Thanks. That will be enough dwarf iron. The skins will help but we will be needing a lot more. Also each armor piece will take an adamant shard and I will not have enough (will take 18 for the medium armor and a few more for cloaks) Maybe we can figure out where the shards drop (off named creatures I think).
Sounds like a new adventure. From what I have read, skirmishes are scaled for groups of 1,3,6 and 12. So we can do a 6 person one with our group. To make it even more challenging; I have never done a skirmish.
That is why I have not pushed it. Kurr did them for one day, solo, when they first started. A group of four is punished. I think you can request easier levels though.
I've been through the tutorial with most of my characters (not Fred though). I tried one skirmish after that and it was hectic. I failed once (NPC died I think) and then managed to finish -- it was fun. I tried to go in the Great Barrow recently and it looked like the only way to get in was in a skirmish group.