So we are fast approaching TMAT GT15 and... no posts?
Yeah, life has been a little crazy, but that doesn't mean the pre-tournament hobbying flurry has been lacking. Due to scheduling, we had a very narrow window of availability for this year's GT and so the tournament got pushed up earlier - cramming the hobbying window to a fairly uncomfortable size. But there is nothing quite like a time crunch to amp up the motivation burner, so yet again I dove into the pile of plastic and metal to bring up a whole-new army for tournament from the halls of Erebor.
For any of our long-time readers, you know that Tiberius is a longtime lover of Dwarves, and has written multiple tactica posts on the civ. Centaur also had dabbled with the longbeards, but up till now I have shied away from the civ. They just don't really fit my playstyle - slow movement, no support, etc. However I do love Dwalin and have been sitting on all three versions of the model and been dying to field him. . . I've also picked up a few stray dwarves here and there due to the "really cool model" effect. So for GT15 I decided to put them off the project pile and throw together an army that Dwalin can take into battle.
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and how can you not want an army that looks like this? |
I absolutely love the armor of the Erebor dwarves. Although not such a fan of the disheveled look of GW's Erebor warriors set. So I dug out a few boxes of Grim hammers and set to work hacking down some Warhammer bits to size. Unfortunately I didn't think to take WIP shots during the conversion stage. Today's post is just a fast down-and-dirty on progress as I still have a loooot of work to do and things are coming down to the wire (just taking a break while glue and modeling clay dries). So far only have the rough basecoats on. . . still needing to get through washes and highlights, but you get the general idea.
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Dwarf Warriors with Bow (and occasionally dwarven dagger) |
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Dwarf Warriors with Shield on the Left, actual Grim hammers on the Right. |
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Warriors of Erebor with Spears and Shields |
And just to round out the rest of the list...
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Balin, Son of Fundin and his younger brother Dwalin |
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Dwarf Shieldbearer conversion (from old metal Dwarf warrior) |
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Khazad Guard: Ready to give their lives in defense of the king! |
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Iron Guard - because what's not to like about twin attacks and throwing weapons? |
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and the other project on the table - a display board for the army. I don't think
this one is going to make it in time for the GT, but it should look nice on the shelf, yes? |
Back to the crafting tables we go...
-Z
Du Bekar!
ReplyDeleteDWARVES!!! Nice conversions from Grim Hammers Z!
ReplyDeleteSweet conversions mate - looking forward to seeing them in the tourney (because let's face it: we basically always get paired at tournaments, :P )!
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