Slayers

   There are two units I think my dwarf army is missing, beyond just generally making the army bigger, a war machine - bolt thrower especially and a unit of slayers.

   The Gotrek and Felix series of novels - even with the early ones starting to date badly now* - are a must read for every warhammer fantasy/Age of Sigmar fan and I am slowly working my way through them after giving up on Dragonslayer probably 20 years ago now. These books really got me thinking about the unit of slayers I keep meaning to add to the army.

*controversial?

   Back in 2023 with old world slayers having been discontinued and seriously expensive online I needed a different plan, so I looked for recommendations online, but none of the alternative figures quite did it for me. Then I went back to a half baked plan, the Age of Sigmar Fyreslayers, who are the spiritual descendants of the slayer, so would they work. I bought a sprue online to test the theory.

   The long and the short, they were OK, but a lot of phaff to make and the plan was never going to be cheap. Then along came the rerelease of the Old World and a box of the old metal slayers - in a box of 12 . . . The price made me upset, but eBay prices made me sadder and my initial Fyreslayer plan also wasn't cheap, so I bought a set when they went on preorder.

   I really like these old figures and while my bank account was sad for a month or so, I don't have a lot of regrets beyond why they sat half painted on the shelf behind me for a year or so at this point.

   I especially love the sad expressions on these two's faces. They may be berserkers who are atoning for perceived sins, but they are also sad about those sins.

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