Editing Warhammer Army Project/Dwarf (section)

===Buying Your Army===
Buy a battleline set or two to start; you can get a couple for the same price as a battalion from the official site if you know where to look. Do all of the warriors as the same type, 40 warriors in one unit is far more effective than two units of 20. The shooty dwarfs should be assembled depending on who you usually face. Thunderers and Quarrellers should generally have shields. The 4 cannons are really good both ways.

Next, buy a dwarf lord with shieldbearers. Gyrocopters will never go amiss, but make sure you can afford it if you make the cannon into an organ gun. Keep buying more dwarfs, a Runelord is no longer a good choice due to barely being better than the Runesmith for 60 pts more, but a BSB is still ever-useful.

If you feel you need to stretch your converter's wings and make something unique/different or aren't all that impressed by the dwarf miniature range, learn first and foremost how to green stuff beards. To make models look good is easy; any detail you don't like, just cover it with a green stuff beard, and any model will always look better with an extra big bushy beard on top except for those otherwise stated. Old Longbeard models are a good reference for these conversions. Also, braids on either side of the beard add a Celtic feel to the models, which are reminiscent of the previous incarnation of Dwarf fluff when they were a little less Viking-y. More beard seems to go a long way, especially because the plastic sculpts don't compare to any of the newer models coming out. Also, bigger round shields do absolute wonders for Dwarf models; using thumbtacks or converted marauder shields makes your models look amazing.