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I remember a few of these models from my misspent youth. It's great to see you giving them some attention.

 lcmiracle wrote:
Good stuffs! I browse through Stuff of Legends' citadel catalogue from time to time, always wanted to see how those really poorly developed black-and-white photos of those minis are supposed to look like. Some of them looks transparent!

I like those older Orc design, really distinct from the more cartonnish modern proportions, but I like them nonetheless. Keep it up, please

That's actually why I started this! So many vintage minis either never got a modern photograph or if they did in some compendium or old white dwarf they're super grainy or in black and white like issue 45 with the Thistlewood article. I hope one day to scrape together and paint enough
to do a 1st edition Warhammer regiment lol.

 bong264 wrote:

 lcmiracle wrote:
Good stuffs! I browse through Stuff of Legends' citadel catalogue from time to time, always wanted to see how those really poorly developed black-and-white photos of those minis are supposed to look like. Some of them looks transparent!

I like those older Orc design, really distinct from the more cartonnish modern proportions, but I like them nonetheless. Keep it up, please

That's actually why I started this! So many vintage minis either never got a modern photograph or if they did in some compendium or old white dwarf they're super grainy or in black and white like issue 45 with the Thistlewood article. I hope one day to scrape together and paint enough
to do a 1st edition Warhammer regiment lol.

1st edition? That's pre-slotta, right? That would be a really funky regiment!

 JoshInJapan wrote:

 bong264 wrote:

 lcmiracle wrote:
Good stuffs! I browse through Stuff of Legends' citadel catalogue from time to time, always wanted to see how those really poorly developed black-and-white photos of those minis are supposed to look like. Some of them looks transparent!

I like those older Orc design, really distinct from the more cartonnish modern proportions, but I like them nonetheless. Keep it up, please

That's actually why I started this! So many vintage minis either never got a modern photograph or if they did in some compendium or old white dwarf they're super grainy or in black and white like issue 45 with the Thistlewood article. I hope one day to scrape together and paint enough
to do a 1st edition Warhammer regiment lol.

1st edition? That's pre-slotta, right? That would be a really funky regiment!

This is one of the rare photos I can find for 1st ed regiments, They usually consist of a command figure, a kitbashed flag bearer, and however many troops you bought that day heh. I also think I read somewhere that they also just cobbled a bunch of minis together and stated that they were all equipped the same but that might just be wishful thinking on my end

 bong264 wrote:

 lcmiracle wrote:
Good stuffs! I browse through Stuff of Legends' citadel catalogue from time to time, always wanted to see how those really poorly developed black-and-white photos of those minis are supposed to look like. Some of them looks transparent!

I like those older Orc design, really distinct from the more cartonnish modern proportions, but I like them nonetheless. Keep it up, please

That's actually why I started this! So many vintage minis either never got a modern photograph or if they did in some compendium or old white dwarf they're super grainy or in black and white like issue 45 with the Thistlewood article. I hope one day to scrape together and paint enough
to do a 1st edition Warhammer regiment lol.

Have you seen the Broadswords and Beasts blog? That guy is replicating the armies from Thistlewood (in some cases using miniatures from Joe Devers original collection). http://broadswordsandbeasts.blogspot.com/2023/08/thistlewood-banners.html?m=1" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> http://broadswordsandbeasts.blogspot.com/2023/08/thistlewood-banners.html?m=1

 Pariah Press wrote:

 bong264 wrote:

 lcmiracle wrote:
Good stuffs! I browse through Stuff of Legends' citadel catalogue from time to time, always wanted to see how those really poorly developed black-and-white photos of those minis are supposed to look like. Some of them looks transparent!

I like those older Orc design, really distinct from the more cartonnish modern proportions, but I like them nonetheless. Keep it up, please

That's actually why I started this! So many vintage minis either never got a modern photograph or if they did in some compendium or old white dwarf they're super grainy or in black and white like issue 45 with the Thistlewood article. I hope one day to scrape together and paint enough
to do a 1st edition Warhammer regiment lol.

Have you seen the Broadswords and Beasts blog? That guy is replicating the armies from Thistlewood (in some cases using miniatures from Joe Devers original collection). http://broadswordsandbeasts.blogspot.com/2023/08/thistlewood-banners.html?m=1" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> http://broadswordsandbeasts.blogspot.com/2023/08/thistlewood-banners.html?m=1

Oh my that looks promising so far! I am curious how long a project like that will take... or how long it'll take to acquire the models

He’s been at it for years, from what I can tell!

