What viable 40k army has the lowest model count, or can get away with just running a bunch of characters? So, I'm a painter first and foremost, however, I've been wanting to get back into playing the game. After trying to paint units of Guard and Orks to fit in with the horde meta, I've learned that painting large units of chaff makes me want to commit sudoku. Painting hordes is just so monotonous. With that in mind, I want to play an army that will do relatively well, and at the same time either run just a bunch of characters I can sink my teeth into painting, or have a low enough model count that I won't want to blam my brains out. In the days of the horde, what reasonably competitive army can get away with having a really low model count?