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After my first army of high elves, I wanted an army that would look completely different to my elves. I already had a few skeleton warriors (as something for my elves to shoot at) so I decided to start an Undead army (this was before Vampire Counts wa released, so I starrted using the Undead army book) |
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started my army late in 1997, when the Undead
army still existed (it has since been broken into
the Vampire Counts and the Tomb Kings of Khemri.)
It started with a large unit of skeletons and a
chariot. I then expanded it with a Necromancer
lord as my General and some more skletons (until
the regiment was released, zombies were too
expensive money wise to buy.) I then got another
chariot and a bat swarm. It then happened that I was on school holiday, and I noticed there was a campaign going on in Games Workshop Exeter. I signed up and took my army to battle, after buying a vampire count to add some serious combat power. I did fairly well considering I was a beginner, winning about half my games, before getting knocked out in after six weeks of battling. I continued collecting, getting the new skeleton regiment, until in early 1999, the Vampire Conts army list was launched. This menat I would loose my Chariots, Carrion and Catapult, but that didn't bother em as I had some more cool models to choose from. My Carrion was replaced with Vampire Bats whilst my Chariots are due to get replaced by a Black Coach. I have also bought another vampire (Necrach) and converted some Chaos Knights into heavily armed mounted wights. Most recently I have brought lots of zombies (the core of my force after skeletons) |
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Undead magic is pretty powerful stuff, but don't be falled. Although spells like Curse of Years and Wind of death may look essental, your best bet is Vanhels Danse Macarbre and Summon Skeletons. Your necromancers can keep recasting these, making them an essential part of Undead magic. |
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