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Post by jamesacon on Jul 21, 2022 6:51:46 GMT
Hey all, I have nearly completed building up my empire stuff and now thinking of building my dwarfs. I hope that I got the rune combinations right, I never played dwarfs before. I don't want to take war machines and the standard gunline units. I am taking the fight to the enemy! Interested to see what you all think. ++ Standard (Dwarfs - Army Book (2014-2) -V8.8.0.) [2,499pts] +++ Uncategorised +- Army Size: Army (0-2999 points) + Heroes +Grim Burloksson [165pts]Grim will go with the iron drakes. Runesmith [93pts]: Shield . Ancestral Heirlooms and Runes: Rune of Spellbreaking (1st rune), Rune of Stone This rune Smith will be with the long beards. Runesmith [103pts]: Shield . Ancestral Heirlooms and Runes: Master Rune of Passage, Rune of Spellbreaking (1st rune), Rune of Stone My general will be with the hammerers. Thane [223pts]: Shield . Battle Standard Bearer: Master Rune of Grugni, Rune of Stoicism, Strollaz' Rune The thane will be with the iron drakes, to give them stubborn and vanguard. + Core +Longbeards [625pts]. Champion . 40x Longbeard: 40x Great Weapons . Musician . Standard Bearer: Strollaz' Rune + Special +Gyrocopter [100pts]: Steam Gun, Vanguard Gyrocopter [100pts]: Steam Gun, Vanguard Gyrocopter [80pts]: Steam Gun Hammerers [520pts]: 30x Hammerer . Champion . Musician . Standard Bearer: Rune of Slowness (1st rune), Strollaz' Rune + Rare +Gyrobomber [125pts]Irondrakes [365pts]: 19x Irondrake . Champion: Brace of Drakefire Pistols . Musician . Standard Bearer: Rune of Slowness (1st rune), Rune of Slowness (2nd rune) ++ Total: [2,499pts] ++Some thoughts, I could put a runesmith with the iron drakes, but a bit concerned that would be too many eggs in one basket. Anyway I look forward to other opinions
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Post by 1plussave on Jul 21, 2022 13:51:13 GMT
Scouting rangers: the real Strollaz is to get there during deployment.
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Post by jamesacon on Jul 21, 2022 21:40:09 GMT
Scouting rangers: the real Strollaz is to get there during deployment. They would be nice, but I do not have the models. I can find handgunners but not crossbows. And I have not found a good alternative.
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Post by Buxe on Jul 22, 2022 7:05:39 GMT
I like your list!
Like 1plussave says, some scouting rangers would be perfect, but you would have to sacrifice something else. Maybe add the rangers when you are expanding up to 3000p. ?
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Post by knoffles on Jul 22, 2022 16:11:04 GMT
Scouting rangers: the real Strollaz is to get there during deployment. They would be nice, but I do not have the models. I can find handgunners but not crossbows. And I have not found a good alternative. Have a look at Avatars of War they do a unit of 20 dwarf rangers. avatars-of-war.com/sh/en/plastic-regiments/158-dwarf-rangers-regiment.html They are a sod to rank up but look great and in a strollaz list you ideally want at least 2 units of rangers. I was caught out a number of times with my opponent winning the vanguard roll and basically blocking my army from effectively vanguarding due to his fast Cav sitting in the middle of the board. Scouts prevent that and 2 units of them can pretty much block the whole board of enemy vanguard (or mess with their deployment if they don’t have it).
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Post by jamesacon on Jul 22, 2022 23:23:46 GMT
They would be nice, but I do not have the models. I can find handgunners but not crossbows. And I have not found a good alternative. Have a look at Avatars of War they do a unit of 20 dwarf rangers. avatars-of-war.com/sh/en/plastic-regiments/158-dwarf-rangers-regiment.html They are a sod to rank up but look great and in a strollaz list you ideally want at least 2 units of rangers. I was caught out a number of times with my opponent winning the vanguard roll and basically blocking my army from effectively vanguarding due to his fast Cav sitting in the middle of the board. Scouts prevent that and 2 units of them can pretty much block the whole board of enemy vanguard (or mess with their deployment if they don’t have it). Thanks knoffles, will check it out! I ended up buying 20! Thanks for that haha. You don't happen to know where I could find some miners?
