They came from the Dark Lands...(Chaos Dwarf project)

[Elbows]

Well, today a five-month old secret project was dashed by a buddy digging around in my gaming boxes while I was distracted, playing another game.  However, as the project was intended to be revealed in the next few weeks...not all is lost.

I have been toiling in secret to build the start of a vast Chaos Dwarf army for use with my game, Famine, Sword, & Fire (which has its own thread).  This project is big enough I didn't want it getting lost in that thread, so it deserves its own space.

This is the start of a rather extensive project, but...at the rate I've been painting, it may be done in six months for all I can tell!

[Elbows]

Some more units...











And for the record...yes I am knocking out the majority of the Hobgoblins first.  They will form 60%+ of the army and are many of the "core" units for the force.  Lore-wise (only using original lore from the original books/White Dwarfs) Chaos Dwarfs are rare and use Hobgoblins extensively in battle.  There will be no silly huge walking war machines or silly flame-demong things...just classic Chaos Dwarfs.

[beefcake]

Very Nice.
Are these 3d prints or an alternate manufacturer or classic GW.
Glad you are sticking to the original lore and not having the lava demon things. It all looks great.

[Elbows]

These are all 3D prints from a guy called Fabelzel who does a wide range of classic Chaos Dwarf styled minis.  He mimics the style perfectly and the minis are generally an absolute joy to paint (in the way some older GW sculpts are).

[beefcake]

They fit the old style perfectly. Do you have any of the old ones?

[Elbows]

Nope, never owned any back in the day.  I wasn't even a huge fan of Chaos Dwarfs, but finding one 3D sculptor who was so dedicated to one faction and doing such splendid work...my heart warmed like the Grinch on Christmas. 

[punkrabbitt]

I love these.

[Rabbitz]

Absolutely beautiful work

[Koyote]

Wow! Those look great. Love the hobgoblins.

[voltan]

You can't go wrong with Dwarfs with giant hats, great work.

Will you be using any slave units of Orcs and Goblins or just sticking to the hobgobs and Dwarfs?

[Freddy]

They look really great, I like the clean, but toned down style of the painting.

[Elbows]

Not likely to use any orcs or goblins in this army.  This is maybe a third of the models I have on hand at the moment.  One of my buddies has a large Orc army with some goblins mixed in, so we'll be playing against them plenty.  Also, lore-wise it makes sense to ally with them when fighting other 'good guy' armies, etc.

I have one unit of black orcs from my Battle Masters project I could squeeze in if needed.  As it stands, I'll have plenty of models just between the dwarfs and hobgoblins at the moment.

[OSHIROmodels]

Very cool 

[fred]

Great stuff - as I started looking at the pictures, I did wonder if I had mis-read the title of the thread, then some big hats hove into view!

[Elbows]

Yeah, as with all my army projects...I always start with the core, the most "boring" or time intensive units.  I like the old lore that Chaos Dwarfs are rare, so the bulk of my basic infantry, archers, etc. will be proper Hobgoblins.  Don't worry, I have plenty of big hat boys to follow...and ones with hooves...some funnel-guns...some assassins...some big ole winged things...plenty of wolves...mechanical-limbed wizards, big boomy gun things, and what have you...