Would this diverse list do okay?
For context - I got into CoS in late second edition, excited by the prospect of a mix of Elves, Dwarves, and Humans (and wizards, because I love wizards). I was rather disappointed by the performance of the army at the time. Fell in love with the new human models, but still have dreams of making a true combined force.
Collegiate Arcane Expedition
Regiment 1
-Battlemage on Celestial Hurricanum (240)
-Reinforced Freeguild Cavaliers (340)
Regiment 2
-Alchemite Warforger (110) - General, Master of Ballistics
-Reinforced Freeguild Fusiliers (240)
Regiment 3
-Battlemage (110)
-Freeguild Steelhelms (100)
-Freeguild Steelhelms (100)
Regiment 4
-Runelord (120) - Sacred Tome
-Reinforced Longbeards (240)
Regiment 5
-Sorceress (120)
-Reinforced Executioners (280)
my logic is that the cavaliers work as a long-reach hammer / mobile anvil, the executioners act as a shorter-reach hammer unit, the dwarves form the main anvil in front of my fusiliers, and the steelhelms guard flanks/grab objectives/act as speedbumps. The 4 wizards spam manifestations to keep the pressure off the main body of the force.
I realize the longbeards' ability is kind of wasted, as the only unit they can buff is the Runelord, but I 1) couldn't afford the points for any of the other dwarf units, and 2) they still hit harder than ironbreakers