#FantasticBattles500
To celebrate the 500th member joining the Fantastic Battles Facebook group, we asked members to share their 500 point armies. I am, as ever, blown away by the support that the group always offers up and am delighted to show off the mini army showcases below.
The plan is for my good wife (and far-and-away my better half) to decide on a favourite army that will then get illustrated by Orestix as a vignette in the style of the rules.
- The Red Duke - Vampire Warlord with the Wicked Blade of Piercing (68)
- Renar the Necromancer - Magic-user (40)
- Lord Falk, the Dark Knight - Captain (25)
- Doomed knights - Mounted Elite company (47)
- Skeleton riders - Mounted Formed company (42)
- 2x Skeleton warriors - Formed company (66)
- Ghouls - Irregular company (27)
- 2x Wolf packs - Fantastic beast (76)
- Banshees - Formed company (44)
- 2x Bat swarms - Irregular company (64)
Hope you like it!
Pete's Samurai Fantasy
Okay, it comes in at 501 points, I could drop a base of the skirmishers for some relics and suchlike, but I wanted to include all the models I’ve just finished.
- Witch King of Angmar - Mage lord with curse and magic missiles.
- 2 orc captains, lieutenants of Morgul
- 4 Orc horde - irregular company, unreliable, rabble, expendable
- 8 Orc bows - irregular company, shooting, skirmishers
- Fell beast - dragon, giant, passenger, flying
Mike's Orcs
Firstly, 500 points is far too small a force to do the Orcs justice! They need a sprawling mass of at least 800 points to represent all their different arms and do not look anything like complete until you have 1000 points or more to play with.
But here goes! This is based on a conglomerate from my recent Margana campaign and is led by Noblig the Grate, the most successful of the various war chiefs from the campaign.
Shatrag was the captain that survived most battles so he is in and he has a great name!
The Orc Berserkers are the mainstay of this force, despite having a Resolve of only 3, this berserk unit with its heavy melee weapons and furious charge won scrap after scrap.
The Trolls are the big hitters of the Horde as they proved from the very first battle, at 500 points I can only include two of them.
No Orc horde can be complete without the Wolf riders, combining speed, manoeuvrability, fire power and possessing a mean charge, these guys are great value for money. Ideally the Horde should have two units, one on each flank. These are the notorious Horror Head band.
The Snagas proved to be surprisingly effective during the campaign, possibly because I held them back due to their poor stats and so they were often intact at the key end stages of battles. They would be improved by an upgrade to shooting but they are Orc Snagas and so that wouldn’t really fit my concept of them as cheap, poor quality, raggedy arsed ne’er do wells.
Talking of cheap raggedy arsed ne’er do wells, the Rabble, are my favourite FB creation and at 15 points per company should be part of every Orc army. Unreliable, expendable, rabble. Their traits sound like a bad reference or my school reports! At 500 points I can only field 3 companies of them, they do best in a couple of units of three to four companies when they can mob their opponents and hopefully find an exposed flank.
I have enjoyed playing Fantastic Battles so much that I am considering getting a 6/10 or 15mm version so I can get the Mass Battle feelies from my favourite bad guys!
Ian's Bastard Sons of the most Black'ed Crow
Meet the Bastard Sons of the most Black'ed Crow, the most vicious gang of horse riding cannibal inbreds the wastelands have to offer. Be it caravan, homestead or outpost, nowhere is safe from these hairy buggers!.
The army comprises of:
- Ol' Papa Crow (warlord)
- The Black weasel (a wasteland scout and turncoat)
- Uncle 'Big Bear' Crow, (both captains)
- 2x Guard companys (elite,furious charge, drilled, mixed shooting)
- 4x hunter companies (irregular, drilled, mixed shooting)
- 3x archer companies (irregular, skirmishers, shooting)
- 1x wasteland eagle company (irregular, fly,fast),
Total 511 points (oops!)
