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So I'm thinking about going back to my old army, the dwarfs. Here's my first bash at a list with the new book:

Dwarf Lord, Rune of Fury, Rune of Swiftness, Rune of Cleaving, Shield, Rune of Stone

Runesmith, 2x Rune of Spellbreaking, Shield, Rune of Stone

Thane, BSB Master Rune of Gromril,

19 Warriors, Shields, FC

19 Longbeards, Shields, FC, Rune of Battle, Rune of Stoicism

19 Warriors, GW, FC

10 Thunderers, Shields

10 Quarellers, Shields

Cannon, Rune of Forging, Rune of Fire

Organ Gun

Gyrocopter

10 Miners, Musician, Champion, Steam Drill

1998

Whatcha reckon?

A good standard all-around list.

There are just a few tweaks.

Because you took a lord, you can field one unit of warriors and two units of long beards.

Option 1:

I would also drop the miners, Miners are at there best when you use an anvil or just drop the miner's champion. Too many points not worth it.

I would trade out the 2nd unit of warriors and take a unit of hammerers instead. Much better deal, with the lord.

Bump the Quarrellers & Thunderers up to 12

Option 2:

Drop the miners and Upgrade the GW Warriors to Longbeards w/ hand weapons.

Other Options:

Downgrade your Lord to a Thane and pick up a Master Engineer to use with your Cannon.

Drop the Organ Gun and take two Bolt Throwers.

Drop the Miners and replace with a Unit of Slayers.

Thanks for the input, some interesting points raised.

I see that hammerers are a great unit, unfortunately they have pricey, and rubbish, models, so they're unlikely at the moment, unless I can come up with a good conversion idea for them, I'll have a think on that. I need to find a good source of plastic hammers...

I love the miner models, so I think they're in. The champion was there in order to get the re-roll to when they turn up, I thought 35pts was ok for that, but maybe too much.

I do have some of long drongs slayer pirates laying about though, so I'll consider a unit of slayers. Are they really that much better than miners though? I used to run some back in the old book, and they always got shot to crap.

I might downgrade my lord to a thane to save points, and implement some of the options you suggested, but only if I don't get some hammerers of course!

Edit: For the loss of the miner's champion and musician, plus the rune of burning from the cannon I can upgrade the GW warriors to hammerers, sound like a plan?

Edit 2: I'll just stick hammers off warrior hand weapons on great weapons for hammerers, that was easy...

Greebynog wrote:Thanks for the input, some interesting points raised.
I see that hammerers are a great unit, unfortunately they have pricey, and rubbish, models, so they're unlikely at the moment, unless I can come up with a good conversion idea for them, I'll have a think on that. I need to find a good source of plastic hammers...

You know, everyone says that but I have 25 of the buggers full painted with shields and I can't help but love them alot.

I love the miner models, so I think they're in. The champion was there in order to get the re-roll to when they turn up, I thought 35pts was ok for that, but maybe too much.

I do have some of long drongs slayer pirates laying about though, so I'll consider a unit of slayers. Are they really that much better than miners though? I used to run some back in the old book, and they always got shot to crap.

Oh Man, Long Drong Slayer Pirates are a great choice if you have them. They are a popular choice for a lot of dwarf players.

I might downgrade my lord to a thane to save points, and implement some of the options you suggested, but only if I don't get some hammerers of course!

Edit: For the loss of the miner's champion and musician, plus the rune of burning from the cannon I can upgrade the GW warriors to hammerers, sound like a plan?

Edit 2: I'll just stick hammers off warrior hand weapons on great weapons for hammerers, that was easy..

That will work too!