How Have Warhammer Dwarfs Changed? | Building Warhammer Armies

[@jordansorcery]

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[@AdaptiveSystems]

you've missed out the iron claw dwarfs

[@dr_wilko]

"In sh-...brief" that was almost a grudgin'

[@imperialcitizen4811]

Jordan always felt like the super nice Warhammer player that one should not anger, else he takes out his 10.000 point Dwarf army.

[@Markell1991]

That's all metal models and it weighs as much as a car...

[@pietrogigliotti8365]

I have 1 hour and half of train and know i know that at least 31 minutes of it will be well-spent. Thanks Jordan

[@kilgoretrout413]

Ditto here 😂

[@Gh0stClown]

13:44 Worth noting that the dwarfs in McDeath are a pretty on-the-nose parody of the 1984-85 UK miner's strike, with their leader Arka Zargul being a reference to Arthur Scargill. This might also be the origin of the trope of Warhammer dwarfs having Yorkshire accents. Also with the way WFRP 1e works mechanically, Dwarf slayers were an incredibly OP character career to play. Naked Dwarf Syndrome was a real headache for GMs. On a similar note, Hammerers were pretty undercosted in WFB3 for how good they were.

[@ClydeMillerWynant]

Yes the McDeath dwarfs were effectively on strike, barricaded into their mine and trying to defeat the orcs commanded by Ian 'McWrecker' McGregor. They were definitely looking to seize the means of production and overthrow the state which I guess makes McDeath Thatcher. Always liked it that the dwarfs could do the McDuff thing being not of woman born as they were, well, dwarfs. My dwarfs are Welsh, but otherwise very much in the tradition of Zargul's lot.

[@Banaanivatkuli]

28:22 SHORT!?!

[@ashes2ashesuk]

I loved the Gotrek and Felix metal minis.

[@anotherzingbo]

My first encounter with Warhammer dwarfs was in White Dwarf 116, which included rules for dwarf mountaineers. This unit of dwarf scouts were represented by a single miniature - a dwarf in a bobble hat, armed with a blunderbuss and mounted on skis! They gained a bonus when skiing downhill and their unit could be equipped with the fearsome Yodel of Doom instead of a magical musical instrument.

[@karlfranz8345]

Indeed young Jordan Sorcersson you are a true Dwarf friend.

[@wolvz7081]

Great video Jordan. Favourite Dwarfs - Got to love Gotrek, the (White) Dwarf in Heroquest, the Deathroller guy in Blood Bowl but also the little known, never officially released but designed by GW - DWARF FLASHER. Don’t know him? Give it a google, but maybe use the Privare Browsing mode.

[@AnvilOfDoom]

Yes please, more dwarf content :D Also, my favorite Warhammer Dwarf is King Kazador. I feel like his personality and personal life story is like a microcosm of the Dwarfs' history as a people.

[@theoneandonlysoslappy]

My SECOND favorite WFB race after the usually-ignored ... CHAOS DWARFS!

[@darrinholmes1627]

Total War did a fantastic job with their Chaos Dwarfs. It was great seeing them finally get some love by somebody

[@JustinCoyote]

Excellent video, they were my first and favorite army in warhammer. Chaos Dwarfs next please

[@noops9220]

The maurauder miners are my favourite sculpt

[@patinho5589]

What marauder miners? I don’t remember any.

[@darrenrichardson6146]

favourite Dwarf sculpts (other then the fantastic Imperial Dwarf range) has to be Queen Helgar.

[@prolegitman4570]

"The only good stunty is a dead stunty, and the only thing better n' a dead stunty is a dyin' stunty who tells yer where to find 'is mates." -Morglum Necksnapper, on his favourite dwarf.

[@warpaintjj]

Possibly my favourite WHFB races, not played them first years but will do again I hope 😊 Many thanks chum 👏

[@stephenhanna8490]

I won't have a favourite dwarf sculpt until they make one of a diplomat handing back the bloody phoenix crown!

[@stephenhumphreys9149]

Why would they ever give it back? It was taken as fair recompense for a grudge!

