jolpis:
wierd, HAT SHOT! keeps ringing in my ears…
Alric:
@ Alric:Yea but who is tall enough to hit those tall cones that high elves wear plus those big wings would block all peripheral vision.
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
TwilightCo
Chaos dwarf hats are sturdy enough to take a few shots so chaos dwarfs would just cut there foes off at the knees while they waste their time swinging at a hat. :hat
Sargoth The Enslaver:
Well I think that they where them just too say “We are are the Chaos Dwarfs!” And they do like too build big so it’s no’t all that odd too me,but I think the hats would look better if there shorter,but then perhaps there there too make them selfs look taller
TwilightCo:
@ Alric:
True, provided the hat doesn’t clip off their ears, blind them and break their noses. 
@ Sargoth The Enslaver:
I have seen some examples of the tall-ish hats around here that actually looked plausible (to me) especially when they were used to designate the unit commanders from everyone else.
Kera foehunter:
so to kill a tall hat, you take then Hat and they die???
Perturabo:
I like to think that they shout “that was my best hat, damnit!” in a very Ace Rimmer-like fashion, then hack you off at the knees. One of my favourite aspects of Pratchetts dwarves, that.
Hashut’s Blessing:
dedwrekka, the “Red Coat British” to whom you refer are actually ENGLISH (sorry, pet peeve of mine, lol 
) and are the Grenadier Guard as has been mentioned. The hats are made from bear fur as tradition dictates (I can;t remember why, but I;d like to think they had to kill it themsleves lol 
Well, I don’t like the idea of people killing bears, but ya know what I mean…) and the red coats are to avoid morale loss (same with officers in red uniform), the blood not being noticeable if they are shot.
Personally, I think it’s an exaggeration of sorts as well as everything Thommy H said. It’s a symbol of status and it;s in a heroic scale fantastical setting. In fantasy, nothing is practical: female breast-plates have breasts built in, which would aim blows towards the centre of the chest, instead of away from it.
turquois dwarf:
big hats are the best place to store a mid battle snack.
Canix:
The grenadiers gaurds wear bearskins in commemoration of Waterloo and the defeat of Napoleons Old Gaurd.The huge bearskins had an psychological effect especially because grenadiers had to be 6ft to start with
Chaos Dwarfs definately wear them to feel superior IMO the tallhat is perfect for keeping your beard combs,clippers and curling tongs :hat
jolpis:
I like to think that they shout "that was my best hat, damnit!" in a very Ace Rimmer-like fashion, then hack you off at the knees. One of my favourite aspects of Pratchetts dwarves, that.you gotta love terry pratchetts dwarfs!, have you red the guards guards series? i loved those!
Perturabo
Perturabo:
Yeah, the Watch series are probably my favourites. You’ve got to love a race that has perfected the deadly art of offensive baking. I always thought that if I ever started a Dwarf army I’d have hammerers with loaves of bread.
Deadly Throwing Toast ftw!
Ishkur Cinderhat:
...and the red coats are to avoid morale loss (same with officers in red uniform), the blood not being noticeable if they are shot.Historians don't exactly agree:
Hashut's Blessing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_coat_(British_army)#Rationale_for_red
Besides from red being the cheapest dye and the visibility bonus on a gunpowder-smoke-covered battlefield, a blood stain would be visible on a red coat as a dark / black stain, which is very visible - which is still better though than on an Austrian uniform of the time, mind you, which were white most of the time. ;)
My personal opinion is that the tall hats are a sign of superiority and pride; and besides no one gets close enough to take a hit at us anyways - most get blown to pieces by combined Earthshaker-, Death Rocket- and Blunderbuss barrages. :D
Kera foehunter:
Ishkur Cinderhat
...and the red coats are to avoid morale loss (same with officers in red uniform), the blood not being noticeable if they are shot.Well the storys i was told.. that the smell from the red coats, french and the Yankee was a stitch you could smell a mile away due to the point of the summer campains and the wool outfitts!!
Hashut's Blessing
most would die of Heat exhaustion!!
Hashut’s Blessing:
Apologies to all for this, but it has to be said 
:
Ishkur, my theory is better for why the French wear brown trousers in war time, though
Sorry to all and sorry to go off-topic. I shall go and be shunned now.
Kera foehunter:
Hb why do they where brown trousers ?? is it because there always fight in trenches???
and the mud would not show
Hashut’s Blessing:
Something a little smellier than mud and the reason that it;s trousers, not boots. It could also be their underwear… It;s a joke about the French never fighting. In fact, go to google, then type in “French Military Victories” and click “I’m Feeling Lucky!”.
Back on topic, please
dedwrekka:
big hats are the best place to store a mid battle snack.The Hat doubles as a keg!
turquois dwarf
Grimstonefire:
@Peturabo
Shooting a CD in the Hat causes frenzy… Classic! Perhaps CD should have a ‘Hat Save’ rather than an armour save.
The CD are really calling out for a comedy list to be done.
Ancre:
dedwrekka, the "Red Coat British" to whom you refer are actually ENGLISH (sorry, pet peeve of mine, lol ;P ) and are the Grenadier Guard as has been mentioned. The hats are made from bear fur as tradition dictates (I can;t remember why, but I;d like to think they had to kill it themsleves lol :P Well, I don't like the idea of people killing bears, but ya know what I mean...) and the red coats are to avoid morale loss (same with officers in red uniform), the blood not being noticeable if they are shot.Naaah, they're here to die in order to announce that times are dangerous and that the queen is in peril. Obviously you don't watch star trek, as the redshirt role is made quite clear in it ;)
Hashut's Blessing
How do the chaos dwarves fight with an overly cool superly giant funky hat, it is because they're dwarves, and so very stable creatures. They are not prone to fall.
Why do they do it, I like the compensation explanation. Or maybe it is to put some iron in their head !
Swissdictator:
I think it is so they can give “Head Banging” a whole new meaning.
pops in some heavy metal