The new home of White Knight's Imperial dwarfs
In 2015 White Knight moved the production and distribution of his Imperial dwarf range to The Assault Group (TAG).
With the move the line where renamed Dwarf Empire and re-arranged with slightly different pack-layouts. TAG has also expanded the range.
Dwarf Empire (TAG)
Dwarf Militia
DEM001, DEM005, DEM006, DEM013 and DEM014 Dwarf Militia, at ease
Sold as:
- DEM001 with Spears,
- DEM005 with Glavies,
- DEM006 with Halberds,
Also sold as:
- DEM013 with two-handed axes (but these weapons ain't sculpted by John Pickford.
- DEM014 with two-handed hammers (Conversions mad by TAG using the hammers from the Knights of the Great Bear
Orinially packed as WKD-01 Dwarf Core Infantry Set # - at ease
Heads are randomly supplied with heads from the original WKD-01 and WKD-02 sets
DEM002, DEM007, DEM010, DEM015 and DEM018 Dwarf Militia, shouldered
Sold as:
- DEM002 with Spears,
- DEM007 with Halberds,
- DEM010 with Swords,
- DEM015 with Crossbows
- DEM018 with Handguns
Originally packed as WKD-02 Dwarf Core Infantry Set #2 - Attention poses
(heads are randomly supplied with heads from the original set #1 and #2)
DEM003, DEM008, DEM011, DEM016 and DEM019 Dwarf Militia, front rank I
Sold as:
- DEM003 with Spears,
- DEM008 with Halberds,
- DEM011 with Swords II,
- DEM016 with Crossbows aiming,
- DEM019 with Handguns aiming
Originally packed as WKD-03 Dwarf Core Infantry Set #3 - Action poses
(Supplied with spears)
DEM004, DEM009, DEM012, DEM017 and DEM020 Dwarf Militia with spears, front rank II
Sold as
- DEM004 with Spears,
- DEM009 with Halberds,
- DEM012 with Swords III,
- DEM017 with Crossbows aiming,
- DEM020 with Handguns aiming
Originally packed as WKD-04 Dwarf Core Infantry Set #4 - Action poses with Sallet Helmets
These are the set #3 miniatures converted by WK to all wear the Sallet Helmet
DEM021 Dwarf Militia Command
Originally packed as WKD-09A Dwarf Core Infantry Command
The DEM021 includes a dwarf leaning on pole miniature - this miniature is sculpted/heavily converted by White Knight personally.
DEM022 Dwarf Militia Stretcher Party
This is a conversion of John's Militia dolls done by WK himself. Previously sold as WDK-70 Dwarf Stretcher Party (and shown here including the WKD-71: Dwarf Ammo Team/Petard Team - now included in the DEM028 Dwarf Artillery Explosives Team)
Dwarf Guard
Previously called Zweihänder
DEM025 Dwarf Guard Command
Originally sold as: WKD-10 Dwarf Zweihänder Command and WKD-13 Dwarf Zweihänder Sergeant
DEM023 Dwarf Guards with two-handed swords
Originally packed as: WKD-11 Dwarf Zweihänder Set 1 - Action poses
DEM024 Dwarf Guards with two-handed swords, at ease
Originally packed as: WKD-12 Dwarf Zweihänder Set 2 - Unitfiller poses
Dwarf Knights on foot
Imperial Knights
These where released under the TAG banner through a successful ran Kickstarter: TAG - Dwarf Empire Knights on foot - and came in retro packaging with classic Royal Blue card.
DEM052 Dwarf Imperial Knight Command on foot
DEM053 Dwarf Imperial Knights on foot with swords & shields
DEM054 Dwarf Imperial Foot Knights on foot with swords & shields II
DEM055 Dwarf Imperial Foot Knights on foot with hammers & shields I
DEM056 Dwarf Imperial Foot Knights on foot with hammers & shields II
Lieb Knights
These also got released under the TAG banner through a successful ran Kickstarter: TAG - Dwarf Empire Knights on foot - and came in retro packaging with classic Royal Blue card.
DEM057 Dwarf Lieb Knights on foot with scythes I
DEM058 Dwarf Lieb Knights on foot with scythes II
DEM059 Dwarf Lieb Knights on foot with swords & shields I
DEM060 Dwarf Lieb Knights on foot with swords & shields II
DEM061 Dwarf Lieb Knights on foot with hammers & shields I
DEM062 Dwarf Lieb Knights on foot with hammer & shields II
DEM069 Dwarf Leib Knight Command on foot
Boar Knights
These also got released under the TAG banner through a successful ran Kickstarter: TAG - Dwarf Empire Knights on foot - and came in retro packaging with classic Royal Blue card.
