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Well, it's pic update time!

looks all very good... now i wanna see this lot based with a bit of sand and grass mix...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
looks all very good... now i wanna see this lot based with a bit of sand and grass mix...

aye, just need to get three dwarves done, then imma base the whole lot ^^
god, basecoating all those bases is gonna get boring really fast...

what was your plan for basing these again? wasteland or something more alive looking?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
what was your plan for basing these again? wasteland or something more alive looking?

the classic- stoney-gravel, patches of grass ^^
basically (no pun intended) like these:

I've also settled on an evil army for when I've finished my good army, which'll be kind of black gravel/ash.

... seems i have forgotten about seeing these already^^


and yeah! go evil... they have by large the better models anyway^^ i wanna see some big trolls^^

Yeah, my evil army's gonna be these cheerful fellas:

backed up by a bunch of trolls (including this chap):

and these guys:

hmmm.... nice concept... tho... do me a favor... make that sword of yon trolls bigger than the default ones... they look more like toothpicks...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
hmmm.... nice concept... tho... do me a favor... make that sword of yon trolls bigger than the default ones... they look more like toothpicks...

aye, I was just thinking that...
I'll have a dig around the interwebz to find a replacement if and when I get round to buying it

replacement...? plasticcard and some sanding paper and some paper clips for pinning and you are set...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
replacement...? plasticcard and some sanding paper and some paper clips for pinning and you are set...

Eh, I'll give it a go ^^

hehe^^

if you are short on money... you could use that lamination foil... get the basic shape of the swords out of cardboard and laminate it... then you can try to add it to the hilts too.... actually i have yet to try that for myself

I'm of the mindset that if something's worth doing, it's worth spending time and money on
'tis both a blessing and a curse ^^

In other news, I've picked up my last 3 rangers, and am working on converting them for cavalry.

good workings then

Merry Christmas, Shrike! Our dice arrived today.

Do you have any preferences or will I split all the colours 50/50? The ones I'm not too fussed about are the purple/blue and maybe the red too. If you were particularly interested in them I would be happy to shift the split. Either way works for me.

Merry Christmas again!

 Casey's Law wrote:
Merry Christmas, Shrike! Our dice arrived today.

Do you have any preferences or will I split all the colours 50/50? The ones I'm not too fussed about are the purple/blue and maybe the red too. If you were particularly interested in them I would be happy to shift the split. Either way works for me.

Merry Christmas again!

split 50/50 would be good
and a merry christmas to you too!

Brilliant, I'll send them off before Hogmany! Pm me your address.

Have a wonderful day!

merry merryness to you all!

 Casey's Law wrote:
Brilliant, I'll send them off before Hogmany! Pm me your address.

Have a wonderful day!

What is Hogmany

And "merry merryness" to you too, Viktor

Haha, it's New Year, which is a massive deal in Scotland.

Got it

Okay, so a bit of a text update- since christmas, I've built the models from goblin town (heading to my LGS for some spray paint tomorrow to basecoat them), and have converted Thorin- he has the option to either have a regular sword and his oak shield, or orcrist, so I logically went for the best of both and gave him orcrist and his shield
I've also taken my dwarf captain (far left):

cut off his right arm at the shoulder, and replaced it with a gondorian's, then taken the shield off one of my vault wardens, and given him it, then given the now-shieldless vault warden one of the shields my regular warriors use, so I now have a stand-out shieldbearer (formerly the captain), and a captain with a shield (formerly the vault warden). I'll post pics once I've got them painted.

when i picture dwarfs in my head i can´t see them with shields....hmmm....

sounds like a cutting edge update thats soon to be shown here


oh...and happy new years for you and your loved ones...and don´t do any nasty stuff i wouldn´t doo too

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
when i picture dwarfs in my head i can´t see them with shields....hmmm....

sounds like a cutting edge update thats soon to be shown here


oh...and happy new years for you and your loved ones...and don´t do any nasty stuff i wouldn´t doo too

you too vik ^^

I don't really like the games workshop dwarf models, too round (shields and helmet) for my image of a dwarf (all angular), but that's getting changed whenever they release the new dwarf warriors (hexagonal shields and gimli-style angular helmets). I did give my dwarves round shields, but that's because I don't have any angular shields lying around, and they're quite lightly armoured.
But yeah, pics soon


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So, pic update time! *yay!*

Looking good! I can't wait to see some of The Hobbit dwarf models (the ones from the intro of the movie would be awesome, although I don't know if they'll make them / make them yet). Although I will be holding out for the Avatars of War dwarfs

RiTides wrote:Looking good! I can't wait to see some of The Hobbit dwarf models (the ones from the intro of the movie would be awesome, although I don't know if they'll make them / make them yet). Although I will be holding out for the Avatars of War dwarfs

grimhammer dwarves (not in the film, they will probably be in the desolation of smaug next december) are probably going to come out this February, which look awesome:

but I'm more excited for whenever they release the dwarves of Erebor (with the shields and spears)- as awesome as two-handed hammers are, I do so love my phalanxes, which dwarves have gone without for far too long

seeing those round shileds of yours... they remind me strongly of the skink shields of WHFB...



which coould then help you with making more...

for angular shileds...plasticcard scratchbuilds... probably one of the easier conversions and use of PC...

Viktor von Domm wrote:seeing those round shileds of yours... they remind me strongly of the skink shields of WHFB...

which coould then help you with making more...

for angular shileds...plasticcard scratchbuilds... probably one of the easier conversions and use of PC...

aye, when they release the heavily armoured dudes, I may give them some angular shields... I would for the captain, but I kinda want him to fit in with the men he's leading, while looking more heavily armoured, so the same shield but made out of iron lined with gold rather than leather lined with iron seemed a good way to go.
and yes, the shields are actually old lizardmen shields with the iconography cut off- well spotted ^^

ha i knew it! *punches fists in the air*

and... for your information...with dwarves... i would always go more for a shield shape like this:



as dwarves are for me the dragon slayers incarnate... and this is built to reperesent a dragons scale...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
and... for your information...with dwarves... i would always go more for a shield shape like this:

as dwarves are for me the dragon slayers incarnate... and this is built to reperesent a dragons scale...

I like that... though if I want a dragonslayer, I might just go with two axes for badassery