Dwarves Rumor Roundup

[eldargal]

Ooh they look nice, more serious dwarf less cartoon dwarf.

[Justus Ackermann]

The new hammers and slayer hero really look good (credits to Neobuzzard from bugman). Excited for this new release.

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Not bad, not bad at all! Not completely sure about the helmets yet, they give me a vague impression of tin soldiers (ironic for warhammer, I know), but the overall armor looks very dwarven. And the hammers look awesome! Very much looking forward to the new Longbeards (stupid GW to give that away on their own webpage *gg*) and Ironbreakers, I can already picture them with different heads on those wonderful hammerers armor.

[Cap'nSmurfs]

Those are some great-looking stunties. They've needed new models for a very long time.

[Chronowraith]

The Hammerers remind me of LotR dwarves (which is a good thing). Overall I like the armor and the hammers and I agree that its nice to see them move even slightly away from the cartoony dwarves of past.

I've never been fond of the slayer aesthetic... it's too much 80's biker gang for me. That being said, I love the thematic base and would buy the figure just for that (if it was priced appropriately... which it won't be since all the plastic clampacks have been roughly 20 dollars).

[Proteus]

I like em all. I am sure dwarf collectors will be happy.

The criticised over the top pose of the Slayer is perfect for the subject matter. Slayers after all are supposed to be the kind of cuckoo crazy, out-of-their-mind berserkers, who would jump form a high point onto a giants head, grab his ear with one hand, holding on to their not-so-dear-anymore lives, while bashing his face with an axe with the other hand.

The hammerers look like proper elite dwarf. A huge improvement over the lackluster old ones. I totally don't get some of the criticism on other forums regarding the noses. They still look like dwarfs, and whatever minutae detalis that might look off, don't destroy the overall badass "dwarfishnes" of the models. Same goes for the shoulder pads, I find it hard to believe that at this point after all we've seen of the garish Warhammer designs, anybody can still complain about some piece of armour being "impractical".

The models make me sad though that the good looking and effective but at the same time rather simple and cartoony Warhammer designs, get so much attention from the desing team and dynamic, eye-catching models, while the much more intricate, better and more thought-out Weta designs for LOTR dwarfs are getting such bland, lackluster sculpts from Perry twins.

These guys should recieve the same kind of eye cathing poses, sculpt quality and attention:

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[angrybear]

I like em all. I am sure dwarf collectors will be happy.

The criticised over the top pose of the Slayer is perfect for the subject matter. Slayers after all are supposed to be the kind of cuckoo crazy, out-of-their-mind berserkers, who would jump form a high point onto a giants head, grab his ear with one hand, holding on to their not-so-dear-anymore lives, while bashing his face with an axe with the other hand.

The hammerers look like proper elite dwarf. A huge improvement over the lackluster old ones. I totally don't get some of the criticism on other forums regarding the noses. They still look like dwarfs, and whatever minutae detalis that might look off, don't destroy the overall badass "dwarfishnes" of the models. Same goes for the shoulder pads, I find it hard to believe that at this point after all we've seen of the garish Warhammer designs, anybody can still complain about some piece of armour being "impractical".

The models make me sad though that the good looking and effective but at the same time rather simple and cartoony Warhammer designs, get so much attention from the desing team and dynamic, eye-catching models, while the much more intricate, better and more thought-out Weta designs for LOTR dwarfs are getting such bland, lackluster sculpts from Perry twins.

These guys should recieve the same kind of eye cathing poses, sculpt quality and attention:

[url]http://i.imgur.com/Wooju8E.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/uJEz2Cz.jpg[/url]
[url]http://heirsofdurin.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/00069-m2ts_000236319.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/oYfxTxa.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/gXiYD8e.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/CZsnKuT.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/LMLmHIC.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/DOjZlLF.jpg[/url]
[url]http://heirsofdurin.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/00069-m2ts_000261302.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/1UrMX2j.jpg[/url]

While I agree those are some amazing dwarfs with eye catching details. There are many different dwarfs and warhammer dwarfs are really different to the lord of the rings dwarves. They are more "Wow" kind of dwarfs. Also the paint job is really colourful, if you would go with a black scheme they would look more like the hobbit dwarves.

[Proteus]

While I agree those are some amazing dwarfs with eye catching details. There are many different dwarfs and warhammer dwarfs are really different to the lord of the rings dwarves. They are more "Wow" kind of dwarfs. Also the paint job is really colourful, if you would go with a black scheme they would look more like the hobbit dwarves.

Changing the color scheme to something darker wouldn't be enough to suddenly make them appear like their LOTR counterparts. You would still be left with over-the-top weapons and armour design composed of elements that, upon closer inspection, are simplistic, impractical and rather bland in this "cockie cutter fantasy" way. And I write all this as a life long warhammer fantatic, who LOVES GW in-house style and the works created by their artists for both of their franchises. But at the same time I recognise that the strenght of warhammer art design lies in the general, overall feel of the images and the styles of their armies, rather than the concept art behind individual costumes, suites of armour, weapons or characters, as those aren't really that different from all the popular fantasy franchises out there, and certainly not in the same league as the mind boggling amount and level of conceptual work put by Weta behind both of the movie trilogies. Unfortunately one wouldn't be able to tell that looking only at the miniatures, as the ones from WH generally wipe the floor with those from Hobbit. And I think most of it is becouse 90% of current Hobbit range is made by the Perry Twins, who's sculpting style looks like it's still stuck in the 80's. The old LOTR mini range adhered to pricipals of "non heroic", "not over the top fantasy", but still managed to create some very characterful minis, mostly becouse back then GW assigned some other great sculptors from their team, instead of leaving 90% of an entire range in the hands of guys, who don't seem to evolve with the increasing level of quality in the hobby, and are wasting the designs behind the movies on mostly lackluster sculptures.

Anyway the new WH dwarfs appear to be great. Stunties players should be happy. Can't wait to see Ironbreakers.

[miniPAINTLAB]

full photo from White Dwarf

[url]http://minipaintlab.blogspot.com/2014/01/white-dwarf-krasnoludy.html[/url]

[eldargal]

From Bugmans.

[angrybear]

Full cover of the white dwarf:



No hints in the white dwarf for an upcoming warhammer dwarfs army book. Looks like gw is splitting the release in small parts because 2 hero's and duel kit is not a spectacular release. It also would explain the different rumors somewhat. I still feel we will get some great centerpiece model *hopes for golem*. If this hero is a preview of the quality sculpts we can await, we will be in for a great treat.