my warband plans

[Nosher]

My copy arrived today.

Mightily impressed. Well laid out. No unneccesary fluff. Looks quite intuitive.

On first thoughts I'm thinking I will go with 80x40 bases so I can use my FOG Medievals as the base for DragonMen. As I look at other armies I will mount these on one single 80x40 base

One early question springs to mind....

1. What are people using to represent Magic User stands? I cant see too many obvious figures within some of the fantasy ranges?

[Techno]

There will be, Nosher. 
Cheers - Phil

[Leon]

1. What are people using to represent Magic User stands? I cant see too many obvious figures within some of the fantasy ranges?

Which armies are you building?  There's options in most of the ranges, so I'm sure I can recommend something.

[Nosher]

Im looking specifically at Taureans, Eldritch, Undead and Hill Dwarves. I will also need them for Dragon Men.

So Mr T. Is that the dark secret out

[Leon]

Im looking specifically at Taureans, Eldritch, Undead and Hill Dwarves. I will also need them for Dragon Men.

Okey dokey then:

Hill Dwarves - Easy, use the new figures!  



Undead and Eldritch - You can use a mix of things from the Undead range here, so there's the Zombie wizards (code FU15), plus some Wraiths maybe (code FU14) and there's also a witch-y looking dead thing in the command pack (code FU5)

FU15 and FU5 figure: Round base, arms outstretched.  The FU5 figure is the one on the right hand side of the base.  There's also a Beggar magician at the front of that base that doesn't look too bad:


FU14:



Taurians - I'd use the Minotaur Shaman figure as the main option, plus maybe a quick conversion on either the Beestmen spear or bow, turning the weapon into a magic staff instead?

FM9 Shaman and Chieftain:


FBE1:


FBE2:



And finally, Dragon Men - There's the regular wizard figure in AC19, plus the Beggar wizard and the High Elf wizard.  There's also a figure in the Late Roman personalities pack.

Late Roman chap and High Elf wizard (right hand pair):

[Ithoriel]

Taureans - FM9?

Eldritch/ Undead - FU13 with AC2 and/or FU15 with AC4?

Hill Dwarves - FD8?

[Chieftain]

It's worth having a roam around the Dungeon monsters and Accessories ranges for inspiration too.

The magic users base is a real opportunity to do some fun stuff with a cabal of spell casters, their guards, minions, familiars, summoned beasties, altars, spell book lecterns, magical spell effects etc.   

[Nosher]

An update on my Warband musings and the hatchings of a Cunning Plan.....

http://nosherswargames.blogspot.co.uk/

[Luddite]

Nice one Nosher.  I'll follow your progress with interest.   

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

There will be, Nosher. 
Cheers - Phil

So it's not Dark Elves but magicians, will that include Sooty ?

IanS 

[cardophillipo]

Nosher,

If you haven't seen them already the are doing movement bases to suit old Warmaster stuff, so you can get a 100mm x 50mm as per the rules with an internal space for 4 off 40mm x 20mm bases.

Cheers

Richard P

[Bodvoc]

So...having played my first game of Warband with Goblins and Orcs taking on the Dragon Men, and really enjoyed it, I thought, what other Warband Armies can I do? A quick look though my assorted collection of figures and I found a load of painted barbarians (that will need re-basing from Warmaster bases to my current 6x3cm bases). Another quick rummage found a few Pendraken Amazons. A quick boob reduction and some green stuff modelled on to look like they are dressed in ragged clothes and I have some barbarian female shamans with a couple of spear armed guard.


Then I found some Fire Elementals which were quite quick and easy to paint, I added a thin black/burnt line around them and some 'smoke'.


Then from the various Barbarian bits and pieces I have collected over the years I added a chieftain.


Now I just need to do is paint some Bison Riders, do all the re-basing of the core infantry units and wait for Pendraken to release their Barbarian War mammoth and catapults!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great looking collection.

War mammoth and catapults are already in the Fantasy accessories range!

I might have to do Barbarian and Goblins as both of those are large collections already

[getagrip]

Lovely work Bodvoc

[Luddite]

Looks excellent Bodvoc.

Can't wait to start a Barbarian army.