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Are you guys (and gals) sure that this is a new plastic kit for dwarfs? When I saw that posted on the bugman's brewery I thought that this is the supposed mold that was broken/something and will never be released (which might be good actually).

Regarding the parts in the kit - I'm not impressed. The two bodies certainly looks like shieldbearers and the rest - well it has the quality of other plastic dwarfs. I kinda hoped for something like shoulder pads (still have the longbeard masks...) or actually anything that would show the glory and splendor of the dwarf lord! And don't tell me that the ugly cloak is fulfilling that role!?

Also I don't like the banner, why on earth the new concept for army standard bearer is to give him a pole 5 times longer then the bearer? The new metal dwarf bsb at least has overcome this complex

Okay, so why not instead of the loooong pole give him a flag saying "Officer in the front line - shoot me!" ?
Seriously he wouldn't be able to fight with this thing as it would be far too heavy for him to hold in one hand. On the other hand maybe I'm over thinking it, it's a fantasy game so stranger things may happen.

Still, my army (when I start building it) will have smaller banners, even the army standard

Meh, i'm going to disagree with you there, ive seen the "new" chaos warrior sprue used to make:

-Bestigors
-Black Knights
-Plastic chaos knights
-Chaos warriors with GWs or Halberds (I'm guessing that counts since it requires you to convert the weapons)
-Bull centaurs (top half only, somewhat obviously )
-Marauders
-Beastlords/Wargors
-Plastic chaos lords/sorcerors
-Truescale space marines (most famously, the Doghouse pattern Gothic marines)

And thats using the main body/legs, go into just using the helmets and weapons and the list grows further, no models are "unconvertable", it all just stems down to how far you are willing to go on the conversion front

(and no, i'm not adding links to the things I mentionned, look yourselves, lazy people )

I'm quite fond of plastic myself, its cheaper than metal, and whilst the detail isn't as high, its much easier to convert and GW has started adding a lot more random goodies to the sprue, which can be used on other models as well .

Well to me .It look like G W. had a lot of part left over and decided to thew them together.  But i do like it

And Grave Guard!

Don't take this the wrong way but have you tried using that kit? I have and IMO its one of, if not the worst kit i've ever had the misfortune to use, the poses are boring, the weapons actually look worse than the previous edition ones, and it is pretty much impossible to attach the torso to the legs without the orcs looking stupid as hell (this is just my experience with the kit mind, i'm sure others have no problems with the kit and adore using it, to each their own)...

when the first tactical box of the new style marines came out (which arent much different from the ones now in production) i bought them for £10. the cost has almost doubled, to the point where i buy everything off ebay secondhand if i can.

I agree with tallhat the content of white dwarf reflects the community games workshop is making for itself now. It used to be so much more personal, now it feels like a corporate leaflet, the kind of thing middle managers would get pidgeon holed with to make sure they know what products are being released and how they should sell them, not an extension of the hobby aimed at fans.

In the old days the metals were so much fun too, there must have been at least 30-40 different chaos sorcerers to choose from, and so any more warriors. I remember there were at least 5 pages of catalogue just full of skaven, and the same with dwarfs, with at least 20 on every page. Ok so the quality of sculpting may not have been the same, and the metals could in theory poison you (but it never stopped anyone using a spearman as a toothpick) but every model was different and you could really personalise your armies. bring back the old days i say!

Im not a fan of any of the new lesser daemons. Daemonettes are too steam-punk dominatrix esque, the bloodletters seem to be standing awkwardly for killing daemons, the horrors of tzeentch just dont have the same coolness pink and blue horrors did. I suppose the plague bearers are pretty much the same.

These new plastic bloodletters, although not as detailed as the would be in metal, at least look like they are ready for a fight.