First Army List: Sons of Caledor

Just started WHFB with a HE army. Currently have 2 copies of IoB elves to work with. So this list is kinda like a future shopping list as well (in a way).

Anyway. Sons of Caledor. Featuring the most arrogant bastards in all of Ulthuan and possibly a couple of dragons, led by Prince B'aub(Bob?) the Absent-minded . Capping at 2.5k at the moment.

Lord:

(General)Prince B'aub the Absent-minded
+ Wizarding Hat
+ Dragon Armour
+ Great Weapon
+ Moon Dragon

Heroes:

Battle Standard Bearer Noble
+ Armor of Caledor
+ Great Weapon

Dragon Mage of Caledor
+ Level 2
+ Dragon Armor
+ Charmed Shield

Core:

Lothern Sea Guard x39
+ Shields
+ Full Command

2x Ellyrian Reavers x5

Special:

2x Dragon Princes of Caledor x10
1x Dragon Princes of Caledor x5

Total: 2498 points.

I think the core can really use a makeover, but I'd really like to keep to the theme if possible.

Looks nice.. Assemble them quick and game on. You can do the painting later .. Have you got the BRB and the HE Army Book?

Wait, IoB comes with the small Rulebook kan, and you have two? Sell one to me hehehe

Sadly, only 1 book. Only bought 1 set and the elven half off someone

Updating this list. While I'm still fixated on a Mage Prince idea for Caledor, I made the rest of the army to be a bit more flexible (I hope) and making each Dragon Prince detachment an equally interesting threat.

(Gen) Prince B'aub the Absent-minded
+ Moon Dragon
+ Dragon Armour
+ Great Weapon
+ Wizarding Hat (random Lore with random spells right before play, yay!)

Dragon Mage Steve (with built in Sun Dragon), Level 1 Lore of Fire
+ Dragon Armour

(BSB) Noble Nigel Farsight
+ Dragon Armour
+ Shield
+ Reaver Bow
+ Ruby Ring of Khaine

39x Lothern Sea Guard
+ Shields
+ Full Command

5x Ellyrian Reavers (2 units)
+ Replace spears with bows
+ Musician

7x Dragon Princes of Caledor (3 units)
+ Full Command
Unit #1 Drake = + Biting Blade
Unit #2 Drake = + Relic Sword
Unit #3 Drake = + Shrieking Blade

Next up I'll do a Lothern theme based army featuring feathered wings before seeing which one I like better.

Isit a double dragon list? don't really understand the Dragon Mage Steeve.
If so, isit legal?

The Dragon Mage comes with a free Sun Dragon (like a Griffon, but breathes fire) and has the option to wear the Dragon Armour. He can take magical armour items too, but I'd rather he be a big juicy target instead of the BSB.

How many points is he? Lord or Hero?

Hero. 350. With dragon armour +10 points.

I love the idea of a dragon prince theme army. Very classic high elves

So he's a hero.. I wonder if any of my hero can ride manticore   

After much tossing and turning and calculating cost to complete my Sons of Caledor army, I decided to drop the fluffy absent minded Mage Prince and went straight for the kill.

2500 points

(Gen) Prince on Star Dragon, Ogre Blade, Dragon Armour and Enchanted Shield = 595
(BSB) Noble, longbow = 100
Level 2 Beast Mage = 120
Level 2 Dragon Mage, Dragon Armour and Crown of Althrazar = 405

Core:
Lothern Sea Guards with shields x35 + full command = 450
Ellyrian Reavers with bows x5 + musician = 95
Ellyrian Reavers with bows x5 = 85
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That leaves me with 650 points for Special/Rare. Now this is where things get tricky. For my ideal list, I'm getting 20 Dragon Princes. Splitting this into 3 equal units is nigh impossible, but we can get the next best thing:
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Dragon Princes of Caledor x7 + full command (2 units)
Dragon Princes of Caledor x6 with champion
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But for now, since I only have 10 Dragon Princes on me at the moment, the Swordmasters will have to pick up the slack by forming 3 more very killy (though fragile) squads:
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Dragon Princes of Caledor x5 with champion (2 units)
Swordmasters of Hoeth x7 with full command (2 units)
Swordmasters of Hoeth x6
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Now to get those darn dragons to get this show on the road.

MSE Swordmasters? That isn't gonna work in the current edition. Too fragile and easy to destroy, give up victory points easily.

Why not combine to a group of 5x3 or 6x2+3. Fight better and took longer to wipeout.

I might do just that. It's still 20 Swordmasters with 2 full commands at the end of the day. I'll deploy them on a whim when it hits the table. But I do want to try out the MSU approach just once to experience it

Yah.. who knows it might work for you.

I see that you like the Beast lore so much. Transformation of Khadon is good, just watchout people can dispel it in their turn using the default value.

Yup. But turning into a dragon (even though it doesn't get to do anything) feels really good every time

Of course hahaha!
I don't know if Vampire Counts still have the Red Terror thing. They make the nastiest transformation in the game.