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I agree with pretty much all of this, though I'd trade the Skink Skirmishers out for more Saurus, Saurus are good for holding and grinding down weak horde units like Skeletons and Zombies so they don't bog down your other more powerful units.

Skinks on the other hand can just be magic-ed to death by the Vampire player's casters and will do nothing to stop his Zombies and Skeletons from trying to engage your Carnosaurs and Bastiladons to prevent them taking down the Terrorgheists. I'm in firm disagreement with the idea that Skink Skirmishers are supposedly a solution for everything as so many people here say.

 

The following list is an exercise in thematic list building based on some recent purchases of mine as well as my own extensive collection. Whether the list was/is competitively effective was/is of lesser concern than the narrative theme I was going for. The idea is a Chaos Dwarf garrison of a minor trade hold located on the outskirts of Uzkulak. To reflect the narrative, it includes mercenaries. Also, for simplicity's sake and to reflect part of the narrative, I have been sparse with magic items.

Trade Hold Garrison of Uzkulak-1998/2000 pts

Characters:

Hargoth Ironheart, Garrison Commander-162 pts
Infernal Castellan, shield, darkforged weapon, Paymaster's Coin. General

Grazek Blackfist-125 pts
Infernal Seneschal w/shield, darkforged weapon, Bsb w/Ashen Banner

Vrazeg the Volatile-115 pts
lvl 2 Daemonsmith

Drazek the Damned-115 pts
lvl 2 Daemonsmith

Borgut Jawbreaka-77 points
Black Orc Big Boss w/shield

Vrada Khan-50 pts
Hobgoblin Khan w/shield and light armor


Core Units:

Spineless Dregs-96 pts
32 Hobgoblins w/shortbows

Garrison Guards-166 pts
10 Infernal Guard w/champ, blunderbusses

Garrison Guards-166 pts
10 Infernal Guard w/champ, blunderbusses

Jawbreaka's Boyz- 378 pts
24 Black Orcs w/ GW, FC, Veterans


Special Units:

Vrada's Stik Throwa-45 pts
Hobgoblin Bolt Thrower

Vrada's Spear Throwa-45 pts
Hobgoblin Bolt Thrower


Rare Units:

Hashut's Fist-185 pts
Dread Quake Mortar w/Ogre Loader *

*for the time being will be represented by my Hellcannon and spare ogre on a "counts as" basis.

Vrada's Raiders-78 pts
5 Hobgoblin Wolf Riders w/spears, shortbows, Boss and Reserve Move


Mercenaries:

Ironskin Ogres-195 pts
5 Badlands Ogre Bulls w/hvy armor and gw

 

No Infernal Guard with hand weapons and shields? Because you've only got one really serious melee unit there in the form of the Black Orcs.

 

I don't have any minis to represent that. And honestly, I favor fireglaives and shields over hand weapons, as I like the flexibility that loadout gives. Also, I contemplated including some allied WOC for additional combat units but didn't have the points.

 

After thinking on it a bit, I came up with a new version of the list. I lumped the 2 units of IG with blunderbusses into one, added shields and full command. I dropped a couple hobgoblins and changed magic items. IG will work as a second melee unit as well as a ranged.


Trade Hold Garrison of Uzkulak-1995/2000 pts

Characters:

Hargoth Ironheart, Garrison Commander-167 pts
Infernal Castellan, shield, darkforged weapon, Talisman of Protection. General

Grazek Blackfist-97 pts
Infernal Seneschal w/shield, darkforged weapon, Bsb

Vrazeg the Volatile-115 pts
lvl 2 Daemonsmith

Drazek the Damned-115 pts
lvl 2 Daemonsmith

Borgut Jawbreaka-77 points
Black Orc Big Boss w/shield

Vrada Khan-50 pts
Hobgoblin Khan w/shield and light armor


Core Units:

Spineless Dregs-90 pts
30 Hobgoblins w/shortbows

Garrison Guards-358 pts
20 Infernal Guard w/FC,shields, blunderbusses


Jawbreaka's Boyz- 378 pts
24 Black Orcs w/ GW, FC, Veterans


Special Units:

Vrada's Stik Throwa-45 pts
Hobgoblin Bolt Thrower

Vrada's Spear Throwa-45 pts
Hobgoblin Bolt Thrower


Rare Units:

Hashut's Fist-185 pts
Dread Quake Mortar w/Ogre Loader
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Vrada's Raiders-78 pts
5 Hobgoblin Wolf Riders w/spears, shortbows, Boss and Reserve Move


Mercenaries:

Ironskin Ogres-195 pts
5 Badlands Ogre Bulls w/hvy armor and gw