True! If they were bright pink they might come off as less grimdark. I'm glad the paint scheme was able to convey its intended effect.
Are we looking at this in terms of aesthetics, lore or a combination of both?
And big hats!Like the Old Chaos Dwarfs (4th edition?) With their usualy bright colors
Grrr, Imrahil
@Killer Angel ... the only one that believed... and time has proven you wise!
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And with that my hiatus is officially done. One entire month without making a single post (January 13 - February 13).
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Plus this is good progress for my goal of having 1000 points painted for my Chaos Dwarfs army!!
Intriguing.I'd say both are valid. As for lore, DE and CD are both very dark, but looking at the aesthetics chaos dwarfs are darker. Imo.
At least, if we don't look at their first appearance, as @Imrahil said.
Also the beards, armour, fire, magma and daemonic influence gives them the edge.Thanks @Warden !
Intriguing.
I agree with you that aesthetically the Chaos Dwarfs are more grimdark. At the end of the day, no matter how evil you make an elf, it's still only an elf!!
If we consider the lore angle, I think a case can be made for the Dark Elves. The Chaos Dwarfs view other races as beneath them and expendable. As such, they take prisoners/slaves to perform the worst of the labor in pursuit of building their empire/civilization. While they are undoubtedly cruel, I don't think they go as far as the Dark Elves who take great pleasure in torturing their victims for the sheer enjoyment of it. The Dark Elves also have all their strange blood rituals. Lastly, the Chaos Dwarfs are more honorable (among their own kind!) than the treacherous Dark Elves.
As for the other evil races, Orcs/Goblins and Skaven are too silly. Beastmen are too stupid. Daemon models look a bit too cartoony. That leaves us with the WoC and Vampire Counts as the only other viable contenders (although I feel that the Chaos Dwarfs and Dark Elves have them beat).
Thanks!
Intriguing.
I agree with you that aesthetically the Chaos Dwarfs are more grimdark. At the end of the day, no matter how evil you make an elf, it's still only an elf!!
If we consider the lore angle, I think a case can be made for the Dark Elves. The Chaos Dwarfs view other races as beneath them and expendable. As such, they take prisoners/slaves to perform the worst of the labor in pursuit of building their empire/civilization. While they are undoubtedly cruel, I don't think they go as far as the Dark Elves who take great pleasure in torturing their victims for the sheer enjoyment of it. The Dark Elves also have all their strange blood rituals. Lastly, the Chaos Dwarfs are more honorable (among their own kind!) than the treacherous Dark Elves.
As for the other evil races, Orcs/Goblins and Skaven are too silly. Beastmen are too stupid. Daemon models look a bit too cartoony. That leaves us with the WoC and Vampire Counts as the only other viable contenders (although I feel that the Chaos Dwarfs and Dark Elves have them beat).
Thanks @Warden !
Thank you!
Still to come. They have been washed, cleaned of mold lines/flash and almost fully assembled (just have to choose which combination of hands/weapons to go with). Then comes gap-filling... god do I hate gap filling!
They're from Forge World. I got them just before the range was discontinued.
They're from Forge World. I got them just before the range was discontinued.
These are the models (this is the stock picture from Forge World):
They're pretty cool models. Not my favourite from the range, but quite nice with the right paint job (I am a little be scared and hesitant to paint them though).
