Dwarf loader

Second crewman for the organ gun, it's not exactly a "3rd edition model", but if one excepts the big and useless ring in his back, the sculpting job is rather good (love the beard!).


Next time, the spotter!

A war engine for my 100th post

OK, new year and hopefully the last one to conclude this neverending dwarf army story. As usual, I'm starting with what I like the least: here, the Marauder Miniatures organ gun (unfortunately, I wasn't lucky enough to get the old Citadel one).

If you know the original model, you can see that I have removed the wheel scythes and the mantlet with pikes, too agressive for my taste (and absolutely useless). Despite these modifications, I find the warmachine a little bit oversized for dwarves. Anyway...

As the base was quite large (50x50), I've added a wooden bucket found on an Empire plastic sprue. Concerning the painting job, I've tried to use the same colours as on the first cannon... with less success I'm afraid.

Two more crewmen to paint to add 105 new points to this army :)

Dwarf spearmen completed (at last!)

Finally, I've been able to paint my "mandatory troops", more than two years after starting this blog: 40 warriors and 20 crossbowmen.

I knew from the beginning that this last unit would be hard to complete (too many shields, and several models that I don't like) and indeed, it took me more than one year to achieve 20 warriors :( Anyway, enough whining, here they are!

 Hmmm... time to check the points:

OK, so 20 warriors with spears and shields, including a musician and a standard bearer make... 260 points.

Before that, we had:

• 20 crossbowmen (260 points), 
• 20 warriors with double-handed weapons, shields, standard bearer and Level 5 hero (303 points), 
• 10 slayers with light armours and double-handed weapons (120 points), 
• 10 hammerers with standard bearer (176 points) 
• 1 3-man cannon, with light armours for the crew (75 points). 

 All in all, this makes a total of 1194 points. Now my objectives for next year are:

• a 3-man organ gun
• possibly a second 3-man cannon 
• possibly a 3-man stone-thrower 
• a priest (actually a wizard) 
• the general (either a fighter mounted on boar or a second priest)
• 6 to 10 hammerers including a musician
• possibly an army standard bearer

This should be sufficient to reach 2000 points.

I'm also considering reworking this army using the latest army book... at least, this leaves me a chance to play one day with the fully painted thing! The drawback is the 5x4 unit size seems a little bit weak with the new rules. Any advice?

Dwarf spearman #20

YES! The last one! I've been trying for a long time to get this miniature on eBay. As you can see, I've finally bought one (at decent price), but the original spear was broken and I had to replace it. The spearhead could have been bigger, but the final look is correct I think.


Family shot:

Dwarf spearman #19

Not my favorite Marauder, the sculpting job in the back is a little bit weird.

And again, the white and black stripe scheme.

Dwarf spearman #18

A dwarf from the Citadel Imperial range. The usual white and black stripe scheme.

Dwarf spearman #17

Marauder Miniatures this time. Nothing to say except I should have glued the shield in a different way!

Dwarf spearman #16

It's been a long time since I've posted something here. I hope you'll enjoy my sixteenth spearman: