I call them the dwarves of Krasha-Duum. Because I've dropped their box three times now and broken quite a few weapons. This is one of my smallest collections - I'd like another 12 dwarf warriors but they can't be had for love or (reasonable) money. They work fine for a Battle Company though.
One of my smallest warbands, though I
can supplement them with 24 dwarf rangers (i.e. not proper dwarves, but the suspiciously elf-like sort who gad about in forests).
Gimli, Balin, and a random king, plus what I assume is a dwarf captain or minor hero of some sort.
I really wish LOTR movie hadn't made Gimli into a cross-eyed comic relief. He just seems so lame compared to the Hobbit movie dwarves.
Talking about comic relief, while painting Balin I realised....
...bit slow on the uptake, I am.
Iron Guard, and Vault wardens.
I have a lot of Khazad Guard. Two more are on the hospital bench awaiting repairs.
Finally, my half-box of Dwarf warriors. I'd like 12 more, but *shrugs* I now have kids.
Reminding me of money, I'll do an estimate of what this would cost in today's GW (AUD):
12 Dwarf warriors = $35
9 Khazad Guard (metal) = $66
Dwarf commander (metal) = $18
Balin (metal) = $20
Iron Guard (metal) = $35
Vault warden team = $26
Well, 26 models for
only a trifling $200. This reminds me of why I can't afford wargaming toys any more. I'm saving the dwarf rangers to do together with elf and human rangers (so I have also finished a Battle Company at the same time).
I don't know how Oathmark dwarves scale to LotR but I know their not heroic scale just looked these. I wonder if they'd mix well as their not nearly as expensive.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip! (but at $63AUD for 30 they're not vastly cheaper than GW $75AUD for 24.)
ReplyDeleteSome things are waaay cheaper though (Goblin riders vs GW Orc riders are about 3x cheaper).
Reminds me how out of touch I am with minis - I haven't looked at the Frostgrave stuff since the rules first came out!
I was actually thinking about Oathmark as well. I was wondering if you were going to get us a review at some point? :)
ReplyDeleteI have limited gaming funds, so I seldom delve into new rulesets. I was under the impression it was for bigger battles (i.e. more WFB, in the 100 models range) than my normal skirmish focus. I may be wrong though.
Delete..and I still have 500 LoTR minis to go...
Oathmark is big battle, though written to keep "small" big battles (~30 per side) viable and tactically engaging. The author did his best to not encourage the battle size creep common with other mass battle games. It's a decent set of rules and you may enjoy their focus on activation as the players main control method for the battle... That said I was just recommending the minis, not the rules.
ReplyDeleteI was just replying about the rules to Eric who was inferring I should get them and review them :-)
DeleteDid you find the rules fun?