Duardin Army Progression

Finally some time for hobby! I’ve been very busy lately. I’ve been adjusting to a new work schedule and have been helping my wife get her blog going. I’ve also been helping my wife harvest everything in our garden.


Anyway, one of the many projects I have wanted to start has been a Duardin army for Age of Sigmar. I was in Missoula yesterday and picked up an Aether-Khemist from the Kharadon Overlords faction.

I got him painted up over the course of the afternoon. I got to test him out against my wife this afternoon, he did a fair job. His Noxious Aether missle attack is nasty at 3D6 attacks! However, it wasn’t enough. My wife’s High Aelves tabled my army.

So far for my Duardin I have a cannon, and now, an Aether-Khemist. I’m in love with the cannon. I bring a Lord Ordinator to add +1 to it’s hit rolls. 

As for how this army progresses, it’ll be slow! Money has been tighter this year but that’s okay! 

I look forward to expanding on this faction. Not sure what I’ll add next, thematically I want to mix Kharadon Overlords, Dispossessed, and Ironweld Arsenal. 

I know I’ve talked about this several times, but one of the strengths of Age of Sigmar is how creative you can be in building your armies. It feels more organic than 40k army building, IF you’re doing multiple factions. It probably helps that I primarily play open play games. I enjoy having a story behind my armies, and having a reason to fight a particular battle; rather than building a list off of points. Granted, I still enjoy matched play games from time to time. 

In closing, it feels good to  be blogging again! Hopefully I’ll have more posts coming soon..

Later,

-Ben

Start of my Duardin army

I finally added something to my tiny collection of Age of Sigmar. Well actually I added a few other things. I bought my wife some Dragon Blades for her High Aelves Army. For my collection  I purchased: 3 easy build Liberators  to complete  a 5 man squad;  an Excelsior Warpriest, mainly because I love the model; and I bought a Lord Ordinator to lead my Grand Alliance Order forces on epic quests during the soul wars.

However, my favorite recent purchase has been the Ironweld Arsenal Duardin Cannon. ⬆️

I absolutely love the personality of the Duardin models. So much so that I’ll probably start a full on army of Duardin.

After reading some of the lore from the Kharadon Overlords. I was hooked. I love the idea of Duardin marching out of the heavenly realm to take back their home lands ravaged by Chaos. I also really like the pirate vibe of the Kharadon Overlords. It’s definitely an interesting take on duardins’ love of gold. 

So that leads me to the dilemma of playing Kharadon Overlords or the Dispossessed. Time will tell. However, my Lord Ordinator will be leading whatever Duardin I decide to play on their grudge to reclaim their mountain kingdoms.

I went with snow bases for them. The idea being that my Duardin are on the ancient mountain  passes leading to their fallen kingdom. They are so close to their home, but lack the numbers to take it, for  now.  Until that glorious day happens; my Lord Ordinator will be busy spreading word that my fallen Duardin kingdom is ripe for reclamation. 

Who currently occupies my kingdom? Probably the Skaven, since it’s the only Chaos army I have. I might put the kingdom in the realm of death though. Since I play a lot of skirmish games. Maybe I’ll tweak the narrative of the missions to match my quest to conquer the kingdom. Probably should buy skeletons to fight if I do that... Time will tell! 

Until next time!

Die Pointy Ears!