JohnR's Dwarf Wrap Up Post - OWAC VIII

Another OWAC disappears into the rear-view mirror. I was very happy with my contribution this year, though my motivation went south towards the end. Still, I managed 148 figures (almost 25 a month) and put a big dent in my dwarf pile of shame.

 

Obligatory Army Shot.

 

 

Dragon Company and Lord on Snail.

 

 

Clansdwarves and General on Shield. 

 

 

Norse Dwarves, Slayer and Gyrocopter.

 

 

Crossbows and Wizard.

 

 

 

Cannon, Bolt Thrower and Hero.

Great respect to everyone who finished this year and hopefully see you all in about six months time.

 

 

JohnR's Dwarf Month 6 - Leader Month - Lord on Shield

Another miniature I've had for over 20 years. I was never that keen on the King Alrik miniature and I never use special characters so this was an easy conversion. Not sure what happened to Alrik - he wasn't in the box of dwarves; he may have ended up on evilbay somewhere in the distant past.

So this is Dwarf King Skarrengrim. One of the leaders of the twin holds of Stannaheim and Zimmerpeak. Born aloft on his shield-bearers.

 

Obviously the shield-bearers don't appear in 3rd edition, but I reckon the rules and points can be ported across without any changes; they're pretty simple and not terribly powerful.

Stannaheim and Zimmerpeak are relatively recent dwarf-holds, founded by refugees from Karak Eight Peaks around the time of the fall of the city in -513IC. Skarrengrim can trace his lineage back to the royal houses of that magnificent but doomed metropolis. 

 

 

King Skarrengrim - Level 25 Hero - Heavy Armour, 2 Handed Weapon, Shield-bearers - 263 points.

Well, that's it for another OWAC. I lost a lot of motivation for this one part way through May and never really got going again! I still have a chunk of Dwarf minis left to paint, maybe they'll make it into a future OWAC but for next year I reckon I'll return to 40K. Or epic 40K. Or maybe BFG.

Or Bloodbowl... 

 

George's Band Moonz - Month II - Rank & File

 Big Gobb had always wanted a tank. He didn’t ask much in life: loads of teeth, bright uniforms, a life of decadent luxury. And a tank. Nothing says BOSS like a tank.

Then one day, his boyz came back from patrol.

“Boss! We got one!” Big Gobb reluctantly rose from his comfortable throne to see what the fuss was about. And there it was. Glistening. Beautiful. A tank. A real tank!

He rushed down to admire his new treasure.

“We caught ‘em re-fuelling, Boss. Didn’t stand a chance!”

Big Gobb ignored the bolter shell holes on his precious new toy.

It was a rhino. Armour thicker than anything he’d ever seen before and capacity for at least ten of his best boyz to squeeze in and punch through enemy lines. He loved it.

He just needed it in brighter colours.

“Call the mek.” He ordered. “Tell ‘im to make it look a bit more ork. And paint it a brighter colour.”

 

So here we are, month two complete!

I’ve really enjoyed painting this model. I always loved old rhinos, but I wanted something that looked that bit more ork. Step forward Ramshackle Games! Their Iron Grumbler tank makes for a great rhino proxy and I’ve made a few additions to give it that Big Gobb charm.

I’d love to add some freehand and a banner, but I ran out of time! Details to include at a later date.

It’s an absolute joy to be painting regularly again, I’m loving it! Now that the days are longer it’s easier to paint in the evening and I really can’t wait to crack on with next month’s unit!

 

Points:

1 x Rhino: 350

"'Cor! Nice wheelz, Boss!"

"Mek done a fancy job with that paint!"

The boyz love their new toy!

JohnR's Dwarf Month 2 - Rank and File (769 points)

 Rank and File Month #2

 A regiment, character and war-machine again done this month :)

 

 25 Norse Dwarf Clansmen, +1 Shock Elite: great weapons, heavy armour, shields, command and level 10 Hero - 499 points

Level 20 Giant-Slayer Hero (a Morgue Filler - what an awesome title!) with great weapon - 170 points

 

Gyrocopter - Level 5 pilot with light armour - 100 points

 

 The Army so Far. 1600 points, almost enough to get a game in methinks...

 

Finally, my pledge for this year:

Snotbum Dungmuncher - a proper, classic orc: skinny, shifty and evil. Not of those modern, fangled, fungal body-builder, 'Incredible Hulk' type orcs that you seem to get nowadays thank you very much.

