Warhammer Fantasy Battle: Dwarf Runepriest

Got my Runepriest done this weekend, and a few more basic Dwarfs!





He's a Reaper figure from their Warlord line. Here's a scale comp pic:



And now with the unit:





Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

WFB: Dwarf Update

Just a quick update and a few pics for the Warhammer Fantasy Battle Dwarf project!

I think I've hit on a scheme that will allow me to get the Dwarf Warrior and Gunner units done quickly and easily. Army Painter metal spray. Instead of priming black as I normally do, I tried some of the metal spray. Then I hit the whole model with Badab Black wash, and then I added details and highlights.

Here's the finished product:





I can finish a Dwarf using this method in 30 minutes, not counting basing.

Anyway, I hope to knock out 5 - 10 more of these guys this week.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Warhammer Fantasy Battle: Dwarf Ancestor Spirit

Now that my vacation is over (along with the flurry of merc painting that went into financing it) I need to re-focus on my WFB Dwarfs so that I can make 1000 pts. for our 2 - 3 week Halloween Horror-fest. My buddy Bill is running a big game where a few of us will face off against him and our other buddy Dan. They're playing undead.

I'm trying to get some Dwarfs going, and Rico will be allying with me using Ogre Kingdoms. Our buddy Lou will also pitch in with something from his vast collection of classic armies. The man literally possesses one of each army. Should be fun!

Since our games will be narrative and rely heavily on Storm of Magic to generate some neat monster action, I decided to spruce up my core unit of Dwarf Warriors with a monstrous element.

An animated statue sounds really "dwarfy", so I secured a D&D mini Dwarf Ancestor Spirit and re-based him to fit in the center of my planned 20-man Dwarf Warrior unit. Rules-wise, he'll just effectively act as 4 Dwarfs, but he'll look cool, and he'll save me from painting four additional dwarves, which will free me up to finish the unit faster and do more models for my Slayer unit.

Anyway, here is the finished Ancestor Spirit (thanks to Lou for the model!):






I felt the need to cut his "noodly" weapon haft out and replace it with a piece of steel rod. I then reattached the hammer and end pieces to finish it off.



The base is from the older Battle for Skull Pass boxed set.

And here's a comp shot of the Ancestor Spirit next to a Dwarf Miner for scale:



In the next two weeks my goal is to finish the 16 Dwarfs needed for the unit, and then I can take a shot of them on their move stand with this guy in the center. Should be a cool visual!

In the meantime, I have one last Miner to finish today, and the 25 man unit is done!

Progress!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

WFB Dwarves: The Steam Drill!

The Dwarf Miner unit grew a little bit more this week, and I did manage to finish one of my favorite pieces, the Dwarf with the steam drill. This device adds +3 to its user's Strength and +1 to the unit's deployment rolls when they deploy in reserve. Handy!







As you can see, wielding the drill has really given this dwarf some massive pipes!

Thanks for looking!

--Scott

Avatars of War Plastic Slayers

I've assembled and painted the first two plastic Slayers from my Avatars of War boxed set. Check them out!









And a comp shot with a GW Dwarf Miner:



Thanks for looking!

--Scott

WFB: Taken By The Storm!

I was moving blithely through my gaming life, quite purposefully ignoring Warhammer Fantasy Battle and all of its trappings when my friend Bill suggested a thematic WFB game for Halloween.

I then decided I could cobble together a cool Dwarf army from stuff from the Battle for Skull Pass boxed set--stuff I could get in trades and cheaply from here and there. Off I went, still not thinking too much about WFB, really more focused on a cool game with friends.

Then I walked into Phantom on Sunday morning and cast my eyes on Storm of Magic, a sweet new hardcover supplement for WFB that allows you to play games with all sorts of cool new (and old!) monsters. And the book itself? Amazing! It has a spinner in it! A little device to determine which way the winds of magic are blowing each turn! A spinner! I am a sucker for cool looking books, so I snatched it up and it is very cool. There's even a chance for the Dwarves to get in on the action!




Anyway, I am now more enthused about WFB than I have been in a while. Here's a shot of some more Dwarf Miners I finished this weekend:



I want this unit at 25 strong, so I also bought the boxed set of Miners to mix in with them.

Later this week I will show off the plastic Avatars of War slayers I managed to snag. Very nice figures indeed!

Good thing I am doing a Dwarf "Monster Hunter" themed list, because with Storm of Magic, there will be plenty of monsters around to hunt!

WFB: Dwarf Miners!

The lure of easy plastic was too great, and so I have decided to work on some Dwarves for my friend Bill's Warhammer Fantasy Battle Halloween game.

I am starting with stuff I can get easily, and in some cases free! The Dwarf Miners from the older Battle for Skull Pass boxed set are nice, and several friends have them and have had no compunctions about trading them off to me. So this will be my first unit. Here are the test models.





Thanks for visiting!

--Scott