Lobeau

Hold the line for HASHUT.

I already told my fiancée that every extra dollar is going towards pur honeymoon fund, and I won't buy anymore models this year... But I did clarify a few months back that its null and void only if chaos dwarves come out 😃

JP, this is a tough spot. Like you, the Chaos Dwarves were instant love when looking for an AoS army, they're amazing sculpts, and fun to play, amazing enjoyable to paint, but have real some downsides. The biggest issue is models in their range have been discontinued, and unless they're revived in AoS as a plastic range, I doubt they'll come back, this limits what army you can field as if you don't have all the models you want/need, you'll have to find them on eBay, which can be expensive and a long wait to find say a SkullCracker, the army is also sadly often mentioned, but shown no love, the last update we've received was when AoS 2nd edition came out years ago, we don't have endless spells, a FAQ, or any warscroll updates since then (some rules need adjustment). Now on the otherhand, I'm a noncompetitive player, and have a whole lot of fun playing this army and am absolutely in love with the models, they are not a very strong army, but also aren't super weak. If you decide to buy them and put an army together you'll have an awesome army of angry evil dwarves. From a collection stand point, you can't realistically get the full range of models, but can put together a pretty fun force with a lot of the options. They are expensive, and middle of the road game play wise, they could be discontinued tomorrow or be revived down the road. If you like em and want them, I say go for it, if you're on the fence... Flip a coin. Forge World haven't communicated well their future intentions for the Legion when we've reached out in the past, which is concerning, but unsurprising. If you're just looking for an army with awesome models, that are fun to paint and play but lack support and unit choice with a limited future, I'd say go for it. I'd much rather buy them because I want them, then wait and find out down the road that they're gone. But I also can't fault you if you decide to find another Chaos army which is better supported and has a wider range of availability. A quick unit run down from the top of my head: Drazoath the Ashen - sick model, disappointed with the way he plays and how much he costs. Shar'tor - awesome sculpt, rules leave him a little lackluster and his warscroll battalion is alright but leaves you wanting more. Daemonsmiths - good little evil dwarf casters. Bull Centaur Turruk - Hes a beast. Favorite model in the range and hits like a truck. Kaadi Fireborn - painting them was rough with a brush, but they're cool models with good rules. Bull Centaurs - hit hard and are fun to paint. Iron Sworn - cost too many points, but are good at holding objectives. Fireglaves - usually the best battleline to take in the army as they have good shooting, and the cost is good. Iron Daemon - good tanky chaos dwarfy thingymabob Castellan - not to shabby for a little hero dude. BSB - can be useful in some builds, looks cool. Skullcracker - discontinued =( the even more chaos dwarfy smashy discombobulator Magma Cannon - best artillery game play wise due to mortal wound output. Model is the most boring of the options. Competition lists usually take three of them to tournaments. Dreadquake Mortar - second favorite model in the whole range, so much fun to build and paint! Sadly its expensive and the rules leave you disappointed, I still play with it in my games for the variety but its not great. Deathshreiker Rocket Launcher - (think this one might be discontinued or out of stock?) This model looks cool, and it is alright on the table

I'd say if you're on the fence, buy while you can. I had always wanted a skull cracker, so I bought one. About a month after that the mold broke. A few of the models I've got from Forgeworld were pretty new casts, so I highly doubt they're in a liquidate and end support cycle. I agree that they've been referenced in a lot of the lore and stories, we got two of them from Warcry, making a main line Chaos Dwarf army release sometime in the future is pretty likely, at which time I'd assume Forgeworld would stop with the Legion. But if they come out with a new line, wouldn't it be sweet to augment your force with those beautiful forgeworld models? Even if you bought them, and the GW plastic Chaos Dwarves were announced the next day, you'd be able to hold onto that resin crack and sell it on EBay down the road. Its a fun army, with great models that are great to paint, and most of the people you play with have never fought.

I could also see them expanding the number of playable armies by producing generic "empire" sets, then having forgeworld produce unique units, heros and upgrade packs so that a Marienburg army has different ascetics and rules from a Averland army, but they both use ~80% of the same kits to built out.

I'll join in by expressing my support for continued love and care of our Legions. Any advice as to what I should focus the E-mail on?

I lucked out and found a lot of ~12 metal corsairs on EBay awhile back and won the auction for $1. The models look amazing, I was really shocked no one else bid on them. I'll work them in some how! I want Kislev, some of the old empire engineers, and metal dark elves.

Oof, hard pass from me. I hope they get interesting and fun rules though.

In a game where I had to keep certain members of my warband alive though turn 4, I was able to use Shadowy Recall to place a minion next to my Thrallmaster (with only 4 health) which had the Illuminate on opposite side to block my opponent from getting in to kill him. It won me the game.

The Freeguild Mounted General's horse is covered in "Karl Franz". It took me awhile to file/scrape all that off of mine. Maybe he'll get a new horse! One can dream.

Also "Color Shift Paints". A girl in our group that does some commission work was showing me some models she was airbushing for 40k using the color shift and it gave that exact result. Looked amazing, especially painting metalics!

I'll be painting mine up in a blue green and copper scheme just like my chaos dwarf Army. Make it your own!

Like 2h weapon options for the Ironsworn and bull Centaurs =/

What contrast color would y'all use to for blonde hair? Are there any good matches, or best to paint it in the ol' fashion way?

Last game I played with my Skaven was against a 4 drop opponent. I think it actually help to have a billion rats dropping. Allows me to set up reactively and throw them off with clanrats!