Thursday, November 20, 2008

Army list

Dwarf Lord on shieldbearers, gw, RoStone, handgun
A cheap lord that can still take a beating and give one back. The handgun is there because he's a swashbuckling privateer captain, and the cool AoW mini I'm going to use for him is modelled with one.

Thane BSB w/ MRoGromril
A staple in any dwarf army in my opinion. Also, it gives a good modelling centerpiece for a dwarfified Jolly Roger

18 Longbeards w/ sh, fc
19 Longbeards w/ sh, fc
20 Longbeards w/ sh, fc
This army list from the beginning has been based around war machines. It will live and die by the cannon. Therefore, it needs a stout defense from its mainline troops. Being immune to panic, these guys will stick around.

10 Warriors w/ gw
10 Warriors w/ gw
I'm pretty sure my detachment strategy with these guys will not work. Dwarfs are simply too slow. It only rarely works when you have an Anvil, and I don't have an Anvil. I should also probably have Hammerers to hold the enemy in place instead of Longbeards, but I don't have Hammerers (cause the cannons take up the Specials).

10 Warriors w/ sh
I haven't tried this unit out myself, but am intrigued and have heard good things about it. For 90 points I have a LD9 AS3+ unit that can take stand up Fast Cav and other flankers. Of course, if I don't position them right Fast Cav can just run around them. But if they are ignored, then they get me a 100 point Table Quarter and earn their points back just for taking a walk.

10 Thunderers
10 Quarrelers
The standard in Dwarf small-arms support units. The Thunderers just come standard in a piratey themed army, and the quarrelers are in my opinion a better all-around unit (3 points cheaper and longer range).

Cannon w/ RoBurning, engineer
Cannon, engineer
Cannon, engineer
Cannon, engineer
DOW Cannon
The meat of the army. This was actually inspired by an army Ed Maule put together with Empire bringing 4 Great Cannons and 2 STanks. Of course, 4 D6 and 2 D3 cannons are better than 5 D3s, but I do have engineers and a flaming cannon to help make up a little of the difference.

Gyrocopter
The army list originally had two DOW cannons to more closely mimic the Maule version. However, once I started thinking the army through modelling-wise I decided to go with a Gyrocopter. Besides, it also gives me mobility on the battlefield.

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