WFB shecksy models - Bloodletters

The herald of Khorne points out his enemies...you know, in case they weren't sure.

20 Bloodletters charge headlong into a unit of 30 Dwarf Warrior Rangers. Somewhat surprisingly, the Warriors hold and start winning over two turns. Until the Bloodthirster showed up.

Meanwhile the main bloodletter unit is about to decimate the Hammerer horde, killing over 23 models in the first turn. Goooood, feel your hatred.  It gives you focus, it makes you stronger and lets you re-roll hits in the first round of combat.

WFB shecksy models - Ogres + Warriors of Chaos

The Ogre Kingdoms & Warriors of Chaos alliance face off a horde of Dwarfs.

A 15 block of Warriors of Chaos with a Mark of Tzeentch) hold off a horde of 30 Hammerers while also being rear charged by a block of 20 miners for 3 turns.
The WoC general was heard to genuinely remark: "Those dwarf hammerers are ridiculously good, how are they still alive?"

Some very pretty Chaos Knights charge a cannon. This photo is slightly out of focus, but they're still pretty boys. Get a room party knights!

Avatars of War - Dwarf Beserkers

Dwarf Beserkers are available for pre order.
20 models in the unit, including full command, for €25 - compare that to GW's average of 16 plastic models including full command for €30.
The berserker's are also very customisable, which means they'll be more work to put together - but customisable is good in my book.

I ordered two sets, not for the free shipping or because I have plans for a slayer army, but because I want to support these guys. They make awesome figures, and it's got to be tough entering a market completely dominated by GW. GW even enforce only GW models in GW tourneys. I've never played in one myself, and that's why. I'm not going to start griping about GW because in my opinion they've done a fantastic job with 8th edition.

By the by, I never have any luck with slayers - they're like death magnets.
Yes I know they're supposed to seeking death in the fluff, but it'd be nice if they killed something first before dying themselves. They really need a ward save or something.

What's that? What about Mantic Dwarfs you say?
Well I played against a dwarf army with a warrior block of mantic dwarfs a few nights ago. They're a tad bigger in scale than the GW models, both in height and girth. I say a tad, but I found it to be quite noticeable.
Actually I hope that's not an issue with the Avatars of War ones...they do say 20mm bases on their site. Whereas I couldn't find any figure sizings listed on the Mantic site - though I'm sure they are there.

Having said all that, I wish I'd known about the Mantic Dwarf offers like Grafe's Iron Legion being such value for money, before I heavily invested in my GW minis.