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Post by bigsby on Jul 30, 2021 18:38:12 GMT
Hi All! Just managed to get a hold of the 8th edition of WOC rule book and I noticed that chaos marauders are not able to be armed with an additional hand weapon, just flails and great weapons. I've already got an army made up and a full unit of marauders running additional hand weapons. would I run them with the hand weapons? or just consider them really REALLY good at parrying and stat them with shields? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Post by oldmandan on Jul 31, 2021 14:10:41 GMT
Yeah, it depends on your opponent this one. If they are ok and you explain the situation you should be fine. In other cases I would be tempted to change the models either giving them shields which I think they can have or if you feel you can changing them to either flail or GW.
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Post by sedge on Jul 31, 2021 17:27:36 GMT
Assuming you're happy with the looks of the models, I'd say run them with AHW. It's fluffy too - it's easy to picture a chaos marauder with an axe in each hand.
The question then is whether to cost them at 1 point per model or 2, which you'd need to agree with your opponent. Chaos Warriors have to pay 2 points per model so it's probably that... but cheaper crappier infantry tend to get their upgrades cheaper (because an extra Strength 3 attack is worth less than an extra Strength 4 one at higher WS/I) - e.g. Orc Boyz pay 1 point per model.
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Post by Sweet_Totally on Jul 31, 2021 18:50:37 GMT
As long as it's made clear to your opponent having the models armed in another way than what you play them as shouldn't be a problem. If you want to make the models more reflective of their gear on the tabletop then consider giving a couple of them the right weapon and place them in the front rank beside the command group.
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Post by oldmandan on Jul 31, 2021 20:41:57 GMT
Yup problem solved.
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Post by lordofskullpass on Aug 8, 2021 8:24:51 GMT
You could simply stick some shields on the left arms (if Marauder shields don't come with the arm attached, or give them a mix of other races' shields as if they've scavenged them off the battlefield), and give them the Mark of Khorne to represent the extra hand weapons - they're pretty much Chaos Vikings so they'll doubtless be in some sort of drunken killing frenzy anyway...
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Post by oldmandan on Aug 10, 2021 18:53:47 GMT
Yeah that sounds like a cool idea, some of the old plain shields from previous kits are ideal, I have some as I felt having simple shields for my skaven would look more in character and also unify them nicely.
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