Tag: warhammer
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Wood Elves – the Fourhawk
Wood Elves have a few choices of wizard, but this article really focuses on the virtually essential Level 4 Wizard, the Spellweaver, and a build that is easy to use in your army regardless of how you’ve built the rest of your list. Fourhawk It’s a level 4 wizard, on a Warhawk, geddit? I don’t…
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Wood Elves – Wildwood Rangers
The final rank and file unit for the Wood Elves are relative newcomers, having first appeared in 8th edition, just a few months before the End Times. Wildwood Rangers have cool hoods, big weapons and no fear. Stats and Special Rules Wildwood Rangers have exactly the same statline as Eternal Guard, with a base cost…
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Dwarf Mountain Holds – Gyrocopters, Gyrobombers & Scout Gyrocopters
In the ancient Dwarven city of Zhufbar, Engineer Grumbar Ironfist unveiled his masterpiece: the Gyrocopter. Designed to overcome Dwarfs’ mobility limitations, this compact, steam-powered marvel with gyroscopic stabilizers ascended into the sky amidst cheers of awe. In subsequent years, Gyrocopters and heavy Gyrobombers became vital in the World’s Edge Mountains. Piloted by skilled crews trained…
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Wood Elves – Warhawk Riders
Flying cavaly units are pretty rare in Warhammer: The Old World, and the Warhawk Riders are definitely the fastest and most mobile. But even in army that’s all about mobility, do they have what it takes to make them effective? Continuing my series on Wood Elf units, in this article I take a look at…
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Combat Movement
Warhammer The Old World – Highlights for Warhammer Fantasy Veterans Introduction While Warhammer – The Old World (TOW) is built on the foundation of the former Warhammer Fantasy Battles (WFB), it has several key differences pertaining to movement, as well as some additional complexity. In this article, I will highlight several of the top things…
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Wood Elves – Sisters of the Thorn
A relative newcomer to the Wood Elf list, Sisters of the Thorn were added for the first time with the 8th edition army book, the last army book before The End Times and the death of rank and flank Warhammer. As such, they don’t have the same nostalgia or model count that most of our…
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Empire of Man – The ‘Spellslinger’ Wizard
Knowing how to kit out your Wizard is hard. There’s arguments to be made for every Lore of Magic — and when you add Magic Items into the equation — it’s pretty easy to end up in analysis paralysis when putting a list together. I’ve been testing out several Wizard builds with my Empire of…
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Wood Elves – Wardancers
When I first got the box of Skarloc’s Wood Elf archers, my instant favourite model was Glam. Here was this crazy guy who literally danced his way up and down the front line of battle and stabbed anyone who got too close. Armour? Pah! Armour is for slow people who can’t dodge. I still have…
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Wood Elves – Wild Riders
Probably my favourite unit in the army roster, I’m stoked to move on to writing about Wild Riders. The ultimate “glass cannon” unit, Wild Riders hit like a truck but die to even the mildest attacks. In this article, I’m going to talk about the pros and cons of the unit, and techniques I’ve found…
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Wood Elves – Eternal Vanguard
I’ve been asked a lot about Eternal Guard, and my feedback has been fairly negative up until now. I’ve had a bit more time to think and test, and I feel like I may have found their role in an Alpha Strike army list that I’ve been calling Eternal Vanguard in my head. It’s reminiscent…