Considering Legion, PThagrosh

[Dearborn]

Greetings, all! So, I am a devout Menite through and through (as the Lawbringer decrees it to be), but drats if Privateer Press isn't poised to take even more of my hard earned credits with these gorgeous, blighted monstrosities. I think the models for Everblight are gorgeous, and I'm surprised my local FLGS hasn't forced me to but several kits damaged by drool. I'd love to start a small force of Everblight (Say, 15 then 25 Points) with PThagrosh. I know he likes his Carnivean, and it appears that a Scythean is also soon to follow after. Would the following lists be a) Viable and somewhat decent in mostly casual, mostly Warmachine play? and b) Be the cheapest and most hassle-free way to go about things. Argue valiantly! I intend to use these responses as valid points when convincing my significant other and loved ones that yes, in fact, I really DO need a second faction.

Start: Battlegroup Starter (13 Points)
PLylth (+6)
-Carnivian (-11)
-Shredder x4 (-8)

Followed by a Forsaken for 15 Points in all.

From there, the next purchase would be the Heavy Dragonspawn Kit, giving me access to a second Carnivean, a Schythean or Ravagore. From there, I would procure PThagrosh and run:

PThagrosh: (+5)
-Carnivean (-11)
-Scythean (-9)
-Shredder x4 (-8)
-Forsaken (-2)

Would this 25 point list work? Is there a better purchase path that gets me to the table with PThagrosh sooner?

[rexim]

It looks like a good plan, 4 shredders might be a bit to much for pThag but I think it will work well The other way to get pThag 25 points would be to buy 3 Heavy dragonspawn kit and some magnets. Then try running carni, scythean and ravegore. Its kinda boring at 25 points since you don't have room for the fun stuff that makes it in on 35 points And i don't really know if that is a better path but hey its an alternative

[Episkopos]

Adding a Heavy Dragonspawn Kit and a Forsaken to the battlebox is a good way to start with pThagrosh.

As an added bonus, with the same models plus one more Forsaken you can run Tier 4 Absylonia if you get bored.