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  1. AdHocGames
    As promised in the last entry, the update to the army this time is a Chaos Dwarf Daemonsmith from Forgeworld.
    Forgeworld has done a great job with their Chaos Dwarf characters, they've kept the core elements from the previous ranges - the scale mail, curly beard, tusks, bull imagery - but updated it to fit in with the modern GW aesthetic. This also means that they fit in pretty well with the Chaos Dwarf ranges of the past.
    A side by side comparison certainly demonstrates the advances in casting techniques over the years, but they are still recognizable as belonging to the same army, despite a 20+ year age difference.
     
    Now the other question is which rules to use? Do i use the Legion of Azgorth ruleset from Forgeworld, or counts-as rules, using them with the Slaves to Darkness warcrolls? Both have pro's and cons. 
    In the games i've played so far, the Legion rules aren't as good as the standard chaos. Ironsworn just feel like worse versions of Chaos Warriors. They're cheaper true, but they have also lost the survivability of the Warriors.  Also the miniatures i'm using don't look like Ironsworn any more than they do Chaos Warriors. There's also the matter of the Hellcannon. If i use the Legion rules as written, no Hellcannon as it's not a Legion unit, which means Ironsworn cease to be battleline.
    But on the other side of things, Chaos Dwarfs are Chaos Dwarfs, so really i should be using the Chaos Dwarf rules, right?
    Thoughts and opinions would be greatly appreciated.
    Until next time i remain your FLGS
    Al@Ad Hoc Games
  2. AdHocGames
    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.

    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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