cornixt:
“gaol” is the old spelling of “jail”, which came from the Americas. Gaols are now known as prisons in the UK. Both pronounced roughly the same, although some colonials would use a hard “g” because they didn’t know.
Kera foehunter:
WOW !! we here in the us call jail the pokey.Is border town this year gw game of games??
Hashut’s Blessing:
I would say it is a cross between a slave master and a torturer (in terms of the image in my mind). they extract information from slaves before the mines and sometimes just for fun. Think of them as having manacles, thumb screws, a wicked grin, a tongue-strecther, a red-hot iron, an inwardly spiked collar on a chain (in his hand/on his belt, not around his neck :D) and the like. Leather scale mail IMO, a she is not destined as a combatist, but needs some protection from rowdy torturees. basically, lots of medieval torture devices (an iron maiden behind him would be cool, but not feasible. Likewise with a garrot [is that the word? it’s gone from my head. The cage you put people in and hang up so they get eaten by birds/die of starvation/hunger…], which could instead be put on the prison wagon! grins wickedly. Must do conversions! Oh and a rack too! writes all this down).
Theory_Man:
The first thing that popped into my mind of what a Gaoler is, is a combination of Xena and a dominatrix.
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Just Joking.
In all seriousness, I concur with Herr Cinderhat image of what a Gaoler is though, the children snatcher from chitty chitty bang bang would also be cool figure as a Chaos Dwarf.
Kera foehunter:
lol how she get in that outfit.
Vexxus:
The first thing that popped into my mind of what a Gaoler is, is a combination of Xena and a dominatrix.Please make a unit of these immediately. haha! j/k
Theory_Man
Hammerhand:
It does say that it is their reputation that makes them terrifying, not their visage. I would go for the definite inclusion of a large keyring, possibly chained to his waist. If the gaoler is principly in charge of taking and breaking slaves, which seem to be quite a status symbol in the eyes of the CDs, then you are also looking at a rich, powerfull and influential sort.
Vexxus:
Thats a very good point, slaves are an essential part of CD society, so Gaoler may be a very prestigious role. On the flip side of the coin they may be a gruesome reject who is looked down upon for having to deal with lowly slaves all day... the vague nature of what we KNOW should provide ample room for imagination and creativity when submitting a Gaoler entry for the recently posted Golden Hat VI competition!
It does say that it is their reputation that makes them terrifying, not their visage. I would go for the definite inclusion of a large keyring, possibly chained to his waist. If the gaoler is principly in charge of taking and breaking slaves, which seem to be quite a status symbol in the eyes of the CDs, then you are also looking at a rich, powerfull and influential sort.
Hammerhand
GRNDL:
@Hashut’s blessing
A “garotte” is a wire that is used to strange someone. The Spaniards made it into a device of execution, made infamous by the execution of Montezuma during the invasion/exploration of the Conquistadors.
The device you are describing is a “gibbet”, used for the public display of hanged corpses.
Hashut’s Blessing:
I knew it wasn;t a garotte and later remembered what a garotte was. Gibbet is exactly what I was thinking of, but the name eluded me greatly 
Vexxus:
Update:
For the model I have converted for Gaoler, I definately went for the crude side, the down and dirty enslaving crook feared by all! mmmwahahaha
Anyone else go another direction?
Sojourn:
well, mine is still in pieces… but I’m hoping to go for the confident “you don’t scare me” look. I’m thinking it’s alllllll about presence
but for a gaoler in general, I picture ropes or chains, handcuffs or shackles and keys.
Willmark:
I have a good sketch now and if I can pull it all of it will look cool. I have a firm idea of the gaoler and the “additionals”
Hashut’s Blessing:
Mine is as I mentioned. lots of restraints and torture equipment. He’d make even a sado-masochist quiver in fear of the items!
Vexxus:
Mine is as I mentioned. lots of restraints and torture equipment. He'd make even a sado-masochist quiver in fear of the items!Sounds delightfully sinister, can hardly wait to see it.... 7 weeks oiy what...torture ;)
Hashut's Blessing
Viskar Zhragoth:
First thing to come to my mind was an evil looking, dirty dwarf bending over a victim with a red hot poker and some flaying knives…I also wanted to include a mancatcher, maybe in off hand, or just across his back, and several sets of loose nooses off his belt…also has to have manacles, ready to lock up another victim…Due to their reputation, I did not really envision them as slave keepers/aquirers, more as the torturer who gets their unwilling victim to give in and give up the rest of their band as slaves…I also envisioned most of their victims as slightly injured in capture (why they’ll be tortured for info instead of just taken as a slave.) Like Ishkar I also saw a set of keys in there somewhere…
turquois dwarf:
maybe they would be criminals stealing other peoples slaves to torture and kill whilst keeping their own :mad
zorn sabretooth:
perhaps a sabretusk or mantraps made out of the weird jaw things orcs have
Hashut’s Blessing:
Vexxus, I try to keep in theme 
the seven weeks isn;t for me to make and paint the model, but actually for you to feel his palpable aura of “I slice and dice, but you do not die!”
alex:
when i think of gaoler first thing comes to mind is ishkurs hellcannon crewman with the whip and sculpted face…the one thats beside the top of every page to the right of the words “chaos dwarfs -online-”