The roar of the furnace, the clanging of iron hammers upon hot metal, forcing the materials to his whim, to become what he wanted instead of what nature had intended for them.
These were the things that Thugi Ironhand lived for...well, those and smashing the heads of anyone who dared to try to shut down his forge with his arcane hammer.
Known within Sigmaron for being a brilliant, if eccentric forgemaster, with a way of combining metallurgy and the arcane, many members of the Ironweld Arsenal were surprised when he announced in the council that he was leaving Azyr to head to the small town of Ancestor's Fyrd.
Upon arrival, he immediately set up at the towns arcane forge and began work upon his masterpiece, a suit of heavy steam powered armour which, with an enchantment upon his shield, purchased from a cowled peddler back in Azyr, would not only render him nearly impervious to enemy attacks, but increase his strength and speed as well.
Months later, he had completed his works, disaster struck during his trial run however, when one of the warding enchantments he had placed upon his shield reacted badly with a shipment of inscribed Sigmarite being brought into the forge.
The two magical spells fought one another, their very essences battling, until the Sigmarite enchantment won out and the shield, along with Thugi who was still holding it, was ripped from the realm of Ghur and cast into the void.
Finding himself standing in nothingness, the realisation that he had been tricked by the peddler whom he bought the enchantment off dawned upon the stranded Duarddin.
With nothing to vent his anger on, Thugi screamed vengeance, a distant chuckle of laughter, no louder then a whisper but audible from a distance answered him and echoed through the void.
A belch of smoke from the stacks, the scrape and creak of metal upon metal, Thugi Ironfist set off and entered the looming Silver Tower, determined to find a way back to Ghur and the peddler whom had cheated him.
Ahhh, Dwarves and their machines, almost as good as Volcano dwelling Dwarves.
This model, made by Scibor Miniatures is a fun model I picked up at the beginning of this year, put the flags out, I have completed a model inside of 12 months!!!!!
Packed with runic detail, it screamed out for a simple paintjob and was actually the easiest of the heroes so far to paint, despite the varying metallic layers and washes each panel of his armour received.
Just like the Stormcast, he got a Space Wolf head, of terminator variety this time if I am correct as I didn't like the helmet he was supplied with.
Adding a little to his story through the "enchantment peddler", originally he was going to be a little throw away line, but I got thinking, what if Thugi had purchased the chaotic spell in Azyr itself?
What if the agents of Chaos were operating within the shanty towns which I imagine would spring up near each realmgate?
So I ran with the idea and that's how I ended up with a steam-powered Dwarf Cogsmith, rather then the somewhat bland Cogsmith model which Games Workshop make, in Silver Tower.
Until next time...
- Lewis
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