Michael's Grey Aliens
Grey Aliens 493 pts
Strategy – Night March (Greys are sneaky)
Army Trait – Ephemeral (Elusive little blighters)
- Warlord (Mayjurr)
- 2x Captains (Erhl & Dorhrean)
- 1 x Magic User (Science Team) with Blink Level 2 and Confusion Level 1
- 4 x Soldiers - Irregular company – Ephemeral, Thrown Weapons (Ray Guns), Militia (Weak & Puny), Skirmishers
- 2 x Disc Riders – Irregular Company – Ephemeral, Thrown Weapons (Ray Guns), Fast, Skirmishers
- 1 x Flying Saucer – Vehicle – Ephemeral, Flying, Shooting (Death Ray)
- 1 x Greytbyg – Fantastic Beast – Heavy Melee Weapon (Nasty Claws), Regenerate, Giant.
Steve's Chaos Demons
- Mage Lord (The Little Red Guy) - Level 3 Haste - 75pts
- Captain (Carrying the Scrolls) - 25pts
- 9 x Demon Horde in units of 3 Irregular Company (Berserk, Monsterous) - 37pts each
- 2 x Vomiting Red Meanies in single units
- Fantastic Beasts (Barrage) - 34pts each
Amber's High Elves
- Prince x 1 (Warlord)
- Noble x 2 (Captain)
- Archers x 1 (Formed Company - Fast, Drilled, Shooting (skilled))
- White Lions x 2 (Formed Company - Fast, Drilled, Foresters, Heavy Melee Weapons)
- Dragon Princes x 2 (Elite Company - Fast, Drilled, Mounted, Proud)
- Phoenix x 2 (Fantastic Beast - Flying, Monstrous, Furious Charge)
- Bolt Thrower x 1 - (Ordnance Battery - Fast, Artillery, Powerful Missile Weapons, Shooting (skilled))
Jeffrey's Hobgoblins
- Warlord company trait w
- 4 x formed shieldwall
- 4 x Ogres elite infantry regenerate and hvy weapon
- 2 x Bolt throwers
- 2x formed infantry, long spears and shooting
- Captain with martyrs ring
Stuart's Fey
Leading this 500 point force is the Fey Witch King Riangabor the Cruel, riding his great snow tiger...
- Fey Elf Witch King, the Shadowy Cloak of Stealth, Magic Missile 1, Curse 2.
- Fey Elf Captain Dechrind Gut Ripper,
- Fey Elf Assassin/Rogue, Crasterlon Blackheart
- 2x Fey Elf Tiger Lancer elite companies, fast, mounted, furious charge
- 1x Fey Elf Mounted Crossbow, formed company, fast, mounted, shooting
- 3x Fey Elf Spearmen, formed company, fast, long spears
- 2x Fey Elf Archers, formed company, fast, shooting/skilled
- 1x snow troll, irregular company, monster, regenerate, thrown weapons.
Christofer's Orcs
To join the competition, here is my 500 pts orc army.
Characters:
Here's my competition entry, the formidable army of Dol Amroth!
Here's the list:
Stratagems: none
Generally, the idea for the army is to have the Dol Amroth foot in the center, able to hold the line and also throw out some shooting dice. Very much a combined arms infantry unit. The Militia are simply supposed to held on with shieldwall and not die. The light infantry and Morthond Vale archers protect the flanks. Altogether, they should be able to pin the enemy army in place for just long enough for Prince Imrahil and his Winged Hussars (erm, I mean Knights, of course) to charge in and smash the enemy force to bits. The general painting scheme for the army is blue, white and grey for the Dol Amroth units, and blue and green for their allies.
My 498pts
Army strategy - Agents
Racial - Foresters
Neil's Undead
498 point undead using the army list in the rulebook
Characters:
- Warlord (his name is Grakka!)
