This
is not a Chaos Dwarf Sorcerer-Prophet. It is not mounted on a
Lammasu. It is, in fact, an Abyssal Dwarf Iron-Caster on a Great
Winged Halfbreed.
Yeah,
it's a Chaos Dwarf on a Lammasu. The model comes from Mantic Games
and will be released on the 25th of this month, just
slightly too late for me to ask for it for my birthday. I discovered
this range on a recent trip up to London and a charming gaming store
called Dark Sphere in Lambeth.
On
the one hand the models, the plastics in particular, are not up to
Games Workshop's standards. On the plus side, there are
plastics in this range, the character models look amazing and they
aren't at ridiculous Forge World prices. I have wanted a Chaos Dwarf
army for years, ever since the Hellcannon was released and I found
out there was such a thing.
I
love how they work as a concept: how the positive aspects of the
Dwarf race have been twisted into something sinister and malicious. I
like the practically heretical notion of Dwarfs and Greenskins
fighting side by side. I like the bizarre war machines. I like the
sheer bizarre touch of half-Dwarf half horse centaurs and I really
don't want to think about how that happened.
Chaos
Dwarfs are a wonderful idea that GW never really supported. The
original incarnation of the army had terrible models and a flimsy
White Dwarf Presents army book. The Forge World version is
prohibitively expensive and prone to all the flaws of Forge World
resin. I'm glad that someone saw enough mileage in the concept to
create a proper plastic range, albeit one with some serious flaws.
Recently
I've been working on Empire, Lizardmen and various Elves, it has been
too long since I've had a project based on good, old-fashioned
villainy. I do so like being the bad guy.
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