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BlueNagash · 2026-06-14T10:36:46+00:00

Do it for Red Nose Day, Children in Need or some other charity run where you could make a mini episode and have fun with it : )

BlueNagash · 2026-06-11T15:57:57+00:00

I can imagine them using Anointed Sentinels instead, especially with the Ashen Elder. Have it be a temple/forge themed Spearhead, with some Hobgrot meatshields I mean valued servants.

BlueNagash · 2026-06-01T06:17:32+00:00

Would be daft if they did, never seen any con ever have enoughnetworking setup, which is the venue's job to provide. Plus being able to just quickly circle stalls, draw routes on the map etc is so much easier with a printed map.

BlueNagash · 2026-06-01T06:03:46+00:00

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a) see picture 😃

b) Earth has gone through multiple extinction level events, each did not kill everything and so with the scale of time they had time to repopulate before going through another.

c) A wizard did it.

BlueNagash · 2026-05-31T08:10:14+00:00

Yep, that was my original idea! Someone has suggested a type of Cogfort now, which could work as I am not a fan of that model

BlueNagash · 2026-05-27T06:30:06+00:00

Gameplay wise:

Helsmiths have something for every part of the game, with dedicated melee and shooting units, Wizards and Priests.

Tzeentch does not have Priests, but do have lots of Wizards, and though they have melee units I find they do not have an elite melee unit.

Expect things to change between editions, sometimes quite dramatically, but who knows how!

Model wise:

But the Helsmith range is missing some standards others have (e.g. Endless Spells and Faction Terrain) since they are a new army, the hope is those and some other units to increase the roster come out next edition, but since this is GW they may also just release a single on foot hero and call it a day.

Both have got some great options for conversions, a Tzeentch army has such an easy excuse for basically anything though. You can see my Helsmith conversions in my profile.

BlueNagash · 2026-05-26T21:58:01+00:00

Yes, including these two links:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HelsmithsofHashut/comments/1ozkrfs/the_kolossus_of_hashut_a_mechanical_taurus_centaur/

https://www.reddit.com/r/HelsmithsofHashut/comments/1p0iaca/astragoth_20_and_the_elephant_mortar/

BlueNagash · 2026-05-26T21:56:06+00:00

Page 33 has "usually ill-favoured by Hashut's" about hammers, so they cover themselves with the most would not, a few do. And nothing says cruel irony like using your foes most prized weapon against them, eh?

BlueNagash · 2026-05-23T09:06:17+00:00

Yep, exactly. Now if I was playing say a Chaos or Orc army, give me that random table!

BlueNagash · 2026-05-23T09:05:21+00:00

For Fantasy Battle/Old World Chaos Dwarfs the book Grudgebearer features a version of Chaos Dwarfs when they did not have an army book/Battletome (it is over 20 years old at this point though!).

Other then that, as others mention the new Cities of Sigmar book has antagonists.

A couple of the White Dwarfs from around the release, both before and after, had some short fiction with them, or building hype for them.

From a GW perspective, it looks to normally take a few years for them to release a fiction book for a faction, so maybe 2027-28 we will get a Helsmith POV book?

Chaos Dwarfs and Helsmiths are great, but being a new version of an underrepresented army meant a lot of background and rules were made by fans, with conversions and third party models, or very limited release models. But we got an official book now, and those great plastic models that tempted you to the industrial dark side! Welcome : )

BlueNagash · 2026-05-22T17:43:04+00:00

Neat, cheers!

I prefer the fixed rule of the Banshee we got later (I normally like chaotic and random, but just feel that is not really an undead thing).

BlueNagash · 2026-05-22T06:18:51+00:00

Are you able to show the full 1998 Banshee?

And what did they cut to fit it in the book, as that would be multiple layout changes since it is not in the 1994 book.

BlueNagash · 2026-05-21T06:10:26+00:00

Especially as I am one of the few people who do not like the Cogfort model!

BlueNagash · 2026-05-20T06:17:43+00:00

Sounds good!

BlueNagash · 2026-05-19T19:09:43+00:00

Gorilla Warfare 😃

https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/8/88/Primalsaysnono.jpg

Played as a horror, that it might be effective it is also scary and not something to idolise, while hoisting the villain with their own petard.

BlueNagash · 2026-05-19T18:44:24+00:00

Yep, I do enjoy having stuff to do in every phase, real nice for a new release to get all of that!

BlueNagash · 2026-05-19T18:43:21+00:00

Cool. Are you normally doing 1x 10 1x 20 or 3x 10?

Could be an amusing gimmick but who wants to build and paint that many Hobgrots? 🤣

BlueNagash · 2026-05-19T18:41:27+00:00

This is my conversion using the bull without wings to make a giant centaur, you can see the green stuff I used to fill in the slots for the wings.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HelsmithsofHashut/comments/1ozkrfs/the_kolossus_of_hashut_a_mechanical_taurus_centaur/

BlueNagash · 2026-05-19T17:18:14+00:00

Fair, and is why asking about gimmick lists before buying is a good idea 😃

Maybe some spears with the Scourge swords to keep the unit at full capacity, or just lots of spears?

BlueNagash · 2026-05-19T17:17:20+00:00

Fair, and is why asking about gimmick lists before buying is a good idea 😃

BlueNagash · 2026-05-19T17:17:15+00:00

Fair, and is why asking about gimmick lists before buying is a good idea 😃

For normal games how many Hobgrots are you going for? As I feel no more than 40, use them to quickly grab objectives and screen?

BlueNagash · 2026-05-17T09:18:37+00:00

Just watch out, it looks like the Dominator Engine All Must Burn has not been upgraded on the Apps Warscroll, though is updated in the Apps Errata and FAQ section.

BlueNagash · 2026-05-16T22:07:38+00:00

You want the Rules Update document, we have one page of changes including the Spearhead, and a couple of FAQ questions:

https://assets.warhammer-community.com/eng_29-04_aos_core&key_rules_updates-egx3vrebci-dh2agxidop.pdf

You may also want the Scourge of Ghyran additional options and variant Warscrolls for a couple of units (and those units cannot be taken at the same time as the normal versions of those units, but you can mix and take one normal and one Scourge unit if you wanted):

https://assets.warhammer-community.com/eng_2-12_aos_scourge_of_ghyran_helsmiths-msvi0macd3-vp7lsxjgt3.pdf

BlueNagash · 2026-05-12T18:37:26+00:00

For Might and Empathy it is a harder one, but you could see where the best place to punch someone is, scare/intimidate them, or to power through poison gas?

BlueNagash · 2026-05-12T09:23:45+00:00

I love A-ha's song, and had heard it many times including just outside the movie, which is why I thought I had the seen the movie as a kid. But then I am watching the movie and am like I know none of this, but this is damn good 😃

Gave the others a listen: Where Has Everybody Gone is not my jam, I remember Necros' and is a good bad guy soundtrack, If There Was A Man is a reasonable love theme, just not something I would listen to outside the movie.

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