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What do you guys think?

Heroes:

Runesmith equipped with shield and great weapon - 76

Armour
Rune of stone

Talismans:

Master rune of balance 50

= 131

Runesmith equipped with Shield and Great weapon - 76

Armor

Rune of Stone - 5
Rune of resistance - 25
Rune of stone - 5
Rune of the furnace - 5

= 111

Runesmith equipped with shield and great weapon - 76

Stone rune - 5
Rune of resistance - 25
Rune of the furnace - 5

= 106

CORE

20 Dwarf Warriors with shields (180)
+ Musician and standard bearer = 195

20 Dwarf Warriors with Shields, musician, and standard bearer = 195

20 longbeards with shields, great weapons, musician, and standard bearer = 295

15 Thunderers = 210

SPECIAL

2 Bolt Throwers = 90

Cannon: 90
Rune of Forging 35

= 125

Cannon:
Rune of Forging 35
Rune of burning 5

= 130

Total: 1498

The points value of the second and third runesmiths are wrong. They are 116 and 111 points, respectively, with the listed equipment. In addition, your current list adds up to 1598 points total. Trim the list down and then we can get you more accurate comments.

A few things for you to consider:

It is unlikely that a 1500 point army with only large, toughness 4 units and artillery will ever need 8 dispel dice. I would drop the rune of balance and/or change some of the runesmiths to thanes.

I would drop the great weapons on the longbeards. I have never seen blocks of dwarfs do well with great weapons.

I would give the thunderers shields. I would also give them a musician.

Engineers are really important for bolt throwers. Try to find the points for them.

I'm with WaltF4 - at 1.5k you really don't need that many dispel dice. Very few armies are going to be able to field enough magic at that point level to warrant that many Runesmiths. Personally, I wouldn't bother with a runesmith at this level, but at the most, I would take one, and keep him cheap and supporting.

You'll want Thanes and a BSB - they will win combats for you.

No Hammerers or Iron-Breakers?

Agreed on not giving GW to the Dwarf core choices - you want that 4+ save in Close Combat. T4 + 4+save is a pain in the arse to deal with for some armies. Any heavy killing can be dealt with a Thane in the midst.

1pt for shields on Thunderers is the way to go. Probably could drop these guys to 10 for more flexibility on flat ground.