Kyron's Hunt

This week Mantic updated the KoW:Vanguard lists to include all the factions from the Uncharted Empires book which meant that the Herd got a list. These lists are still the basic ones so may be added to in the future so the options aren't as varied as the ones for the Nightstalkers and Basileans whom we are currently playing. The biggest miss for me is a Beast option which I had expected to be included so it is missing a fast beast / cavalry unit such as a large wolf.

Despite these limitations adding some equipment such as mounts can still give a varied warband composition. In general the Herd units are low armoured but generate plenty of attack dice with a reasonable chance to hit. They also have a warrior unit that generates a power dice, the Spirit Walkers. This unit also has an interesting explode mechanic when it dies. This unit along with the Shaman who also generates 2 red dice means that you could run a warband that consists of 1 Chieftain, 2 Shamans, and 6 Spirit Walkers that generates 11 red & 1 white dice at 200 points, thats a lot of power to use up.

The Herd units are all pretty fast and the faction special ability Kyron's Call means they can get places extra quick and not be hindered by rough terrain, very handy for those smash & grab style scenarios.

The launching of the lists gave me the impetus to base up the models I painted a while ago which can as part of the Wrath of Kings boxes I bought last christmas in the CMON sale. The elephant models have already seen action as a unit filler & Brutox and now the rest of the models can be used.

I'm not entirely sure what they will be used as but the four on 25mm bases would be best used as Longhorns and the three on 20mm bases either as Spirit Walkers or Tribal Warriors.

I also based up a Hordes Argus model but with no beast/cav option in the list he will have to sit on the sidelines for the moment.

I've also made some progress on my special secret project this week and can share a little snap-shot of what is going on.

Hopefully in a couple of weeks the model(s) should be ready to show.