1000 point Dogs of War Army List:

[Arguleon Veq]

1000 Points:

Heroes:

Paymaster: Great Weapon, Pistol, Crossbow : 76pts

Mercenary Captain: Barded Warhorse, Crossbow, Heavy Armour, Enchanted Shield, Sword of Might: 110pts

Hireling Wizard: 60pts

Heroes Total: 246pts

Troops:

20 Pikemen: Heavy Armour, Standard, Champion, Musician: 250pts

15 Pikemen: Standard, Champion, Musician: 180pts

10 Crossbowmen, Champion: 90pts

Troops Total: 520pts

Special:

15 Norse Marauders: Shields, Standard, Champion, Musician: 150

Special Total: 150

Rare:

Cannon: 85pts

Rare Total: 85pts

Total: 1001pts

Ive had a few battles with this army against chaos and skaven. They haven't lost yet but some of the battles have been close.

Despite the masive number of attacks the pike units get they can't seem to cause much damage of chaos warrior units but they do fare well against everything else. I have a reasonable amount of firepower but im thinking about adding more. I have all the models for this army which influenced the list, i have a few more pikemen, maraurders, Birdmen of catrazza (most of my units are actually regiments of renknown that im using as regular guys but i couldn't really do this with the birdmen), some light and heavy cavalry.

The Captain has a crossbow as the army will be mainly hanging back and he can add to the firepower the force can pump out. Also my merc captain conversion has one on the model.

The army will mainly stay back with the two pikemen units holding the centre of my battleline with the paymaster in the biggest unit. The captain usually stays in the middle of these two units ready to charge out and engage characters, or remnants of squads that could disrupt my line.

The crossbow men usually deploy on one flank with the cannon on the other.

The maraurders will deploy wide on a flank of one of the pike squads this allows them to sweep round and hit the flank of any units that get held up by the pikes (the pikes should hold most things) they can also go hunting prime enemy targets particularly if the enemy has a strong firebase.


So any suggestions on any changes etc?.

[Tronn]

u got a picture of that character with a crossbow??

If the army works well then it works well, the list looks sound and it's hard to judge a clean army like this untill it takes to the field.

I like the broad characters and the norsemen,

u might think of shaving some pikes and maybe a marauder or two and take out another unit of crossbowmen . that would really bolster your shooting phase without too much compromise on combat integrity

[Arguleon Veq]

Good idea, i probably will do that with the crossbowmen it's just that i don't have the models to include anymore at the moment.

The merc captain conversion isnt very good to be honest, although IMO my paymaster looks pretty cool.

He uses the empire regiment champions legs and torso. He has the featherd hat head from the mordhem range. A treasure chest on his base with the lid open (represents shield) with his crossbow propped up against it. He also has an ornat elantern on his base (hanging from a pole, its about as high as him) this represents the lucky talisman which isnt in the list due to it only bieng 1000 pts. He has a crossbow pistol onhis hip to represent a pistol which he also has in larger point games.

I will try to get a pic but he isnt painted.

Ive had about 10 battles with this list or something very similar and they have won them all, although a few battles where close. The extra firepower should help.

[Arguleon Veq]

Recently had 3 more battles with this force, all massacres. One of these was 1250pts and i included a squad of leadbelchers to make the points up.

One against skaven.

One against Kislevites.

The latest today was against Dark Elves. I got my maraurders just inside a unit of cold one knights arc of vision to hold them up a little and to make them change from their intended path. They then proceeded to charge some DE crossbowmen and eventually destroyed them.

My pike men held the line whilst my mage, crossbows and cannon traded with DE crossbows and sorceress. The cannon caused some damage on the Cold One Kinghts, the crossbowmen were beating the DE's in the firefight and also inflicting some damage on the corsairs (was winning the firefight due to the fact that they had to move into range for their repeater crossbows to fire).

I angled my units so the mounted hero could charge whatever charged the front of my pike squads (either one), i aslo ensured with the maruarders and positioning of pikes that i wouldnt be hit in the flank by the cavalry.

Just as the game was boiling down to the main charges, and i was preparing to impale some crossbow or cannon wounded squads on pikes. The kinghts failed a panic test from losing 25% to the cannon and the corsairs did the same with regards to the crossbow damage. I must point out that it was my paymasters pistol that caused the casualty that forced the test.

The mounted character harrassed these fleeing units and kept charging them in order to force them further from my lines as did my maraurders who were already deep in the other side of the board.

The remaining DE crossbow squad continued to trade with my crossbows but fled when panicking units also made them panic.

The sorceress in at the edge of the woods was hit by my cannon causing one wound and my paymaster finished her with another expert pistol shot.

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The DE player conceeded with all units damaged and running.

This was actually my first ever battle against DE with any fantasy army so im pretty pleased with the way it went. Particularly the paymasters pistol kill on the hag.

[Arguleon Veq]

Had another few battles with this list (swapped the norse for some light cav and duellists).

Now normally my pike squads do very little in a game as the enemy is to weakened or already beaten and fleeing before they reach my pikes.

But in my last game against an empire army with:

Captain on warhorse.
6 IC knights.
Lv2 Heavens Mage.
20 Handgunners (two units of 10).
30 Spears men.
20 Swordsmen.
10 Militia.
10 Archers.
Hellblaster.

The pikes finally got some action and they were truely devestating. All i had shot down was about 15 Swordsmen and the captain.

Thirty spears charged my big pike squad, 10 militia charged my smaller squad.

The militia were sent fleeing and the spearmen also fled in the following turn. My mounted captain then ran out harrassig the fleeing spearmen and finally ran them down.

My Cannon sniped out the mage,crossbows finished the swordsmen and the duellists killed most of the Archers.

A Solid Victory (About 325 pts in a 1000 pint game).

[MercenaryCommander]

In relation to your list, I think there are better ways to spend your points.

1. You have a barded warhorse on your captain, I'm guessing which he is used for enhancing crossbow shooting. Since you have no cavalry to protect him I suggest 1 get rid of his Warhorse and his crossbow, and stick him in the unit of pikemen. He would be a lot safer there.

2. unless you intend to use your Wizard as a scroll caddy or intend to go on the offensive with him, I suggest to drop him entirely from this list.

So far you would save yourself 84 pts roughly

3. Using these points pump up the second pikemen regiment to 20, give them heavy armour also.

I see that you like crossbows, may i also offer an idea that you get rid of the Norse and pick up some Dwarves with Great Weapons, Xbows, and Heavy Armour

[Arguleon Veq]

I agree about the captain, it was just the only model I had at the time.

I now use a captain on foot.

I think the wizard is essential though, no force should be without magic defence even if they don't have scrolls. A level 1 wizard is as effective as a level 2 wizard at defence, plus much cheaper.

I plan on getting some Dwarfs with crossbows, dont have the models yet though I'm affraid. The Norse do tend to perform quite badly for me but I now have a paymasters bodyguard unit with heavy armour that I can use in their place.