Ben's Chaos Gnomes - OWAC VIII Introductory Post

The Battle of Tinyfoot Pass

Sometimes you get a funny idea. "Ha Ha," you say, "that'd be good for a laugh," and then you leave it alone, because its just a funny idea. Not a funny project, or a funny promise, or a pact forged in the coppery blood of a greedy god who pours molten metal down the throats of his enemies.

Hi, it's been a while. 

Welcome back O-Whackers.

We're back for Challenge Number Eight, year two for me, and excitingly enough, a pattern is starting to develop. Last year, I made an army of Alpine Gnomes, and I mentioned that it was my second army of gnomes (the first one was Skellingtons,) and that there was a third and equally diminuitive force waiting in the wings.

All my gnomes (and all their friends) at time of posting

Well that was the case until this week, where I ranked up the little villains and started doing my comfort math. This time around we're doing Chaos Gnomes, using the Ravening Hordes army list, starring the figures from Admiralty Miniatures. These models are 15mm interpretations of the old big hat chorfs, but with the shift in scale they're perfect foes for my other gnomes (both living and dead,) and with the reduction in detail, there's something softened about their vileness, giving them all the threateningness of a muppet with fangs.

Inside of you, there are three gnomes... so far

At time of writing, the points in 4th edition are as follows;

Chaos Dwarf General on Cockatrice - 310

2 Chaos Dwarf Sorcerer Champions - 242

10 Blunderbussers - 140

20 Warriors with full command - 348

20 Warriors with full command - 348

10 Hobgoblin Archers with champion - 78.5

5 Bull Centaurs with full command - 357

4 Hobgoblin Bolt Throwers - 148

Total: 1991.5 pts

Here's most of the force in all their garish glory:

Pixie Pink is the new Chaos Black

Its a pretty chonky list, mostly relying on bricks of slow moving chomes (hmmm, might need to work on that gnickgname) to hold a line, the hobgoblin bolt throwers to whittle down problem units that the bull centaurs can then remedy with chain charges. Elegant? No. Effective? Maybe? I'm generally unimpressive as a general, but I like what I like, and that's good enough for me.

75 figures, that's easy compared to last year, right? We'll see! Creatives are subject to the winds of magic (for better or worse,) and so scope creep is always a valid fear. Having chosen Chaos Dwarfs as an army, there are a number of units from the recentish Total War: Warhammer III trailer that I'm tempted to oldhammerify. Furthermore, I didn't actually pick Chorfs, I picked Chomes (nope, that really doesn't work) which don't yet have rules. Maybe they'll get some before this project runs is course? Who am I to say though? 

Dang, I'm kinda cute

I'm Ben. I have a resume, but the cliffnotes version is that I'm just a gnome-loving gnerd, prone to whims, and giving it my all.

And on that note, thanks for joining me and everyone else for OWAC VIII! Here's to another year!