lantra

It all started a couple of months ago, I dug out my old Battle for Skull Pass set and hit the town going to local shops to see if anyone in my town was playing AoS. Eventually I found a shop and the owner told me that they were starting a Path to Glory campaign. I got very excited, bought two boxes of Ironbreakers/Irondrakes, and I put them together in one night! At my first outing for Path to Glory I brought a list of : Warden King, Warriors, Thunderers, Cannon. I played 3 games my first day, lost all three horribly, but man I had a blast and I was hooked. I played against Fyreslayers, KO, and a nurgle list. My cannon missed every shot it took, except for 3, which all got saved on a 6 (back to back agaisnt an Ironclad), hence my cannon crew now has a reputation at the game store of being far to sober for any Duardin, and therefore can not hit anything. I played quite a few more games and the campaign finished up last week, I managed to make third place (even though I only won 3 games, my total record was 3/6, I just played more than anyone else and had 11 glory, to the winners 15). During that time I realized I had been sort of cheating, since I was using the downloadable Dwarf Compendium and not the warscrolls from the GA:O book! So in the compendium, it said the warden king could ride shield bearers, get 2 extra wounds and two extra attacks for free! So I bought an old dwarf battalion box that had been cracked open for a great price, and got out it of almost 20 models and an organ gun, and used it to give my warden king some trusty shield bearers. I also "converted" two dwarfs into a rune lord and a cogsmith, making these guys my first kitbashes! Either way, now I know that I didn't need to do it, but I am leaving him on his trusty shield bearers because I like the way it looks, even though it makes it him easier to see and blow up! I think now it's a good time to note, I am not a very good painter, I really only started a couple of months ago, but I am still proud of my little dwarfs. Since GHB 2017 came out I haven't been able to get them on the table yet, but this Saturday we're having a small tournament at the shop and I am bringing my entire army (I just barely have 1500 points) and I can't wait to play, but unfortunately I live right in the path of Irma and the tournament is down just to those staying in the area, afterwords I imagine we're gonna help out and finish boarding up the shop. Anyways here is the entire army I am taking: Leaders: Warden King, Runelord, Unforged, Cogsmith (400 pts) Batteline: 10 Longbeards x2, 10 warriors (320 pts) Others: 10 Irondrakes, 10 Ironbreakers, 10 Thunderers, 1 Cannon, 1 Organ Gun ( 780) (You might notice that one of those units of Long beards looks like it has some miners in it, it does, I am thinking of cutting off their pick axes and giving them axes so it's more indistinguishably but no one has had a problem with it, and I've already cleared it with the TO) My next hobby projects: First up I want to finish the Ironbreakers, I will probably has some time this weekend after Irma hits and I won't have much to do for a few days. Then I will do the longbeards, I've got on order another rune lord and some thunderers. Then I will begin my super project, which includes rebasing all of these dwarfs and have them standing on some round stone bases, then I will begin working on my big 4x2 Dwarf Fortress. A massive project I am planing to use it for siege battles and right now my plans include: A battlement carved into the mountain with a great gate, long hallways and rooms, and a throne room. I am really looking forward to tackling some terrain and stacking up my Duardin to defend it. I will hopefully be posting some post-battle reports this weekend after the tournament!