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Looking for a colourful unusual army

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:57 pm
by hobbsy
Any ideas?

Am looking for a stricking army that no-one really uses.


cheers

Re: Looking for a colourful unusual army

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:24 pm
by LambertSimnel
hobbsy wrote:Any ideas?

Am looking for a stricking army that no-one really uses.


cheers
I suspect that any striking army that is any good probably already has its devotees, (colourful, unusual, capable; pick any two).

Having said that my suggestions would be Muslim Indian Sultanates, one of the Italian hoplite armies from Lost Scrolls or a non-Aztec Central American army.

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:23 pm
by rbodleyscott
Mayan

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:36 pm
by hobbsy
Cheers for the suggestions, looking at central america but cant seem to find any models other than mayan (which i dint like the models) or aztecs.

4x IC's
2BG's of Cuachicqueh - 6x MF, elite, pro, drilled, jav, imp swrd
4BG's of societys - 8x MF, sup, pro, drilled, jav, imp swrd
2BG's caipolli - 8x MF, avg, pro, undrilled, jav, imp swrd
2BG's archers - 6x LF, avg, unpro, bow
1BG slingers - 6x LF, avg, unpro, slings

800pts army

Look good? and colourful :P

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:27 pm
by babyshark
hobbsy wrote:Cheers for the suggestions, looking at central america but cant seem to find any models other than mayan (which i dint like the models) or aztecs.

4x IC's
2BG's of Cuachicqueh - 6x MF, elite, pro, drilled, jav, imp swrd
4BG's of societys - 8x MF, sup, pro, drilled, jav, imp swrd
2BG's caipolli - 8x MF, avg, pro, undrilled, jav, imp swrd
2BG's archers - 6x LF, avg, unpro, bow
1BG slingers - 6x LF, avg, unpro, slings

800pts army

Look good? and colourful :P
As useful as it would be to have 4 Inspired commanders, the lists only allow one.

Marc

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:03 pm
by caliban66
Lidian (I love King Croesus' history), early Carthaginian, Kyrenean greek (greeks+heavy chariots) and Saitic egiptian (greek+Hch+egyptians)

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:09 pm
by pease1
Not under-represented, but sufficiently colorful and fun to warrant your investigation: Achaemenid Persian

colourful

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:36 pm
by benos
I would use the central american figures avaliable to go for something not Aztecs (other states looked similar but less likely to be used)

how about mixtec, tlaxcalan or canari

for the canari i did work out you could do a pretty good list

Ic, 2 x tc, 4 x 6 lf slingers (poor, unprt, undrilled) 3 x 8 MF Ptd, undll ave Off spear, 2 x 10 mf Ptd undl Ave Off Spear, and 4 x 8 MF ptd undld Sup Off spear

interesting, probably not that many people using it, and better chance of survivng a cavalry attack than the Aztecs.

just a shame you can't get them armoured ;-)

Ben

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:49 pm
by hobbsy
babyshark wrote:
hobbsy wrote:Cheers for the suggestions, looking at central america but cant seem to find any models other than mayan (which i dint like the models) or aztecs.

4x IC's
2BG's of Cuachicqueh - 6x MF, elite, pro, drilled, jav, imp swrd
4BG's of societys - 8x MF, sup, pro, drilled, jav, imp swrd
2BG's caipolli - 8x MF, avg, pro, undrilled, jav, imp swrd
2BG's archers - 6x LF, avg, unpro, bow
1BG slingers - 6x LF, avg, unpro, slings

800pts army

Look good? and colourful :P
As useful as it would be to have 4 Inspired commanders, the lists only allow one.

Marc
hehe my mistake i think i ment TC's

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:45 am
by david53
pease1 wrote:Not under-represented, but sufficiently colorful and fun to warrant your investigation: Achaemenid Persian

Not to sure I have only seen one EAP used last year and that was at brit con by a MAWs player, how i dislike that army everything shoots at you nasty people if your Cavalry.