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 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Oh well. I'm looking forwards to new Undead and excited to see what they can do with the various flavors of elf.

Undead will be designed to look like the fast moving ninja-graceful killers that score 8 touchdowns a game.

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Sir, I beg to differ.

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Oh well. I'm looking forwards to new Undead and excited to see what they can do with the various flavors of elf.

Yeah I'm not a huge fan of the Dwarfs either.


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 em_en_oh_pee wrote:

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Sir, I beg to differ.

Spoiler:

Yeah, that's one suicidal slayer model, I don't think it really captures the essence of Dwarfdom, at least not how I like them.

Dwarves are supposed to be stumpy and awkward runners, hence why have a movement characteristic 2 points lower than a similar Human and their standard dude (the Blocker) is only Agility 2.

 Theophony wrote:

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Oh well. I'm looking forwards to new Undead and excited to see what they can do with the various flavors of elf.

Undead will be designed to look like the fast moving ninja-graceful killers that score 8 touchdowns a game.

That would be a good look for the Ghouls, definitely ( maybe 8 TDs is a stretch )


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 em_en_oh_pee wrote:

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Sir, I beg to differ.

Spoiler:

While I respect your opinion, Sir, I cannot abide that ridiculous Dorf who thinks he's an elf. Pshaw, I saw. Pshaw.

Here are some noble, proper, Slayers:

Aye using that recent awful plastic slayer as an example isn't going to persuade anyone who likes their Dwarfs proper and stunty-like.

Sadly, however, proper Dwarfy grumbling isn't going to change the fact that modern GW evidently prefer this tiny-headed ACTION POSE style for Dwarfs, as every modern plastic kit follows that style.

The blockers are relatively static - the blitzers and runners look like they are running.

The slayer is a bit jumpy for a dwarf, but then I guess they are frenzied. I prefer them over stand and pointlessly raise arm in the air :p

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Sir, I beg to differ.

To get in that position he would have had to run back towards that stone, run or jump up to that point, completely halt his forward momentum, turn and jump in the opposite direction. The most likely result is that stupid dwarf falls flat on his face.
My emersion is ruined.

 feeder wrote:

 Theophony wrote:

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Oh well. I'm looking forwards to new Undead and excited to see what they can do with the various flavors of elf.

Undead will be designed to look like the fast moving ninja-graceful killers that score 8 touchdowns a game.

That would be a good look for the Ghouls, definitely ( maybe 8 TDs is a stretch )


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 em_en_oh_pee wrote:

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Sir, I beg to differ.

Spoiler:

While I respect your opinion, Sir, I cannot abide that ridiculous Dorf who thinks he's an elf. Pshaw, I saw. Pshaw.

Here are some noble, proper, Slayers:

Those are so ugly they make me want to weep. That Slayer is a gorgeous model and dynamism suits them. As only one of the Dwarf team is in a similar pose, I am not sure I see the issue. The others are much more static, as per most of the BB range it seems.

Wait, your post wasn't awesome sarcasm?

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Oh well. I'm looking forwards to new Undead and excited to see what they can do with the various flavors of elf.

I agree, I was pretty gutted the first time they were revealed, just far too dynamic for my liking, not a fan the flowing beards either, although it does bode well for the Elves in the future, if they ever get around to making them !

With respect to that deathroller, I dont think we will see that many anyway, none of the better dwarf players I have seen even field one, waste of TV I am told !

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:

Those are so ugly they make me want to weep. That Slayer is a gorgeous model and dynamism suits them. As only one of the Dwarf team is in a similar pose, I am not sure I see the issue. The others are much more static, as per most of the BB range it seems.

The dynamism is only half the problem. They all have those silly, luscious flowing beards.

Regardless, it appears we are at an impasse, Sir. At least we shall not bicker over the last box of Dorfs, were we to cross paths in the store.

 Theophony wrote:

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Oh well. I'm looking forwards to new Undead and excited to see what they can do with the various flavors of elf.

Undead will be designed to look like the fast moving ninja-graceful killers that score 8 touchdowns a game.

Sounds like a Vampire to me

Liking alot of the new models -

These new dwarves seem to like jewels in their beards - maybe Bloodbowl is the quaint repectable game for ladies in the holds - like hockey in girls schools. Many of you will know how violent that is!

I loved it in the latest video game when Bob would come to plead for your team if you met certain requirements during one match. Really hope GW make he and Jim as Star Players at some point/special event.

 Mr Morden wrote:

 Theophony wrote:

 feeder wrote:
I hate to be negative about what, overall, is a great thing - that being GW re-releasing BB without fething it up - but I am not feeling those Dorfs.

Dorfs are stoic solid rocks, not dynamic action heroes with flowing tresemme beards. And that roller is dorky as hell on top of being too big to be practical on the pitch.

Oh well. I'm looking forwards to new Undead and excited to see what they can do with the various flavors of elf.

