Herohammer Battle #2

The title says "Herohammer Battle #2", but where's battle #1? I didn't create a blog post for it yet.  Maybe I will. There's a brief chronicle of the battle over on the Herohammer FB group.

Quick recap of Battle #1: The small beginnings of an Orc and Goblin Waaagh! emerged from Black Fire Pass and overran the Empire town of Averheim.  The town's burgomeister had called for help and Lord Edmund The Absent mustered a pretty sizable force to repel the greenskins, but he was defeated when the Black Orc Warboss chopped his head off, Fred the Giant smashed the other hero off his pegasus and the entire army routed.   The greenskins, having sacked Averheim, are about to cross the River Aver and threaten the City of Nuln.

Battle #2:
After hearing of the "Debacle at Averheim", the Elector Countess of Wissenland Emmanuelle von Liebwitz recognized the menace and quickly mobilized the local town milita on the outskirts of Nuln to slow down the vanguard, hoping to buy some time while marshaling a more effective force to deal with the horde.

Since this is a solo game, I wanted to keep this battle a little smaller and more manageable so the armies are led by hero-level characters. Also, this is the first time I'm using the "magic item draft" idea - armies don't pay for magic items.  Before the battle, draw a magic item cards equal to the number of champions/characters in your army then assign them as you see fit (this is really just my interpretation). I'm not including the points for the magic items in the lists below.

The Army Lists:

Orc and Goblins Vanguard:
-General - Night Goblin Big Boss w/light armor and shield 36pts and the Blade of Ensorcelled Iron
-30 Night Goblin Spearmen w/shields, champion, standard, musician 123.5pts and the Banner of Defiance
-1 NG fanatic 35 pts
-22 common goblins = 55 pts
-18 Orc Boys w/light armor, shields, extra hand weapon, champ, standard, musician 213.5pts and the Banner of - champion wears the Ring of Corin
-15 Orc Boys w/light armor, shields, extra hand weapon - 142.5pts
-6 Wolf Riders, shields and spears 66 pts
Level 1 NG Shaman 28pts w/ Skull Wand of Kaloth
Snotling Pump Wagon 40pts
Doom Diver 100pts
Stone Troll 65pts
Greenskin Total 868.5pts

Empire Local Militia of Nuln (so lots of gunpowder...):
General - Lord Edwin (son of the late, headless Lord Edmund) Hero. Warhorse, heavy barding, heavy armor, shield, carrying the the family heirloom Dragon Blade, recovered from the battlefield when his father fell before the greenskins could loot it. 76pts
-5 Pistoliers 110pts
-14 Halberdiers light armor, champion, standard.  Champion carrying the Sword of Reslilience, unit carrying the Valorous Standard 165pts
-18 Swordsmen with champion, musician, standard, Relic Sword and Standard of Shielding 163pts
-17 handgunners with champion carrying Tormentor Sword 158pts
-8 Crossbows 64pts
1 Mortar 100 points
2 Great Cannons 200 points
Empire Total 1,036pts

The Empire have an advantage here as they knew the orcs and goblins were coming, and this is just the vanguard of the army.

Here are the pre-battle pictures for battle #2.

Wait, I thought Edmund lost his head??