8th Ed. New player 1500 points

[Bloodzerker]

Hello, im fairly new to playing warhammer ( played 1 game so far ). Been collecting for about a year now, been lurking for about the same amount of time. I am probably going to play this week again heres my 1500 list i have some spare points and i would like some insight on this.


Lord
Old Blood on Cold one
GW / AoD

Hero
tetto eko (he seems like a clear choice to me)

Rare
Troglodon with divining rod

Special
Bastilodon
5 cold one riders hw/s

core
24 Saurus warriors hw/s
Full command.

12 skink skirmisher jav/s


so the list comes down to 1304 points the rest is to be put in either a skink chief or a scar vet, how would you do it? scar vet bsb on cold one? no cold one for extra punch in the saurus group? or should i go for egg chief in the skinks?

also should i add more cold ones? get a full 8 row? spears or not?
more items on OB?
basically how would you use the remaining points?


now the objective is the have my saurus group mid field (holding down a big unit), with tetto behind them. I will pick a far side to put my Cold one with OB , with the trog behind them (striking force). then in between my 2 forces will put the bastiladon (making sure the bonus Initiative reaches the saurus) with the skinks in front of it for diversion/screen/support. Trog will be used for roar as the smash comes in with the CoR, to shoot (spit poison) at chaff and as arcane vassal to cast various spells but mainly iceshard blizzard to reduce shooting casualties and add a bonus die that i will use on bastilodon every turn. tetto will bring doom with commet forcing bad movement/tactical moves from my oponnent.

I might be seeing big here but hey i gotta start somewhere and try things, Any comments welcome

 

[Madrck]

Fairly sure you can't channel Tetto's spells through an arcane vassal.
The scarvet BSB will do alot of work. Normally it's SV CO GW AoD BSB.
The OB gets the 4++ tali. You can get him to 1+ AS with just light armour on a CO.
Maybe glittering scales, tali of pres and OTS. GW is prob just the way to go. unless you know your fighting OnG/Ogres or etherals.
Depending on how many points you have left, you basically need chaff. Camos or skirmishers.

Not to put it down, but the Trog looks amazing but almost nobody has had any real success with it. Sleboda who's batreps are worth the read has fielded it quiet a bit, it's could basically just be a baby steg.
Either way hope the game goes well for you.

 

[Celt]

Only Slann mage priests can use the arcane vessels for casting spells. To be competitive its best to drop the troglodon and replace it points with something else (stegadon, scarvet bsb or chaff) but if you like the model (and have it already) you can field it and see if you can make it work for you.

My suggestion would be
Drop the trog and use the points for a scarvet bsb with AoD
Give the old blood glittering scales and 4++ talisman (maybe OTS for extra punch against enemy characters like Madrck pointed out)
Use the rest of your points for more skink skirmishers and/or chameleon skinks

 

[Bloodzerker]

i am sorry to say that i never actually played this game, since my opponent couldnt play the game and we never scheduled another game..., but i did take some intake from the 2 replys and came up with a similar list that i want to run down...

Still going for 1500 pts

THE SHORT BUS RIDERS

Lord
Old Blood on Cold one
GW / StegHelm / Dawnstone / OTS

Hero
Tetto Eko even with the new magic system i love this lvl 2 wizard

Scar-vet on cold one
GW /BSB / AoD

Scar-vet on cold one
LA / Shield / Piranha blade

Special
Bastilodon with Beam of chotec

5 Cold one riders with spears
Musi

Core
24 sauri HW / S
Full Command

12 skinks skirmishers Javs / Shields

TOTAL POINTS : 1498

So yes the Trog got bumped, i went for what i would call a Short Bus since its only 8 models in that Cold one riders units (5 cor, 2 scar vet and 1 oldblood). Should be a deadly blender, also i think 24 saurus should be a good wall at 1500 pts.

How do i optimize my riders? 2x4 formation? or a full front of 8?

thx for reading! cc welcome!