I was thinking the other day about Games Workshop’s Warhammer Fantasy Battles. I’ve always liked the game even though lots of people would have you believe GW is an “evil empire”. I played Lizardmen back in 2002 or so, not long after 6th edition came out. I loved the game, but felt like the Lizardmen army was lacking in options and “character”. A while later, they got much better models, which was a draw for me as well.
In thinking about all the possible armies, Dark Elves were looking pretty good. I then went on-line and did some reading at Druchii.net and Warseer about the army and found that I think the Dark Elves would “fit” me better than Lizardmen did. However, there’s one problem: most of the figures for the army are metal, which makes them expensive! Not to mention all my other miniatures-related projects going on that would get put on the backburner as a result of buying new Dark Elf figures.
Well, then the dilemma becomes whether I should go with an army with more plastics and thus a little cheaper but play a less than characterful army or do I suck up the idea of expense and get the army I believe I’ll like? In the end I think I will be going with the Dark Elves, but I’ll have to get some stuff done first and save money in the meantime.
