The first unit flapping on the scene are some Vampire Bat Swarms, for these I used to giant bat type models from Maelstroms Edge which I purchased a while ago thinking they would look good in the Undead army as base fillers.
The Bats are quick and have fly as well as a few rules to boost the number of dice they or a model they are supporting in a melee. They are Grunt's and unusually for the 40mm based Grunts only have one wound so will die quickly.
Another flying unit in the Undead roster are the Wraiths, this time in the support slot. At only 16 points each they offer a fast flying unit with Crushing Strength and whilst they only have 2 attack dice they could be paired with the bats who add two dice for supporting another model in combat rather than the normal one.
They also have an Armour save of 3+ (on a D8) which means they will be tough to wound if they should take hits.
I also picked up a Cursed Pharaoh model from Troll Trader, this model is their Tomb Queen but fits perfectly for the Cursed Pharaoh unit. Troll Trader recently did a large Kickstarter campaign for desert themed races including Undead so they should be a larger range soon.
The model itself is resin and went together very easily, her arm is meant to be down by her side but it was easy to position in a more 'beckoning' pose.
The Cursed Pharaoh is a high defense caster in the Undead army but does suffer from having no mounted option so could either by fitted with Wings (bringing the defense down to 5+) or left on foot with a slow infantry force.
All this means I have around 800 points of Undead for Vanguard now, that should be enough choice to play around with!
I like the bats - how much are they?
ReplyDeleteOnly £9 for 4, I have 4 spare, I'll put them aside for you..
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