Dwarf rumours

[akenatum]

Hello guys, I'm new here as you all can see, I want to start this off by saying I live in aus and am quite far from any point of solid rumors contention...

That said a friend of mine has had a track record of about 60% on his rumours and was just wondering if others have heard anything in this vein regarding dwarves.

The 3 things he has told me about dwarves where new plastic iron breakers bear cavalry and a dwarven airship I was just wondering if the rumour mongers here have heard anything similar.

[Thurizdan]

Bear cavalry? Nothing personal, but I don't believe you/him in the slightest. That would go against the background and art direction of the dwarves in a big way.

[wyvirn]

Please don't ask questions in the rumor forum, it gets people (like myself) excited about nothing. Next time ask it in the general chat if there is no relevent thread open.
But to answer your question, the dwarf airship is in the BRB, the dwarf cavalry has been talked about for years, and dwarfs still have almost all of their useful special choices in metal. So no, there is nothing confirmed, but all three are speculated on.
Also, welcome to the site.

[Hochdorf]

Welcome to the site!

If you like the idea of Dwarven bear cavalry, you may wish to check out Scibor's stuff.

http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?group=75

[Urgat]

You must be mistaken Hochdorf, Scibor sells beaver cavalry. Those damn typos, heh?

[javgoro]

This sounds like repeat rumours from some of the older stuff we've heard on the site on Dwarfs before. Still, thanks for sharing and welcome to Warseer.

[silverstu]

Thanks for sharing- I'm not sure we've heard what might be coming for dwarves - there has just been lots of informed speculation [apologies to rumour posters if I have missed anything]. Elites are expected to get the plastic treatment, an airship has been mentioned- bear cavalry is new one I think- mentioned only as wish listing. animated rune golems was the other rumour.
Welcome to warseer!

[Thénon]

Well before i saw the pic for empire i was being told they were getting some wierd college of engineering version of monstrous cavalry.

Its really up to what GW want to do to individualise the army, persoannaly i would love to see more "ranger" themed units like bear cavalry.

[Darnok]

Plastic Ironbreakers ... natural assumption, as these are pretty much guaranteed to get a new incarnation in plastic.

Airship ... has been rumoured multiple times since... forever I think. More solid rumours have recently surfaced concerning the next WF book - which would rule out a GE release for the new armybook.

Bear cavalry ... laughable at best, sorry to say. The concept goes straight against all that GW Dwarfs have been so far. Sounds a bit like somebody has other manufacturers versions of these (most prominently the Scibor ones) and thaught that GW might jump on the train too.

All in all I don't buy these rumours at all. But I'll wait and see wether something more comes out here...

[eldargal]

Plastic Slayers.

[Daniel36]

From what we've heard, or at least that's what I gleaned from several posts, is that the Dwarfs are going to be 8th edition's Wood Elves in terms of dramatic changes to their whole range, especially in aesthetics.

I don't have any solid rumours of course and I can't remember where exactly I found this "info", but from what I've heard they're heading for a very steampunk-ish look in their new iteration, which I would find very exciting.

But it could also have been wishlisting from someone.

[Erikjust]

As long as the Dwarfs don´t get the Necron treatment in fluff i´m happy.

[javgoro]

From what we've heard, or at least that's what I gleaned from several posts, is that the Dwarfs are going to be 8th edition's Wood Elves in terms of dramatic changes to their whole range, especially in aesthetics.

I don't have any solid rumours of course and I can't remember where exactly I found this "info", but from what I've heard they're heading for a very steampunk-ish look in their new iteration, which I would find very exciting.

But it could also have been wishlisting from someone.

Steampunkish would make sense (and make Dwarfs more advanced than Empire, as they should be)... But on the other hand I think it'd kill any interest I might still have for them. That said, what reason would there be for a reimagining of the whole line? With WE's, it made sense (lots of minis to update, a more defined identity than simply "high elves from the forest"... But dwarfs don't really need a different look to make them apart from the other armies. I am not discounting this rumour, mind, just trying to figure out a reason for it.

[Kaapeli]

From what we've heard, or at least that's what I gleaned from several posts, is that the Dwarfs are going to be 8th edition's Wood Elves in terms of dramatic changes to their whole range, especially in aesthetics.

I don't have any solid rumours of course and I can't remember where exactly I found this "info", but from what I've heard they're heading for a very steampunk-ish look in their new iteration, which I would find very exciting.

If there ever is a zeppelin or some other new centerpiece warmachine for dwarfs it will propably be quite steampunk and perhaps inspired by the FW chaos dwarf range.

Doub the core will get any radical changes. New plastics for at least hammerers and longbeards are highly likely considering their very aged models but high popularity.

[Sourscowl]

I think plastic kit to make dwarf clansmen/chaos dwarfs would be feasable?

[javgoro]

I think plastic kit to make dwarf clansmen/chaos dwarfs would be feasable?

I see no reason to mix chaos dwarfs with dwarfs, for several reasons. It cuts into FW's pie, they have very different and distinct aesthetics, and CD isn't really an officially supported army by GW.

[Daniel36]

That said, what reason would there be for a reimagining of the whole line? With WE's, it made sense (lots of minis to update, a more defined identity than simply "high elves from the forest"... But dwarfs don't really need a different look to make them apart from the other armies.

While they wouldn't need a reimagining to make them different from other armies (they're short...), that's probably not the reason why they would be reimaged (if they would be, that is)...

Rather, think of it this way. Even the Empire isn't just "Humans from this and that era", they are "Warhammer Humans". You can put Perry miniatures in an Empire army but you can't put an Empire unit on the table of a Historical battle.

I think Dwarfs would get a reimaging to make them not just Dwarfs, but Warhammer Dwarfs. Right now, they are just Dwarfs, and let's face it, pretty ugly models by today's standards. And Wood Elves weren't just High Elves from the Forest. They had their own look, but their look was outdated, as is the look of the Dwarfs now... At least, that's what I think. I think their models are extremely bland, and the different options all look alike to me, a non-Dwarf player. I can take one glance and tell apart a State Trooper from a Flagellant. For Dwarfs, the difference are more subtle, which is fine, but I feel they are a bit too subtle.

So there's really three reasons I can think of to give them a complete overhaul.
1 - Update the rather old looking minis
2 - Make them stand apart from your stereotypical Dwarf
3 - More explicit differences between the different options

[Mr. Ultra]

From what we've heard, or at least that's what I gleaned from several posts, is that the Dwarfs are going to be 8th edition's Wood Elves in terms of dramatic changes to their whole range, especially in aesthetics.

Oooooh please if this means we can say farewell to the horrid plastic infantry I'm totally on it! Pleasepleasepleaseplease!!

[Miredorf]

4 - Make them another retarded looking army full of wacky cars (someone else has to build them to be a trully wacky cars race, anyway).

Summarizing.. I hope they dont change dwarves like that :P

[Avian]

Oooooh please if this means we can say farewell to the horrid plastic infantry I'm totally on it! Pleasepleasepleaseplease!!

Dwarfs need so many brand NEW plastic infantry kits (and infantry don't appear to be a priority by GW to begin with) that I think it's safe to say that all the existing ones will stay for many years to come.