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Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:55 am
by Pitch Invader
I just finished painting my 'chaos' dwarf team for our local league.
chaos is in quotes because the theme is dwarves who are not mutated & evil: they are simply extra driven and misunderstood for their pursuit of advanced technology.
And they use hobgoblins as forge laborers.. but cutting costs by cheap labor just seems practical to them.

So here is Vulcan's Hammers:
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Dwarf blockers in sturdy armor, with two wearing the prototype "Centaur" armor, equipped with boosters (for more speed and a sprint of extra speed when needed) and two hammer fists for added strength.
The Hobgoblins try to emulate their masters with a machine of their own... the battle-suit "Minotaur", affectionately named Grinder.

Their veteran coach may take the pitch if needed as a returning star player. They have a 3-1 record so far this season... we'll see if they can keep it going.

and the Hobgoblin girl is good at getting the crowd agitated for violence.

I made a team of 16, knowing I'll probably never have that many Hobgoblins on the team, but I might use them as the bulk of an Underworld Team next and run them as goblins on it, so I went ahead and filled out the ranks to 16.

Can't put pics wider than 800 pixels here, but can find a larger picture & some detail shots in the photobucket linked in the signature if you're interested in seeing more of them.

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:59 am
by Greyhound
Woooa, just amazing!

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:10 am
by Ulthuan_Express
Fabulous: I love the models, the colour scheme, the painting, the theme and the frickin' boosters!

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:12 am
by Vain
Damn you all, constantly making sweet models looks awesome when I am trying to make the same sweet models look half-way decent and failing.

Great looking team and great concept.

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:14 am
by Axtklinge
Nice, very nice!
Congrats!

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:40 am
by inkpwn
Ulthuan_Express wrote:Fabulous: I love the models, the colour scheme, the painting, the theme and the frickin' boosters!

+1

Just amazing.

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:04 pm
by burgun824
Nice...love the story, it really makes the team fit.

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:35 pm
by Warpstone
Pitch Invader wrote:Can't put pics wider than 800 pixels here, but can find a larger picture & some detail shots in the photobucket linked in the signature if you're interested in seeing more of them.
Yes, please! Great theme and execution.

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:02 pm
by Diamond Joe Quimby
these look amazing, well done!

where are the figures from or are they sculpted??

Joe

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:36 pm
by Heff
Did you see my post on the Elves. When I rule the world there will be a lamp post for you too. (to hang you from)
Again a post showing how crap I am. I love the burnished copper

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:36 pm
by Pitch Invader
Thanks for the kind words :)

I was pleased with the copper metal, it has a bit more spread of tones than the photos bring out.
Diamond Joe Quimby wrote:these look amazing, well done!

where are the figures from or are they sculpted??

Joe
The Dwarves are from Confrontation, no conversion work needed- just an arm swap & fill for 2 of them so there would be a bit more variety in poses.
The Minotaur is confrontation too, weapon snip & it was set.

The Hobgoblins are goblins from Pathfinder, weapon snips and repose a few arms.

The Cheerleader is also pathfinder, a goblin taskmaster I think. she had a sword & whip, so I sculpted some pom-poms and now she's a cheerleader.

Team tokens are banner bits from 6th edition warhammer dwarf banners.

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:13 pm
by Gaixo
Great work as always, David. I love the choice of models (I've been hunting the Meteors for some time), and what you've done with them.

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:01 am
by SinisterDexter
Just incredible. I love the team and the concept (sorry I only just saw it!)

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:39 pm
by Nippy Longskar
Brilliant team, I love them! The theme is fantastic too.

Can you reveal how you paint the metallic red?

Re: Vulcan's Hammers: "chaos" dwarves team.

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:45 pm
by nazgob
Great work.

If you dont mind my asking, how did you do that copper?