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Since my last idea failed, here's my new one:

Thane
MRo Gromgil, GW
94pts

Master Engineer
70pts

Core

20 Warriors
Full Command+shields
205 pts

10 Thunderers
140 pts

19 Longbeards
mus/standard + shields
243 pts

Special

Bolt Thrower, Eng
Bolt Thrower, Eng
120 pts

Grudge Trower, Eng, Rune of accuracy
120 pts

Total:992

Obviously the master engineer is joining the Grudge thrower. The GT will be able to reroll miscast, scatter and artillery dice at will.
As obviously as the first: Thane joins Longbeards.

I am considering dropping the master engineer and the GT, adding a Runelord and a gyrocopter/Organ gun.

Pro's: Two strong blocks. Machines give the enemy reason to drop in.
Con's: Slow, might not have anything to protect the flanks, I suck in guessing range, Slow

Please tell me where I went wrong, or just give comments and pointers. :p
Thanks, people and other humanoids.

here's the best 1000 point list possible.

Thane-137
-Shield, Gromril Armor
Runic Weapon- Master Rune of Swiftness, Rune of Cleaving, Rune of Fury

Thane-165
-Battle Standard Bearer, Gromril Armor
Runic Weapon- Rune of Cleaving. 2 Runes of Fury
Runic Armor- Rune of Stone

19 Dwarf Warriors-196
-Heavy Armor, Shield
Full Command

19 Dwarf Warriors-196
-Heavy Armor, Shield
Full Command

Bolt Thrower-45

Bolt Thrower-45

Bolt Thrower-45

Bolt Thrower-45

Organ Gun-120

Why's that? I'm pretty curious here. :p

Regarding your original list: The general premise of the list looks fine for 1k. (couple of heroes, 2 boxes of infantry and the rest is support/shooting). The thunderers need shields, though, so they handle themselves better especially in the melee and so you can charge them in more comfortably if you need support for the main combat units. I'd probably drop a champ from the warriors for that. You don't necessarily need a runesmith at 1k, as 4dd will help you through most enemy magic (and dwarfs are relatively resistant to the magic missiles you often see the lesser mages using). Copter and especially organ gun would be pretty brutal, altough you need to drop some other useful stuff for that, the thunderers being the prime candidate.

Regarding why the latter list is somehow the best 1k list for stunties (which it in my opinion isn't )... Well, it has a solid base so to speak (which isn't that much different from your first list), altough I wouldn't personally spend that much points on weapon runes for thanes. To summarize, there original list looks pretty solid too, so get playin.

So you would instead have me drop the thunderers instead of the grudgethrower for an organ gun or gyrocopter?

i think you should go with angron's list because it is a lot more reliable with the bolt throwers but you still have the general reliability of the organ gun and the list is still hard
core in combat

But Bolt Throwers only have advantage against rank and file troops, last time I used them, they went completely down against too much skirmishers. I still use two of them, wich should be sufficient. The grudge thrower with Rune of Accuracy, Engineer AND Master Engineer makes the stone thrower quite reliable too. I agree on Chaoslord about Angron's choice concerning the Thanes too. MR o Gromgil and a GW will do the trick just fine, no need to spend 70 points more on one extra attack with the same strength. And I would never field a BT without Engineer. I roll terribly, so blanc BT's are a big NayNay.

also bolthrowers can take out big monsters which could be useful against elves