[@nicktheheretic3015]

...while it's attatched to a string on his finger.

[@heirwolf6929]

Bugman must be one of the most iconic dwarfs for me. Also I'd love to hear your take on the High elves.

[@benediktreinartz1184]

We all love Dwarfs! My first Warhammer mini ever was the magnificient Dragon Slayer (designed by Aly Morrison) from 1993. My father bought it for me as a gift, after he found a fantasy store near the place he worked.

[@alsodanleyness]

I would love to see you do a history of the Wood Elves, for the purely selfish reason that they have always been my favorite

[@nickharling3902]

Another excellent vid. I’d completely forgotten that my brother collected dwarfs and had a metal gyrocopter. The rotor blades constantly fell off it. I’d love to watch a retrospective of their evil cousins as well and all the changes they went through

[@RamblingLongbeard]

Thank you for referring my articles as one of the sources in the video's notes Jordan, very much appreciated! I'm quite sure I referred to your videos in my latest article on Dwarf Slayers as well, what's better than a nice feedback loop like that? Although certainly I owe more to your great contributions in uncovering the history of Warhammer with all the superb interviews you've done, that's prime source material right there! I've always loved Dwarfs, but up until recently my main passion was the Undead in their various forms, now with the ability to collect those beautiful old models the Dwarfs have become my main love and I've been lucky enough to collect a pretty formidable 4000pts force (6th ed points) of models mainly in good old honest metal. What a joy! I do still have more Undead as there's 3 Warhammer armies to collect for them all, but still. The Dwarfs just fit my character too well for me not to relate heavily with them, although my throng certainly doesn't have any newfangled beardling black powder weapons or Grungi forbid - steam engines! Or models sculpted after 2003. Only hand sculpted models preferrably cast in metal for the grumpy Rambling Longbeard. 😂

[@madebymadge]

Fantastic video. Thanks very much. I’m in the process of building my old hammer/middle hammer army of my 13 year old dreams.

[@PutYourQuarterUpGaming]

Good feels. 40k wolves and eldar for me (dawn of war kid), but all the same, awesome when finally see that old wish come together.

[@bluesoystercultist7164]

SHORT!? That goes in the book, wazzok!

[@bencarter1646]

Martha is totally into her Dwarf history. I’ve never seen a cat pay so much attention ! [15:00]

[@chrismcknight7164]

I could binge watch your videos all day! So much enthusiasm for the subject, great nostalgia trips and escapism for the viewers!

[@mrogface]

Oh that scenic base as part of the packaging is a great idea.

[@jordansorcery]

Right?!

[@warpjediAK]

I have a couple of the old norse dwarves and they remain amoungst my favourites in a pretty large mostly old metal dwarf army.

[@MiniatureRealms]

Fantastic! Perhaps my favourite Warhammer topic. 🙂

[@brucesolomon1514]

Loved this vid. I've still got the 93 army book and a lot of the metal models of the time. Bugmans rangers was by far my favourite.

[@mattbarker3489]

My favourite dwarf sculpt? The 3rd ed imperial dwarf crossbow with the padded coat right up to his nose. Shame I can't post images to YT comments

[@Hopalong-re9lz]

Love that mini! Also the dwarf treasure hunter from Mordheim - oh so many to choose though

[@skippythewonderchicken7511]

World of Warcraft has made me a Dwarf patriot so I'm loving all the dwarf videos coming out now. This was lovely. But fan of the flasher dwarf. Buck wild concept.

[@JayAHafner]

Another gtrat episode. Thanks. There is an update to this story: C7 put out a new version of WFRP Dwarfs Player Guide and changed even more lore.

[@MrCaribbeanShark]

Love the Dwarfs. My favorite model is Sven Hasselfriesian from 2nd ed The Magnificent Sven. PS did you not mention The White Dwarf?

