Combining Elves

With End Times: Khaine on the horizon, I've been thinking about how to proceed.  I've got all 3 elf armies but I don't like mixing them because they are all based differently and have different color schemes and it just doesn't work for me.  However, it does seem like a great excuse to make a themed army with counts-as conversions.  Here's what I'm thinking:

 Not sure if I noticed that you had all the Elves before, but I gave thought if I included other Elves in the list that I would need to follow my paint scheme winter bases.

White Lion-themed army:

Manticore rider as the general, painted white and possibly converted from Karl Franz's Griffon kit to get the really epic scale.
Maybe multiple manticore riders?

Wild Riders - Elves riding the lions from the chariot kit
White Lions (obviously)
Lion Chariots counting as cold one chariots just for when I play against Don Sad.  Please don't do this unless there was heavy conversion.  I would take exception to an Elf player that put a Lion Chariot on the table and proclaimed it was a cold One Chariot - seems a stretch...even to me.

Core could be eternal guard with the wildwood ranger hoods and some fur modelled onto their cloaks.

You could also do a seafarer list with Corsairs and Seaguard, lots of bolt throwers, dark riders and flying chariots but that doesn't excite me quite as much and it doesn't really have a place for wood elves.  Translation: I don't think it would be very good.  

There's also the scout list with Glade riders for core, deepwood scouts, shades, and shadow warriors for special and waywatchers for rare.  Led by the shadow warrior Lord and some waystalkers with an assassin or two thrown in, it could be a very interesting annoying army to play against.  I get tense just thinking about this army...although it could be very fun.

Maybe just a big monster mash list with Dragons, Manticores, Griffons, Hydras, K-Beasts and treemen.  Core could be whatever.  And Phoenix....definitely Phoenix

You know, it's actually the Corsair/Seaguard list that has me the most intrigued. Weird.

Its really tough for me to come to grips with Dark elves joining up with, we'll, anyone! They do have eternal hatred against everyone for christs sake.

But like all things I'll probably get used to it and won't think twice about it. On the other hand I would like to see a combined Highelf/Woodelf list.....seems right to me.

nathanr wrote:Haha, I wouldn't actually use a lion chariot as a cold one chariot, I just said that because I've been on the listening-end of your lion vs cold one chariot rant a few too many times

Ya, I certainly have opinions. I should have a "mini-me" that filters anything I say that might be criticism or offensive. If that was the case though, "mini-me" practically wouldn't say anything.

After reading the new Khaine rules, I'm ironically more afraid of what a mixed Elf list can do than what the Chaos mixed armies list can do.

is that Khaine book out now?