700 Point Durin's Folk Dwarf Army Complete

I have finished the last 12 models for my Tale of Four LOTR Gamers challenge. This means the army is DONE! For this last batch I added a Dwarf King and more warriors and archers.



Here we have the completed army.

The army now consist of:

Dwarf King

Dwarf Captain

Dwarf Banner

9 Khazad Guard

15 Dwarves with 2 handed axes

16 Dwarves with bows

16 Dwarves with shields

This give me a solid core of a Dwarf Army and from here I can switch out a few models to make a different army. I still have several models in the collection to paint and I will be posting them as I get them done. For now, I am done painting these guys.

Dwarf Army Phase 3 Complete

The next batch is done for my Dwarf Army. There are 16 more figures and are mostly the same as the other phases. I did add the banner this time. This brings the project total to 525 points.

Dwarf Army Phase 3

Well it is nearly the middle of July (OK it is the middle) and I am just getting around to picking my next 175 points of Dwarves for our 4 gamers challenge. This batch will get me to 525 points total. I am adding a banner (which is mostly a points sink), 5 Khazad Guard, 5 Dwarves with shield and 5 Dwarves with two handed axes.

Sixteen models should be doable before the end of the month but I have got to get cracking now.

We have entered the point in the competition where it is very hard to maintain focus. Our group of competitors all suffers, to a degree, from gamer ADD. I know that Tim was the first to fail to get a monthly painting project completed and I have not seen any evidence that he is still painting. Mike seems to still be in. Jerry painted all 700 points the first month so his focus is elsewhere. To cap it off we have only played 1 game each and that was at the 175 point level. So far this month we have not played any 350 point games that count (though I did get in a game last weekend and managed to trash a new guy, oops).

I just need to keep pushing and get this batch done. I am sure the rest of the guys will still be in for the long haul. If I slip now I will just give up and I will not be the first one to drop out.

The cool thing is I will have the core troops for a Dwarf army done well in advance of the Gathering in the Desert 2012. This will allow me to try several different list ideas before the event. I am starting to feel pretty good about the army and my prospects for next year.

Next Batch of Dwarves

I just finished July's batch of Dwarves for the tale of four gamer's challenge. These guys painted fast now that I have worked out the scheme. It is good that I finished these early as I am going on vacation at the end of the month.



This gives me a few weeks without having to thing about or paint dwarves.

Durin's Folk the next 175 points

I have finally selected the next 175pts (actually 178) for our tale of four gamers challenge. My first 175pts played really well but now it is time to beef-up the numbers. I am adding 4 Khazad Guard, 6 Dwarf Bow, and 10 Dwarves with two handed axes. This will give me a 347 point army with 31 figures and 10 bow. I think it will do well in the next round.


On an unrelated side note, I spent last weekend repainting the office/hobby room and I cleaned off my paint desk. Here is a picture for proof.

175 Pt. Durin's Folk

OK! I just made it! Tomorrow the first 175 points is due to be painted. I have it on good authority that some participants in our tale of four gamers have already painted all 700 points. This means that I have to get all these done on time.

What happened to Tom's FoW army you ask? (Shhh) I am making progress and I am hoping he does not notice this little distraction.

Now I just need to pick out the next 175 points to paint. I figure I have a few days to work that out. A soon as I know I will post the next batch. Now I get to see how these guys do in our 175 point games.

A Tale of Four Lord of the Rings Gamers

My friend Tim has conned a few of us to join in a LOTR army building challenge based on the White Dwarf article from many years ago. Basically, we are building 700 point LOTR armies in 175 point increments. There will be some kind of scoring and maybe some one will get some food and beer. I am a little fuzzy on the whole thing but I decided to jump in anyway. If you are really interested in all the rules check out Tim's original post on his blog. Now I should have done my introduction last week I guess, so I am hoping I don't loose points for that.

Anywho, the army I will be building is a 700 point Durin's Folk army. This is a generic Dwarf army that will have lots of models - 59 to be exact. The first 175 points (actually 169) consists of the following:

Dwarf Captain with shield and throwing axes

7 Dwarf warriors with shields

4 Dwarf warriors with bow

Twelve models - not bad. I have until June 1 to paint these models. Ordinarily, that would not be an issue but I have a problem. Technically, this army does not belong to me yet. You see, I got this in trade for painting Tom's FoW late war Germans...which I have not yet finished. This means that I cannot start on this project (in good faith) until I finish the FoW project. This is a problem.

The answer is simple, I just need to finish Tom's army. OK, easy. This means that I may be a couple weeks behind the other guys but I will not fail. Stay tuned...