EE vs AoS Models

The Ironbreakers/Irondrakes are not new models released for Age of Sigmar, they were released for 8th Edition and then later repackaged with round bases for Age of Sigmar. They fit perfectly on 20mm squares as that's what they were designed for.

In other areas the AoS models tend to be larger. They may not physically be larger, but their more dynamic and aggressive poses make them difficult to fit on smaller bases, while in other cases they models just are in fact scaled up to be a bit larger.

If you want some comparisons, there are a number of army shots in my dwarf army section:

eefl.freeforums.net/thread/601/throng-karak-silvertop

I tried making some Vulkite Berzerkers on 20mm bases to use as Slayers in Fantasy, and they turned out pretty well once I had ordered them up properly:

ive used them once and it took over three months to receive my order (with much chasing). The minis themselves are ok. Not the best quality but not the worst either. You can pretty much see what they are like from the photos.
mottdon also bought a few of their minis and his delivery time was less than mine (and he’s on a different continent!). The shipping times do seem to be a consistent complaint on the FB pages too (though I will say that not for everyone).

That's unfortunate to hear. I went ahead and ordered 20 of their Irondrake equivalent after that post. I figured at around half the cost of 10 Irondrakes from GW, it was worth a try. Even at that price, the prospect of waiting 3 months is disheartening.

At this point, I ordered some Shieldbreakers from Kings of War as Hammerers, but I was highly disappointed in the models. The photos were OK but when I got the models, the hands didn't actually close around the weapons and looked funny, so I sent them back.

I did order some Kings Guard from Avatars of War that so far I've been satisfied with. My intention is to do some major converting/kitbashing/green-stuffing to turn them into Ironbreakers, take their weapons and convert some cloaked warriors with faceplates into Hammerers.

I've been out of WFB for about 13 years, and I was just getting into Dwarfs right around the time they released the 7th (& 8th) Dwarf warrior models. I picked up several boxes as wall as the battalion and army box that was available at the time. So i've got around 40 6th edition warriors, 80 7th edition warriors. My thought was to treat 6th edition as basic clansmen/warriors. Thematically, since the models are relatively basic, they would represent the artisans/masons/smiths/etc that are not standing army to issue out to defend the Hold. Since the 7th edition warriors were a little more detailed, I'm keeping them as Longbeards and I'd like to convert some to Hammerers. 

I like the ID/IB models from GW, but I don't like the fact that LB and Hammerers look like they have the same gromril armor. Since LB and Hammerers only have heavy armor, I think it makes sense their armor wouldn't look like full-plate gromril, but with like heavy armor/chain mail with more details. I'm only using cloaked models for the Hammerers with then intention to paint them with a celtic-knot pattern and the dwarf face-plates to give them that more "elite/bodyguard" feel. Personally, I don't want my LB and Hammerers so much look like the ID/IB tanks.

Part of my goal is also hobbying on a budget. Back in the day, I couldn't justify spending a lot of money on metal Questing Knights (despite how cool they looked), so I converted KotR to use great axes. 

First attempted conversion of AoW Kings Guard to Ironbreaker. (I realize this isn't the modeling thread, but it was related to my last post...) Not used to working with resin, so a bit of a learning curve there. Not thrilled with the shield position, but hey, back ranks need to be filled too...