Master Engineer [WIP]

In all the years I have been playing Dwarfs, this is one hero that I have never actually had a painted model for, or even used.  I honestly don't know why I haven't.

I have had this model since he came out, back in 7th Ed I think.  I am now going through my boxes, and decided I need at least one Master Engineer, as they seem to have some good use.

Metal Ironbreakers Second rank complete

The next rank of five old metal Ironbreakers have been completed.

These guys have been done for a while, just ran out of superglue to finish the bases.  Got them fully sorted over the weekend.

[Dwarfs] Metal Ironbreakers, second rank.

Back again!  And more beards!

A cheeky Bank Holiday off, decided to get those five Ironbreakers sat on my desk sorted.  Start to finish, took me from 2pm to about 11pm (including breaks, food and a few distractions).  I have the blue trim to do on the bottom, which I'll do with the shields so its all together, and a few minor details on the minis.

First Ironbreakers done.

These guys have taken me some time to finally get painted.  But I am quite happy with the overall result.

Um... hi. I'm back again.

*Blows Dust off blog*

Hi there.  It has been a very long time since I have used this thing.  I did have plans of using a wordpress blog, but it does not get anyway near the traffic that Blogger does.  It was being used (and still will be) for more roleplaying stuff.

I have updated some stuff there, which I didn't include on here.  That being a second Grey Hunter pack and a Rune Priest were completed.  See below..

A decade of Beards and Ale

My current dwarf army

As you might have guessed from the multitude of posts with them in, I am a dwarf player.  I have been one just just over a decade, they were my very first army and introduction into the Warhammer hobby.  I am looking to expand my army this year, but I thought I'd have a look back at why I started them and where I intend to go from here.  So if you dislike ale and beards (GODS FORBID IT!), you might not like to read on.

Display time!

I have finally got my display cabinet sorted!  It has only been about three months, but finally I can get the dwarfs out for display.  This is all the dwarfs I have painted and based for the new look dwarf army.  I have also put on the top shelf the random minis I have painted and have with me (there are still some at the parents or need some repainting).

Slayer finished, and ended auctions

So, finally, the slayer is done.  I had a ball of a time painting him up, and he made me remember that I love to paint dwarfs and I think I'm quite good at it!  This guy was also a reminder to try new stuff - the tattoos and the banner for example - and only with practise will I improve.

Dwarf Slayer nearly there

Right, been a little while but I have slowly been working on this slayer.  I was going to avoid tattoos, but then I figured that a slayer without isn't just a slayer.  So, I added some simple designs.  I need to do freehand to improve upon it.  I might revisit it before the mini is done.  Just the base left now.

Dwarf Slayer WIP

Tonight I started on the slayer for the dwarf contest being held on Librarium Online.  I haven't painted such a lot of flesh for some time, so I was practising painting some skin and working on my blending/highlighting.  The hair was blocked in to show where it all is and work around it.  So here he is when the flesh was started.

The end of the Dwarfs... for now

As per my last post I have recenly moved from a small flat with the girlfriend to a huge three bedroom house.  I was excited to have a gaming room all to myself to paint in and such but due to issues we still haven't gotten around to unpacking and sorting that out just yet.  I'm looking forward to it, but have decided that I am more likely to paint downstairs so that room will be out gaming room.  Oh yes, our.  We have a sofa up there and will be looking for a table big enough to support a gaming board.  The girl friend and I do like playing boardgames (myself more than her) and so having somewhere I can go out of the way to play them, is awesome.  But it also means that I'm looking to get a gaming table, and thus terrain.  This would be one of my first tables I will have.  Looking forward to that project.  And cupboards to display the armies, not hidden away. :D

But what does this have to do with the Dwarfs?  I realised I had these ten left over from before the move and rather than just jump onto a new project, I might as well finish them.  Turns out, it didn't take long.  So, with these ten my dwarf army is at 2500pts.  I am not amazingly happy with the list, so will still be adding models and units to expand it, but it is a decent start.

I have another project lined up, but next week I am off to France for a week with the girl friend, so maybe the week after you'll see pictures.  Watch out for twitter and here!  But for now, the dwarfs are done.

[WHFB] Warrior unit finished

It has taken some time but the unit of warriors is finally done.  I have just the quarrellers to paint up and the army is basically done'.  The last ten models are OK but I rushed them and on close detail I am not fully happy.  The unit on the whole I am very happy with.  Now, here some pictures...

Unit Filler Completed

The unit filler for my latest warrior unit has been finished, based and added to the unit.  And out of the few I have made, it is my favourite...

Reading, now with more grudges!

And here are the grudges....

The picture isn't amazingly clear and makes some of the runes look very smudged.  I admit they are not really sharp and clear, I will try to get a better picture when it is complete.  The runes I am kind of happy with overall, my freehand has gotten a little better but I think this was done to the brush not keeping it's point all the time.  I added the bookmark to break up the page's colour - it says 'grudge' down it.

The runes themselves say:  (Left page) 'Borak made fun of our beard'  (Right page) 'Jim looked at my Rinn and winked'

(Rinn is a dwarf Queen or royalty)  So, enjoy. ;)

The names are from members on Librarium-online.com

Beards, fillers and guns.

Progress on the unit filler has been made, the two occupants are mostly painted.  


And I also give some brief thoughts on the 6th edition rumours.

Dwarf warrior Unit filler WIP

So, I got started on these fellas today.  The skin and beards are done.

The first guy I went for a white look but came unstuck and in this picture it looks like a crappy white with no shading.  It is a bit better in person but the layers were perhaps a little too strong for the highlights to look right.  I am hoping it'll bed down when the rest of the colours are added.











This guy his beard turned out well.  He's looking good.  Still got a way to go though.

Dwarf unit filler conversion

A work in Progress shot of the unit filler to be used for my warrior block.  Taking inspiration from good ol' dwarf fluff backgrounds I have gone with the Dammaz Kron.

Warrior unit half way done.

The unit is half completed, and no I don't know why I gave that one dude a single glove.  Th thing that is hard to see is the addition of a little bit of static grass on the bases.  I had previous comments about the bases looking too plain and I agree.  This added a nice little detail to them.

Next up will be the unit filler, I had an idea of a couple of racks of weapons being inspected.  As pile of weapons didn't seem dwarven enough.

Dwarf Warrior flagstone bases

OK, so I have now gotten a smart phone I have started uploading more pictures quickly.  You can see them on twitter (@kuffeh) but here is the latest, and hopefully tomorrow I'll have a group shot of the painted unit so far.  Below is the 30 bases for the dwarf unit, tomorrow I'll have sixteen dwarfs on bases ready to go!

More dwarf warriors painted.

Started on the next 30 man block of dwarf warriors...