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Bring on the Big Hats


AdHocGames

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Firstly, a little tale...

Way, way back in the distant past, i was thirteen, a Tale of Four Gamers was running for the first time in White Dwarf and myself and a friend decided we'd go along with it. Unfortunately i only had £18 for the first purchase, which meant there was a hard choice ahead. Back then Warhammer had army books for £15, and most armies had a small £5 box set. Which left me in a quandry. I could buy an army book, i could buy a set of models. But not both.

Until i saw a book poking out the edge of the shelf.

 

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White Dwarf presents Warhammer Chaos Dwarfs. A series of articles from White Dwarf that took the place of an Army book for the Big Hats. And it was only £12! I could get a book and models, and that ladies and gentlemen is how i cam to collect my first Warhammer Army, Chaos Dwarfs.

 

Now flash forward 20 years.

I'm now the owner of my own FLGS, Ad Hoc Games, i now have slightly more income than £18 a month, i now have a much larger girth, but what i don't have is a Chaos Dwarf army. Until now.

My original force is sadly lost to me, thanks to some familial unpleasantness. But through scouring Ebay for some bargains i've finally begun to rebuild it.

Primarily i will be going for the classic Big Hat miniatures. These are the models that i first dove into the hobby with, they're the army that kicked off twenty years of wargaming and no force has come close to hooking me as hard since. Not bad for a force started because i was too penniless for any others.

I've made a start with a Hellcannon, a few Daemonsmiths from Forgeworld, but most of all Chaos Dwarf warriors i've nabbed online.

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The first big progress is with these guys, the Bronzesworn. They're my favourite unit that i've been working on, mainly because they are the reincarnation of the first eight models i bought 20 years ago.  I'll be adding an additional 12 miniatures to these fellas in the near future.

I've also put up some videos on my Youtube channel for you to check out.

 

Next post: Daemonsmiths and Which Rules should i use?

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