Beastmen/Chaos

Sweet. Do you have a theme in mind for painting? Tied in to the colours of the demons, or just general porpoise gorherd? Or something else?

That's a lovely collection, takes me right back.

Been tooling around with the 4th edition 'Warhammer Armies - Chaos' lists.
I'd forgotten what a points sink Chaos armies are. This list is mostly stuff I already own.
For a laugh I thought I'd add up what I had, not realising how big the army was already.
Although I have added up incomplete units to their planned size, and added a unit I plan to buy.

It's been decades since the last time I've put together a list for 4th, and I think this army (the Beastmen part of it at any rate) was bought for 5th.
So if you notice any huge discrepancy in the list, other than the huge points total at the bottom, let me know.

Key:

• Black - Complete Unit
  
• Orange - Incomplete Unit
  
• Red - Need to buy
  

Chaos Lord (General) - Axe (x2), Mark of Khorne - 306pts

Battle Standard of Chaos - Hand Weapon, Mark of Khorne - 243pts
Chaos Champion - Halberd, Mark of Khorne - 93pts
Chaos Warriors (x26) - Hand Weapons, Shields, Chaos Armour - 832pts
Unit Cost - 1168pts

Beastman Lord - Light Armour, Two-Handed Axe - 204pts
Beastman Banner Bearer - Hand Weapon, Shield - 21pts
Beastman Musician - Hand Weapon, Shield - 21pts
Beastmen Shaman - Hand Weapon - 68pts
Beastmern (x20) - Hand Weapons, Shield - 220pts
Unit Cost - 534pts

Beastmen Hero - Two Handed Axe, Light Armour - 134pts
Beastman Banner Bearer - Hand Weapon, Shield - 21pts
Beastman Musician - Hand Weapon, Shield - 21pts
Beastmen Shaman - Hand Weapon - 68pts
Beastmern (x20) - Hand Weapons, Shield - 220pts
Unit Cost - 464pts

Beastman Champion - Halberd - 62pts
Beastman Banner Bearer - Halberd - 22pts
Beastman Musician - Halberd - 22pts
Beastmen (x21) - Halberd - 252pts
Unit Cost - 358pts

Minotaur Lord - Axe (x2), Light armour - 383pts
Minotaur Hero - Two handed Axe - 242pts
Minotaur Standard - Hand Weapon - 80pts
Minotaurs (x3) - Hand Weapons - 120pts
Unit Cost - 825pts

Beastman Chariot - Hand Weapons - 86pts

Bloodthirster - 800pts

Bloodletters (x15) - 300pts

Flesh Hounds (x5) - 175pts

5016pts

That's only 128 figures.

<stream of consciousness>
I planned originally to do a 2K army, with about 250 points per month.
If I do that with this army, that gives me a month in which to just paint the General.
Though I have got a decent chunk of infantry to paint, so having a month to paint specials would work.

Maybe in the spirit of the challenge, I'll write a 2k list from this. Do it in 200-250pt chunks till the end of the year.
Then try to carry on with the rest of the army in the same manner.
</stream of consciousness>

Yeah, I mean I did say I was tooling around with the lists for a laugh.
Beastmen need a Hero anyway, to reduce the chance they'll spend half the battle headbutting each other over breeding rights.
And the Minotaur Lord was the best way to represent a Doombull in the 4th ed lists.

So anyway, here's my 2k list for the purposes of this Tale of Gamers.

Chaos Lord (General) - Sword and Shield - 306pts

Chaos Champion - Halberd, Mark of Khorne - 93pts
Banner Bearer - Hand weapon, Shield - 49pts
Chaos Warriors (x13) - Hand Weapon, Shield - 325pts
Unit Total - 467pts

Beastman Champion - Hand Weapon, Shield - 61pts
Beastman Banner Bearer - Hand Weapon, Shield - 21pts
Beastman Musician - Hand Weapon, Shield - 21pts
Beastmen Shaman - Hand Weapon - 68pts
Beastmen (x20) - Hand Weapons, Shield - 220pts
Unit Total - 391pts

Beastmen Hero - Two Handed Axe, Light Armour - 134pts
Beastman Banner Bearer - Hand Weapon, Shield - 21pts
Beastman Musician - Hand Weapon, Shield - 21pts
Beastmen (x21) - Hand Weapons, Shield - 231pts
Unit Cost - 407pts

Minotaur Hero - Two handed Axe - 242pts
Minotaur Standard - Hand Weapon - 80pts
Minotaurs (x2) - Hand Weapons - 80pts
Unit Total - 402pts

Army Total - 1973pts
Leaves a few points for magic items and the like.

No worries.

So this month is mostly figure cleanup, basing and priming. With probably the Chaos Lord painted up.

Just paint them both, they are equally sexy.

Or put them on their bases, plonk them on the table, and have a fight with a ruleset of your choice. Winner gets painted. Loser gets sent to me for having such brilliant ideas.

Skully-goat-man for Boss Beastman.