Chaos Dwarf Knight #5

At last! I'm happy to say this unit is complete. This last addition had to be a musician, a self-imposed constraint on each of my regiments. 

 

 

The mount is the same M22 armoured boar, and the rider an MM90 dwarf. I suspect it's a recast, as the armour details are a little blurry, and the upper part of the blade was missing. I had to replace it with an AoS Kruleboyz spearhead, and swap the left hand for one from an AoS Chaos warrior holding a horn.

So what's next? Well, frankly I don't know. I have more than thirty MM90 Chaos dwarfs left to paint (including 7 models that aren't part of the current army), and the prospect of painting an entirely new regiment isn't exactly exciting (to say the least...). 

Chaos Dwarf Knight #4

Same boar (MM22) sculpted by Trish Carden, and same use of an MM90 Chaos Dwarf converted to make him a rider. The pose is a little bit odd, as I had some difficulty positioning the torso and feed properly on the mount. 

One more, and the unit will be complete.

Last troll

Last troll to join the army, this model is the old BloodBowl troll starplayer, "Grograt Crunchskull". 

 

With a total of nine models, I can field three units of three trolls, all led by a dwarf beastmaster (unfortunately, there are no rules for them), or an unstoppable (?) regiment of vomiting monsters. 

 

 

Chaos Dwarf Knight #3

This is my third "Chaos Dwarf on armoured boar" model, and I'm happy to call it finished. The starting miniatures are the usual MM21 boar from the Orc General and an MM90 dwarf, sawn in half with his feet repositioned to make him a decent rider. 

The standard is one of the Trollslayer's standards, slightly modified by replacing the original runic shield with a Chaotic one. And that's it!

 

 

 The unit so far:

 

Another one

 This troll is a little bit special, as it is particularly ugly, and... an unreleased model. 

 

According to the (wonderful) Stuff Of Legend website, there were three trolls converted by Colin Dixon, based on the MM40 models scupted by Trish Carden. Below are these gems, painted by Bodmodels:

(source: http://www.sodemons.com/rhtrolls2/08unrmaraudertrolls/index.htm ) 

 

 

And the three variants in a single shot:

 

And more

 (running out of titles with trolls).

The last two trolls released by Marauder Miniatures.

The whole lot painted during the summer break:

The next one will be an unreleased model.

More trolls!

 A BloodBowl troll slighty converted and an unmodified Marauder Miniatures troll.

 

 

Army List update

It's been more than one month since I last painted a model. Blame the heat waves we've had in France: they made it impossible to sit at my painting desk. Now that the nighttime temperatures are expected to drop below 20°C, I can finally get back to this Chaos Dwarfs army. 

In the meantime, I have reworked my army list.

At first, I thought that the only way to field Chaos (Dwarf) Warriors and Chaos Trolls was to use the Ravening Hordes supplement. However, I recently realized that I could combine the troops from the Hordes of Chaos and Beasts of Chaos army books. So here we go with a new list.

     

Characters 

My general remains the Chaos (Dwarf) Level 2 Sorcerer ontop the desacrated Anvil of Doom (count as a Chariot of Chaos). That's 85 point plus 35 points for Level 2 plus 120 points for the Chaos Chariot, for a total of 240 points. 

To be completely accurate, there should be a second warrior on this anvil. I may paint an Anvil Guard and count him as the driver of the chariot. 

Core Units

Four units so far (three and a half painted):

• 10 Chaos (Dwarf) Warriors (14 points/model) with Champion (+12 points), Standard Bearer (+12 points) and Musician (+ 6 points), equipped with shields (+1 point/model) = 180 points
• 10 Chaos (Dwarf) Marauders (5 points/model) with Champion (+10 points), Standard Bearer (+10 points) and Musician (+5 points), with light armour (+1 point/model) = 85 points
• 10 Chaos (Dwarf) Marauders (5 points/model) with Champion (+10 points), Standard Bearer (+10 points) and Musician (+5 points), with light armour (+1 point/model) and great weapons (+2 points/model)= 105 points
• 5 Chaos (Dwarf) Knights (33 points/model) with Champion (+20 points), Standard Bearer (+20 points) and Musician (+10 points) = 215 points

Special Units 

Only one unit painted: my trio of Chaos Trolls (55 points/model) = 165 points 

So far, the total is 990 points. My target being 1500 points, I think I can field one or two additional characters, along with a Chaos Giant, specifically a C28 Citadel giant I previously painted once for my Renaissance mercenary dwarfs.

And since I can't really post a message without any picture of miniature, here is the current state of my Chaos Dwarf Knight standard bearer, along with my second character, a Level 1 Chaos Dwarf sorcerer.