State of the Chaos Dwarf Union, July, 2025.

A few pictures of the current status of the Chaos Dwarf force - now quickly exceeding my ability to capture it in a convenient picture.  At present this force is perhaps 75-80% complete.  I still have a sizable pile of stuff left to paint/add.

The Last of the Wolfriders

I finished (hopefully) the last six wolf riders for my Chaos Dwarf army.  I think I'm done with them, and can start tackling more proper Chaos Dwarfs.

 

These will be skirmishing archers, used to unlock additional deployment options for the army.

 

 

Night Goblins emerge to help the Chaos Dwarfs!

This past weekend we played game...seven(?) of our narrative campaign.  Here's the updated quick-fire story line:

 

The Dwarfs, having lost five of six games, have been on the backfoot.  While word has been sent to the main Dwarf force, the hermit wizard 'Mr. Crowley' has been leading a hit-and-run resistance against the Chaos Dwarf army as it marches toward the Border Princes region.  Crowley's force was driven off after a failed ambush on a Chaos Dwarf column (last game).

 

Word came to Mr. Crowley that the Chaos Dwarfs had been meeting with Night Goblins.  A truly troubling thing...

 

The Night Goblins had negotiated with the Chaos Dwarfs to show them a long-abandoned entrance to a Dwarf great hall.  The Chaos Dwarfs sent a force to the entrance to see if they could find a route through the dark to the Dwarf's home hall.

 

Crowley and his Dwarfs arrived just in time...planning to hold the bridge against the Chaos Dwarfs...

 

The game was a custom scenario.  The Dwarfs had to find crates of gunpowder, drag them to the bridge, while holding off a Chaos Dwarf force (attacking a doorway into the mountain).  Inside the abandoned Dwarf hall, Night Goblins and Sneaky Gitz would be emerging (from a random table) to attack the heroes and bridgehead.

 

Fortunately for my buddy he managed to sneak two crates onto the bridge at the very end, and triggered the explosives - destroying the bridge and preventing the Chaos Dwarfs from entering the hall.  Sadly Mr. Crowley was cut off and left inside the abandoned hall...

 

 

Famine, Sword, & Fire: Dwarfs vs. Chaos Dwarfs.

Our sixth game in our campaign went thusly:

 

Summary: A Chaos Dwarf column is on the march when its Hobgoblin scouting party gets too far ahead...the opposing Dwarfs take advantage and launch an ambush as the column reaches a bridge.  The weather is spring flooding, so the river is dangerous terrain to pass over...the Dwarfs launch an ambush and smash several units, but the Hobgoblin reinforcements arrive and the rest of the column is able to re-form into fighting order.  The Dwarf ambushers end up being caught between the two forces and lose the game 8 VP's to the Chaos Dwarf 9 VPS.

 

 

A quite silly cannon.

I picked up this alternate cannon on Etsy from a sculptor that I don't really like as much as the normal guy (Fabelzel).  However, I was too lazy to eBay it off, so I painted it and some extra crew.  This will run as a larger siege artillery piece in FSF.

 

Included a picture with the classic Earthshaker for scale.

 

 

Prisoners and flamethrowers!

I whipped up this unit of prisoners for use as both a unit (with a special 'sacrificial' trait), and to serve for scenario purposes.  I also painted up the flame-thrower team which I got as a freebie from the guy who prints my minis.

 

 

Games!: Game #4 of our FSF campaign...Chaos Dwarfs vs. Dwarfs!

We wrapped up our first "chapter" in our narrative test campaign between my Chaos Dwarfs and my buddy's Dwarfs.

 

Quick catch up:

 

Game 01: Hobgoblin advance party attacks a Dwarf trade caravan heading toward Barak Varr - losing the game, but capturing a Dwarf captain and his son.

 

Game 02: Hobgoblins clash with the Dwarf search party.  The Hobgoblin force manages to drive back the Dwarfs and their mercenary allies.

 

Game 03: Dwarf rangers and huntsmen locate the Hobgoblins in an abandoned mansion in the forest - attacking at night, they attempt to save the Dwarf captain and son..but fail and the Hobgoblins escape with the prisoners.

 

Game 04: The Chaos Dwarfs finally arrive, and set up a ritual execution of the Dwarf captain and his son. The Dwarfs and some mercenary cavalry attempt to stop the ritual but fail...both are executed by Chaos Dwarf sorcerers.