Welcome to the forum Leoneth
Good to hear that I'm not the only one seriously tempted to fork out and get a Dwarf army on the go, led by Thror no less I think! A BGiME subscription certainly sounds like it was a good idea, and if I could obtain the license (fat chance!) I would start a new one and give away a free mini with every issue, I know the fantastic members of this forum could easily fill it up with content.
Good luck with the painting! I think most of us have a huge backlog, I for one have an Isengard army and the Goblin Town boxed set ready to work through but find myself busy working on our painting service projects, so progress tends to be slow. A good thing to spur me on is the onering monthly painting challenge. This months starts tonight and is a warband challenge, which means I'm looking at getting Goblin King and 7 Gobbos completed from my own personal backlog, check it out
Of course any tips, advise anything you need the members of this forum are fantastic and quick to respond so you're in good hands.