Glass Hammers are units designed to cause casualties. Chariots, Razorgor Herds, Minotaurs, Centigors w/Great Weapons, and Bestigors w/Great Weapons are your primary attacking units.
The (obvious) reason why I call them Glass Hammers is because they are all pretty darn weak on defense. Minotaurs, Centigors, and Bestigors are all T4 with ~5+ armor save. Think of them as lightly armored orcs. Yikes. Chariots and Razorgor Herds are T5 but chariots can be auto-killed by a single S7 hit. Eek. And Razorgor T5 isn’t much help without a shred of armor. Ugh. There are three ways this lack of defense is likely to hurt you. 1) The enemy charges you. They break your glass hammer before it can do anything. 2) The enemy shoots you. They break your glass hammer before it can do anything. 3) You charge the enemy but they are very rugged and survive your attacks. They swing back and smash your glass hammer. This means these units need to get into combat with non-uber-rugged enemies ASAP.
Here is how they stack up offensively. I run my offensive units of 25mm models 7 wide to maximize their number of attacks. I run my 40mm models (i.e. ogre-sized) 4 wide for the same reason. [Note: One S5 impact hit is comparable to two S5 attacks since attacks miss approximately 50% of the time.]
Glass Hammer Hitty-ness comparison:
Best
4 Minotaurs w/Great Weapons = 12 S6 attacks + 4 S5 autohits (i.e. 8 S5 attacks) [+4 S6 attacks/round of won combat due to bloodgreed]
Good
7 Centigors w/Great Weapons = 14 S6 attacks
4 Razorgors = 16 S6 attacks (S5 after the charge)
Medium
2 Tuskgor Chariots = 2 S6 attacks + 7 S5 autohits (i.e. 14 S5 attacks)
Poor
7 Bestigors = 7 S6 attacks
Razorgor Chariot = 3 S6 attacks + 3.5 S5 autohits (i.e. 7 S5 attacks)
General Recommendation:
1-2 units of 4 Minotaurs w/Great Weapons
1 unit of 7 Centigors w/Great Weapons
1 unit of 4 Razorgors
0+ units of Tuskgor chariots [using up whatever points you have left-over after buying everything else you want]
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