Iron Hills Dwarves profiles

OilyJohn · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:06 pm

Iron Hills Dwarf (Dwarf)...9 pts

M F S D A W C
5'' 3/4+ 4 7 1 1 4

Equipment: Dwarf Heavy Armour

Options:
Pike...1 pt
Shield...1 pt
Banner...25 pts
War Horn...20 pts

Lord's Guard (Dwarf)... 18 pts

M F S D A W C
5'' 4/4+ 4 7 2 1 4

Equipment: Dwarf Heavy Armour, Two-Handed Pick-Hammer

Special Rules:
Burly

I'm sure there have been similar posts already but, I would like some feedback on the fluffiness and balance of the units and what could be done to make them fair profiles as I would definitely have built an iron hills army had GW released profiles for them. I would still like to build one even if I just used house ruled profiles against my friends. (My favourite scene from all of The Hobbit movies was where the Mirkwood Elves jumped over their heads)

Dikey · **Joined:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:19 am **Posts:** 508

every dwarf is F4. Why F3 infantry?

Glory4gondor · **Joined:** Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:57 pm **Posts:** 137

They have to be fight 4 and They need a special rule to compete with the others in the hobbit range.

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:01 pm

^Well they're "Phalanx", pike plus shield, that's something unique and a rule that the Easterling Warriors have, so it's not unheard of. I would prefer just giving Iron Hill Warriors the Grimhammer profile with the addition of pike and shield + Phalanx special rule. Not sure I would charge an extra point for it though since you need the pike to have Phalanx, so the pike option itself should cost 2 points.

OilyJohn · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:31 pm

Liking the suggestions so far guys, the phalanx rule is definitely a must for theme. However I think they should at least have the option for dwarf heavy armour as they are pretty kitted up in the movies. Imho the grim hammers should have dwarf heavy armour when you look at their models compared to the warriors of erebor. Other than that, i swapped their fight and strength as Dain's army felt more about brute force than skill to me, maybe that was because they were side by side with the elves, but that was just my interpretation.

Afastr · **Joined:** Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:20 pm **Posts:** 70

Defence 8 strength 4 infantry for 10 points? Nope.

OilyJohn · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:42 pm

Ok, how about something like this:

Iron Hills Dwarf (Dwarf)...9 pts

F-----S-D-AW-C
4/4+ 3 6 1 1 4

Equipment: Dwarf Armour

Options:
Pike...2 pts
Shield...1 pt
Dwarf Heavy Armour...2 pts
Banner...25 pts
War Horn...30 pts

Special Rules: Phalanx

Would you say this was a more balanced profile? Or is this still under-pointed.

Also, completely different profiles would definitely be welcomed, as there's no way that an inexperienced player like me should try and make balanced profiles, I'm just giving some ideas.

PeterOfDale · **Joined:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:12 pm **Posts:** 16

Afastr wrote:

Defence 8 strength 4 infantry for 10 points? Nope.

Dwarf pike blocks.
Lord save us from such devilry. It used to be dwarfs were rock hard and held back only by speed and lack of spears. Pikes too now?

PeterOfDale · **Joined:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:12 pm **Posts:** 16

"My favourite scene from all of The Hobbit movies was where the Mirkwood Elves jumped over their heads)" - funny we were just talking yesterday at the club about how this was the most awful tactic of all time.

We have a defence wall of mightily clad infantry!
All shall perish upon our mighty shield wall!
Send the silk clad bowmen over the top!!!!

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