Editing Warhammer/Tactics/8th Edition/Empire (section)

===Buying Your Army===
If you're building a well-rounded army that has something of everything, 2-3 Battalion boxes should form the core of your army; then add Special/Rare units to your personal taste.

Magnetize your artillery so you can swap between cannons and mortars and between Helblasters and Helstorms. This can be pretty difficult with cannons/mortars but is by no means impossible, just use small magnets and go carefully. 

The General and Wizard boxes both give you two characters for the price of one and are a converter's dream come true.

The Celestial Hurricaneum/Luminark of Hysh box comes with a wizard model (Lore of Heavens or Light) which is not compatible with the Wizard box models.

The Karl Franz on Deathwing box comes with an alternative Lore of Beasts Wizard and a General model as riders. With some fiddling you can fit them on an ordinary warhorse instead of a gryphon.

PS: Most empire units can be proxied (not in GW) by using other companies models. Both Mantic and warlord games do models that have a similar look whilst being A LOT cheaper, and there are some fantastic 3D printed options out there. I repeat however- try and do this in GW and you WILL be thrown out.