Avatars of War Dwarf Rune Master

Since I hit 4000 points limit recently, Projekt Core is on hold now. Today's mini is Avatars of War's Dwarf Rune Master miniature. It is a funny thing that all of my last four updates have been about different manufacturers' products. I think when you are playing a long time forsaken army such as chaos dwarfs, it is a must to browse through the catalogs of all companies and get what you can from them. This Rune Master figure in particular, has an awesome pose and I've seen many people using this one as sorcerer-prophets or daemonsmiths in their armies.

Avatars of War is a Spanish company which is known for its awesome hero models. Recently, they announced a new product line, called Warthrone, and started producing regimental boxes. The first regiment of this line was Dwarf Berserkers and thanks to their recent, successful kickstarter, more will follow soon. Although their kickstarter did not enjoy as much success as Mantic's (which was phenomenal), it was still enough to get them going with their new projects.

Let me talk about the miniature a little now. The mini comes in a large blister pack with a stock photo on it. No biggie; but many products I've bought recently didn't have one, so I had to say it. The model is made of white metal, as AoW's all other hero models. It came in 4 pieces: Body, cloak, staff and fancy part of the beard. The mini is highly detailed with almost no flash, and the pieces fit without much effort; but I strongly suggest pinning nevertheless. You can't simply not pin a metal part (damn you 9gag). Before moving on to painting, I have to say that, I think providing a scenic base would be a nice touch here, especially when you think of the price tag of the miniature.

When painting, I took a different route. Instead of silver undercoat, I used a new spray I found in my local store: Brilliant Copper. I was very hopeful when using it. I thought using this one will help me have my bronze with but one wash; but of course it was not meant to be. Actually I had to do more to make it look like the rest of the army, so I think I will go back using the silver spray. My favorite part on this mini was the green gems. I think the green colored gems suited the model best and I'm glad that I didn't paint them to a classic yellow-orange or blue pattern.

Enjoy...

Thinking Big: K'daai Destroyer

K'daai Destroyer with
a summoning diorama

I must admit that this article is kind of embarrassing for me. I'm about to write about and show off a model which I commissioned out to Mr. Lee to build and paint for me. There are certain services, for which gentlemen must not pay money; but since I don't have an airbrush, I had no choice but to hand it over to him. Although I am perfectly aware that he will torment me every day and night for allowing him to paint for me, I am more than happy with the job he has done on it.

According to the ForgeWorld guys, K'daai Destroyers are supposed to be on 150x100mm bases. Currently, this is the biggest base size in WHFB and very few models, including the dreaded Arachnarok Spiders are mounted on those bases. The would-be K'daai model should be big, that's granted; but with such a big base, it was almost mandatory to populate the base with other miniatures, creating a diorama in the process.

So, what was used in this project? The base model for the destroyer is the Titan Overlord of Crocodile Games. This 4.5" long beast is completely metal and as heavy as a beached whale... almost... The summoner guy (which is removable) and the snail are from Scibor's Shaman and Mutant Snails set. As for the stones and menhirs, they are from Fenris Games, bought long ago for a reason that's long forgotten...

Since I was not the one who painted this, I can't give you recipes; but Mr. Lee has a project journal in which you can see the progress, the recipes and his whines. Make sure to check it out too.

Below you can see more photos of "DA BEAST". I don't want to drown the page with the images, so I added just a few of them here. You can see them all in this album. Oh, and also there is a size comparison shot with one of my Mantic infantry. Have I said that this thing is huge... :)

FAQ and Errata for Tamurkhan is Available

Still haven't got a chance to read the Tamurkhan The Throne of Chaos book thoroughly except the Chaos Dwarf army list; but the guys at Forge World were quick enough to publish a FAQ & Errata. This three page document is intended to clarify some of the vague points on gaming aspects, like what weapon does a daemonsmith carry or can a K'daai destroyer be wounded always on natural 6s.

The document appears to be released due to huge demand from the chaos dwarfs community, since it only contains stuff about the Chaos Dwarf army list section and nothing more. If you are interested, it is available from Forge World website.