Admiral:
Alright, I’m sold. If you cast and sell these I’ll buy some later on (but likely not soon at all) and probably use them as an Infernal Guard unit due to the uncurled beards, or maybe as a Dawi Zharr cult of Chaos Undivided believers. But why do he mix green and brown stuff? To make the master models withstand the mouldmaking process?
I’ll probably buy a few grenadiers and that standard bearer in the same wave, if they’ll be cast and sold as well.
Golder Goldeater:
Reminds me of White Knight’s old marauder’s dwarfs project.
I like them a lot! I may buy some if you cast 'em.
clam:
They do?
Must be a coincidence, and have nothing to do with using the same sculptor 
Or that I’m a big fan of WKs project, and haven’t painted much else since their first release 
No just kidding, cause this is all due to WK and Johns great work.
Zanko:
Awesome dude! :hat off
What a birthday present! :o :cheers
I really love it - I would like to get the stuff … all of it! 
:hashut
Borador:
Best birthday gift ever.
These are amazing! I’ll be watching this very closely (:
Willmark:
The obvious thing that was missed is that Clam is now 40… I’m thinking that his feet are now fully stone and he needs a palaquin to move about.
DAGabriel:
What - he is still such a young puppy?
:cheers
But with my additional 7 years I want to tell you:
No, you - and me, too - are definitely not too old for this.
And we are nearing a time with many advantages -
1 the kids are big enough to play with us
2 we have got enough money so that we do not have to think thrice before buying something
3 the eyesight gets worse so that we do not see the tiny errors we make while painting
4 soon knees and hips will start to creak so that we do not have to do sports anymore and can sit down with a beer and our minis
Nice minis you have got there, makes me envious even though I still have a lot to buy and paint to add to my collection.
Admiral:
What - he is still such a young puppy?Exactly! This hobby is good for the venerable age, and the craftsmanlike aspects of it is sure to still be enjoyable after the middle-age crisis.
:cheers
But with my additional 7 years I want to tell you:
No, you - and me, too - are definitely not too old for this.
And we are nearing a time with many advantages -
1 the kids are big enough to play with us
2 we have got enough money so that we do not have to think thrice before buying something
3 the eyesight gets worse so that we do not see the tiny errors we make while painting
4 soon knees and hips will start to creak so that we do not have to do sports anymore and can sit down with a beer and our minis
Nice minis you have got there, makes me envious even though I still have a lot to buy and paint to add to my collection.
DAGabriel
clam:
@DAGabriel
Thanks! Never looked at it that way, but you are so right
And some news:
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Okay, so lets get on with it, and let me show you what this is really about 
Early May all greens (including my own humble tries at sculpting) went off for mastering in the UK. And after about 4 weeks these two bags was delivered at my address, here in Denmark.
Holding 25 top quality spins from each of the two moulds - nearly 4 kg of awesome white metal master casts.
But, I guess you are more interested seeing what’s actually inside those two bags, right?
Bag I 
Bag II
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/2g5tYOU.jpg/IMGt]
Okay, I’ll stop now! - so here they are:
Ewal Dvergar, Core Infantry by John Pickford
4 Bodies
[IMGt=768x405]http://i.imgur.com/ZgQtVH0.jpg[/IMGt]
10 Core Warrior heads
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5 heroic heads
8 hand weapons 
5 Shields
Johann, Ewal Dvergr Character by John Pickford
Backside view
Ewal Dvergar Grenadiers, sculpted by me
DAGabriel:
Those are looking great!
And this evening? Danish dynamite???
Golder Goldeater:
Say, when are we gonna be able to rob- errrr… buy some?
Threadbare:
Shiny :o
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Borador:
Awesome!
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Nebuchandnezzar:
oh my they look stunning, great work indeed
hashut will be proud :hat off
beefcake:
Very nice. They look so much… cooler in white metal than as greens. You must be really happy.
On a side note I now see how you got your profile name.
Blue in VT:
An I’m so excited about these… They look amazing! Just the kind of thing toile an old metal head smile.
I can see myself using some of these for boar centaur conversions as well!
Cheers,
Blue
G.2:
I am really liking this thread. I like the new sculpts, I’m really liking these are for Clam, a really nice guy, and a real asset to this site (CDO). I especially like that these are for his 40th birthday. Overall one really nice thread.
Well done Clam, nice minis. Those bags you received look like little nuggets of pure awesomeness. I will be following this thread, and Clam’s blog with much interest.
Zanko:
Awesome miniatures! :hat off
Really amazing - your a lucky young man dude! :cheers
I think I must send some of my Hobbos to look at these models and to send them to Germany! 
:hashut
Kera foehunter:
Wow !! Best Chaos dwarf ever !! Great job Clam
clam:
Thanks all - and yes this was the best birthday present ever. Had to wait for it, but it was certainly worth the wait. And best part will be, that its a present that can be “shared” - as most of them will go into some kind of “production”. It is a personal venture for me, but see no reason for not sharing (if there is an interest).
And have just added these to the new blog:
4 assembled core warriors
Side-by-side
Rankable and also room for shields (on most) 
Johann, with and without the beard
And I also did this scale-shot to show them next to “the real thing”:
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