead Army Standard Bearer / Mounted | +75 |
Another list that did not have issues with unlocks. The problem I did have was the Revenant King on Undead Wyrm - now a Titan.
Let me back up a little though. The entire reason I had this in the list was a week before Gencon a couple of years ago, I was reviewing my armies and doing some repairs, and discovered that the 2 balefire catapults I had in the undead army were gone. I'm not sure what happened to them, but I can't find them. So I had to come up with something to fill them quick, and didn't have time to order any more. Then I remember that while I didn't care much for the Runewars game (and it seems that is not an uncommon opinion as it doesn't seem to be doing well) I did really like the Carrion Lancer mini that came with it, and thought it would make a GREAT undead wyrm. So I dug it out and painted it up.
But now it was a titan, and too much, so sorry, he had to go.
I upped the ghouls from a troop to a regiment, and at first thought I would need to get more, but eventually actually looked in my box of models and found I had a troop of them - I guess they were already a regiment in 1st edition (this is, after all, the oldest of all the demo armies I have).
I also now had a balefire catapult from my Empire of Dust army that I never put together, so one of them is now back in the list (and waiting with all the rest of the models to get painted up). With the last points I added giant rats to the other horde (the zombies).
And those are my conversion from 2nd to 3rd for the 14 1000 point demo armies from the main book. When I get Uncharted Empires I'll tackle the others that I have so far (However with the addition of so many new theme lists in there, I now have several more to build if I want to have all of them.
Because it is all fun and games . . .
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