I normally play Warhammer so I have full armies of fantasy and even Votann for 40K.
I honestly haven’t been playing much but wanted to continue painting. Anyone have recommendations for cool miniatures from other companies? I wanna make just a random dwarf adventuring party.
Anyone else do this versus painting for games?
What’s yall fav depiction of dwarves? I’m making my custom ones for my fantasy world and wanna see what y’all’s are. I love almost every version. Even Dwemer from elder scrolls.
If yall wanna hear how my dwarves are let me know
So I have my own fantasy ip. I wanted to see if anyone was interested in hearing about my take on dwarves? If so let me know I’ll edit the post.
Edit: the dwarves. Standing at 5 to 6 feet, they were once made of the earth itself. Now a mortal body, they control the magical gems of the world. Magical arms dealers, they have their clans each control a different mountain range.
Different clans deal in different magical aspects.
The iron dwarves deal in weaponry and mechanical advancement.
The gold dwarves rule over a merchant empire.
The platinum dwarves control armies upon armies of knights.
The fire metal dwarves originating in volcano regions deal in warlock pacts and fire and demon contracts.
Each dwarf clan is based on a metal or ore like item that they are originally from. For example iron dwarf or gold dwarf. They can magically transform into their earthern side, making them golem like.
A sub race of dwarves in ancient times were being slaughtered and a high king of a clan fused his magical knowledge and his body to make the first golem. The souls of the dwarves of his people were sent into these golems. In this form they eat magical gems. And absorb these gems for magical abilities.
I'm currently editing Icevein, volume 7 of the Dwarves of Ice-Cloak, and I had the opportunity to get a little dwarven inspiration by going underground the other day. It was a lot of fun to spur my imagination in a cave. Here are some pictures that include some fossils in a limestone ceiling, some schist vein in limestone, and some opened layers of limestone. Everything can go into the writing of a novel--the way the air smells and feels, the texture of stone, the way the rock gleams in the light. . .
A couple take aways.
The air was amazing and cool. Stepping back above ground into the heat wave was less pleasant. I wish I could have stayed down longer.
The world we live in is fantastic, when we have eyes to see it.
Given equivalent technology, there is no way a human is dislodging a determined dwarf from that cave.
Disclaimer: caves are dangerous. I had a guide.