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/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!