Contemplation Escalation

So, there's a local Escalation tourney in a couple of weeks. The format is pretty neat. Each round increases the pt value of the army, but your army from the prior round must be included. So once something is set in your army, it stays there. No Tiers allowed. Round One is 25pts, Round Two 35pts, Three is 50pts, and Four is 75pts. Round Five, if necessary, will be randomly determined. My only concern is timed turns, since I've never played even a single game under a clock. But we'll see if they're using them, and how much time I get, when I hear back from the TO. That said, I've been considering my Piggies for this one, since I know them best and they have a small, compact force that works in a fairly straight-forward way. I'm also considering my other factions, since there are elements of them all that I know well - except maybe Circle, since I seem to have to do WAY too much thinking when I play them. Oh, I almost forgot - the neatest part - at 75pts, you add a second warlock/warcaster and his/her battlegroup, in addition to whatever else you wanna throw in. So, here's my list and I've color-coded it with ever-increasing threat level colors (yellow for additions at 35, orange for 50, red for 75).

25-pt Core

Lord Carver (*6pts)
* Gun Boar (5pts)
* War Hog (8pts)
* War Hog (8pts)
Farrow Brigands (Leader and 5 Grunts) (5pts)
Farrow Brigands (Leader and 5 Grunts) (5pts)

35-pt Additions

* Targ (2pts)
Farrow Slaughterhousers (Leader and 5 Grunt) (6pts)
Saxon Orrik (2pts)

50-pt Additions

Farrow Slaughterhousers (Leader and 5 Grunt) (6pts)
Rorsh & Brine (9pts)

75-pt Additions

Dr. Arkadius (*6pts)
* Gun Boar (5pts)
* War Hog (8pts)
* War Hog (8pts)
Farrow Bone Grinders (Leader and 3 Grunts) (2pts)
Farrow Brigands (Leader and 5 Grunts) (5pts)
Gudrun the Wanderer (3pts)

So, that's a solid consideration and there's not much wiggle-room here when it comes to Farrow. Makes the decisions easier and I don't have to sweat the process of list building, etc. It has the added benefit of being stuff I own and having some nice paint on 15-pts of it. Haha, ok that's not a lot, but it's something. And for something completely different...

25-Core

Ashlynn d'Elyse (*6pts)

* Mangler (8pts)
Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters (Cylena and 9 Grunts) (10pts)
Greygore Boomhowler & Co. (Boomhowler and 9 Grunts) (9pts)
Lady Aiyana & Master Holt (4pts)

35-pt Additions

Horgenhold Forge Guard (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord (2pts)

50-pt Additions

Precursor Knights (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
* Precursor Knight Officer & Standard (2pts)
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution (3pts)
Harlan Versh (2pts)

75-pt Additions

Constance Blaize, Knights of the Prophet (*6pts)

* Gallant (9pts)
* Nomad (6pts)
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts) (6pts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer (2pts)
* * Mule (8pts)

Thoughts? Which would you take? I'm leaning towards Pigs because there's something elegant and simple about the army and it's composition. But the Ash/Connie combo would be pretty fun and brutal.