Skaven Warband

So Matt from "Playing the Odds" has grown a Mordenheim-Rogue Planet campaign.

Dux Mor Rogue Brit?

My first reaction was to use the excellent Tzeentch cultists from Silver Tower but Tzeentch was Lukes preference as well. I was thinking a Sea Elven Patrol -Mist Mage, Spearelves, bolt thrower, great weapon wielder. But no-one had taken Skaven, and it is Mordenheim. There must be ratties!

My first patrol @ 200 points had

Group of 4 with spear & shield
Group of 4 with grenade and flamer
I probably made their stats too high to be fluffy (4 ranged attack- should have been 3)
Single Packmaster with longstrike power weapon. Needs more nuanced rules for a stun weapon rather than armour piercing.
Single Skaven Assasin with chain and blade

After a bit of a re-jig I think I will go

Group of 4 with spear & shield (lower stats)
Group of 4 with grenade (lower stats)
Group of 4 with blade & shield (lower stats)
Packmaster with longstrike & spear (medium stats)
Deathrunner with chain, blade & axe (leader high stats)

The "problem" with this setup is a distinct lack of energy and only one "range weapon, although heaps of Fx range.

Considering the game, I sort of feel a bit denser terrain and more troops or smaller board might be warranted. Or maybe 40k's "knife fight in a phone box" has tainted my view point.
I guess Mordenheim is more about gang on gang rather than opposing armies. A bit of using cover, then get stuck in, rather than manoeuvre and flanks. Hmm.