Svennn's Dwarf Warband

For those who haven't seen them on the LAF, I wanted to share Svennn's fantastic brushwork on this small dwarf warband, combining various models from throughout the range. These were done by him as a commission and I believe intended to form a Mordheim warband, together with some he did earlier. Those checks and stripes alone are worth taking some time to look at them.

The knight, just look at that lance and barding!

The Light Cavalry Champion.

A couple characters, one from the Zweihänder set and the other a champion from the Core Infantry Command:

And some dwarfs with crossbows and sword and bucklers.

Painted Dwarfs From All Over the Web...

No new miniatures update in while, but don't be worried, there's a lot of stuff in the pipeline, even though it is unlikely any of it will be released before the end of the year.

Meanwhile, take a look at some other people's brushwork on the dwarfs. The occasional Marauder dwarf snuck into the pictures as well. If you can spot them all you get a cookie (from the tin in the cupboard in your home).

First off, here are Darkblade's fantastic dwarf pikes. He's made excellent use of the sallet helmet variants for a striking unit of hard steel.

Then there's Blue's fantastic Zweihänder unit (spot the intruder), later joined by the new Zweihänder sergeant:

More Zweihänders, very well, how about this unit of 25 from the hand of Fanai Glimmerclaw:

And last but not least, certainly not LEAST, this massive horde painted by Alain Pigeaux. I could only show a small selection here, but he has lots more pictures of the whole force for you to check out!

Dwarf Halberdiers - Part 7

Finished off another two figures for my dwarf halberdiers. I think I'm going to use a lot of sallet helmets with this unit. It helps to tie them together.

I used a couple bits from the "pouches and dagger sprue" (namely, a pouch and the dagger) on this one. These little details help to further customise the figures (aside from the head and arm options) and make each one look unique.

Dwarfs with Pikes - Part 9

Another one for the pike unit, this time one of my plug-in types. Highlights sort of got washed out in the pictures. Unit is now 20 pikes strong, I will bring it up to 30 (including command) and then, after I rounded out some of the other units, I may expand it to a block of 40 or 50.

Seen here with the two halberdiers I did at the same time:

Dwarfs with Pikes - Part 8

Another three dwarfs with pikes. One is the Marauder MB1 Sergeant figure, the other two are from the second infantry set of my commissioned dwarves.

First the Marauder sergeant. This has been one of my favourite marauder dwarfs for a long time, so glad I could finally slap some paint on it. I wasn't too sure about some of the choices midpainting,  but in the end, I think he came out pretty well.

Secondly, one of my dwarfs, using the "amish" looking head. It's one of the best heads in the set IMO and it works well with this body. I also used one of the separate swords in scabbards to add some more detail:

The last one is also from the second core infantry set and is probably the combination of parts that has the most puff & slash for that much craved for landsknecht mercenary feel. Even his hat has them!

Some more pictures, the first of the 4 body poses from set two, the second a (non-exhaustive) selection of poses from sets 1-3, all armed with pikes.

Other Painters Doing WK Dwarfs - Part 3

Time for another round of WK dwarfs painted by other collectors. The first set is painted by Darkblade, whose work you can check out here.

Meanwhile, Clam has been busy with his copies, including a converted champion and the first ever painted Peaseblossom. There are more pictures on his blog here.

The next ones are painted by Purplebeard who's planning a massive Renaissance dwarf army. This pic is just a teaser, you can see more of them on his painting log.

Blue-in-VT hasn't been idle either and painted these two dwarves from set 3. Go check out the other pics on his blog.

Finally, Fanai Glimmerclaw has posted this converted standardbearer and a couple rank and file dwarfs (except for the middle one):

Dwarfs with Pikes - Part 7

Another of pikeman from the second infantry set (attention poses). While the highlights don't show up well in the pictures, I'm actually quite happy with this one. Painting the little pouch green also helped to break the monotony that is starting to creep in the group due to repetition of the colourscheme. I will add more little touches like that on the occasional figure.

And here he is with the front rank halberdier I painted at the same time. They clearly shopped in the same store for their helmets.

Dwarf Halberdiers - Part 6

Not my best work, but I managed to paint another one of the third infantry set (front rankers), this time with halberd. Lack of good lighting sort of nullified the highlights on the red and yellow.

Other Painters Doing WK Dwarfs - Part 2

Some more lovely painted dwarfs from various talented people that aren't me.

Clam painted these copies of the first set with an excellent green-red colour scheme. You can see more pics of his work on his blog Clamshells and Seahorser

Blue-in-vt painted these mastercastings of the soon to be released second set of core infantry figures in his trademark bright colours. Find more of his dwarf work on Blue's Marauding Miniatures.

Finally Jimmytrout painted these dwarf wenches (also to be released shortly) in lovely smooth tones. You can see more of his dwarfs on Bugman's Brewery.