No paymaster without bodyguards! As I was unable to complete them last month, April is a "catch-up" month: let me introduce you ten hardened warriors, whose mission is to protect the army's pay chest.
Dwarfs being dwarfs, each clan provides a champion that will:
- defend the paymaster and his precious cart, and
- ensure that the other clans don't get too close to the gold!
Keeping
in mind the parallel between the Dwarf Clans of the Grey Mountains and
the Old Swiss Confederacy, I have used the coats of arms of the eight
first cantons composing the federation. Below, from left to right:
Glarus, Zug, Unterwalden, Schwyz, Uri, Zürich, Lucerne, (Unterwalden
again) and Berne.
You've already met the halberdiers of the FrostPeak hold, and the pikemen of the BlackHorns clan. Here are the hammerers defending the interests of these two families:
Next are the representatives of the three clans wearing white and blue colors:
The shields of the last three bodyguards are inspired from the coats of arms of the canton of Schwyz (the white cross on a red field), the forest-canton of Unterwalden (a silver key replacing the white-and-red key on a red-and-white field) and the canton of Glarus (a dwarf ancestor replaces Saint Fridolin on a red field).
And that's it for April!
The paymaster and his bodyguards:
In terms of points, we have 9 hammerers with musician, led by a Lvl 5 champion with heavy armour and double-handed weapon, for a total of 213 points.
These are especially gorgeous! You have outdone yourself this time! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lissanne!
DeleteFantastic. Love all the different bright colours and heraldry!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I have always some doubts when combining several bright colors in a single unit.
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ReplyDeletethanks Xin
DeleteThese are just breathtaking.
ReplyDeleteThx Bill
DeleteGreat job ! I love shields diversity ! A lot of caracter in those little guys !
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shields. One of the most time consuming part of the painting (with the beards)
DeleteMedieval historical reference - check. Beautiful old minis - check. Wonderfully understated paint jobs that tie in a diverse range of bright colours whilst retaining coherency across the unit - check! Lovely job as always! A lot of those Canton names sound pretty Dwarfish actually!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the multiple checks! Glad my regiment passed them all :)
Delete*Spamming the "perfection" gif over and over....
ReplyDeleteThe shields are great where are they from?
ReplyDeleteWargames Foundry: https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/weapon-and-shield-packs/products/wp029-small-medieval-heater-shield
DeleteThanks a lot
DeleteOutstanding! Love it :) !
ReplyDeleteYour dwarves are beyond awesome, the love put on those details and the heraldry stands out and makes a superb unit.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, glad you like them!
DeleteSheer beauty! From the non metallic metal, through the smooth skin tones (ruddy cheeks), to crisp detail on the shields (these are freehand, right? love the boar and the bull!). Superb paint job on lovely models. Incidentally the first model in this post is the first ever Warhammer figure I got ;-)
ReplyDeletethanks! and yes, these are freehands on the shields.
DeleteI would just copy and paste all the great things that were said before me. Amazing work.
ReplyDeleteSo awesome work here, as usual.
ReplyDeleteLove how they fit together!!!!!
Thanks a lot, Brendan & Mariano!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous work as always - setting the standard for the rest of us mere mortals... :-)
ReplyDeleteKeep it up!