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Circle doesn't hit quite as hard always, but can certainly get the job done, plus it has decent mobility. Legion tends to ignore a lot of Circle's tricks with flight and eyeless sight though. Casters to look at might be Kromac, eKaya, and Baldur; warbeasts include Feral Warpwolves and Warpwolf stalkers, the heavy wolds, the Gorax; units could include Bloodtrackers, Tharn, Skinwalkers, and probably druids for some balance.
If you like tough and durable, have you considered Trolls? That's kind of their thing, plus they do buffs far better than Skorne.
So is everyone happy for me to recycle the OP that was sucked into the otherworldly abyss created by the forum down-time? I have it saved on my desktop, so I'll put it back up as soon as I get home (I've been away for the weekend)
Also, I'm still in vassal if anyone is up for a game.
I had considered Trolls, and they do like nice, but I like the look of the Skorne and Legion better, and I think I prefer the Skorne's beasts from what I can tell rules wise.
One last thing to consider is your own ability at painting. I don't know how experienced you are but it's something I wish I had kept in mind before I picked cygnar as my first list and had to paint all those tiny faces...I've gotten down pretty well now but my gun mage officer still looks like he has down syndrome.
I'm not great, but I'm not terrible either. I've painted some 40k models, and some BFG models, and they aren't spectacular, but the one's I have painted don't look TOO awful. Mostly BFG Chaos ships, Tyranids, and some of my Chaos guys.
Exactly.
To start? Not overly much. Starter sets are $50 + glue costs. The next step up from there depends on your faction, but normally shouldn't cost you more than $25 or less. It's recommended you start out with the starter stuff and get the rules down, and once that's done, expand in the usual fashion. A good-sized army (35 points) varies in price, though you shouldn't have to spend more than a couple hundred, in many cases less cash than a comparable 40K/WFHB army.
The newer starter sets are plastic. There are still a good number of the older pewter ones floating around though. Personally, I like the plastic sculpts better than my pewter ones.
If you want to give the game a try, track down a pressganger in your area. One of their primary functions is to own a variety of models so that they can run introductory games for people. Early this summer, when I was thinking about getting into miniature wargames, I just went down to my friendly local game store and asked around. They told me what days the local pressganger was around, and I played my first game later that week.
As for spending cash, you could probably coax one of these guys that is not me to teach you how to play over Vassal Online.