- Magic user (lvl 2 empower, lvl1 haste)
- 2x captains
- Wyvern (dragon: flying, poison, passenger)
- Red dragon (dragon: flying, heavy melee weapons, barrage)
- 4x Uruk hais (formed company: heavy melee weapons, berserk, drilled)
- 3x goblin archers (irregulars: unreliable, shooting, foresters)
Chris's army of Dol Amroth
Here's the list:
- Prince Imrahil: Warlord, Haughty Helm of Reassurance (look at that crest!) - 37 pts
- Hamandil: Captain, Billowing Banner of Encouragement - 43 pts
- Knights of Dol Amroth: Elite Company, Reliable, Mounted, Furious Charge, Doughty - 2 companies, 108 pts
- Foot of Dol Amroth: Formed Company, Reliable, Shieldwall, Long Spears, Shooting (mixed) - 3 companies, 141 pts
- Militia from Pinnath Gellin: Formed Company, Reliable, Militia, Shieldwall - 2 companies, 86 pts
- Light infantry from Anfalas: Irregular Company, Reliable, Thrown Weapons - 2 companies, 58 pts
- Archers from Morthond Vale: Irregular Company, Reliable, Shooting (skilled), skirmishers - 1 company, 36 pts
Stratagems: none
Generally, the idea for the army is to have the Dol Amroth foot in the center, able to hold the line and also throw out some shooting dice. Very much a combined arms infantry unit. The Militia are simply supposed to held on with shieldwall and not die. The light infantry and Morthond Vale archers protect the flanks. Altogether, they should be able to pin the enemy army in place for just long enough for Prince Imrahil and his Winged Hussars (erm, I mean Knights, of course) to charge in and smash the enemy force to bits. The general painting scheme for the army is blue, white and grey for the Dol Amroth units, and blue and green for their allies.
Roger's Wood Elves
Army strategy - Agents
Racial - Foresters
- Warlord with Lions Roar Talisman 68pts
- Capt with Blade of Unsurpassable Power 30 pts
- 3x Gladeguard Spears (formed company, foresters, fast, longspear, shieldwall) 132pts
- 3x Gladeguard Archers (formed company, foresters, shooting) 117pts
- 3x Wardancers (elite company, foresters, fast, furious charge, stimulants) 141pts
Neil's Undead
- Liche King: bless level 1, haste level 2
- Necromancer: summon level 3
- Skeleton warriors formed company, 4 bases
- Skeleton archers formed company, 2 bases
- Skeleton guard elite company, 1 base
- Undead catapult ordance battery, 2 bases
- Undead giant vehicle, 1 base
James's Beasts of Chaos
- 1 Warlord 60pts
- 1 Shaman 40pts
- 1 Captain 25pts
- 4 Minotaurs Irregular Company Monstrous Fast 35pts each 140pts
- 3 Centaur Raiders Irregular Company Mounted Furious Charge 33pts each 99pts
- 4 Centaur Archers Irregular Company Mounted Shooting(Mixed) 34pts each 136pts
Tyler's Lizard Army
Still working on getting it all painted, but here is my army troop.
#fantasticbattles500
Lizard Army: 499 Points
Trait: Regenerate
- Dino-Lord (Dragon) - Regenerate, Character (Warlord), Giant, Shooting
- Death Rider (Fantastic Beast) -Regenerate, Character (Captain), Monstrous, Mounted
- Battle Captain (Captain)
- Head-hunter (Rouge)
- Temple Spearmen (Elite Company) x 2 - Regenerate, Doughty, Long spears
- Javelin Warriors (Irregular Company) x 2 - Regenerate, Amphibious, Barrage
- Jungle Hunters (Irregular Company) x 2 - Regenerate, Amphibious, Shooting, Skirmishers
Peter's Fantastic Samurai
- Warlord. Mounted
- Fox Wizard, Confuse2, Bless1
- 2xSamurai Cavalry. Mounted, Proud
- Kamikaze, the Divine Wind. Monstrous, Regenerate
- 3xSamurai. Proud, Mixed Shooting.
- 2xMonks. Fast, Heavy Melee
- 2xAshigaru. Spears, Reliable
Paul's Undead
- Mage lord
- 2 vampire captains
- Group of skeleton cavalry
- Group of skeleton spearmen
- Company of ghosts
- Company of ghouls
- Company of zombies
Jim's (late to the party) Orcs
- Warlord. Bigga Zod. 60pts
- Orc Shaman. Wizzy Zod. 40pts
- Rogue Orc. Mancloaked Zod. 25pts
- Giant. Blüdi Bigg Git. 50pts
- Elite Company. Bigga Zod’s Bashboyz. 322pts
(NB This is a late entry as I thought it was 4pm submission deadline. I got a 6 on my mishaps roll! Happy enough to be disqualified as a non-starter. But I have had these boys for 40 years and spent the last few days rebasing and tarting them up! I think they deserve to at least be seen loitering around the baseline even if they’re not actually involved
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