Chaos Dwarf Ass Cannon

Chaos Dwarf Demon Cannon

No Chaos Dwarf Army is complete without the ass cannon. This one is from Old School Miniatures. It's a nice chunky model and really fun to paint.

I thought I would place the demon cannon in a a pentacle as though it had been summoned and bound. I made the pentagram from a piece of thin card and engraved the lines and symbols on it. Then painted over it to try and make it look like it is glowing. If I did it again I would probably make this from xps foam , or maybe 3d print it. And maybe add some glow on the demon and crew too.

The only thing I didn't like about the original model was the horns on the demons head. So I added larger horns from a Khorne Bloodthirster to it. It took a lot of cutting, sawing and filing to get it to fit. I also extended the handles on the the crews equipment (and what tools they are! Sink plunger and a fist!) and added a few crates and cannon balls.

I'm not sure if this is an amalgamation or melding of a demon and a cannon so they become one. Or have the Chaos Dwarfs inserted a cannon into a demon somehow? Probably not best to think about it too much.

And some work in progress shots and close ups:

Norse Army List Warhammer 3rd Edition

 

Norse Army list for WFB 3rd edition

My aim was to use the Norse army list printed in White Dwarf 107 and fix the errors, add a few missing units (such as mammoths , ogres and Norse barbarians) and make a coherent, balanced list. I wanted it to be representative of models and themes in WFB 3rd ed.

It includes Huscarls, Bondsmen, Bondsmen Archers, Berserkers, Thralls, Tribesmen, Norse Barbarians, Bondsdwarfs, Norse dwarf Longbeards, Troll Slayers, Giant Slayers, Ulfwerenar, Ulfjarls, Jotunns, Norse Hunters, Norse War Mammoths, Norse Dwarf Bolt Throwers.

WFB 3rd is low key, there are not many extravagant, powerful, high-fantasy units. Units are smaller, and specialist units are rarer. I wanted this to fit in with the other army lists in warhammer armies 3rd edition book.

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Preview image below of the pages - use the link above to download the full size PDF for free.

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Throg's Hobgoblin Despoilers

Here is the Regiment of Renown - Throg's Hobgoblin Despoilers

While painting the unit I started to think up a backstory for them (does anyone else do that while they paint?). I always found the champion, Grunmunter the Beast, quite unusual. I imagine that he had killed a sorcerer of Tzeentch and looted the armour and mask. This is slowly warping his body and mind, hence the nickname The Beast. Throg is either a scouting force sent out by the great Khan, or an outcast that has fled the lands of the Khan. At some point they turned mercenary, and although they originally rode wolves, their mounts have long since died (and been subsequently eaten). Their wolf skin cloaks are all that remains of their beloved wolf mounts.

You can read more about the original Throgg's Hobgoblin Despoilers here:

http://www.solegends.com/citrr/1rr15throggs/index.htm

I went for an eastern or Mongol theme to their clothes and colours. For the mono-pose cloned troopers, I added some green stuff to their helmets and shields. On some I added fur around the rim of their helmets, or I added a plume of hair, or a spike. And on the shields I added some shield bosses or studs to make them look more like Mongol shields. The shirts are all a light grey linen colour, and the wolf cloaks have a little colour variation in them.

The banner I made the design in photoshop, then printed it on paper, and then I did some weathering afterwards. The Chinese characters 黒龍 say Black Dragon. It's not quite what the Mongol's would have had, its not like I'm not trying to be historically accurate, but the style is eastern and something different to the other banners I have in my collection.

Hill Giant

This is a few firsts for me; it’s the first true print I’ve done on my 3D printer, first time painting a resin print, and first time trying out blending flesh tones and on such a large model.

 

 

 

The hill giant stl model comes from loot studios. Below you can see work in progress.

 

 

 

I'm quite pleased with how it came out. I like the sculpt, he has a real solid weighty feel to him, unlike some other skinny giants I've seen. And doesn't have big comic feet.

It will be added to my warhammer 3rd edition orc and goblin army, or Norse army.