A Beginners Guide to Tomb Kings

[Phoenix]

Gotta catch a train! but ill reply to the above asap when i get home

[spazzimodo]

helpful info but what about an actual giant you know the dogs of war one for some hard hitter on the flanks? im new and have no idea how to play wfb though i am really interested plus i love the giant model and i want to get into it i have a few tk models as i think there the best race part from dwarves i have a thing for dwarves though i have an abundance of armies and nt so kuch money

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Gotta catch a train! but ill reply to the above asap when i get home

Ahh!! i completely forgot! apologies! Right, the reply, better late then never!


At an official tourneys (or against spoilsport opponents) you may have issues. Tourneys will depend on the organiser etc.

Paint scheme sounds good

And sure! You can paint your Characters however you like! Its your army, do whatever you like with it

Dont worry, few practise games and the "magic" will come

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by spazzimodo

helpful info but what about an actual giant you know the dogs of war one for some hard hitter on the flanks? im new and have no idea how to play wfb though i am really interested plus i love the giant model and i want to get into it i have a few tk models as i think there the best race part from dwarves i have a thing for dwarves though i have an abundance of armies and nt so kuch money

If you want to use a DoW giant (something i have considered doing so myself) then why not!? As i said above, its your army )

The plastic Giant kit offers great options for a TK giant, using the Skeleton bits that come with it, and some of your own from TK sprues, it can be made to look quite cool (i imagine). One idea i had was to mould the skull of the weapon, somehow, into a facemask for the giant

[8people]

Actually not difficult to do, was considering doing that for my BoC Giant as I gave him the lower jaw to wear around his neck.

Cutting the skull from the blue wouldn't be difficult to attach to his face, add on a Green Stuff coif and straps to make it look attached and you could have a very attractive, scary model in a simple conversion.

[cowmooflage]

hehe no worries, thanks for the reply =)
I'll see how I can work around it.

If your thinking about Molding things into differen't shapes etc, ever considered Clay ?

I only say this because my girlfriend ordered some the otherday and hand crafted me a standard bearer Fully robed no skeleton bits visable bar the hooded skull. It worked very well and is easy to reshape after you have made the initial model / piece.
(its the clay you put in the oven to set then paint, i find its alot easier to use than green stuff, but everyman for themselves)
- though as I understand or at least mostly read Standard bearers aren't particulary useful, should I include one or is it not worth the bother?

The giant idea seems pretty cool, was thinking what kind of '' big '' models i could stick in except the bone Giant, I am not a fan, personally, of the design. I do have the Witch king dragon which i was thinking about getting her to mold bones onto the chest all the way up, turning it into a Skeleton dragon, not sure how this would fit into a TK army tho, I may look into it and fluff something up =)

[AltheAlchemist]

Hey Phoenix! I actually prefer to give my skellies spears far aesthetic purposes only. They look more organized and grand when they all have spears! Also thanks for this beginners guide. I got back into warhammer recently so I'm going to start playing both dwarfs and TKs because they are basically polar opposites in terms of playing style which makes things interesting for me! I'm gonna try to buy a few more carrion models and another SSC after I do a little work on my dwarfs! By the way, on a funny note, I played a game against a friend of mine and I had his goblin spider riders surrounded by 2 tomb scorpions, 2 tomb swarms, 2 remaining ushabti and... he managed to destroy all of them while I only destroyed 1 spider rider talk about bad dice rolls!

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by althealchemist

Hey Phoenix! I actually prefer to give my skellies spears far aesthetic purposes only. They look more organized and grand when they all have spears! Also thanks for this beginners guide. I got back into warhammer recently so I'm going to start playing both dwarfs and TKs because they are basically polar opposites in terms of playing style which makes things interesting for me! I'm gonna try to buy a few more carrion models and another SSC after I do a little work on my dwarfs! By the way, on a funny note, I played a game against a friend of mine and I had his goblin spider riders surrounded by 2 tomb scorpions, 2 tomb swarms, 2 remaining ushabti and... he managed to destroy all of them while I only destroyed 1 spider rider talk about bad dice rolls!

Lol, yeah its a shame they look so cool when they aren't so good.

No problem

Ouch!

[grimmtu]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

...the Liche Priest blister, which contains a Foot Priest and a Mounted Priest. Use the one on foot for now, though the Mounted one will come in very useful later on.

Could you explain the proper use of a mounted Liche Priest?

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by grimmtu

Could you explain the proper use of a mounted Liche Priest?

I can try my best. He does ofcourse have many uses, but the common/popular ones are:
- Staff of Ravening. Mounting a SoRav Priest increases his effective range. It does also however reduve his LoS, so be careful.
- Joining Cavalry. Generally a unit of 5 Light Cav, often used with the above.
- Mounting a Casket Priest. If you have points spare, this can be a handy option incase your Casket comes under thread and you need to leg it to save the Priest.

There are probably more but those are the common ones i recommend (off the top of my head atleast)

Does that answer your Q?