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Post by jamesacon on Jul 23, 2022 0:00:54 GMT
Is this better?
++ Standard (Dwarfs - Army Book (2014-2) -V8.8.0.) [2,494pts] ++
+ Uncategorised +
- Army Size: Army (0-2999 points)
+ Heroes +
Grim Burloksson [165pts]
Runesmith [93pts]: Shield . Ancestral Heirlooms and Runes: Rune of Spellbreaking (1st rune), Rune of Stone
Runesmith [103pts]: Shield . Ancestral Heirlooms and Runes: Master Rune of Passage, Rune of Spellbreaking (1st rune), Rune of Stone
Thane [223pts]: Shield . Battle Standard Bearer: Master Rune of Grugni, Rune of Stoicism, Strollaz' Rune
+ Core +
Longbeards [625pts] . Champion . 40x Longbeard: 40x Great Weapons . Musician . Standard Bearer: Strollaz' Rune
+ Special +
Gyrocopter [100pts]: Steam Gun, Vanguard
Gyrocopter [80pts]: Steam Gun
Gyrocopter [80pts]: Steam Gun
Hammerers [520pts]: 30x Hammerer . Champion . Musician . Standard Bearer: Rune of Slowness (1st rune), Strollaz' Rune
+ Rare +
Irondrakes [365pts]: 19x Irondrake . Champion: Brace of Drakefire Pistols . Musician . Standard Bearer: Rune of Slowness (1st rune), Rune of Slowness (2nd rune)
Rangers [70pts]: 5x Ranger
Rangers [70pts]: 5x Ranger
++ Total: [2,494pts] ++
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Post by 1plussave on Jul 23, 2022 1:04:38 GMT
You know what? I was thinking something stupid like a block of 20 or 2 blocks of 10 for overwhelming backlines with dwarfs, but 2 units of 5 to just be a pain in the ass is actually pretty decent.
Granted dropping the Irondrakes and having 2 units of 20 to box in somebody would probably be totally worth.
Though Knoffles point about the Scout countering Vanguard is something that just works so well and I didn't consider in this list; it takes away a very real counter to your preferred trick.
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Post by knoffles on Jul 25, 2022 5:08:34 GMT
jamesacon not sure on the miners but I’ve also not looked to be fair.
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Post by oldmandan on Aug 14, 2022 4:47:28 GMT
Two units of 10 Iron drakes would be better for the firepower. Other than that getting rangers in there was the right thing, all the best. Check Ebay for miners just type in Warhammer Dwarfs and see what comes up.
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Post by oldmandan on Aug 14, 2022 4:51:27 GMT
225052069052 type that in on ebay its a full unit of miners get it quick.
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Post by thorpyuk on Aug 15, 2022 14:34:30 GMT
That looks like a pretty strong list tbf. 2 units of 10 Irondrakes would be nice, but then that means you need another standard with Strollaz. The point of Strollaz is to get as much of your force as fast up the board as you can scamper! Depending on if you're fighting Elves, i'd switch the Hammerers for Ironbreakers, where the str 4 + the runesmiths forgefire will be more than enough to wound/kill, giving you the huge 3+/5++ saving throws against all the incoming missile fire
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Post by Sweet_Totally on Sept 14, 2022 18:10:40 GMT
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Post by Buxe on Sept 15, 2022 12:15:49 GMT
Those miners look great!
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Post by knoffles on Sept 16, 2022 18:27:22 GMT
These are some printed examples of the Highland mini’s miners. STL files but you can normally pick them up, printed, from Etsy or eBay sellers
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