IG & Craftworld eldar squads

I need you opinion about my first two squads, these are for single missions because I don't have anyone to play with. My friend I play with lives in other town and we can play maybe once a month.
So, primary for single missions

IG (Cadian):
Captain --> Boltgun, Flak armour = 81 pts
Liutenant x2 --> Lasgun = 142 pts
Sergenat x2 --> Shotgun = 122 pts
HWS grenade --> Grenade launcher, frag = 59 pts
HWS flamer --> Flamer = 63 pts
Infantryman x 6 --> autogun = 282 pts

SUM: 749 pts


Eldar:
Dire avenger exarch
- sacred armour, sword, shuriken pistol - 113

Dire avenger aspect warrior
- shuriken pistol, sword - 99

Howling banshee warr asp.
- sword, shuriken pistol, banshee mask - 115

Striking scorpion warr.asp.
- chain sword, shuriken pistol - 100

Exodites x2
- lasguns - 134

Guardian x3
- shuriken cannon - 187

SUM - 748

Of course, I am one of those who like to play WYSIWYG

I still have a box of Kroots I have to make a squad of and some orks, who are already painted but I need to convert them to squad, to calculate points.

Both look like solid squads to start with. The Guardians have catapults right?

Even on a single game - I'd probably max out on officers (but that's just me)

Laney

Sharukien Catapults are not avaliable options for starting recruits.

TLRB Vol.3 Pg 6

Quote :

During the initial Squad Setup (before starting the campaign), Recuits cannot be given any Rare Items neither from common stash nor by any officer.

Sharukien Catapults are Rare 5


My suggestion is drop all the guardians and max out your officers and buy another Ranger or two and put lasguns on those. Especially if it's just a single game this gives all your recruits infiltrate.

(note Ranger we changed it in 0.6.0 from exodite)

Also the chainsword is Rare 7 in the eldar depot.

Officers are only allowed to take up to Rare 5 at squad setup.

Also from pg6 of Vol 3

Quote :

"Officers and Recuits may buy any weapon,armor or wargear availiable on their squads depot. You may buy Rare Items that have a rarity value of 5 or less when stating a squad."

(yes I notice that it says recruits there also which I'm going to post in the developer room to fix)

You may wanna check your guard's rarity too. I don't know the squad well enough to tell you offhand, and im too lazy too look it up after retyping all that up there.

I forgot the rarity bit!

Laney

@Dysturbed,
hmm, I didn't noticed that part of not giving rare 5 to recruits, damn!
I was trying to make a squad correspondig to wh40k background, after all they're dieing race and they would not send a guardians to the battle only with pistols.

For the chain sword, ok, agree, I'll change that but for a guardians, hmm, I will see, as said, it's only single games so...I'll leave it that way but for a campaign I'll use squad stricly by the book

As for exodites, I agree, infiltrate from the begining but, maybe that's just me, I like to play game, not to win it imediatly
And, of course, I don't have rangers and, for now, it's to much work to convert 5 rangers, for 2 I can find time

@laney,
As said, I tried to make a squad by the wh40k background and death squads rules
Guardians are only for cover fire, officers are main attack force
Damn, I like that shuriken weapons

btw. thank you for helping me and for a great game

No problem man. You know you don't have to convert the mini's just to play.
Hell i used the green army men that a buddy of mines kids where going to throw away. He had green ones and brown ones. I used the brown ones for officers and the green ones for recruits. Just had to keep track of which was which. course being they wheren't based it kinda made measuring a thing of a pain in the ass.

But none the less if you don't have something get creative!

Dysturbed wrote:

No problem man. You know you don't have to convert the mini's just to play.
Hell i used the green army men that a buddy of mines kids where going to throw away. He had green ones and brown ones. I used the brown ones for officers and the green ones for recruits. Just had to keep track of which was which. course being they wheren't based it kinda made measuring a thing of a pain in the ass.

But none the less if you don't have something get creative!

I understand that but, I'm primary in this because of hobby I was thinking few times to start an army but...the problem was I like a miniatures of different armies
I got 12 or so painted eldar guardians, a box of unpainted dire avengers and lots of bits so, for me, is logical move to make an WYSIWYG squad, as I said, hobbyst

I would probably already play few battles but my friend, with whom I play Space Hulk, is in different city and, becouse of his job - he is a protestant pastor, we can't play often.
People in my town are not interested in anything, especialy miniature wargaming, and, sometime, I think that they're not even interested in living

Hehe, when I was a kid, some 20 years ago, we played wargames with a 1/72 soldiers and various custom terrains matchboxes, glasses, stones from the garden
DAmn, those were the days looks that, our kind of people, just refuse to grow old

btw. here is a link on my gallery on facebook, hope that noone's gonna hack my profile

https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=175617&id=586728412&l=c440fb9fa7

Even if you play only a single game a month, I'd still go for a campaign set-up. Heck, I think I barely make two games a month.

Nice paint jobs. I would agree with Arachas, do a campaign. I only play about 1 game every other month. It is a campaign, a slow going one, but fun watching the squad evolve.

sword: GREAT pictures! Just like I tell everyone (just a suggestion... ) would be better if you post some of your pics here and then the link.
It helps us lazy folk!!!