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How I paint Dwarven Infantry - Oathmark

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When I started collecting miniature, way back in 1990, my first miniatures were Dwarves. At the time, these were all metal miniatures for Warhammer Fantasy Battle and as a kid I could never afford many. As a result, I was never able to afford an army. With my discovery of Oathmark, I am now able to build my childhood Dwarven army. Paints required: Chaos Black spray Gun Metal (AP) Plate Mail Metal (AP) Shining Silver (AP) Dark Tone (AP) Strong Tone (AP) Soft Tone (AP) Weapon Bronze (AP) Balthasar Gold Bugmans Glow Cadian Fleshtone Kislev Flesh Mephiston Red Mournfang Brown Rhinox Hide Skrag Brown  Deathclaw Brown Doombull Brown Dryad Bark Gorthor Brown XV-88 Tau Light Ochre Steel Legion Drab Karak Stone Khorne Red Evil Suns Scarlet Wild Rider Red Carroburg Crimson When I painted the miniature, I effectively worked on four distinct sections: the amour, the faces and beard, the leather work, and finally the coloured cloth. Additionally, the shield was painted separately from the rest ...

Probability in Oathmark - Magic

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Early on, when I started writing this blog, I wrote a several articles on probability in Warhammer Underworlds. Since then, I have discovered Oathmark . Oathmark uses D10 for all its dice rolls and I am interested to see how easy (or hard) it is to cast a particular spell.   To begin with I need to explain how magic work in Oathmark. Each race has access to spellcasters. Each spellcaster has a level. The level dictates two aspects of the spellcaster: 1. How many spells they know, 2. How many dice they roll when attempting to cast a spell. It is this second component that I want to consider.  My questions are:   What is the best spellcaster level to take in my army?  What are the best spells for each level of spellcaster?  Casting a spell When a spellcaster attempts to cast a spell, they roll a number of D10 equal to their spellcaster level.  Example. A spellcaster (2) would roll 2D10 when attempting to cast a spell. Whereas a spellcaster (5) would...