[@edwardblacklock2446]

Great video Jordan. I have some chaotic space dwarfs but the models that were available for this faction now cost a fortune so I have used models from other mini manufatorers to create my force, including Ral Partha, Old School Miniatures, Die Hard Miniatures and CP minis. In terms of old world dwarves I have always loved the slayers, those crazy guys are packed full of character and interest. Keep up the good work!

[@mwaegema]

Great video again! I remember enthralled by the White Dwarf articles on the Dwarf language and runes. I stupidly got rid of the 4e army book and still looking for an affordable replacement.

[@TheOrderoftheSigillite]

The The Flame Cannon and Ungrim Ironfist from the 1993 Dwarf army. Amazing models.

[@PutYourQuarterUpGaming]

Those old war machine models are beautiful. Stuff like that what always had me interested in fantasy as a kid. Even if I couldn’t quite afford it back then 😅

[@darrenchantler2562]

I remember buying a blister pack of Dwarfs titled "the up the Wall Crew " they came with little Dwarf size urinals as yes they where official GW product 😁

[@NummiAFI]

Tolkien might well have wanted to contrast Dwarves with Elves, thus the similarity, but he was also a professor of English. English is a silly, silly language. As far as I understand it, he thought the practice of sticking to "Dwarfen" archaic and frustrating. US publishers of The Hobbit apparently kept "correcting" the professors use of the English language with "Dwarf", and received many a frustrated letter from Tolkien in response. It befuddles me that the fantasy genre in general has seemingly "regressed" from using the much more linguistically pliable and sensible "Dwarven". Games Workshop titles like "Dwarfen holds", which you mentioned, make me want to bite my leg off.

[@Hopalong-re9lz]

Because it became a bit of a standing joke in some online communities like Bugman's Brewery

[@warpjediAK]

Finally my short boys!!! Much appreciated Mr Sorcery

[@victortugelbend812]

No matter what the game, over the years I've always played a Dwarf where possible. Just love everything about how they're depicted in most media.

[@MakCurrel]

The story and history of the mysterious and legendary White Dwarf would be a dear episode. ❤

[@darnokx9277]

Loving how the catto is giving you the good ol' "oh don't mind me sitting here, just... HEY WHY DO YOU NOT CARE FOR ME??!!!" and some silent treatment.

[@PaintsAreOp]

Marauder Thunderers ❤️ Not sure why!

[@anvilofdoomminiatures]

Great video mate!

[@jordansorcery]

Thanks mate, got to do the Dawi proud!

[@kairos468]

My brother had a beautiful big Dwarf army when we were kids. Good times!

[@stevekearns6173]

Great stuff man, I found a bunch of those Colin dixon dwarfs. I was going to sell them but I couldn't, their just too good.

[@StuartHarvey-rh3sl]

First time watching your channel and I’ll definitely be back for more 👍🏻 I really enjoyed it ☺️

[@jordansorcery]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DwarvenMoustache-ek3ok]

Ah, I'm loving this. I own some stuff towards a Dwarf army I was going to try to get them completed before the books came out, but I got distracted by Wood Elves, Fimir and Battletech, so haven't even really been able to start them yet.

[@DwarvenMoustache-ek3ok]

I even got some gnomes to act as maybe a halfling mercenary contingent.

[@burgdush1]

Great stuff, and presented with exactly the correct blend of enthusiasm and understanding of how large and silly the subject is.

[@jayjordan1957]

Love your videos. Each one is a treasure.

[@jordansorcery]

Thanks Jay

[@Hopalong-re9lz]

Great video - The bearded ones are fantastic & I love 'em. Tolkien gets a lot of credit but, as I'm sure many here know, he was pretty good at stealing stuff (oops - I mean 'drawing on') the old Norse poems especially the Voluspa. A couple verses, translated into English, below has some familiar names Nyi and Nithi, | Northri and Suthri, Austri and Vestri, | Althjof, Dvalin, Nar and Nain, | Niping, Dain, Bifur, Bofur, | Bombur, Nori, An and Onar, | Óin, Mjothvitnir. Vigg and Gandalf | Vindalf, Thorin, Thror and Thrain | Thekk, Lit and Vit, Nyr and Nyrath,-- | now have I told-- Regin and Rathsvith-- | the list aright.

