Friday, July 30, 2010

Value priced Dwarf War Machines

If you play Dwarfs, you best come with some war machines and lots of them!

I have the latest incarnations  of the stone thrower, and some older bolt throwers but I need more!!! Today I stumbled upon ZVEZDA that makes some VERY affordable war machines that don't look half  bad. They are not quite as detailed as a GW product, but I think a few dwarf bitz here and there would do the trick nicely. The stone thrower looks very similar to the last edition Dwarf one. The bolt Thrower just needs to be chopped down so the stunties can reach.

At $15.00 for 1 Bolt thrower, a stone thower, and 3 wheeled shields (use for entrenched?) How can you go wrong?



Sunday, July 25, 2010

Dwarfs - The A-Team

In between moonlighting with Warmachine, I managed to crank out these guys. I love the rules for these guys they are my elite strike force (yeah, like these guys)

(oops, I just realized I forgot to highlight the standard bearers beard)



Monday, July 19, 2010

Saga of Karak Zuul


Once we were proud living under the mountain
Mining the earth, for gem and for ore
Once we were proud living under the mountain
crafting devices and weapons of war


All hail the Dwarfs descend form the mountain
We will Never rest till our hold is return
All hail the Dwarfs descend from Karak Zuul
We will never stop till the greenskin burn


In twenty five hundred the green-skin came
Overwhelming our home and stopping our trade
he drove us from our lands to roam the country side
A day long ago that saw many dwarfs die


All hail the Dwarfs descend form the mountain
We will Never rest till our hold is return
All hail the Dwarfs descend from Karak Zuul
We will never stop till the greenskin burn


Now we roam lands as rangers and miners
Bearing great 2 handed weapons to smite the foe
Underground advance surprises the enemy
War-machines fire, Hear the Thunderers blow!


All hail the Dwarfs descend form the mountain
We will Never rest till our hold is return
All hail the Dwarfs descend from Karak Zuul
We will never stop till the greenskin burn
Now I just need to work on getting the music written for this and get it recorded.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Dwarfs - Warriors Complete

Here's the first unit of my Core Troops! 

I shaved off all of the shield icons, to fit the icon of Karak Zuul.

Dwarf Warrior Musician carries the coolest looking instrument in the game! 

I did give the Veteran a different color cloak to make him stand out a bit. 

I trimmed all of the Anvil shaped hammers except for the veterans to make his unique. 

Nothing fancy for the warriors as far as color scheme goes. They just get standard Leather trimmed armor. Light green shirts to match the rest of the army. 

Friday, July 2, 2010

Dwarf Lord

This is one of my favorite Dwarf Miniatures. I love the pose. He is looking very stoic.

I paid more attention to the gold then I normally do, trying to get it just right. I started with a base of shining gold, followed by chestnut ink shading, followed by devlin mud wash. I highlighted with burnished gold, followed by a tiny bit of chain-mail. 
The Flesh,  I took a bit more time then usual as well. Tallaran flesh base, shaded with fleshwash, followed by Gryphone sepia. Highlights with Dwarf flesh, followed by elf flesh. 
Blond hair is Desert yellow base, gryphone sepia wash. Highlighted with bubonic brown followed by bleached bone.