Nationals silliness

At the time of writing Nationals are just around the corner. Three days and eight games of war dollie goodness! I've been wanting to try something a little different with my Dark Elves so came up with the following:

Dreadlord, CoT, Dawnstone, Black Dragon
Master, Ruby Ring, BSB, Dark Steed
Master, Charmed Shield, Mnticore
2 units of 14 Dark Riders
4 Repeater Bolt Throwers
7 Shades
2 units of 5 Brolocks
1 Hydra!

WIP of my Dark Elves War Hydra

Basically I have been working on this guy and wanted to put him in a list. Of course any good general knows that one big gribbly needs some buddies for moral support! Balls to the wall that tells me a naked Manticore rider was in order!

Not to be outdone, any Dreadlord worth his salt will have the biggest and most badass mount there is, so a Black Dragon was in order.

After taking one of the more filthy variants of Dark Elves riff raf and winning Equinox with that I wanted to take something different... I hear its a smaller field at Nationals this year (Auckland, what is going on with you? Even Christchurch can rustle up more!) so I'm not expecting any great things. With no level 4 sorceress its going to be push it forward and 6 dice Doombolts all around!

Nationals this Weekend

This Easter weekend the NatCon is being held in Christchurch

Nationals is a convention that is held every year but in a different city around the country, and covers many gaming systems like Warhammer and Warhammer 40k all the way through to others like DBM Warmachine.

This year I am heading to the event with my Dark Elves for WHFB. I'm giving the Executioners one last tour as so far I have been less than impressed with them.

The Tournaments is run with 2400 points and eight games over three days. I have not been to a three day singles event before so should be interesting.

My list is as follows:

Total Roster Cost: 2399

Supreme Sorceress, Level 4 Upgrade, Dark Pegasus, Earthing Rod, Dragonbane Gem, Cloak of Twilight, Lore of Metal, General

Master, Lance, Heavy Armour, Sea Dragon Cloak,  Battle Standard Bearer, Dark Pegasus, Charmed Shield, Talisman of Preservation

Master, Great Weapon,  Heavy Armour, Sea Dragon Cloak, Dark Pegasus, Dragonhelm, Dawnstone

Sorceress, Level 2 Upgrade Dispel Scroll, Lore of Shadow

5 Dark Riders, Repeater Crossbow, Shield, Musician

5 Dark Riders, Repeater Crossbow, Shield, Musician

5 Dark Riders, Repeater Crossbow, Shield, Musician

10 Darkshards, Musician, Standard Bearer, Banner of Eternal Flame

10 Darkshards, Musician 

1 Reaper Bolt Thrower

1 Reaper Bolt Thrower

1 Reaper Bolt Thrower

1 Reaper Bolt Thrower

27 Har Ganeth Executioners, Musician, Standard Bearer, Razor Standard

5 Doomfire Warlocks

5 Doomfire Warlocks

So trying out something different to the typical all cavalry avoidance style for a change of pace. Hopefully my opponents will appreciate having a block of infantry to fight for a change