Dwarf Army - for BOYL, TOW and beyond - progress reports

[Brother Meredith]

Thought I would set up a thread to record my progress and plans for my Dwarf army that is slowly coming together.

What started as a New Years self-imposed challenge to paint up my old Regiment of Renowned Bugman's Rangers box set (see here), has escalated as I started picking up some Troll Slayers and a few other units to build on the small collection of Stunties I had retrieved from storage.

Have subsequently joined an The Old World campaign at a local gaming venue (shout out to Powder Monkey Gaming) and will be taking part in a couple of 3rd Ed games at BOYL.

Here are my army lists for BOYL:

Mercenary List (p.150)
Unit	Weapons/Extra	Unit Number	Unit Pts	Unit Extras	Ext Pts	Total
Dwarf mercenary commander (Bugman)	Shield	1​	171​	magic weapon with mighty strike	30​	201​
Cannon	3 crew	1​	69​	light armour	6​	75​
Mercenary Warriors	Double-Handed Weapon	11​	12​	musician	22​	154​
Mercenary Warriors (Bugman's)	crossbows	12​	14​	standard bearer & musician, champion	146​	314​
				Total Points		744​
				Points to add		-26​

Army List (p.100)
Unit	Weapons/Extra	Unit Number	Unit Pts	Magic/Unit Extras	Ext Pts	Total
Dwarf mercenary commander (Bugman) lvl.10	Shield, light armour, crossbow	1​	93​	magic weapon with mighty strike	30​	123​
Wizard - Spell Smith (lvl.5)	Elemental Spells	1​	78​	1x magic scroll (x3 level 1 Elemental Spells)	25​	103​
Cannon	3 crew, hand weapons	1​	69​	light armour	6​	75​
Dwarf Warriors	Double-Handed Weapon	6​	12​			72​
Dwarf Crossbowman (Bugman's)	Crossbows, shields, double-handed	11​	16​	*skirmishers*		176​
				Total Points		549​
				Points to add		-49​

This is my painting plans for the new few weeks (have included the Skeletons for @Fimm McCool Maisontaal board as need to consider):

To Paint	Unit#	prep wk	clean	base	prime	paint wk	Paint Progress
Cannon + crew	1 (+ 3)	1​	done	done	done	1	done
Wizard - Spell Smith (lvl.5)	1​	1​	done	done	done	2	done
Mercenary Warriors	11​	1​	done	done	done	2 & 3	done
Skeletons for La Maisontaal	19​	1​	done	done	done	stretch 4

 

[Brother Meredith]

Here is the cannon:

 

[Brother Meredith]

The Dwarf Warriors (Old School Miniatures latest Kick Starter) primed and ready for painting.

 

[Brother Meredith]

The Wizard is awaiting a special base to better fit him as a Rune Priest for TOW and post-3rd Ed games.

 

[Brother Meredith]

The Slayers and remaining chaps!

These are for the larger TOW army campaign project.

 

[Fimm McCool]

Painting to a deadline is the way!
BOYL, as always, has now crept scarily close!

 

[Brother Meredith]

I know! Am away on holiday the week before too… Trying not to put myself under too much pressure and afraid the skeletons are a “stretch goal”, but they should be relatively basic to knock out (any tips for the shield designs much appreciated!!).

 

[Fimm McCool]

Flat colour or arcane armorials?

 

[Brother Meredith]

Didn’t want them to look too out of place against yours.
https://forum.oldhammer.org/threads/fimms-painted-models.25713/post-133147

 

[Fimm McCool]

They can be different. A different unit can have different markings.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Ok, maybe a different suit of playing cards?

 

[ManicMan]

Roses? I think Swords would be a bit tricky with that curved blade but depends on skill level ^_^
(erm.. research origin of playing card suits. The French deck which is mostly used these days (with the Pikes mostly referred to as Spades), come from the German Leaves (with the Swiss-German version being Roses.. the Leaves are too much like the Spades though), which was a replacement for the Latin Swords. Through the Latin suits come from (or believe to come back) the Chinese but the one is a pain.

Just wondered as that way it's the same suit (being the 'Spade' family) but a different one as it's based on a different older deck.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Like you train of thought, but was going for a more obvious alternative suit from the French style!

 

[Fimm McCool]

I like the look of hearts on an 'evil' model, they feel suitably medieval.

 

[Brother Meredith]

I like the look of hearts on an 'evil' model, they feel suitably medieval.

That’s my thinking too.

 

[Brother Meredith]

The oathstone for my Runesmith / Elemental Wizard arrived, so have prepared him for painting.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Started getting some paint down.

I like to do metallics first as they are easier to cover up mistakes at this stage. The army are Imperial Dwarfs from Wissenland so will echo their human compatriots uniforms of white and grey with red accents (the feathers!), but ties back with the Bugman’s rangers with the blue bisect.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Dwarf v Dwarf battle in the TOW campaign yesterday day afternoon, the dice gods were in my favour to start with as my opponent had some bad rolls and I had some exceptional good ones. However my lack of tactical nouse saw my Slayers almost completely slayed before they got into combat, Bugman's rangers were picked off by cannon fire despite their armour and cover and my flame cannon was also destroyed…

 

[Fimm McCool]

Tabletop action! For all I have no interest in Old World as a game system (we have several living versions after all! ) I do like the more spaced out unit on their 20mm bases. You can appreciate the figures more and it looks less likely to chip the paint!

 

[Brother Meredith]

Understand the concern about editions, I am taking minimal buy-in on the rules (relying on a free online listing builder and rules summary, quick guides and the patience of my opponents when asking naive questions about the rules!

The base size does look better, I hope will not cause too much offence to anyone at BOYL if using these movement trays for my minis…