Chaos Dwarves 8th ed list (under construction)

[Matt Varnish]

Thane 65
Thane w/great weapon 69
Runesmith 70 with MR of Balance (steal magic dice) 50, RO Spellbreaking (dispel scroll) 25: 145
Master Engineer 70 (goes with grudgethrower)


CORE: 1164 pts, 58%

Dwarf Warriors, HW/S, Heavy Armor, Full Command x19: 196
Dwarf Warriors, GW/S, Heavy Armor, Full Command x19: 234
Dwarf Warriors, GW/S, Heavy Armor, Full Command x19: 234
Dwarf Thunderers x10: 140
Dwarf Thunderers x 10: 140
Dwarf Quarrelers x 10: 110
Dwarf Quarrelers x 10: 110

SPECIAL: 195 pts / 9.8%

Bolt Thrower x2: 90pts
Grudge Thrower, Rune of Accuracy 105pts

RARE: 140 pts / 7%

Flame Cannon: 140 pts

So with this I'm sitting at 1848, and so have about 150 points of runes to give out to the 2 thanes. What runes do you guys suggest? EDIT: Also, the second unit of great weapon warriors are miners.. I don't have enough special points left for them if I take them as miners with steamdrill and full command.. would people have problems with this? Should I convert, or mix n match?

[Suicide_King]

I would group two units of warriors with great weapons into one block of 40 to take advantage of the horde rule. 30 Attacks towards the front is just nasty. Or you could deploy them 8 deep. Very few units will ever have more than 8 ranks, which would mean they would almost always be stubborn.

You might want to give shields to the Quarrelers and put them all in one unit wth full command as well. Remember you can now fire in two ranks. With shields they would make a half decent back up unit if the enemy crosses the field. Keep the thunders separate so they can split their fire at flanking units.

I would give defense runes to your thanes right now. Everything is so much more destructive now that if you want your heroes to stand any chance of living, give them lots of protection.

[Matt Varnish]

thanks for the input, I like the idea of the defensive runes, not so much putting my guys into giant units until I get more games of 8th under my belt.

[Jaxx23]

Is that an old army? I dont remember Chaos Dwarves

[Matt Varnish]

I had it at St Laurent for a while, right before I left,, they are all converted from reg dwarves pus marauder shields and hand weapons, achaos warrior helmets

I'll get pics up when I have the last stuff painted

[Jaxx23]

I remember seing the almighty Squat army, but never the Chaos Dwarves. IM looking forward to this!

[Border Reiver]

It's not really a Chaos Dwarf army - just a dwarf army with some chaos symbols and a really nice paint job.

Still, I'd combine the GW Warriors to take advantage of the horde rule, possibly even boosting the unit to 50 strong to get the extra rank so as to hopefully be stubborn. Keep the HW and Shield throng to more of a manouver element.

As for runes:

Go with MR rune of Gromril for your GW thane to give him the best protection you can. Maybe consider the MR of Kragg the Grim and the Rune of Snorri Spangelhelm to hit most opponents on 2+ or 3+ at worst.

As for the other guy - a nasty surprise could be the MR of flight and a couple of runes of cleaving - no one expects a flying S6 hammer to the forehead....

[Matt Varnish]

here are some pics: http://drunken-gamer.blogspot.com/2010/ ... arves.html

And yes, Bill is right, I am using the dwarf rules for these, so that there is no questions asked when I face people.


I am leaning towards the defensive runes as suggested, probably will finalize it a bit more after a few games to try them out.

[Orbital]

Dennis, I really really like those.

[Jaxx23]

Oh wow dude those are SICK!