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Petsuchos · August 7th, 2007, 18:31

Recently, I have been looking into creating a second army for myself while I work on my Chaos Dwarf army (which is taking forever). One of these was the Tomb Kings. However, I'm not personally a huge fan of Egypt and its history. I do however, think the Inca are really cool. Fortunately for me, the Inca are enough like the Egyptians and the Tomb Kings specifically that I could make an Inca inspired Tomb King army work. I have a few dilemmas that I would appreciate some advice on.

First, there are no horses in the Andes or in South America (at least originally.) and Horses really aren't very good to ride into battle when your teetering on the edge of a cliff. That said, one of the most effective Tomb Kings units is the Chariot, which involves horse. Now, the idea of a Chariot being draw by skeletal Llamas is really ridiculous and doesn't keep with the history of the Inca since they never used Llama for battle, just for transport. Now, that doesn't mean I can't have Chariots in my army. At the very least, I can include a Tomb Prince/King on a "Chariot". The emperor of the Inca was carried about on a palanquin by his soldiers. An Inca Tomb King riding to battle on his palanquin/Chariot works fine for me, but what do I do for other chariots/horsemen? Do I have the chariots be the palanquins of the Emperors mummified ancestors? What to do?

Secondly, the Inca, though skilled in metalworking, never managed to use any of the harder metals (Iron, Copper, etc..) only Gold and Silver. This is a problem however, as the Skeletons carry with them swords, something not possible with only Gold and Silver. Spears work fine, as those can be manufactured without hard metals, but what do I do if I want hand weapons on my Skeles? The Inca carried clubs into battle quite often along with spears, but were am I going to find enough clubs to equip my skeletons without buying another entire regiment box of something I wont use?

Along with that, though the Inca did recruit members of low-land tribes who were proficient with bows, most of their missile forces were comprised of soldiers with slings. Leave the bows, or if not, what do I use for slings?

The Tomb King Skeletons are naked. They having nothing but their weaponry. The Inca however, for the most part, lived in the Andes were the nights get quite a bit colder than in it does along the Nile. Their soldiers wore much clothing and wore a lot of ornamental jewelry. How much of this should I model? Their helmets, and maybe some jewelry, or should I go all out and give them entire suits of clothing?

My last dilemma lies in taking special and rare choices. Tomb Guards and Carrion are easy to conceptualize as, well, tomb guards and Andean condors. The other choices present more of a problem. A bone giant I could fit into the back story even if I have to stretch it pretty far to do so. The Screaming Skull Catapult and Tomb Scorpion, however, pose a much great challenge. Firstly, I hate the models for both of these units. I think they look ridiculous. Secondly, to my knowledge, the Inca never used any form of catapult or artillery, nor are there many scorpions in the Andes. What to do? If I am losing my chariots, I certainly don't want to lose out on the other two all-star units of the TK list.

Please, any criticism or advice you have to offer is welcome. I appreciate your help!

August 7th, 2007, 18:31	#1 (permalink)
Petsuchos Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 33 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 31	Themed Tomb King Help Recently, I have been looking into creating a second army for myself while I work on my Chaos Dwarf army (which is taking forever). One of these was the Tomb Kings. However, I'm not personally a huge fan of Egypt and its history. I do however, think the Inca are really cool. Fortunately for me, the Inca are enough like the Egyptians and the Tomb Kings specifically that I could make an Inca inspired Tomb King army work. I have a few dilemmas that I would appreciate some advice on. First, there are no horses in the Andes or in South America (at least originally.) and Horses really aren't very good to ride into battle when your teetering on the edge of a cliff. That said, one of the most effective Tomb Kings units is the Chariot, which involves horse. Now, the idea of a Chariot being draw by skeletal Llamas is really ridiculous and doesn't keep with the history of the Inca since they never used Llama for battle, just for transport. Now, that doesn't mean I can't have Chariots in my army. At the very least, I can include a Tomb Prince/King on a "Chariot". The emperor of the Inca was carried about on a palanquin by his soldiers. An Inca Tomb King riding to battle on his palanquin/Chariot works fine for me, but what do I do for other chariots/horsemen? Do I have the chariots be the palanquins of the Emperors mummified ancestors? What to do? Secondly, the Inca, though skilled in metalworking, never managed to use any of the harder metals (Iron, Copper, etc..) only Gold and Silver. This is a problem however, as the Skeletons carry with them swords, something not possible with only Gold and Silver. Spears work fine, as those can be manufactured without hard metals, but what do I do if I want hand weapons on my Skeles? The Inca carried clubs into battle quite often along with spears, but were am I going to find enough clubs to equip my skeletons without buying another entire regiment box of something I wont use? Along with that, though the Inca did recruit members of low-land tribes who were proficient with bows, most of their missile forces were comprised of soldiers with slings. Leave the bows, or if not, what do I use for slings? The Tomb King Skeletons are naked. They having nothing but their weaponry. The Inca however, for the most part, lived in the Andes were the nights get quite a bit colder than in it does along the Nile. Their soldiers wore much clothing and wore a lot of ornamental jewelry. How much of this should I model? Their helmets, and maybe some jewelry, or should I go all out and give them entire suits of clothing? My last dilemma lies in taking special and rare choices. Tomb Guards and Carrion are easy to conceptualize as, well, tomb guards and Andean condors. The other choices present more of a problem. A bone giant I could fit into the back story even if I have to stretch it pretty far to do so. The Screaming Skull Catapult and Tomb Scorpion, however, pose a much great challenge. Firstly, I hate the models for both of these units. I think they look ridiculous. Secondly, to my knowledge, the Inca never used any form of catapult or artillery, nor are there many scorpions in the Andes. What to do? If I am losing my chariots, I certainly don't want to lose out on the other two all-star units of the TK list. Please, any criticism or advice you have to offer is welcome. I appreciate your help!