Heresy & Heroes

Ok, this may well have been the easiest Lazy Painter’s list I’ve ever put together, due mainly to the amount of choice you have in the new Stormcast Eternals Battletome (that GW were good enough to send me) and the points cost of the models. I actually made some decent lists at very low model counts but then I worked this one out and I couldn’t not put it up here because it does kind of fit in with all of the Lazy Painter rules for creating an army. There are very (VERY) few miniatures, the vast majority of them are new, there’s not too much repetition here (there literally couldn’t be due to the low number of models) and while I can’t promise you it will win games, I can promise you that it’ll be fun finding out. 

I also feel like I should add another rule – If you can take dragons in your list, you should do, because dragons are cool. You can probably now guess where I’m going with this one, so without further ado, let’s take a look.

Leaders 

Karazai the Scarred looks like a boss. This gnarly old dragon likes to scrap and boy does he have some tools to help him with that. How about the fact that all melee weapons that target him have their attacks characteristic reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 1)? Or the fact that his “Annihilating Jaws” have a to hit roll of 1+ when he’s not lost more that 8 of his 18 wounds (and they cause some real damage too). He is a powerhouse of a miniature and absolutely the general for this army. And if that’s not enough, we’re also going to be taking along a Lord Celestant on Stardrake which is still as brutal as it always has been. That Rain of Stars attack – love it, man.

Battleline 

Whether we choose to take Karazai or the Stardrake as our General, it doesn’t matter because either one of them will make Stormdrake Guard battleline. So we’re taking three units of two Stormdrake Guard as our Battleline. These guys are also monsters in melee, and they too carry a ranged attack in the form of their mortal wound dealing Draconic Flamestorm. And to top that all off (literally), they’ve got a Stormcast with either a Warblade that does 6 attacks, or a lance that does 3 but also gets improved stats on the charge, riding them into battle. What’s not to love!?

Other Units

There aren’t any. That’s it. It’s literally eight (8) models.

Army List:

Karazai The Scarred (Leader, Behemoth)

Lord-Celestant on Stardrake (Leader, Behemoth)

2x Stormdrake Guard (Battleline)

2x Stormdrake Guard (Battleline)

2x Stormdrake Guard (Battleline)

Points: 1965 (so you’re giving up 35 points, but… dragons, yo)

Model Count: 8. Just 8. A Lazy Painter’s record so far. And they’re dragons, yo!

Army Name: Dragons, Yo

Additional Stuff: Like i said, I don’t know if this will win you games but you will have fun with this list. From a painting point of view, imagine how colourful and cool eight dragons could be, and with only seven Stormcast Eternals riding them, this should be quick and very enjoyable to paint.

On the playing side of things, at least your games won’t drag on (get it?) as you’ll either have immolated or smashed up everything in like 3 rounds tops, or you’ll be dead yourself. More time to get a pint in post game and talk about how cool it is fielding an army of eight dragons, right? Set up will be quick, you won’t have many rules to remember, and the look on your opponent’s face will be priceless. An army built for laughs which might just have something.

Does it have something? Or is this just too nuts to work? Let me know in the comments, and until next time, Onwards, yo!