Soon to be making his way to one of the Overlords!

 

George's Bad Moonz - Month 1 - Rank & File

 Maybe Big Gobb wasn’t a great general like his father. But he knew a thing or two about how to dress. Bad Moonz love bold colours, and Big Gobb was a proper Bad Moon.

And he wanted his boyz to look the part. As his mob formed, he spent loads of teeth on the brightest uniforms. He spent so much, that even a warlord as rich as him nearly ran out of teeth.

The mob started to grow as the call to WAAARGH! Spread, and Big Gobb looked with pride at the brightly attired boyz who gathered. Sure, their weapons might have been a bit rusty, but who’s counting?! These flash gitz were dressed to impress.

 

Well, I’ve made it through month one! I’m absolutely delighted. Last year I finished one mini as part of the challenge. This year I’ve finished at least ten – win!

Most importantly, it’s been great fun. I’d always wanted these posable plastic orks (released in 1990) and when I found them on ebay, I was excited to find that they had been heavily kitbashed by their previous owner (a ten year old!) I almost felt a bit bad restoring them (I made a video about them that you can see here), but feel that my childlike love of bright colours has done them justice!

So here we have it, Big Gobb’s Big Mob is taking shape. I’ve loved painting again and can’t wait to do more!

Points:

1 x Bad Moon Big Mob – 100 points

2 x Heavy plasma guns – 150 points

2 x power arms – 30 points

Total: 280 points

 Them boyz knowz 'ow to dress!

Sarge was always the flashest git!

Sunglasses all year round, rain or shine!

For my challenge offering, I painted up this chaos sorcerer, sculpted by Bryan Ansell himself! I only learnt recently that he sculpted a small number of chaos minis for Citadel in the early 80s. This dubious little chap is now flying to Finland to join his new master Jaako!

George's Bad Moonz - Introduction Post

Big Gobb was big. He was big and he had a big gobb. So big that when he shouted about his greatness, orcs listened. And he loved nothing more than shouting about his greatness.

His father had been a great military commander, leading an ever growing mob on a ceasless campaign of plunder and destruction. But since he had died and Big Gobb had taken over, the mob had shrunk and every campaign had ended in defeat and disaster.

In the doomed campaign of OWAC VII, Big Gobb had lead his mob into the Field Of Bones and few had escaped. Now he really, really needed success. Or at least to avoid another catastrophic defeat...

OWAC VII didn't go very well for me. I finished one model (Big Gobb himself) and was lying broken in the Field of Bones by month two.

This year I want to continue with Big Gobb's space orcs. I've simplified the army a bit and hope that will help. There is a galaxy of real life reasons that suggest I should stay well clear of an intensive painting challenge, but I'm going to try anyway!

I'm continuing with Bad Moonz. I love their garish colour schemes, and the large number of weird boyz!

Lore, lists and points come courtesy of the classic WAAARGH The Orcs and Freebooterz books, as well as vintage White Dwarf.

The boyz are largely made up of plastic models from the 1990 space ork box set. I scored this on ebay and it had nearly 60 miniatures (the original box had 36). Most had been brilliantly converted by a 10 year old and it broke my heart taking these creations apart, but I hope to do them justice.

I then have a smattering of original GW painboyz and mekaniaks. And an original nob in power armour, a gift from the wonderful Jaako, a fellow OWAC challanger. Additional minis come from Old School Miniatures.

Weirdboyz are mainly formed from Knighmare Miniatures, with a cheeky wizard from the Hero Quest expansion pack.

And then I have a crew of freebooterz. These are formed of Warmonger Miniatures (fantasy arm of Wargames Foundry) and Meridian Miniatures.

Armour comes courtesy of the ever brilliant Ramshackle Games.

I'm very excited to get painting and to see the other challengers' armies taking shape. It is an honour to take part in the Old World Army Challenge and I cant wait to get going!

 Big Gobb's Big Mob!

Points

-Warlord - 90 points

-warlords retinue: 

   5 x clanbosses - 175

       Power armour, 6 x 5 = 30

   Melaniak - 15

   Painboy - 15

   4 x weirdboyz - 200

-10 x big mob boyz - 100

  Heavy plasma gun - 75

  Power glove, 2 x 30 = 60

-5 x boys - 50

-6 x gretchin - 30

-10 x mad mob boyz - 50

-10x freebooterz - 100

-Rhino - 350

-Total: 1,340