DEM063 Dwarf Boar Knights on foot with morningstar & shields I
DEM064 Dwarf Boar Knights on foot with morningstar & shields II
DEM065 Dwarf Boar knights on foot with swords & shields I
DEM066 Dwarf Boar knights on foot with swords & shields II
DEM067 Dwarf Boar knights on foot with hammers & shields I
DEM068 Dwarf Boar knights on foot with hammers & shields II
DEM070 Dwarf Boar Knight Command on foot
Bear Knights
These also got released under the TAG banner through a successful ran Kickstarter: TAG - Dwarf Empire Knights on foot - and came in retro packaging with classic Royal Blue card.
DEM073 Dwarf Bear Knights on Foot with hammers
DEM074 Dwarf Bear Knights Command on foot
Light cavalry
The repackaging with TAG put 2 randomly picked riders and a ponies in each pack.
DEM029-DEM034 Dwarf Reiters
Sold as:
- DEM029 Dwarf Reiters brandishing pistols
- DEM030 Dwarf Reiters firing pistols
- DEM031 Dwarf Reiters with spears upright
- DEM032 Dwarf Reiters with spears levelled
- DEM033 Dwarf Reiters with swords at the ready
- DEM034 Dwarf Reiters with swords, charging
Previously sold as:
- WKD-20: Dwarf Pistoliers on Ponies
- WKD-21: Dwarf Light Lancers on Ponies
- WKD-22: Dwarf Swordsmen on Ponies.
Ponies were also sold one their own as: WKB-01: Unbarded ponies
DEM035 Dwarf Reiters Command
Previously spacked as WKD-23 Dwarf Ponyrider Command Set
Comes with 2 random ponies picked from WKB-01 Unbarded ponies
Dwarf Knights on barded ponies
The repackaging with TAG putting 2 riders and 2 random ponies in each pack.
Imperial Knight
DEM036 Imperial Dwarf Knights with lances upright
DEM037 Imperial Dwarf Knights with lances levelled
Previously packed as WKD-25 Dwarf Imperial Knights on Armoured Ponies. Armoured Ponies were also sold separately as WKB-02 Armoured Ponies.
DEM038 Imperial Dwarf Knights Command
The Knight Command comes with 2 random armoured Ponies.
Previously packed as WKD-24 Dwarf Imperial Knight/Knights of the White Boar Command on Armoured Ponies Armoured Ponies were also sold separately as WKB-02 Armoured Ponies
Lieb Knight
DEM044 Dwarf Leib Knights with lances upright
DEM045 Dwarf Leib Knights with lances II
DEM046 Dwarf Leib Knights with scythes
DEM047 Dwarf Leib Knights with scythes II
Previously packed as WKD-30: Dwarf Knights Templar of the Order of the Raven on Armoured Ponies. Armoured Ponies were also sold separately as WKB-02 Armoured Ponies
DEM048 Dwarf Leib Knight Command
The Command comes with 2 random armoured Ponies.
Previously sold as: WKD-29: Dwarf Knights Templar of the Order of the Raven Command on Armoured Ponies
Boar Knight
DEM039 Dwarf Boar Knights with lances upright
DEM040 Dwarf Boar Knights with lances levelled
DEM041 Dwarf Boar Knights with morningstar I
DEM042 Dwarf Boar Knights with morningstar II
Previously packed as: WKD-26: Dwarf Imperial Knights of the White Boar on Armoured Ponies. Armoured Ponies were also sold separately as WKB-02 Armoured Ponies
DEM043 Dwarf Boar Knight Command
The Knight Command comes with 2 random armoured Ponies.
