| Army: | Tusk and Horn |
| Game System: | Chronopia 1st edition |
| List: | Dwarf |
| Figures: | 27 infantry |
| Manufacturers: | Target Games |
| Total Points Value: | 975 |
| Status | More to paint |
| Unit | Cost |
|---|---|
| Dark-Tusk Hero | 79 |
| Dark-Tusk Hero | 79 |
| Legion of the Horned Ones: 5 swordsmen, leader, and standard bearer | 241 |
| Dark-Tusk Legion: 2 swordsmen, 2 gauntlets, leader and standard bearer | 232 |
| Dark-Stars: 4 Dark-Star warriors | 108 |
| Dark-Stars: 4 Dark-Star warriors | 108 |
| Dark-Axes: 4 Dark-Axe warriors | 128 |
| TOTAL COST | 975 |
More pictures of these figures.
What is it with these Chronopia "armies"? Every time I paint a bunch to be written up as a list, I find out that I have too many to be included in the list. Three horny ones had to be omitted to fit this list under 1,000 points. Well, not that much of a loss really, since I originally intended this to be a Dark Tusk theme list and only included the hornies because I couldn't obtain a tuskie totem. And frankly because the army already has too many short guys with round killing things.
It is intriguing in a way that I painted these guys at all. Dwarves must be my second least liked Chronopia army, right after the boring chaos-clones that are the Devout. I like some of the figures, and I picked the ones I like to paint this time, but in general the dwarf figures never really impressed me. It was only because a friend of mine painted a bunch but not enough for a fully legit list. So I painted a set of Dark-Stars pretty quickly to fill out his list. Then I just decided to boost my set to a full list, dug up enough stunties and went at it. Out of all the dwarf clans, I gotta say I like the tuskies most. The little piggies are just so endearing. Ironically the Dark-Tusk Totem, one of the Chronopia figures I like the most, is one of the few I don't have. I curse myself for not buying it back then... Did I really need to buy 32 identical blood axe warriors? No.... but the totem I failed to buy...
The Foundry/Dallimore 3-color expirements continue with this set, but it is leaning more towards a hybrid style. You will note the tabards of the horny ones are done with a classic inkwash/drybrush rather than 3-colored. Though I do lack a proper color set for purple, the real reason is that this is just plain faster. 3-color is fast if you're doing a single figure, or if you absolutely must finish stuff in a single sitting. But doing batches of similar figures in 1-2 hour stints like me, the drying time for the wash isn't really a factor. I'll typically leave the wash as the last stage each night. But I must say I really like 3-color for flesh, and I think I'm getting better at it. Maybe I'll dare to try those barechested celt warriors next...
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