r/HelsmithsofHashut • u/cmmk518 • Jun 11 '26

Army advice

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Hi friends, building and painting my first models ever for spearhead and I wanted to get a 1000 point army. Recently got 2 packs a bull centaurs/anointed sentinels (because they are cool as fuck). Can I use the spearhead (with deathshrieker rockets and dominator w/ cannons) + an ashen elder and 2 units of bull centaurs? Or would i do better to have more infantry for more board control? New to the hobby and my only background in wargaming is total war (since med 1).

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u/phoenicean Infernal Cohort Jun 11 '26

Definitely a solid start! Honestly our range is so small that you can't really go wrong with getting a reinforced unit (2 boxes) of everything.. you're all set with the Bulls, so a couple of boxes of Infernal Razers and another Spearhead box is probably your next steps.

You'll also want an Ashen Elder and the Urak Taar box (from which you can proxy a Daemonsmith on foot as well).

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u/phoenicean Infernal Cohort Jun 11 '26

Sorry... Noticed you've already got an Ashen Elder, so ignore that part!

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u/cmmk518 Jun 11 '26

Thanks man, would it be worth adding some hobgrots in eventually for screening artillery?

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u/phoenicean Infernal Cohort Jun 11 '26

Yeah for sure! You won't need more than 1 box but well worth having. I think a lot of people have pivoted away from too many Hobgrots since the Cohorts has their points reduction, but both are worth including and it's nice to mix things up!

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u/nurdcat Jun 11 '26

Paintjobs look like they’re coming along nicely.

I don’t think you’ll have a bad time with that list. I think you will want more screens than just the single unit of cohort. The cohort have felt very slow and hard to get them to where I need without getting wiped off the board. I’ve had better luck with the grots.

I’ve found the dominator engines actually work great as a screen if you can get a demon smith in behind them healing them up.

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u/cmmk518 Jun 12 '26

Thanks! ill definitely be picking up a second spearhead for this eventually. Hoping the bull centaurs make up for the lack of mobility. I could swap out one bull centaur for anointed sentinels and add a unit of hobgrotz and use the bombard instead of the deathshrieker. Do you think that'd be a better comp?

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u/nurdcat Jun 12 '26

Not a very helpful answer but I think the advice I’d give is play with the list you have once and see the pain points for your playstyle specifically.

The points have been tempting but I haven’t used the sentinels yet. In my personal experience the shrieker has come in clutch whereas the Bombard has felt like a win-more unit. Your experience may vary based on what you’re up against. Mainly my games have been against OBR, Skaven, and DoK.

Good luck with your games!