Willmark:
Now my dislke of hats is well know by almost everyone here, but here is an interesting question for those that like them: just how does one fight with a chimney twice your height on your head?
Also note hat, mask, helm and wars do not take place at CDO, don’t make it one lest I get Sith-like…
GRNDL:
The same way one does with a helm or mask…
Case closed. Lock the thread…
Swissdictator:
Why good sir, might I suggest one of these? 
It worked dandy for me.
Jaakko:
The hat obviously causes fear to the enemies; they are usually decorated with skulls or other similar trophies. That’s why they wear them. You look bigger and scare your enemies.
And I’m pretty sure they want to fight with them because of the look…
Kera foehunter:
lol he we go again !! hats are overrated and mask are hidding some thing!!
be your own boss!!! be a pirate see the world, leave behind the hell of the mines
Gundini:
Im pretty sure that fighting with their huge hats on their heads wouldnt hinder Chaos Dwarfs at all! Plus some guy shoots you in the hat you wont die !
Thorne:
Hats hats oh I love my hats. Specialy on my Centaurs the have to at least be as tall as the chaos dwarf or centaur otherwise its just wrong
Servius:
Chaos Dwarfs Fight alot of Orcs & Goblins… And they are dumb.
wallacer:
I guess the theory is that the hat makes the Dwarf look bigger and more scary so his opponents will run away and he won’t need to fight.
Either that or the theory is to make your opponents die laughing.
Alric:
Now my dislke of hats is well know by almost everyone here, but here is an interesting question for those that like them: just how does one fight with a chimney twice your height on your head?I guess the same way as some of those High Elves that wear the large cones with wings on their head do ? :hat
Willmark
Thommy H:
Throughout real world history, people have worn things that were not exactly practical. Fashion is a form of sexual selection - like a peacock’s tail - and, since the need to mate is often a more important drive than the need to, say, flee an enemy or fight, all sorts of impractical things have been trotted out in the name of looking good.
Sometimes, these things have reached the battlefield:
The Landsknetcht, upon which Warhammer’s Empire soldiers are based.
There are more familiar examples, such as the Highlander regiments in the British army which, at the height of the Empire’s power seemed perfectly happy to walk into battle wearing skirts just for the sake of tradition. Then there’s the Grenadier Guards (the guys with the big black hats outside Buckingham Palace) who really did dress like that to fight in times past. It goes back further: did Roman officers really need that big head-dress thing? What about native American warriors and their fanciful war-dress?
Ultimately, wargear has always served a purpose beyond practicality. A bright, elaborate uniform is a source of pride that makes an member of an elite formation recognisable and demonstrates contempt for the foe. Admittedly, Chaos Dwarfs take this to an extreme, but this is consistent with everything else we know about them: Chaos Dwarfs occupy a position of total dominance over their lands, and often do things simply because they can. The gates of Zharr-Naggrund are “massive beyond any obvious need”. They have so many slaves that they occasionally rebel and nearly destroy the city, but they keep capturing them. They (probably) built the Gates of Zharr in the middle of nowhere just to show how powerful they are. We might imagine they started wearing large hats to make themselves look more threatening to the Greenskin tribes, and it just became a vicious cycle like everything in their society: the Sorcerers wanted to have the most elaborate hats, and then other Sorcerers wanted to demonstrate their power over their fellows with a bigger one, the Warriors followed suit and pretty soon everyone was wearing these bizarre things on their heads.
As I said at the start of this post, it’s no weirder than some real life fashions: think of increasingly shorter skirts or increasingly low-slung jeans in modern times, or increasingly ridiculous powdered wigs in the Restoration period. Fashion is invariably self-perpetuating.
Willmark:
Weird thing is I've played HE s for 15 years and their cone heads never bothered me, go figure ;)Now my dislke of hats is well know by almost everyone here, but here is an interesting question for those that like them: just how does one fight with a chimney twice your height on your head?I guess the same way as some of those High Elves that wear the large cones with wings on their head do ? :hat
Willmark
Alric
jolpis:
i think the hats are increasing their speed, try running with a big metal pice on your head you’ll get a heavy charge =)
and i don’t think dwarfs will adjust their uniforms according to how smart the greenskinns are, they are to proud to do that.
wich is good :cheers
TwilightCo:
@ Alric:
Conical helms serve to deflect or turn blows dealt to them (from the top). Realistically the CD big hats would help to focus the energy of the blow down onto the warrior (and as much as I loathe to say it, its the same for WoC spikes and horns). Despite the hypocrisy of it, I’m still good with spikes and horns, but hate BIG hats. :mask
Perturabo:
They’re clearly compensating for something…
As jolpis said, they could help build momentum for those rare occasions when the CDs get to charge. Maybe they should cause impact hits.
Shooting a Chaos Dwarf in the hat causes frenzy.
dedwrekka:
Now my dislke of hats is well know by almost everyone here, but here is an interesting question for those that like them: just how does one fight with a chimney twice your height on your head?Didn't the Red Coat British fight with large hats? As well as Russian, Cossack, and Indian troops?
Also note hat, mask, helm and wars do not take place at CDO, don't make it one lest I get Sith-like...
Willmark
Godbob and his jolly rogers:
Plus some guy shoots you in the hat you wont die !Yes but if you trying to hind behind a heage with your great big hat then people will shoot at you
Gundini
Willmark:
Though I find it odd to make a jab a hats and then state that any wars on the subject will be punished.The "Hat Wars" of ahem, other CD sites will not be repeated here... that is what it means.
dedwrekka
They're clearly compensating for something...Definitely worth some slaves!
As jolpis said, they could help build momentum for those rare occasions when the CDs get to charge. Maybe they should cause impact hits.
Shooting a Chaos Dwarf in the hat causes frenzy.
Perturabo
Swissdictator:
I still think John Wilkes Booth is the arch nemesis of Big Hat kind!
Maybe they just have a strong neck, or it is a magical illusion meant to confuse the enemy.
Perturabo:
Why thank you. They shall be put to work immediately, smelting ore for my new line of Dawi-Zharr summer headgear. Gargantuan steel sun-hats of doom!