[@AlexJP88]

I really really enjoyed watching this video. Hope you cover Chaos Dwarfs in the future.

[@vzgg1973]

Great vid - many thanks

[@itsallpointless6501]

"But in sh.... brief" lol, good save Jordan

[@trollbite.miniatures]

really looking forward to the next episode!

[@Tony4095]

Great video! Love me some dwarfs. My first WFB army way back in 2001 6th Ed

[@TVforyourCats]

Excellent video!

[@jclefbouncyrock]

Another great video from my favorite WH channel!

[@marcoperez1794]

Haha, very amusing video! I have three of those figures from the 'Dwarf's King Court' set - no1, the king, no 3, the champion, & no 10, the gnome jester. Not sure how many people these days would recognise the name of the latter was a reference to the dimunitive Scottish comedian Ronnie Corbett...

[@AM-uw3gp]

I’m still missing that Anvil of doom from my childhood, hopefully it’s in the made to order🤞 top notch video Jordan but it was a little short 👍🏻

[@NummiAFI]

@@AM-uw3gp Anvil of Doom was previewed last Sunday, should come up for pre-order this saturday!

[@AM-uw3gp]

@@NummiAFI I’m talking about the old metal one from the 90’s on wheels which looks way better in my opinion, the later one is coming up for preorder which yeah I’m probably gonna buy as well but I wish I could get the old one

[@RolandoRatas]

Jordan has a book of grudges and you open it and all the pages are blank

[@philw299]

Great video!

[@LowFlyingMonkey]

My favourite dwarf sculpt is the 1986 version of Bugmans Dwarf Champion Jorj.

[@jordansorcery]

Great sculpt!

[@marcoferreira9256]

New here and love it😊

[@nathanbuxton3271]

I love all of your videos. A quick point of clarification: Around 7:50ish you mention dwarfs loyal to the realms of men, or imperial dwarfs. Many people use imperial dwarfs like that (and I expect that this will be more prevalent with both the rerelease of the regiment of renown and your video), but imperial dwarfs are their own concept, relating to the dwarf empire, not the empire of man.

[@Ethnarches]

You are indeed correct, although the concept of "Imperial Dwarfs" seemed to have been dropped after 3rd edition with the huge development leap to 4th edition that more or less established the modern Warhammer Fantasy setting in place.

[@ClydeMillerWynant]

It's quite funny that the 3rd ed dwarfs that are most suitable for the modern usage of 'imperial dwarf' are the marauder ones which were sold as just dwarfs while the old imperial dwarfs don't have the empire look (and why would they of course). I often get the impression that gw don't know their dwarf history on this front themselves so it's no surprise if most players don't!

[@Ethnarches]

@@ClydeMillerWynant Indeed, didn't they just call the returning Marauder Dwarf Pikemen (or Spearmen?) "Imperial Dwarfs" in their Warhammer Community articles? As if it wasn't confusing enough already for anyone that's not an Oldhammer fanatic like some of us... :)

[@benediktreinartz1184]

I very much like, that you bring this topic up. I was confused by that fact for a long time... So I was also surprised, that GW themselves called the Marauder Dwarf Spearmen all of a sudden Imperial Dwarfs (anyway I'll need to stock up on those). Also isn't GW wrong with Prince Ulther's Dragon Company by stating "can be hired by Empire of Man armies, which is rooted in some of the older material from Warhammer Fantasy Battle, with Dwarf communities living and working in Imperial cities."? (I thought they were not originally hired by Empire of Man, but came from the conceptual Imperial Dwarfs with their own rich background story)

[@ClydeMillerWynant]

@@Ethnarches Yes they did and I find it grates though really I think we have to accept that they can change what they like and these changes have really happened quite some time ago. One thing that is perhaps worth bearing in mind with all this stuff is that when the old Citadel Perry Imperial Dwarfs were made the Empire hadn't really got it's style. The humans that Citadel were making as 'Men of the West'/Empire/Bretonnia mostly looked to be of the historical time period that Bretonnia ended up keeping and some of them had direct model equivalents in the Imperial Dwarfs range - not sure which came first, the dwarfs or the humans though I expect the latter. So some of the 'what fits as Empire (new usage 'Imperial') dwarfs' thing has its roots in the development of the Empire look itself as much as changes to the dwarfs.

