They are currently part of the warband of Caramon the Rabid. The red, orange, and yellow was a nice change from all of the green and brown I've been using. I'd like to collect enough for a 'legal' unit of ten models. Of course, Chaos Dwarfs were not allowed crossbows in the army book, but outfitting them at +3 points each should suffice as they cost exactly the same as 'normal' dwarfs. I realize it is also completely unnecessary to be concerned about what is 'legal' in Oldhammer, but the disclaimer is for those who are new to the movement, may have just stumbled onto this post, and think it's madness to ignore the army lists! And yes, Chaos Dwarfs ARE allowed crossbows on the Realm of Chaos retinue table:
31-35 2D4 CHAOS DWARFS
These dwarfs have the standard profile given in WFB (page 213). All special rules apply. Dwarfs are armed with light armour, a shield, and a hand weapon, and may have a spear of crossbow if desired.
Ok, these guys have heavy armour and no shields, but the save is the same.
Things will be more scattershot than usual on the blog as I have three or four projects going at once - coming up are more undead, lots of different warband stuff, robots, jokaero, genestealers, Ultramarines, and maybe even some Bretonnians...
Nice :)
ReplyDeleteClarence these look awesome! I've right clicked to magnify them about three times now. Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI would obviously love to see more chaos, but look forward to all upcoming projects. ;)
Thanks! There are some more Beastmen, Chaos Dwarf Berserkers, and a Chimera on the horizon, plus I will be starting to fill in some warbands with other criters like Skaven and Dark Elves! Bouncing around between genres has really kept everything fresh and stopped me from burnout or I would have been on to Napoleonics or Vikings or Colonial Africa or... you get the picture...
DeleteLOL Totally understand that point. ;)
DeleteLegal-smegal. If you like it and your opponents are OK with it then what else matters? Lovely brushwork regardless...
ReplyDeleteGorgeous painting as always from you. Those colour tones really help bring these rather strange models to life. There were published rules for these figures and there appeared in White Dwarf 108. Here is the link....
ReplyDeletehttp://realmofchaos80s.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/acceptable-in-80s-chaos-dwarf-ballistics.html
Thanks for that! I didn't remember crossbowmen were included in that article.
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