Alright back on the saddle again after the post Orctober hiatus



Barnaby, the Warrior of Iron... Another lad from the chaos set and unfortunately my last as of now. Tried some more free hand but it turned out crooked and non center lol.

Also I don't know why but his walking pose inspired me to do this



Feel free to do what you wish with that image heh. Thanks for stopping by!


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 Pariah Press wrote:
He’s been at it for years, from what I can tell!

It'll probably take me a few years to reach my goals as well! Since 1st ed Warhammer let you take battalions from each race I plan on doing some sorta triple alliance of Dwarfs, Elves, and Men of the West. 500 points each is my goal to add up to the "1500 minimum" but even then that's like 40 ish models per battalion anyways. All in due time...

Wow, some great stuff since I last checked in here. Loving the orcs... if you can get hold of the first harboth model, with his arms folded, he looks boss. Scorpion dude rocks. The fact you're doing this in the US, where, you're right, there ain't so much of this stuff around, much respect. Keep it up.

Alright I'm back with another classic mini!



Khârn: The World Eater... This guy is a Jes Goodwin classic from the Asgard barbarian line which I painted up as a pre-cambrian khornezerker lol.

Didn't know what to do with the shield so I may come back and repaint that later. I do got something big planned so might not be posting for awhile.

Thanks for dropping by though!

PaddyMick wrote:Wow, some great stuff since I last checked in here. Loving the orcs... if you can get hold of the first harboth model, with his arms folded, he looks boss. Scorpion dude rocks. The fact you're doing this in the US, where, you're right, there ain't so much of this stuff around, much respect. Keep it up.

Yeah I basically live off of citadel US, Ral Partha imports, whatever molds are still alive from different manufacturers, and whatever stuff collectors/ebay sellers have I've got a decent collection so far but alot of the stuff I want seems to be uk only or atleast more easily found their.
I only ever order if it's something I really want and just accept the fact it takes like a month to show up.

Nice work on the Asgard chaos warrior! I think I have one of those waiting in the Pile of Shame to be painted...

I was in the space mood so I took a quick detour from my little regiment project to paint this guy up!



Mr. Waits the Space Marshall... Another classic Asgard Sci-Fi mini, this one done by Nick Bibby. I need to ask him myself if that thing on his back is another bag or a misshapen buttcheek

Tried to do the fancy eye lense thing but everytime I placed the dot it looked wrong, oh well.

May return again with another moonman but for now I return to the regiment! Thanks for stopping by!

 Pariah Press wrote:
Nice work on the Asgard chaos warrior! I think I have one of those waiting in the Pile of Shame to be painted...

Thanks! Yeah the whole Asgard line is a beauty, need to contact viking forge for another giant order soon...

It's been a bit hey? I'm slowly working my way through this regiment project so here's a little preview of it.



Executioner Snorri, the maybe possibly standard bearer until I find something else suitable lol. First time I've ever free handed that logo and my hats off to the space wolves players who paint hundreds of them

I'll try to pick up the pace and maybe do another vintage sci fi mini on the side but until then thanks for visiting!

Heya i'm back, with something a little festive (colors wise atleast lol)





Another Perry Twins classic, the crossbow orc. I think this lad is from the fantasy tribes line? He's got one eye that stick out and a sunken one

I've got a batch of these dudes I really should get around to prepping, oh well. Have a good holiday everyone!

New year, old mini lol. Painted up my first mini of the year and it was this lovely dawi!



Hangur Trueshot from the 1983 C06 Dwarf Adventurers line. First time I've done eyes with pupils as well, new goals for the new year! Of course said eyes were weirdly sculpted but all my early 80s dwarfs have cocked eyes

Thanks for stopping by!

Alright i'm back with another addition to the 1st ed chaos regiment.



Apollyon, Commander of the Legion of Black (tm). Standing atop the first tactical rock ever made Mysterious "warped" stone if you will...

This guy is the 1982 captain of chaos from the fighters line, although my particular version is from the ral partha imports line. He had a really really thick tab so I kinda had to go the tactical rock route lol.

I need to scrounge around more to get to the magical number 12 for this regiment but I am glad I'm officially half way done 👍

Thanks for stopping by!

Great stuff; looking forwad to seeing the regiment complete. Will you do a standard? I gather that back then, to get a command section, conversions were needed.
Those orcs have so much character.

 PaddyMick wrote:
Great stuff; looking forwad to seeing the regiment complete. Will you do a standard? I gather that back then, to get a command section, conversions were needed.
Those orcs have so much character.

