No problem -
All based on RRP.
Games Workshop Vampire Counts Battalion
20 Skeleton Warriors (including Champion, Standard Bearer and Musician),
10 Ghouls (including Champion),
20 Zombies (including Standard Bearer and Musician) and
1 Corpse Cart.
Total = £60
King of War Undead Army set - £49.99
40 Skeletons with Command
20 armoured skeletal Revenants with Command
20 Ghouls
30 Zombies
So for £10 LESS... you lose the Corpse Cart, but gain 20 Skeletons, 20 Revenants, 10 Ghouls and 10 Zombies. The £10 saved could go towards a Corpse Cart though (£16.50) So, down 1 chariot type monster, up 60 infantry.
Looking at it more closely, and opting for other Mantic Undead sets you could choose either 1 each or two of the Undead Warhost or Alternative Warhost, (£30 each) or any 3 from the Omens of Death and/or Soultaker detatchments (£20 each).
Undead Warhost (The cost of the Infantry alone from GW is £97.50, meaning that, rather than buying the contents of this set from GW, you could get 3 Mantic sets, and still have £7.50 left to buy Mhorgoth and a sausage roll...)
1 x Undead Skeleton Regiment (20 Figures with Command Group)
1 x Undead Revenant Regiment (20 Figures with Command Group)
1 x Ghoul Troop (10 Figures)
1 x Balefire Catapult Frame
1 x Catapult Crew Frame (2 FIgures)
Alternative Warhost (GW cost - £113...)
1 x Undead Skeleton Regiment (20 Figures with Command Group)
1 x Undead Revenant Regiment (20 Figures with Command Group)
1 x Ghoul Troop (20 Figures)
giving you any of -
(Two Warhosts)
40 Skeletons
40 Revenants
20 Ghouls
2 Balefires + Crew
(Two Alt Warhosts)
40 Skeletons
40 Revenants
40 Ghouls
(one of each)
40 Skeletons
40 Revenants
30 Ghouls
1 Balefires + Crew
You lose the Zombies and Corpse Cart, but get a huge amount of figures more.
The Omens of Death kit has 20 Skeletons and a Catapult (£31+ from GW), whilst the Soultakers has 20 Revenants and 10 Ghouls (GW = £66.50)
giving you either -
60 Skeletons & 3 Balefires (3xOoD) (GW = £93 plus 3 catapults)
60 Revenants & 30 Ghouls (3xST) (GW = £199.50
)
40 Skeletons, Balefire, 20 Revenants, 10 Ghouls (2xOoD, 1xST) (GW = £128.50 + 2 catapults)
20 Skeletons, Balefire, 40 Revenants, 20 Ghouls (1xOoD, 2xST) (GW = £164 + catapult)
One final thing, if you were going to get the 3 Soul Taker detatchments from GW, at an astronomical £199.50, you'd be as well adding 50p to that and buying the Host of Dol Eragos army set at £200, containing - (GW price)
10 Wraiths (£72)
20 Revenant Cavalry (£158)
1 x Plastic Resin Wraiths (5 Figures) I suspect this may be a typo, but thats another £36...)
1 x Metal Revenant King (£8.20)
2 Necromancer (£16.40)
1 x Metal Undead Standard Bearer (£8.20)
5 Vampire Knights - (£61.50)
40 Skeletons (£62)
40 Revenants (£102)
40 Ghouls (£62)
60 Zombies (£61.50)
2 x Plastic Balefire Catapult with Crew
So, £200 from Mantic, or the £647.80 not including the Balefires from GW...