whafrog wrote:
That would be the White Hand army, which actually can't ally with Mordor (which makes sense if you think about it thematically). However, the Nazgul are their own army list, so you can ally one in.
Depending on your budget, a decent starting army would be a box of fighting uruk-hai, a box of orcs, a blister of berzerkers and/or ferals, and a few blisters of xbows. Alternately you could replace the xbows with a box of scouts...much cheaper, and you might not need the orcs either (except, orc spears can be useful). The scout bows are more mobile, but offer considerably less punch. For heroes, you'll need a captain or command blister, and a shaman and budget wraith can't hurt. Also, the Vrasku/Ugluk blister is pretty useful...they are part of the Raiders list, but can ally with the White Hand.
I'd hold off on the troll, you can't really use them until you're fielding 700 points or higher. If you're really careful you might be able to use Saruman at 500 points, but IMHO that's pushing it.
@GotC: an Isengard troll is going to hit the model count a lot harder than a few berzerkers.
Hope that helps!
EDIT: meant to mention not all the profiles mentioned are in the main rules. The ferals, Vrasku and Ugluk are in the Two Towers journeybook. I believe the journeybooks are still available, even though the sourcebooks are not.
Depending on your budget, a decent starting army would be a box of fighting uruk-hai, a box of orcs, a blister of berzerkers and/or ferals, and a few blisters of xbows. Alternately you could replace the xbows with a box of scouts...much cheaper, and you might not need the orcs either (except, orc spears can be useful). The scout bows are more mobile, but offer considerably less punch. For heroes, you'll need a captain or command blister, and a shaman and budget wraith can't hurt. Also, the Vrasku/Ugluk blister is pretty useful...they are part of the Raiders list, but can ally with the White Hand.
I'd hold off on the troll, you can't really use them until you're fielding 700 points or higher. If you're really careful you might be able to use Saruman at 500 points, but IMHO that's pushing it.
@GotC: an Isengard troll is going to hit the model count a lot harder than a few berzerkers.
Hope that helps!
EDIT: meant to mention not all the profiles mentioned are in the main rules. The ferals, Vrasku and Ugluk are in the Two Towers journeybook. I believe the journeybooks are still available, even though the sourcebooks are not.
I amn't sure how the model count rule works, so I apologise for that. Looks like you've sorted things out for him now anyway.
