Vampire Ukbbl tt #2

[20phoenix]

Now that my Willy vamps have arrived I have a race against time to get them painted by mid November having NEVER PAINTED BEFORE!

Assuming they're in a reasonable state i'll take them instead since they're much cooler models and more fun to play too

Roster wise it seems fairly straightforward to me. As a "disadvantaged side" vamps get an additional doubles skill pick for free:

13. Skills may be selected from ONE of the following packages:

Option 1: 7 normal skills
Option 2: 6 normal skills, ONE player may take 2 skills (ignoring rule 12a)
Option 3: 4 normal skills, 2 doubles skills
Option 4: 3 normal skills, 2 doubles skills, one double may be placed on a big guy (ignoring rule 12b)
Option 5: 3 normal skills, 2 doubles skills, one player may take 2 skills (ignoring rule 12a)
Option 6 : 2 normal skills, 2 doubles skills, max 2 skills per player -no other combo or big guy restrictions (rule 12c still applies to option 6)


14a. The following teams have been identified as 'Disadvantaged' in this tournament format:
Slann, Khemri, Nurgle, Chaos Pact, Vampire,

Disadvantaged Teams:
-may take one additional 'doubles' skill extra in any skill pack above.

So i'm looking at the following roster with option 5:

Wilhelm Chaney - 240k
3 x Vamps - 330k (2 x dodge, 1 x blodge)
9 x thralls - 360k (1 x leader, 1 x kick)
3 x rerolls - 210k
1 x CL (FF not allowed)

Options include taking a sure hands thrall or ditching the blodge vamp and getting block/tackle or block/MB. Chaney is going to do most of the blitzing though so didnt facy the MB option too much. I can see an argument for tackle.

 

[tys123]

I would drop a reroll and the kick thrall for a block vamp ( Assuming you have 4 vamp figures ).

 

[Nikolai II]

Don't forget - when basecoating, spray next to them first and sweep over them, to get an even coat without bubbles and stuff.

 

[20phoenix]

Trying to decide between blue or purple as the contrast colour so picked out the worst looking models to test on. I've done the test thrall:

Will hopefully finish the test vamp sometime this week.

 

[20phoenix]

Ended up going with the blue - purple looked rubbish!

Test vamp finished:

 

[Borke]

Just reading this now, I like the models (though anything hand-painted is probably going to impress me ).

As for the roster: I might be missing something, but I don't think that you need to take package 5, I think package 2 suits you better. Your current skill choice nets you 1 double (Leader Thrall) and 1 player with 2 skills (Blodge Vampire). Package 5 allows you to take both, taking into consideration the bonus double for being disadvantaged. That means you have one more normal skill you can take, e.g. that Sure Hands Thrall.