A friend and I have decided for fun, we'd play in a game as Maiden Astraea and Garl Vinland. We've managed to make Astraea fairly easily, but Garl is proving a little harder. I know i'll be using something like a warhammer and a heavy steel shield, but I'm unsure of what class to use. Originally, I was going to go with the Vanguard Slayer archetype, but I really would like to have those talents to blow on getting no-dex-required TWF.
We are building them at level 3, 20 pt buy, standard wealth. Any suggestions or tips would be welcome. He doens't have to be optimal, but the basics are some kind of big smashy weapon, a big shield, big armor, and he has to be a "defender".