Gorrin Carak's Detachment Part 2 - The 7th Dwarf: "Grumpy - with banner"

 Well, this is all starting to look like Street doing regular updates. In the vain hope, that my only reader is really Billy Bragg.

So here is the finished banner bearer. Made from a tomato paste tube. With the tomato removed obviously. That's 7 for the Blood on the snow project (WD#91).

The banner (from Little Big Men) still needed a LOT of brushwork to make it look right to my eyes.

Some people don't seem to have seen this mini before. But I can assure you that it's GW and from the Norse Dwarf line. This is part of the command. You can find them on Stuff of Legends.

Extra pics above. I hate banners but the mini itself is blissfully unbusy.

That's all for now. Those art commissions I do on the cheap, don't pay a tiny fraction of my leccy bill on their own you know.

Plenty love,

Street

Gorrin Carak's Detachment Part 1 - x20 Norse Dwarf Warriors

 Salutations to my one follower, somewhere in England.

Regular updates? Doesn't sound like me does it?

And so of course. It's unlikely. 

I've learned from a few of my fellow bloggers who do short, sharp and sweet posts often rather than my epic ramblings about nothing.

So I made a start on the Norse Dwarf Warriors.

I don't usually do snowy bases but they fit in with the narrative of the "Blood on the Snow" scenario from White Dwarf 91.

Shields are a mixture of Wargames Foundry and Magister Militum.

Designs by Little Big Men Studios

I usually make my own decals for banners or freehand them (being an artist sometimes has its advantages even if remuneration isn't one of them.) - but I do have a veritable library of decals and selected this Norse/Viking one from (again) Little Big Men to speed the process up.

I used a tomato paste tube to make the banner much like I did here. I've tidied this chap up a bit and I'll give the banner his own post when I can set up to take photos of the finished guy.

I also did a test chap from the next unit which will be the missile unit.

So I'm seven Dwarfs into the unit with the champion and the banner (I HATE banners) done. So aiming to get 12 of the 20 done in May for the Middlehammer Tale challenge.

You can follow the Middlehammer tale by clicking here.

And you can follow my artwork here. (It's an insta link as the Middlehammer Tales doesn't have an art page yet)

And be sure to check out the other heroic artists on the Middlehammer Tale website too.

"Maybe tomorrow I'll wanna settle down..."

I'll see you soon.

Street

 

The Blood on the Snow Project - Gorrin Carak's Dwarf Detatchment

The Dwarven Throng Marches to War

(Mixed media, A5 size - for sale) 

Gorrin Crazak gazed into the murky depths of his breakfast ale. In the small underground chamber the candlelight danced up and down the walls and across Crazak's glazed eyes.

"What do you see my Lord? In the dark, depths of your ale?"

In bedraggled clothes and tangled beard, the ancient dwarf wizard, Zagaz Gorm-Trommchuf was the only other dwarf in the room.

"I see dwarf heads. Bloodied and frozen on the spikes of a dwarf outpost." Crazak did not look up.

"It is the walls of our outpost on Dog Peak Pass my Lord. The outpost has fallen to the hated Greenskins." 

"And Dark Waters..."

"It is the Troutbeck creek on the banks of which the outpost stood".

Crazak leaned back in his ancient carved chair and stared into Zagaz's time-worn eyes with a squint.

"Winter has come. Need we wait for spring?"

"My Lord - we are Norse Dwarfs, used to fighting in the snow. The garrison of the outpost were Norse dwarfs of our kin. We must attack now and recover the outpost. The hated Grobbi will not expect a winter fight."

At that moment the door creaked open and a snow-covered dwarf entered the room.

"Apologies my Lord. I thought you would want to hear my report as soon as my scouting party returned".

"What news Captain Baragor?"

Baragor quickly recounted his Mountaineer scouting party's  findings. Confirming Crazak's vision in the ale. The Dog Peak outpost had indeed fallen to Greenskins, and Dwarven corpses adorned the battlements.

"Get some rest today Captain. We shall set out towards the Dog Peak Pass in the night - and I shall need your scouts" Baragor bowed and backed towards the door.

"My Lord. We should arrive at the pass in two to three days - depending on the weather."

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Taking on a painting challenge in my condition? Yeah why not.

The Scenario "Blood on the Snow" appeared in White Dwarf #91. And I've always wanted to play it. I'll talk about the scenario later in another post. But basically two detachments of "goodies", a Pilgrim army marching on a cave of Sigmar to free the shrine from Goblins and a Dwarf Clan marching to regain their outpost.

Firstly my Middlehammer Tale challenge ( A Middlehammer Tale – The Narrative Army Builder ) will start with the Dwarfs.

20 Norse Dwarf Warriors with hand-weapons and shields

20 Imperial Dwarf Crossbow allies

10 Norse Dwarf Warriors with spears and shields

Possibly 10 Slayers/Beserkers

8   Mountaineer Scouts

Gorrin Carak - Norse Dwarf Minor Hero

Zagaz Gorm-Trommchuf - Ancient Dwarf Wizard.

I'm doing lots of artwork for the project too. Which is a lot to do. But I'll speak to you soon. Health allowing. Photos of (most of) the bare metal or primed minis below.

Cheers,

Street