Previously packed as WKD-24 Dwarf Imperial Knight/Knights of the White Boar Command on Armoured Ponies
Bear Knights
Previously packed as: WKD-28: Dwarf Knights of the Great Bear on Armoured Ponies
Now sold as:
DEM049 Dwarf Bear Knights with hammers I
DEM050 Dwarf Bear Knights with hammers II
DEM051 Dwarf Bear Knight Command
Previously packed as: WKD-27: Dwarf Knights of the Great Bear Command on Armoured Ponies
Dwarf Knights on Land Griffons
In 2018 all previously released Mounted Imperial, Boar and Lieb Knights on barded ponies got released with a Land Griffon mount option as well. The Griffons where randomly picked from 4 different Land Griffons (Also see DEM088-DEM091)
DEM075-DEM076 Imperial Dwarf Knight, mounted on Land Griffons
Sold as:
- DEM076 Imperial Dwarf Knight with lance I, mounted on Land Griffons
- DEM076 Imperial Dwarf Knight with lance I, mounted on Land Griffons
DEM077 Imperial Dwarf Knight Command, mounted on Land Griffons
DEM078-DEM081 Dwarf Boar Knight, mounted on Land Griffons
Sold as:
- DEM078 Dwarf Boar Knight with lance I, mounted on Land Griffons
- DEM079 Dwarf Boar Knight with lance II, mounted on Land Griffons
- DEM080 Dwarf Boar Knight with Morningstar I, mounted on Land Griffons
- DEM081 Dwarf Boar Knight with Morningstar II, mounted on Land Griffons
DEM082 Dwarf Boar Knight Command, mounted on Land Griffons
DEM083-DEM086 Leib Knights, mounted on Land Griffons
Sold as
- DEM083 Dwarf Leib Knight with lance I, mounted on Land Griffons
- =DEM084 Dwarf Leib Knight with lance II, mounted on Land Griffons
- DEM085 Dwarf Leib Knight with scythe I mounted on Land Griffons
- DEM086 Dwarf Leib Knight with scythe II, mounted on Land Griffons
DEM087 Dwarf Leib Knight Command, mounted on Land Griffons
Dwarf Knights on huge bears
Thise packs are using the Huge bear Mounts (DEM095-DEM098 Huge Bears) combined with two Bear Knights from DEM049 and DEM050 + DEM051 Command pack.
DEM092 Bear knights with hammers, mounted on huge bears
DEM093 Bear knights with hammers II, mounted on huge bears
DEM094 Bear knight command, mounted on huge bears
Dwarf Artillery
DEM026 Dwarf Artillery Crew
Previously packed as WKD-45 Dwarf Artillery Crew
DEM027 Dwarf Artillery Specialists with hackbut and musket
Previously packed as WKD-46 Dwarf Hackbut and Crew and WKD-50 Dwarf Inventor with Snipergun
DEM028 Dwarf Artillery Explosives Team
This team is a mix of a Dwarf Inventor with Handgrenade sculpted by John Pickford and a Stretcher Party (the carrying a grenade option - WDK-71) sculpted by White Knight onto militia dolls.
The engineer was previously packed as WKD-51 Dwarf Inventor with Handgrenade
Dwarf Civilians
These were added to the TAG freebie program (pick a free miniature if you spend X amount of money)
Dwarf Wenches
DEM-a Dwarf Maid
Previously packed as: WKD-80 Dwarf Maids
DEM-b Dwarf Floozie
Previously packed as: WKD-81 Dwarf Floozie
Fantastic Beasts (Dwarven Mounts)
Ponies
DEM071 Dwarven Ponies, unarmoured
DEM072 Dwarven Ponies, armoured
Landgriffons
DEM088 Robin Goblin Muncher (Land Griffon I)
DEM089 Jack Orc Ripper (Land Griffon II)
DEM090 Killer Polly (Land Griffon III)
DEM091 Agent Starling (Land Griffon IV)
Huge bears
These has also been released under the TAG banner through a Kickstarter called: TAG - Dwarf Empire Bear Knights mounted on HUGE bears using original Bear Knights (see DEM0409-DEM051).
DEM095 Theodore Stieff (Huge bear I)
DEM096 ‘Skin’um alive’ Clive (Huge bear II)
DEM097 ‘Boring’ Bjorn the Brown (Huge bear III)
DEM098 Grizzly Gaz (Huge bear IV)
Owl Bears
In May 2023 TAG ran another Kickstarter the: TAG - Owl Bear miniatures using converted Huge Bears as basis for the new Owl Bears. The Owls got delivered July 2023.
DEM099 Barney Grimclaw (Owl Bear I)
DEM100 Owlvira Katyogol Cub (Owl Bear II)
DEM101 Huitica the Huntress (Owl Bear III)
DEM102 Ceann Cait Hammerpaw (Owl Bear IV)
Dwarf Wizard
During the Kickstarter Campaign: "TAG - Dwarf Empire Bear Knights mounted on HUGE bears" a dwarf wizard on foot was offered as a freebie if the campaign reached £2,000 and luckily it did. Only 27 people backed this, so their probably not a lot of these floating around. Apparently, the wizard is sculpted by John Pickford and it pay homage to an unreleased Citadel Wizard only ever seen on a Citadel Combat card. On the card itself the dwarf wizard was named: "Harrig the Wise"
Halfling Militia
The Halfling Militia is another range from White Knight Miniature Imperium carried over to TAG. The Halflings Militia is sculpted by Juan Montaño, but in 2015 John did some beautiful conversions on a prototype Rooster originally sculpted by Brad Shier (see also WKs blog).
The Rosters have been used as mounts for the halfling light cavalry and randomly packed i yellow blisters labelled "HML001-HML008 Halfling Light Cavalry":