[@JescoJimBo]

This is excellent stuff Jordan! However, Hashut is the true savior of the Dawi,, or the Dawi Zharr!!! My favorite of the dark lads is probably Drazhoath the Ashen on Cinderbreath. I always see that Tamurkhan book in the background,, would love a video on this stuff man!

[@dariostabletopminatures]

Gonna Watch Later!

[@Mr_Waffle.]

Great video, when something is so ubiquitous you sometimes don't think about where it came from. Personally I've never really vibed with dwarfs/dwarves, maybe Votann will fix that (if they ever get more models...)

[@johanvillemoes3374]

Nice video, keep the dwarf vids comming!

[@rayn619]

Very informative. I appreciate the attention to detail.

[@jaimiting]

Great video! I've really enjoyed, please dig more into dwarf lore and The Old World, I never have enough! 😄

[@khublaklonk4480]

My favourite Citadel dwarf miniature would come from the misty days of pre-slotta. Haldir Ironblade is a simple model, he wears a tunic and cloak, he carries a sword. But his lines are exquisite, and he reminds me irresistibly of the dwarf Fenodyree from Alan Garner's novel, "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen" My second favourite is from the same era, Rantar One-Eye, a lady adventurer with a seriously kick-ass demeanour. Honourable mentions go to Odan and Olaf from the Bryan Ansell boxed set, whose names are always switched around in the ad copy. They were the first I ever owned, my mum bought them for me, so they occupy a special place in my heart.

[@chba2093]

Really enjoying your videos. Keep up the great work - this is becoming one of my favourite channels. Thanks!

[@warpjediAK]

I think we'd all like more dwarf content especially their chaos cousins

[@RedDragon052]

I just want Jordan to pet the kitty

[@BenWhitley-w5s]

Jordan friend of the dwarfs

[@ClydeMillerWynant]

Very enjoyable video as ever. A few bones to pick and grudges to bear as is only fitting: It was great to see my old bolt thrower and bombard in the iconic war machines, but no Goblobber - Harrumph! I love the 'Very Upset Berserker' who doubled up as the second coming of Juggo Joriksonn, but you really ought to have used the original one from The Magnificent Sven. The change in what Imperial Dwarf means could have been noted. I know you showed a lot of pictures of Perry Dwarfs, but you only actually mentioned the Perrys with regard to the Dwarf King's Court and the reworked Gyrocopter. Aly Morrison and Colin Dixon dwarfs are great too, but there's only one (pair of) candidate(s) for top spot for me. Obviously I loved it regardless, but these things can't be allowed just to pass...

[@stephenhumphreys9149]

I've always loved the Warhammer Dwarfs, and I've always kept Dwarfs: Stone and Steel close at hand, it's a brilliant sourcebook. I also always appreciated the extra effort they put into documenting Khazalid in their various sourcebooks, particularly funny since the language was meant to be much more secretive than the language of basically any other non-human race in the setting. Favourite Khazalid word: Dongliz. "The parts of a Dwarf's body that are impossible for him to scratch".

[@Svengar]

Would love to see more videos on dwarfs. Especially Chaos Dwarfs but anything on the other elements mentioned (wizard and female dwarfs would be appreciated too) I don’t have a favourite dwarf sculpt but so many of them are incredible. I used to use the Daemon slayer mini for AD&D a long time ago (32 years ago or so). I have a fair range of older metal sculpts like the marauder ones and dwarf lords of legend boxed set though not the pre-slotta ones.

[@johnphillips6515]

Still my favourite warhammer race and army. More dwarf content please!

[@thesigmaritepainter7803]

Brilliant video!

