Saturday, December 28, 2019

goblinpaladin's Gnomes - an Introduction

This project is being kindly sponsored by Old School Miniatures.

Jamie and Byron over at Old School Miniatures (OSM) decided this year to sponsor a project using their wonderful range of vaguely-Swiss Alpine Gnomes. I'd ordered a handful of them in the past and really enjoyed painting them - and was even considering doing a Gnome project next year. When they asked for volunteers, I stuck up my hand and, well, here we are!


wood elves can wait!
OSM have put together army lists for their gnomes, covering most of the better periods of Warhammer, but for this project we'll go with the Third Edition list. It's a blend of the usual elements of fantasy army lists (.i. wizards and speargnomes) with the Warhammer: Historical take on the late medieval Swiss (.i. no 'heroic' officer types). This means that the list has a strong emphasis on infantry, which is exactly what I like.

I already have five Fuschsschütze (crossbow scouts on foxes), several illusionists and a heroine on foot, but these don't count. Here's a slightly terrible photo anyway:

spent a lot of time googling 'foxes black feet?'
So, what do I have to work from here?


that's so gnomen many
That's a strong pile of Guarden Gnomen (halberdiers), a pile of Ambrust Gnomen (crossbowgnome militia), a few Gnome-an-Armen (mounted gnomes on foxes) and some artillery. Unfortunately, it's not enough Burgher Gnomen (speargnome militia) to meet the minimum model count of 20, which is a bit unfortunate. I'll just have to get more gnomes! (darn)


Esme de Loktibogen, a gnome heroine
For now, I'll work to the following list:

CHARACTERS

Cantonal Standard: FREE

Guildmaster, level-5 hero with light armour and a shield: 33 points
Illusionist on Fox: (call her a Hillcantor, level-15) - 157 points
Apprentice Illusionist on Fox: (call her a Heathtinker, level-5) - 62 points


master and apprentice
RANK AND FILE

19 x Guarden Gnomen with light armour + standard bearer and musicians: 252 points

8 x Burgher Gnomen with light armour and shields + standard bearer and musicians: 90 points
10 x Ambrust Gnomen: 80 points
10 x Ambrust Gnomen: 80 points


guarden gnomes
local burgher militia


5 x Gnome-an-Armen + standard bearer and musician: 77 points
3 more Fuschsschütze: 45 points


some foxy young men
Kleinekanone: 45 points
Orgelkanone: 75 points
Orgelkanone: 75 points


big-badda-boom
Villagers and camp followers: FREE


barrel rolling is a sport, probably
WEIRD

While OSM have some tentative rules for their swallow riders, they don't actually have any points values. But assuming we'll make the two riders Guildmaster-level heroes for now, I'll just round to about 50 points each, including their crossbows, armour, and shields.


it's not a bird, it's - no, wait, it is a bird. two birds.
That makes our character total about 352 points, the rank-and-file 819 points, for a total of 1171. A pretty good start! I also have a couple of duplicates which means that I can make up for not sending any conscripts to our feudal lord last season...


small but stingy
Gnomes are on the cheap side, so getting 200 points a month painted is going to be tough. I don't have a Zoat this time around! (well, I do, actually...)


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See you on the field of bones...

8 comments:

  1. Guarden gnomes...LOL! But I am really looking forward to seeing what you do with these. Especially the swallow riders, they look way cool!

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    1. Not my hilarious name! Blame the team at OSM!

      I'm really looking forward to the swallow riders. Those and the weird faces on the artillery.

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  2. Gnoming awesome. Really good luck with these - there's soooo many of them. Your fox riders look fantastic, and I too am looking forward to those swallow riders!

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    1. Oh, no. It didn't feel like too many! Is it too many?

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  3. Another very interesting army. Love the idea of Fox and Swallow cavalry. Good luck with the model count! :D

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    1. I love the idea of swallow cavalry. At the moment, they'll be characters, but it would be cool to do a whole squadron!

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  4. This is bringing me back to the Brian Froud books my parents used to have.

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    1. I keep thinking of The Little Book of the Gnomes.

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