Friday, February 27, 2015

Welcome to my blog

Having been lurking about the Oldhammer scene for a year or so, I've decided to start up a blog. It'll likely not get updated all that often, but I'll try to post about most of my projects. I'm a very much a newbie when it comes to painting and terrain building, but hopefully other new starters can learn from my inevitable mistakes!


I played Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and Fantasy Battles back in the late 80s and early 90s. I had a clear out a few years ago and nearly all my Oldhammer stuff went in a garage sale, barring (thankfully) by White Dwarfs. I discovered the excellent Realm of Chaos 80s blog a bit over a year ago which reignited by passion for the hobby, and since then I've been slowly acquiring miniatures as well as a copy of the WFB 3rd ed rulebook. Painting time is limited, but I'm chipping away at enough minis to be able to field a couple of small forces. I've also got the terrain bug, and have a few ideas that will hopefully turn into projects soon.

For a bit of fun, here's a picture of one of my few surviving, painted minis - a skaven musician from about 1987 I think. I would have been about 14 when I painted it. It's awful, isn't it! I think the paints were Humbrol enamels. The splodge on the back of his robes is supposed to be a baleful red eye!






Thanks for stopping by!



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6 comments:

  1. LaffeAugust 2, 2015 at 5:58 AM

    Nice blog. My first attempts were not much better, also painted with humbrol enamels. I recognise the gloss shine of matt paints not shaken enough too :-)

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    1. Inspector FishAugust 2, 2015 at 3:18 PM

      Thanks, Leif! I was wondering the other day what my chances of finding a couple of globadiers was - looks like the answermay have been under my nose all along!

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  2. LaffeAugust 2, 2015 at 6:00 AM

    BTW I think it's a Poison Wind Globadier if I remember correctly.

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  3. LaffeAugust 2, 2015 at 3:31 PM

    I'm sorry, I think you were right the first time. The tank on the back and hoses threw me off, but I think it is in fact the musician on this page:

    http://www.solegends.com/citcat1989mo/c1989mop0084-00.htm

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  4. LaffeAugust 2, 2015 at 3:35 PM

    Aha, the thick plottens! I knew it reminded me of a Poison Wind globadier. In the 1991 catalogue, he has been renamed as a "Clan Skryre with Sword", and the "Clan Skryre with Poison Wind globe 1" is sculpted on the same body.

    http://www.solegends.com/citcat1991b/cat1991bp220skvncmd-00.htm

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  5. LaffeAugust 2, 2015 at 3:36 PM

    The other clan Skryre can be seen here:
    http://www.solegends.com/citcat1991b/cat1991bp221skaven-00.htm

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