Some rumours from warseer, I did mention these already, but they deserve a thread imo.
Mantic games are doing upgrade kits to their dwarfs to make them into chaos dwarfs.
Someone who went to the mantic open day last weekend said bob naismith is doing them (I think he did their zombies).
Based on the bits I’ve seen of their dark elf conversions we’re looking at metal replacement parts for everything that isn’t part of the legs. I think. So on some ironclads this will mean a lot more metal than others.
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From Chaos and Evil
Definitely in metal. Bob N. mentioned he’d like to do about 20 different Chaos Dwarf heads, so as to provide a lot of visual distinctiveness. Some normal, some really wacky, like a giant eye for a head.
Another quote off warseer
The beards are very distinctive - ringlets style.
There was one body being worked on, IIRC it had a large breastplate and very spiky 80’s shoulder pads.
Yes, I heard about this too. And I find it interesting - but only make sense if the also did a character pack and one (or two) new war machines. Though, I’m not kean on the idea of just being a upgrade kit. ‘Only’ 3 out of 5 plastic warriors can actually be converted. 2 warriors on each sprue are almost single piece casts (heads can hardly be removed) - so if it only some ‘spicky bits’, weapons and a set of 20 optional heads - I’ll say, that they are not worth the trouble. They should do a plastic set with 5 legs - and could then sculpt 5 additional torsos and plenty of heads - if you ask me
And it would have been nice seeing some conceptual artwork. This could just be somebody wishlisting ??!!? :~
It’s not, several people saw the models at the open day, but nobody took pictures.
There is a photo of the dark elf conversion set on warseer.
I’m guessing that the fluff behind them will be that it’s the regular ironclads that have turned to chaos, meaning that if they throw a couple of arms into the sets with the 3 torsos that you could get 5 out of them. Admittedly that wouldn’t look great… but it would work.
Interesting…they look pretty good…one of the helmets looks odd to me but not bad. My only complaint would be the size of their beards…or lack there of…but that is easily fixed with GS.
Must admit I think those are pretty dreadful. All the hats are bug-eyed, they look like “Naughty Dwarfs” rather than Chaos Dwarfs. I can imagine them marching all the way to the Empire and then slightly messing up people’s gardens before marching home.
I’m not sure what to think about these guys. The sculpts look a bit rough, and I definitely get what The_Bear_in_the_Hat means by calling them ‘naughy dwarfs.’ But the war machine looks good, and I will remain cautiously optimistic until I see the finished versions.
They remind me a lot of the old style chaos dwarfs (personal opinion), some of them look naughty to… But I’m awaiting more from them and see what it will bring.
Separate heads but torsos too Interesting. Looking forward to see how they will pack these. The regular warriors only have 8 bodies with a separate torso and 4 headless bodies. Still left with 8 you cant do much about.
And the war machines looks nice. The Organ gun looks very much like the old Goblin Lead Belcher - one. Which is perfect for count as ‘Death Rockets’.
