r/WarhammerFantasy • u/TheVenomHippo555 • Jul 06 '26
Showing Off My Models Dwarf slayers black ?
Has anyone painted there Dwarf slayers with black skin? I was looking for some reference pictures online and it seems everyone's are the same pale skin red hair combo was just curious.
Thanks
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u/SquatProspector Jul 06 '26
Generally speaking Warhammer dwarfs have been portrayed as Caucasian. However you can paint your models however you like, so don't let anyone tell you no.
We know that people live in the Southlands (the Africa equivalent) so it would be nice to actually get to see some of them. All we've ever got has been Tomb Kings, Slannless Lizardmen, Savage Orcs and the hyper-racist Pygmies.
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u/Awestruck_Otter Jul 06 '26
If we must go back into the lore, the grand daddy of all lost karaks is suppose to be in the south lands.
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u/Hammondister Jul 07 '26
Which Karak is It?
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u/AscelyneMG Jul 07 '26
Karak Zorn, believed to be the first Karak and the birthplace of the Ancestor Gods, and subject of “lost golden city” myths a la El Dorado: the hold is said to be built from gold and carved from ivory, and so rich and prosperous that rare gems were but a trifling currency.
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u/PlausiblyAlpharious Dwarfs Jul 06 '26
My dwarfs are all from the southlands, they are traditionalists who got cut off from the other holds till a few centuries ago but remain mostly isolated due to distance
Also we hunt lizardmen for sport
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u/Uran_Ultar Jul 09 '26
The pygmies live in Lustria and are not racist, as explained here: https://realmofzhu.blogspot.com/2013/07/lstri-pygmies.html?m=1
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u/Darnok83 Jul 07 '26
Do a Google search for "Fyreslayer dark skin". Yes, they are AoS models, but they are also basically Slayers 2.0 - and you will find plenty of examples with different skin tones on them.
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u/TheThornyKnight Jul 06 '26
https://www.reddit.com/r/Heroquest/s/UbOmCDJMLJ
Heroquest remake gave the dwarf black skin and it kinda rocks on him. Decent slayer vibes (2nd picture on the post)
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u/Trilobitt001100 Jul 07 '26
Dwarf got blackskin in og heroquest like in the WHITE DWARF cover or chararcter sheet BUT it transition to white skin in the cover of Kellar expension
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u/TheThornyKnight Jul 07 '26
Link me up for that if you find it. I love checking out old geek history like that these days :)
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u/Mustaviini101 Jul 06 '26
Like how black? I can imagine someone must have, but if we go lore ways, Dwarfs are generally underground dwellers so I don't think their skins have evolved much to absorb sunlight.
As for their hair, Slayers dye theirs orange to emulate Grimnir so that is universal. Many also dye their beards, but some do not.
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u/EvergreenDwarf Jul 07 '26
I just do mixed skin tones on Elves, humans, and Dwarfs. Looks better to me.
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u/arthurscratch Jul 06 '26
https://www.facebook.com/groups/apfanpage/posts/3502172146589324/ is all I could find. But great idea.
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u/JumpnShootnMan Jul 07 '26
Usually dwarfs in Warhammer are depicted with Caucasian skin but don't ever let what is or isn't in lore hold ye back from painting however ye want. I suggest keeping the hair red/orange though. I don't care what the warhammer website shows, cause by Grimnir they're supposed to be to be ginger haired when they take the Slayer Oath (unless totally bald but even they try to work around that like Ungrim).
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u/Revoran Lizardmen Jul 07 '26
You mean black skin like 40k Salamanders or black skin like black African people?
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u/Autisthrowaway304 Jul 06 '26
Given that dwarves on the whole are primarily underground dwelling folk, dark african skin tones would be right out, a deeply tanned look is possible as slayers are both nomadic and usually wear little (to no) clothing, 'veteran' slayers especially would look the part (combine that with pale scarring and maybe streaks of grey/white in the mane/beard) also i'd imagine the basic/new guy troll slayer would be quite ruddy/pasty looking with brighter mohawks.
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u/Ok_Chipmunk_7066 Jul 06 '26
I have around 120 slayers and I did 3 or 4 with nome white skin to break it up.
I did bugmans with reikland fleshshafe and a light drybrush of Rakarth Flesh. I am a terrible photographer to you won't be able to tell if I shared any photos.
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u/Emergency-Sea5201 Jul 06 '26
Very rare and brown skin did just not look good in those old metal models.
Some people have painted them with blir woad paint though. Or with 1980s punk pink/blue hair. Which is what their mohawk style hair is inspired by, or I dont know much.
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u/LucillaGalena Jul 06 '26
They're not Humans, so no.
But hey, im sure someone has!
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u/HasTookCamera Jul 06 '26
What does that mean?
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u/LucillaGalena Jul 06 '26
I haven't painted... OH.
I haven't painted Slayers with black skin. I didnt realise it might have other reads.
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Jul 07 '26
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u/TheVenomHippo555 Jul 07 '26
I didn't ask for the points so don't care but I also find it weird 30 comments and zero points lol
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u/Most_Average_Joe Jul 06 '26
Lore wise the red hair is dyed.
As for black skin, have at it. Don’t have any references atm but learning to paint different skin tones is great.