7th Ed. 1000 point starter army

[venom_x51]

Hey all. I've just started getting back into Warhammer (not played for a long time). I'm in the process of painting up a small 1k army. It's just a personal thing but I don't like fielding unpainted models (which really makes getting to play a game a slow process, but I'm enjoying the painting atm). Anyway, here's my 1k starter list that I'm painting atm;

Saurus Scar-Vet
Light armour, Additional Hand Weapon, Venom of the Firefly Frog

Skink Priest
Lvl2 Wizard, Cloak of Feathers

19 Saurus Warriors
Full Command, Spears (to be joined by the scar-vet in a 5x4 formation)

10 Skink Skirmishers
Brave, Javelins and Shields

10 Skink Skirmishers
Brave

6 Chameleon Skinks
Stalker

5 Cold One Cavalry (riding converted DE Cold Ones)
Standard Bearer

1 Razordon

Comes in at a coupkle of points under my 1k limit, and I think is quite a nice starting point...

What do you reckon?

 

[blackhawk]

i would give the priest not the cloak of feathers.
the cloak is ideal with a slann as backup, but not on its own.
i would give him a scroll and/or the boundspell item to boost your magic power and/or defense.

als the saurus i would deploy in 6x3 formation. that will most of the time give you 4 attacks more. which should be more devastiting then the single extra rank.
if confronted by heavy infatry or knights ( ie chaos warriors etc) then you could always change formation for a more stable CR.

the skinks don't erally need a brave, but thats my personal opinion. i think for the points you take a braves you can actually buy extra skinks. that mean you can get more casualties and more shots ( blowpipe= 2more shots)

if you can scrample a bit more points together maybe it is a possibility to field a pack of 2 razordons?

 

[Aparach]

Agreed with blackhawk on the Cloak, give him a scroll to see the most dangerous spell off when your in dire need of avoiding a comet of cassandorra e.c.

Otherwise, 20 or 18 sauruses is both good choises IMO. you could go for 18, but will need more fiddeling if you whant another razordon...

 

[venom_x51]

Cheers for the advice.
I've managed to squeeze in a second razordon by dropping a few of the command additions and taking 17 saurus (+ Scarvet to make 3x16). can't wait to get it all painted now and have a game...

 

[pika82]

if i were you i would drop the chameleon skinks for an group of skinks skirmishers or a razardon because i tested the chameleon skinks some times but mostly of the time they just get killed in turn 2-3 ( maybe its just me )