Northeast Wars X

Can you smell the delicious Bugman’s brew of beer, and fine odor of beard? That’s right, have no fear, the dwarfs are here!

As everyone knows, it’s not how fast you start something, but how well you do something! The filthy gobbos may think they are faster, but dwarf determination shall prevail in the end.

The beard, being most important to the Warhammer dwarf, of course has taken precedence, and are all complete. Each dwarf warrior is proud to appear in his luxurious new beard. The goblins, shamefully beardless, have already lost!

Next will come the steely glint (of boltgun metal and mithril highlights) on each axe, handgun, and pickaxe; then truly the goblins shall quake and run! I will be painting the gloves, belts, and weapons next; then the highlights on the edge of the armor, the cloth, and finally the extra details. I hope to have time to add some details to the cloak of the Thane; it deserves the extra attention.  Overall, although the Skull Pass models are single-piece, I have found them to largely have great detail.  The Cannon Master and the Thane, particularly, are excellent models and a joy to paint.

I am very unhappy with the Dragonslayer model; it is simply not well molded. The metal model that is available (but is not in the Skull Pass boxset) is so much better that there is no comparison. (Okay, so dwarfs have a tendency to grumble . . . )

We see that the goblins’ green skin is already fully painted; and how much green there is!  It is obvious that the goblins do not understand how to make armor, and so instead show so much foul green skin to the world. Sensible Dwarfs know better, and wear heavy steel armor instead!

We raise a pint to all our fine dwarf ladies; the goblins appear jealous that we get to share those ladies’ company, seeing how much the goblins prattle on about them!  Since they like them so much, perhaps only the dwarf ladies shall come out to fight; they would trounce the whole lot of goblins easily!