Wednesday, 29 April 2015

The Throng Song



With  the Caley Carnage doubles tournament looming I decided it'd be a perfect opportunity to paint up the new Runelord clampack. Have to say it was a lovely model to paint and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.



I have a big mix of old and new models in my Throng and I'd like the doubles tournament to be the first time my whole force is made up of the new models. Recently, at the Fall of the Old World tournament, I was able to put 3000pts of older, mainly Maruader, models on the table which I was really chuffed about. It was a bit of a slog to get it done as I had to paint 40-odd Dwarfs in three weeks but I'm glad I did it.






I was even happier that I decided to take a no warmachine Strollaz list to the tournie, as a big middle finger to the End Times madness. I had a great time with the list and won 2/3, only coming unstuck 8-12 versus dull, dull Malekith.





To be honest I think if folk aren't having fun playing Dwarfs then they're doing it wrong, you can even have a magic phase now with Ungrim!  Or alternatively you just wait for a comp pack, like the Scottish Open, to come along that allows you add a sprinkle of Tetto'Eko! I forsee more strollaz lists in my future, they're fun to play and it'll be interesting to see how competitive they can be.






I've got another new Gyro to paint for Caley Carnage and after that I think the dwarfs will be off the painting table for a bit since I appear to have decided to paint a new army from scratch for the ETC.

Here's some more pics of the Throng.




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3 comments:

  1. Unknown29 April 2015 at 14:18

    I love that the paragraph about fun with dwarfs refers to two different ways of putting magic into the list which aren't options under most restrictions. That said I agree dwarfs can be fun, I've still not pulled mine out under the new book and think I would want more gyros before I considered it.

    Also you're slayers weird me out, the dark hair just seems so odd after years of bright orange in every army!

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  2. usuallysuspect29 April 2015 at 15:06

    Hahaha yeah, I went a little different with my slayers!

    Also my point about getting magic in the list may have just been a little tongue in cheek Dave ;) Though you can have the Anvil if you're really desperate. Still gutted that Runesmiths didn't come with bound spells a la warrior priests, would have added so much more flavour.

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  3. 24_Cigarettes29 April 2015 at 15:58

    Wonderous army photos, sound tactics and a healthy respect for vintage figures?
    Outstanding Sir.
    I especially liked the bit about a middle finger to the end times madness, it seems GW with use the fall of 8th edition as their excuse to release as many kits as possible.
    Evil, evil GW.
    Nice to see the pendulum swing the other way with your army. Your basing technique is quite nice as well.

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