Hello, newb dwarf and fantasy player here. To start things off I'd thought I'd give a army list.

1 Thane; Hand Weapon, Rune of Fury, Rune of Speed [x2]

19 Warriors; Hand Weapon, Shield, Heavy Armour, Accompanied by Thane

20 Warriors; Hand Weapon, Shield, Heavy Armour

10 Crossbowmen; Crossbow, Hand Weapon, Light Armour

10 Crossbowmen; Crossbow, Hand Weapon, Light Armour

That should be somewhere around 750 points. I thought I'd try the bear trap method by having my Crossbowmen in the middle and have my Warriors lined up on the outside. I gave my Thane 2 Rune of Speeds because I thought with an Initiative of 3 it was kinda slow, but now with a Initiative of 5 He can deal with most Elves.

Comments? :)

You'll do better giving your thane defensive runes and a great weapon; 3 S6 attacks are much better than 4 S4 ones. Other than that, it looks pretty solid to me, though I personally prefer great weapons on warriors over hw/shield.

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Nice use of the plastic kit!

I did much the same as you when I started collecting 6th edition Dwarfs, but a couple of years later and almost all of my crossbowmen have been replaced by thunderers. As you face armies with anything remotely fast in them, or heavy cavalry, you will quite quickly realise that the uses of crossbows are fairly limited. My advice: get thunderers now and save money later!

And I concur that you should take armour runes (something like 1x Stone, 2x Iron would be good) and great weapon for your thane. Don't worry about initiative values - more often than not you will be getting charged, so won't be able to strike first anyway. If you are REALLY desparate to go first, get the Master Rune of Swiftness, otherwise stick to defensive runes, absorb the charge and strike back harder! It's what Dwarfs are best at!!

Oh, and try giving one of your warrior units great weapons, otherwise this force will struggle against well-armoured opposition.