Undead will be designed to look like the fast moving ninja-graceful killers that score 8 touchdowns a game.

Sounds like a Vampire to me

Liking alot of the new models -

These new dwarves seem to like jewels in their beards - maybe Bloodbowl is the quaint repectable game for ladies in the holds - like hockey in girls schools. Many of you will know how violent that is!

Warhammer Dwarf females don't have beards.

You kids realise that the limited posing of the previous Dwarf BB players is because it's far easier to produce metal minis - especially single-piece metal minis - across 2 dimensions than it is 3, right? There's a reason why their old metal miniatures tended to be quite flat.

And before someone says "That's just for Space Marines", it really isn't.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
You kids realise that the limited posing of the previous Dwarf BB players is because it's far easier to produce metal minis - especially single-piece metal minis - across 2 dimensions than it is 3, right? There's a reason why their old metal miniatures tended to be quite flat.

And before someone says "That's just for Space Marines", it really isn't.

While that's true, I'd still prefer still prefer dwarves without the Kung fu poses. A good 2D sculpt still perfectly captured the spirit of the mini inspite of the limitations.

Good for you, I for one welcome our new dynamic overlords.

 Vain wrote:
Good for you, I for one welcome our new dynamic overlords.

Oh don't get me wrong, I'd love a dwarf doing the splits while nut punching the opposition.

I don't currently own a copy of death zone but from what I take it there are still all 3 Elven teams to come and the dwarves coming soon. We have seen the ogre for the Orc and humans teams and the death roller but I assume there is a troll option for the orcs and a rat ogre for the Skaven not even a glimpse of these yet I take it.

 daemonish wrote:
I don't currently own a copy of death zone but from what I take it there are still all 3 Elven teams to come and the dwarves coming soon. We have seen the ogre for the Orc and humans teams and the death roller but I assume there is a troll option for the orcs and a rat ogre for the Skaven not even a glimpse of these yet I take it.

The troll (in plastic) is finished and should be relesed alongside the gobbos in april

For the rat ogre - I think to remember the death roller is resin too, and the rat ogre isn't finished yet afaik. They also want to do resin upgrade kits for the poster teams (f.e. reikland reaver shoulders/chest conversion parts).

For the elven - one team will be released in 2017, the other probably early 2018. The concepts I saw were probably union, they looked quite .... lets say they have the "modern blood bowl look".

I'm tempted to get some Lizardmen and/or High Elves from Star Players, has anyone got any experience with them? Their High Elves look quite nice....

http://www.starplayershop.com/gb/32-high-elves

The packs are sold out, but they were only released recently so hopefully they cast up more soon.

Does anybody know what the Dwarf box is supposed to contain? I couldn't distinguish the players in the pics apart from the slayers...

Assuming as 12 Dwarf box, 2 sprues would probably make 2 Trollslayers, 2 Blitzers, 2 Runners and 6 Longbeards, but that's just an educated guess.

Based on the 3 already released teams, I'd say you're correct.

For the other teams, linemen goes cheap and positionals are almost as expensive as the complete team on ebay.

Maybe that'll be opposite for the dwarves if you get all the positionals in the box.

 Atia wrote:

 daemonish wrote:
I don't currently own a copy of death zone but from what I take it there are still all 3 Elven teams to come and the dwarves coming soon. We have seen the ogre for the Orc and humans teams and the death roller but I assume there is a troll option for the orcs and a rat ogre for the Skaven not even a glimpse of these yet I take it.

The troll (in plastic) is finished and should be relesed alongside the gobbos in april

For the rat ogre - I think to remember the death roller is resin too, and the rat ogre isn't finished yet afaik. They also want to do resin upgrade kits for the poster teams (f.e. reikland reaver shoulders/chest conversion parts).

For the elven - one team will be released in 2017, the other probably early 2018. The concepts I saw were probably union, they looked quite .... lets say they have the "modern blood bowl look".

So we could see the rat ogre by April or are my hopes far too high?

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/01/09/global-blood-bowl-league-and-dwarfs/

So many beards... it's glorious.

I like the dwarfs except for the runners, they did unique troll slayers but not runners? And what is up with the runners eyes? One is covered by armor and the other has a little ring under the eye? Just weird...one of the blockers has a hand weapon, which makes him look like a blitzer, so it ends up looking like there's only four blockers even though there is actually 6.

I like the sotek green armor, but I won't be doing NMM gold on my dwarves. They still haven't shown the dwarf team unpainted and in bare plastic after all this time...and they still don't come out till februarys first week at the soonest. How am I supposed to hold on to my money until february!

 Thargrim wrote:
And what is up with the runners eyes? One is covered by armor and the other has a little ring under the eye?

The one side is an eye patch while the other is just the gold trim of the armor under the eye.

I'll stick with my two dimensional metal dwarves, too much to do with these guys