Picking armies

In my previous post I discussed which games I was going to be trying to play as well as which armies I was going to start to build. The Undead army that I picked up is most assuredly going to be one of them. I was hoping to then build a Halfling force but I lack a  number of more elite units. The models I have are mostly basic troops and the basic troops in a Halfling army are typically trash. I need a second force that can give the Undead and their wide range of monsters a good battle.

I do still want to expand the Halfling force I have. Especially with the awesome miniatures that Max Mini produces. Sadly though I can't really play a full game with just the Halfling models I have. Even a game of Saga: Age of Magic, which has a much lower model count, isn't really viable since I don't have anything that would work as possible Hearthguard. 

When I purchased the Undead I also got a smaller Ork force made primarily with Mantic Ork models and some figures from Shieldwolf Miniatures. There are quite a few warriors and a small unit of boar riders as well as a giant and some chariots. It has more potential combat power to bring to the table than the Halflings. The most obvious holes in the force are archers and a war machine and shouldn't be too difficult to fill. Happily the Age of Fantasy Orc list has entries for the Age of Sigmar Kruleboyz models so I will also be able to add many units of Kruleboyz and Hobgoblings that I recently picked up. 

So it looks as if my first two forces will be Orks and Undead. 

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