[@blackdenim23]

I always liked Helgar Longplaits! It’s great to see some Valaya in there with the Grimnir and the Grungni!

[@jaimiting]

About your final question, my favourite Dwarf, and one of the best characters of Warhammer is Gotrek, it would be amazing if you do a video of Gotrek and Felix saga! 😃

[@Zorkolak]

More Dwarfs! More Dwarfs! More Dwarfs! More Dwarfs! More Dwarfs! More Dwarfs!

[@staalforsfh]

I have my hands more than full with AoS, but the thing that has been pulling me towards ToW more than anything is the Dwarf release. For me there is probably nothing more pure fantasy, pure nostalgia than Dwarfs. They hit the vibe so damn well for Warhammer.

[@rayn619]

My favorite dwarf is Ungrim, because what is "ungrim" if not just a dwarfy way to say "happy." The dwarf king is named "happy".

[@hooman2125]

this cat is very nice

[@johnclarke25]

Still got most of the dwarf ranges,my favorite being the grudge of drong range,one of the first armies built and still have many figures to add.

[@ThomasMurch]

15:24 - Sounds like an infallible and unbreakable-under-penalty-of-Book-of-Grudging promise to me!

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

18:45 A 'sap' is a covered trench typically dug by a besieging force in order to get closer to the enemy fortifications while under cover from fire (whether to place siege engines in a more advantageous position or for a better starting point to undermine the walls), and the soldiers who do this are known as 'sappers'. Indeed, soldiers of the Royal Engineers at OR-1 and OR-2 on the pay scales continue to hold the rank of Sapper (Spr.) rather than Private (Pte.) or other Regiment/Corps specific title.

[@noops9220]

I fear this dive into dwarfs was a little short

[@Kragnorak]

Fun vid Jordan, but I was actually hoping to see a video about how they've changed PHYSICALLY! You see, I'm very confused about what is happening these days in the Old World. Although Dwarfs tend to have short skinny legs in some of the WFRP illustrations ( or even long like the Dwarf Cannon Crew from 1984 at 24:04 ), their WFB counterparts were always extremely stocky with hardly any knees to speak of, much influenced by the David Gallagher illustrations from the 90s forward. But then came the Duardin in Age of Sigmar, and all of a sudden they evolved KNEES! And were TALL. The Duardin character in Warhammer Quest Cursed City is easily taller than many Mordheim humans, and the half-naked Fyreslayers all look rangy to me with their longshanks! So what is GW selling now for the Old World? I see they are recasting many olde metal kits, which means dwarfs who are incredibly short, with bodies barely a centimeter square. But some of the new characters appear extremely tall and thin to me in photos. How will new dwarfs rank up with the older ones if I were to start collecting again?

[@BigGalty]

Chorfs! Chorfs! Chorfs! Please do Chaos Dwarfs if that was unclear🙏

[@jordansorcery]

I definitely intend to... at some point!

[@danm2966]

To be honest, back in the 90's, I wasn't a fan of most of the Dwarf range of mini's. Probably because I preferredthe style of the Rat-folk.(I know, put my name in the Book). But what I *did* enjoy was the Dwarflords story in Warhammer Monthly, the (mis)adventure of those 3 was always great.

[@dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd]

if you do the elves for another building warhammer armies video, one of the authors sighted the broken sword as an influence for warhammer's elves than just middle earth's elves (there's even an elven character named imric and also the familiar word "witch sight")

[@alexthompson3447]

Best dwarf? Josef Bugman - even as a youngling I knew beer was great! 😂🍺

[@jordansorcery]

Very good shout!

[@joegroves2517]

I just keep wondering what your cat is looking at. And thanks for clearing up the spelling! I'd always just assumed that Tolkien's was the standard and never looked it up for some reason... Since I'm thinking I'll be getting into The Old World, my first foray into Fantasy besides Vermintide, I'd really appreciate lore on the different holds and their looks. It's been hard to find much online.

[@Deliverygrot]

do one for the orcs how they change from their tolkien counterpart