I don't want
a Dwarf army. I like Dwarfs but I've tried to collect Dwarf armies
before and they don't work for me. As evocative and fascinating as
their background is, as much as I love their character they are just
not an army that plays to my strengths. Their lack of speed means
they have a defensive style of play that just doesn't suit me.
Luckily,
Matt and I have been talking about mercenaries recently. More
specifically, we've been talking about bringing back the old 25%
allowance for allies so we can use mercs in our regular games just to
shake things up a bit.
First unit
on the docket...
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| image from the Avatars of War webstore |
… Avatars
of War Dwarf Berserkers or, as everyone else calls them, plastic
Slayers. Painting them as not ginger does not change that. And just
look at that banner: its huge, its over the top, its fantastic.
Slayers are
one of my favourite Dwarf units: shamed Dwarfs sworn to die in battle
but, being Dwarfs, they can't just get in the way of the enemy and
die. No, a Dwarf does something he has to do it right! If they have
to die in battle they'll fight to win and they will only die if the
enemy can genuinely beat him. They'll go up against the biggest, the
most dangerous things they can find.
They also
make great mercenaries for the army I want to pair them with: my
Bretonnians.
Wait, what?
Okay, to
explain: back when Dogs of War were a thing Bretonnians were the only
army that couldn't take them. Their honour code forbade the use of
mercenaries who fought for money. Slayers don't travel fighting for
money, they fight to reclaim their honour and a Bretonnian general
can understand that. There is a concept of penitence amongst
Bretonnians even if the rather nihilistic honour code of the Slayers
might not translate all that well.
Actually,
the relationship between Bretonnia and the Dwarf holds in the Grey
Mountains fascinates me. Its never been addressed in official
background, I don't think and I want an avenue to explore it. I've
ordered a box of Berserkers and they'll be taking the field alongside
my Bretonnians and Empire. Maybe there'll be more units, though I
don't think it'll run to much: a couple of units, a character or two,
definitely a Gyropcopter (I
love the new Gyrocopter).
But
yeah, now I have to work out how to paint orange hair.
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