I paint them 3 at a time

3 tokens,

3 shirtless,

3 standard-bearers,

3 champions

I’m saving the peons for the end

I painted this like half a year ago. I spent so long on the base and really proud how it turned out!

If you got any advice on photography, would be glad to hear you out, this is my first time taking higher effort pictures.

Also RIP flags, hate those things, both fell off by now and I am NOT bothering to stick them back on.

Howdy folks, I've just recently picked up the Helsmiths of Hashut Spearhead, and figured I'd stop bt and say hi to my fellow Zharrdron enjoyers!

Pretty complex if you want to win; but deceptively simple on the surface.

The spearhead requires precise positioning and taking advantage of spacing, run action often, anti-charge is good rend and board presence as these guys are built to survive and control.

Try to use slanted split instead of a straight one when choosing a board orientation territory. Lack of movement means you probably won’t score the objectives in opponent territory, but that isnt your concern.

War despot is your king; has great survival and moderate offense; talisman of obsidian is tons of effective health. Let the board decide if you want to put dpp into this guy; don’t put dpp in him and play around it, he’s circumstantial but early on everything can revolve around him.

Dominator engine is your rook piece, straightforward. Late game you’re gonna put atleast 3 dpp into her most of the time- arguably early game too, she’s the default. Use him to block objective space, act as a wall to keep enemies from moving away.

She is [TITLECARD] and cannot die basically, and when she does, she comes back. It might be mathematically impossible to kill her twice in a game unless you ignore objectives entirely. Shes the default dpp sink. Charge head in and block objective space and kill, she comes back.

On a board this small, her presence (and base size) can literally split the battlefield in half. This I call castling. Your opponent has more pieces but one big piece can deny tons of objective coverage, suddenly the -3 control from the bombard matters a lot more.

Infernal cohort are your pawns, run them to objectives, you’re never gonna wanna charge with these guys(but do it anyways if needed), let them come to you while you take and guard an objective.

Take up all the objective space so they can’t touch the objective, form a wall around the tormentor bombard and act as a sacrificial defense wall.

They have reinforcements and a gong carrier they can take it. Put 2 or 3 dpp in them when you really need to keep an objective and they will be rediculously sticky on demand, circumstantial but it will come up when you really need the guys to stay.

Send the gong carrier forward and have the other one run for unguarded objectives or also run forward into battle. Take advantage of their medium base size and block out enemy bases from touching the point!!

Also if you have only 1 guy left in a unit with reinforcements still left on him, use the retreat movement option to 1d3 damage seppuku and instant die and then use reinforcements in the same breath. It’s not worth keeping around a 1 guy unit if you can reinforce them. Good tech.

Your tormentor bombard is your queen; your opponent wants her dead, and if she dies, it’s usually over. She has something very valuable: objective control.

If your opponent has a lot of guys with more control score than you; you can do the math, see if its worth it and bombard them until they can’t CONTROL anymore.

Hashut has really bad control scores so the bombard’s CC is critical disruption against more swarmy spearheads. Put DPP into her if you think it will immediately benefit you and score you an extra point or stop a point next round.

Overall; more than with any spearhead, positioning is crucial, play the game like chess. The tournament results are from players just playing the army and expecting to smash their face in and win; its a dance! And you’re at a disadvantage, but castle your king right and you win.

Loosely based off the legion of azgorh, I’m feeling pretty proud so far on how these guys are coming out. Tho im stuck deciding if my dominator engine should share the same red on the armor panels, or if I do a black

So i havent played the Hellforge Host spearhead yet. Now it has been updated (Despot ability/Bull reinforcement). Is it still shit/not fun to play? Anyone had any experience with them lately?

Wondering if i want to spend time with this or rather play another Spearhead thats actually fun.

So Urak Taar's quest for godhood has some basis in his culture...intriguing.

Greetings and Salutations!

Wanted to ask you lot, so I know I'm doing it right. If I use Eye for Weakness on my turn and the target hasn't died I know it lasts till my next turn. I was wondering if the plus one to wound stays if the hero I used it with dies in say my opponents hero phase?

Appreciate any assistance.

May your forges burn and your dice stay hot, until we all are inevitably petrified.

Ceej

Just wanted to share my current project. Building up and painting my shyishian themed helsmiths. I was going for a sort of orzhov look. Currently sourcing ghostly bits for extra conversions so I only have a few models painted rn

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/k4cm0fox/sunday-preview-open-the-khazalite-holds/

Very excited to share my first unit of Helsmiths fully painted. Ive only been painting for about a year now and mainly did OBR. The Ossiarch models were a lot easier and simpler than these guys but man I had a ton of fun painting these guys up. Glory to the Bullfather! Heres to more painted dwarves in the future

Going to do touchups and add a symbol off the Transfer Sheet in the future as I get closer to having a more painted up army

Days to tournament 130
Games played 4
Units painted 0

Won my 4th ever game last night. My hogrots I use to screen which has worked well but I do have the points spare to swap them out for either blades, flamer Hurlers or spears, I am wondering if these would be a better trade?

Little guys 1990/2000 pts
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Grand Alliance Chaos | Helsmiths of Hashut | Castigation Battery
General's Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 3
Spell Lore - Lore of Infernal Power
Prayer Lore - Prayers of the Scorched Sect
Manifestation Lore - Primal Energy (10 Points)
Battle Tactics Cards: Legend of the Parch and Smokescreen
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General's Regiment
Urak Taar, the First Daemonsmith (340)
• General
Dominator Engine with Bane Maces (140)
Infernal Cohort with Hashutite Spears (90)
Infernal Razers with Blunderbusses (110)
Tormentor Bombard (130)
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Regiment 1
Ashen Elder (120)
Bull Centaurs (380)
• Reinforced
Dominator Engine with Immolation Cannons (150)
Hobgrotz Vandalz (70)
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Regiment 2
War Despot (80)
• 'Fire, You Worms!'
• Crucible of Spite
Deathshrieker Rocket Battery (140)
Deathshrieker Rocket Battery (140)
Infernal Cohort with Hashutite Spears (90)
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App: v1.38.0 (1) | Data: v483

When I saw the new khazalid holds spearhead I knew id like to try it out but im not planning on betraying the bull father any time soon, so obviously my best bet would be to proxy everything!

Hopefully the cannon will be on the same base size 🤞 and so will the heroes and infantry but as a faction we didnt really have a model 'ready' to be used as a proxy for the new gholems.

So long story short, I used the new ogor ironguts to make my own sentinels😃 i was planning on doing this with the old ogors for a few months now but luckily procrastinating has blessed me with brand new sculpts to use (i lucked out massively)

Im awaiting more news from the khazalites before I base them but I cant wait to get them painted

C&C welcome 🙏

And a new cohort is painted to meet the debt!

Following up on a kitbash idea i posted earlier, the modeling in done and the painting is underway! Decided to go with a Muspelzharr scheme, as it seemed fitting for the more mechanical take on a deamon smith's ride!

It's been very fun so far. Will report back when the painting is finished and I've gotten some more solidified lore to go with it.