JohnR's Month 1 - Rank and File (835 points)

 Rank and File Month #1

The original plan was to do the Dragon Co. this month but I can't make my mind up on their shields. Should I use the original type ones that they came with or do what I usually do and cut off the bosses and use later, round shields or drawing-pins?

I've never been much of a purist in my oldhammer, and I don't care much for the style of those original shields. Consequently, I suspect it'll be one of the latter when they finally hit the paint station.

So this month I painted the Marauder dwarves instead. Plus one of the small crossbow-dwarf regiments, a bolt thrower and a wizard.

 I enjoyed painting the regiments, warmachine and characters together in a month - kind of feels like painting a little army within the army. Think that'll be my plan for each month going forward.

12 Crossbow-dwarves: light armour and crossbows with standard and level 5 champion - 210 points

Dwarf bolt-thrower - 54 points. This is the 6th one of these bolt throwers I've painted. I now have 4 for my dwarves and 2 with orc crews for my greenskins.

 

24 dwarf warriors: hand weapons, light armour and shields plus standard bearer and musician and a level 10 hero in heavy armour with a 2-handed weapon. 368 points.

Level 15 dwarf wizard: 203 points. Dwarf wizards aren't much cop in 3rd ed since they only get half the magic points they should. However I really like the dwarf wizard miniatures that GW released so my armies usually include at least one :)

That's it for this month, hope everyone else's OWAC is going well.