Possibly... depends on if I find the right kind of mini lol. Don't wanna chop up any vintage lead unless I happen to find one with a broken weapon in a suitable position 🤔 I've had a go already at making a couple of paper and cocktail stick flags with mixed success

Alright I stopped being lazy and am back with another addition to the chaos regiment



Hieronymus - The Dark Summoner. This was know as the Anti-Paladin and was from the 1983 fighters line but has been repurposed for my needs lol.

I had a real hard time deciphering what was going on with the face so I did what I could. Three more and I'll technically have a full regiment according to the example lists in the 2nd ed book.

Thanks for stopping by!

Nice work! You’re really inspiring me to paint some preslotta chaos warriors of my own!

 Pariah Press wrote:
Nice work! You’re really inspiring me to paint some preslotta chaos warriors of my own!

They really do have a lot of charm to them! Can't find the picture now but it's interesting seeing the old drawn advertisement of the chaos warriors and seeing how much design has carried over all the way to the most recent AoS warriors

Sad thing now is I don't have many more to add to the regiment without tapping into my imported Warriors of Chaos box...

Phew boy, it has been awhile but I've been hard at work making something for my chaos regiment...behold!



Icahn Mansor the Great Unclean One. This mini comes from the far away year of...last week I sculpted this guy because I couldn't really find a good Nurgle/Death Guard stand in for my vintage stuff.

Well, I did find this during my searches



Since it is near impossible to find early 80s citadel stuff here let alone v1 of the chaos knights, I decided to attempt my own mini. The whole thing is entirely from scratch too even though I wanted to take so many shortcuts using bits but I persisted.
Being a nurgle knight also helps lampshade my umgak sculpting skills I should be back on track to finishing up the chaos regiment pretty soon so look forward to that!

Thanks for stopping by!

Just a quickie for this week. Some leftovers from sculpting Icahn Mansor because I didn't want the putty to go to waste lol.



Some Chaos Familiars for the regiment on 15mm bases. Their only purpose is to give buffs and be meatshields I've got the rest of the regiment ready to go and am eager to end this project 👍

Thanks for stopping by!

Alright, back after the date related bug that took the site down I return with one of the final four warrior needed for the regiment.



The Glorious Sigismund! and his Sword of Decadence. This will be my Slaanesh stand in as I couldnt find a mini that would look suitable in hot pink lol.

This lad comes from the 1982 Fantasy Tribes chaos warriors. Ral Partha had a slightly modified version for the import line but the face on that was really hokey.

I had to do alot of guess work on this guy as his face was weirdly sculpted and the cape collar seemed to have bled into the lower jaw, but I think I managed.

Thanks for stopping by!

We're in the end game! Two more after this and a regiment tray to go!



Tal Hoath, Bearer of the Word... This guy is a Ral Partha lad from 1984 called "The Evil Fighter". Using him as a chaos warrior because I'm out of citadel ones lol.

This also signals the last of my traitor legion homages! No Emperor's Children because I'm not the biggest slaanesh fan.

I've got an idea for the banner and I'm hoping it turns out alright, also got a generic mook to paint up to complete the whole thing.

Thanks for stopping by!

I have this evil fighter, and used to use him to fill out a Chaos Warrior regiment back in the day. RP made some really neat, very detailed models back in the day, didn't they?

 JoshInJapan wrote:
I have this evil fighter, and used to use him to fill out a Chaos Warrior regiment back in the day. RP made some really neat, very detailed models back in the day, didn't they?

Ah, I guess i'm following in your footsteps then I have so many Ral Partha minis i've added to the collection these past few months and I adore every one! You can probably guess the last two RP minis I've used to finish of the regiment. I have one particular knight I'm going to use as a commander for the next project I got planned...

Yeah, Ral Partha made plenty of miniatures that look right at home with Citadel’s preslotta chaos warriors.

Only got one more left...



Garin Holzhauer, Bearer of the Cackling Jokkler. I really love this sculpt! One of a two part set from 1984 called the Black Prince's guard. Those who know the set know the last guy I gotta paint...

I ran out of 40k legions to copy so this guy is painted in Sons of Horus style, the other option was just to make more black legion warriors

 Pariah Press wrote:
Yeah, Ral Partha made plenty of miniatures that look right at home with Citadel’s preslotta chaos warriors.

Case in point the guy above! If I ever decide to do a 3rd ed army I am definitely using as many of the 1986 chaos wars minis as I can lol.

I have a dozen of those guys! I got them to use in a Forces of Law WHFB army that I never got around to building.

Is the other model a crossbowman?