31 Dec 2005
Thanks to retired moderator S.O.F for this:
Since it is your desire as a poster to have people look at and add constructive criticism to your army lists, the following is a guide how you should go about posting the army list which you want evaluated.
THE LAZY LIST
Though many people use Army Builder or other army composing programs to quickly generate lists they are often annoying and hard to read when simply copy and pasted into a post.
The list is filled with extra spaces, mounts are listed that are givens, and it just generally painful to look at. If you post a list like this: one you will most likely get no one to post to help you out and a MOD has the right to delete it as they see fit! So save both the time and don't post a list like this.
THE BASIC LIST
If you are a new player and are composing one of your first lists or just dont have a great idea of what exactly your plans for using the army are this is the basic list you need to post in order to get responses and not be deleted.
The list is easy to follow and folks will post there suggestion but you may end up having to flesh things out more later to answer peoples questions about your choices.
THE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DONE LIST
With just a little extra work an acceptable list can become and excellent one. Inclusion of insight as to your fluff/theme, general tactical thoughts on how you plan to run the army, the opponents you are tailoring your force to suit or if it is an all comers/tournament force, or perhaps conversion ideas on the regiments, will most likely get the most interest and there by response.
This last method allows the reader to know the most about your list so that they are better able to make comments on it from the start rather then having to explain later.
Since it is your desire as a poster to have people look at and add constructive criticism to your army lists, the following is a guide how you should go about posting the army list which you want evaluated.
THE LAZY LIST
Though many people use Army Builder or other army composing programs to quickly generate lists they are often annoying and hard to read when simply copy and pasted into a post.
Post by GamerJoe
Unnamed1000 Pts - Orcs & Goblins Army
1 Orc Big Boss @ 125 Pts
General; Choppa; Light Armour; Shield
Porko's Pigstikka [40]
1 Boar @
- Pts
1 Goblin Shaman @ 152 Pts
Magic Level 2
Dispel Scroll [25]
Dispel Scroll [25]
1 Wolf @
- Pts
1 Goblin Shaman @ 140 Pts
Magic Level 2
Power Stone [25]
Ditto's Double Doin Doo-Dahs [25]
5 Goblin Wolf Riders @ 50 Pts
5 Wolf @
- Pts
13 Goblin Wolf Riders @ 174 Pts
Spear; Light Armour; Shield; Standard; Musician
13 Wolf @
- Pts
15 Orc Boyz @ 140 Pts
2ndWeapon; Choppa; Light Armour; Standard; Musician
1 Orc Boss @ [13] Pts
1 Goblin Rock Lobber @ 70 Pts
3 Crew @
- Pts
1 Goblin Chariot @ 60 Pts
3 Goblin Crew @
- Pts
Short Bow
2 Wolf @
- Pts
22 Goblins @ 89 Pts
Light Armour; Shield; Standard; Musician
1 Goblin Boss @ [8] Pts
Total Army Cost: 1000
The list is filled with extra spaces, mounts are listed that are givens, and it just generally painful to look at. If you post a list like this: one you will most likely get no one to post to help you out and a MOD has the right to delete it as they see fit! So save both the time and don't post a list like this.
THE BASIC LIST
If you are a new player and are composing one of your first lists or just dont have a great idea of what exactly your plans for using the army are this is the basic list you need to post in order to get responses and not be deleted.
Post by GamerJoe
Orc Big Boss 125 Pts
General; Choppa; Light Armour; Shield, Porko's Pigstikka, Boar
Goblin Shaman 152 Pts
Magic Level 2, 2 Dispel Scrolls, Wolf
Goblin Shaman 140 Pts
Magic Level 2, Power Stone, Ditto's Double Doin Doo-Dahs
5 Goblin Wolf Riders 50 Pts
13 Goblin Wolf Riders 174 Pts
Spear; Light Armour; Shield; Standard; Musician
16 Orc Boyz 140 Pts
2ndWeapon; Light Armour; Standard; Musician and Champion
Goblin Rock Lobber 70 Pts
Goblin Chariot 60 Pts
23 Goblins
Light Armour; Shield; Standard; Musician and Champion 89 points
Casting Pool: 6
Dispel Pool: 4
Models in Army: 65
Total Army Cost: 1000
The list is easy to follow and folks will post there suggestion but you may end up having to flesh things out more later to answer peoples questions about your choices.
THE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DONE LIST
With just a little extra work an acceptable list can become and excellent one. Inclusion of insight as to your fluff/theme, general tactical thoughts on how you plan to run the army, the opponents you are tailoring your force to suit or if it is an all comers/tournament force, or perhaps conversion ideas on the regiments, will most likely get the most interest and there by response.
Post by GamerJoe
The Redtusk Clan
Just a random Badlands group of Greenskins. Nogit and the Redtusks were beat up pretty good by a bigger Orc Tribe so could only impress a bunch of weedy goblins to fight for them. The Orc Boyz are armed with two hand weapons so they can be modeled with Choppas and whips to drive the Gobbos onward.
Heroes
Nogit Redtusk, Orc Big Bos Army General: Choppa; Light Armour; Shield, Porko's Pigstikka, rides a Boar 125 Pts
Bogger, Level 2 Goblin Shaman:2 Dispel Scrolls, rides a Wolf 152 Pts
Level 2 Goblin Shaman: Power Stone, Ditto's Double Doin Doo-Dahs. 140 Pts
Core
5 Goblin Wolf Riders. 50 Pts
13 Goblin Wolf Riders Spear; Light Armour; Shield; Standard; Musician. 174 Pts
16 Orc Boyz: 2ndWeapon; Light Armour; and Full Command. 140 Pts
23 Goblins: Light Armour; Shield; and Full Command. 89 points
Special
Goblin Rock Lobber 70 Pts
Goblin Chariot 60 Pts
Casting Pool: 6
Dispel Pool: 4
Models in Army: 65
Total Army Cost: 1000
Da Plan
Well Ill try to use Goblin and Orc Blocks for the center supported by the Rock Lobber on a convenient hill. The large block of Wolf Riders will be used to flank charge those regiments engaged with my main regiments while the smaller one will dart here and there attacking warmachine crews and march blocking. The Chariot Im not sure on at the moment, either I will just crash it head long into a regiment and hope it does some damage but I know it will lose or try and use it as a counter/flank charger as well.
This last method allows the reader to know the most about your list so that they are better able to make comments on it from the start rather then having to explain later.