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Author Topic: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.  (Read 100521 times)

Offline Dr Mathias

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #120 on: June 25, 2019, 07:11:56 PM »
I really like seeing these old figures brought to life. Very cool.
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Offline Hobgoblin

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #121 on: June 25, 2019, 07:15:55 PM »
Wonderful - fantastically indignant and ruddy faces!

Offline Cubs

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #122 on: June 26, 2019, 08:24:39 AM »
Very kind guys. A couple more now, Juggo Joriksonn, bodyguard to Julia McEwman, and Fergus McEwman, the over-muscled sergeant at arms.











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Offline Aerendar Valandil

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #123 on: June 26, 2019, 12:57:04 PM »
Nice.

Offline Hawkeye

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #124 on: June 26, 2019, 02:30:42 PM »
I love these guys - the flesh tones are perfect, and the faces, as always, are wonderfully full of character. I love the ruddy features on Juggo! Fantastic! The bases are excellent too - I think I said the same thing about them with your LotR miniatures, but it's worth repeating!
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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #125 on: June 26, 2019, 05:21:40 PM »
Stellar work! Great project!
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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #126 on: June 27, 2019, 07:16:01 AM »
Funny looking at figures I have in a box somewhere unloved because twenty (thirty?) odd years ago they weren't very inspiring, looking like this!

I hope to see many more here.
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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #127 on: July 02, 2019, 06:35:37 PM »
Couple more now. First is Donalbane, the official Citadel miniature. The second is a Citadel fighter who looks a lot more like the illustration.








Offline Spooktalker

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #128 on: July 03, 2019, 12:09:43 AM »
Love the recent additions.  :-*

Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #129 on: July 03, 2019, 09:40:27 AM »
Great painting on some lovely old lead.

Offline thebinmann

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #130 on: July 03, 2019, 10:26:12 AM »
Very kind guys. A couple more now, Juggo Joriksonn, bodyguard to Julia McEwman, and Fergus McEwman, the over-muscled sergeant at arms.






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Offline Hobgoblin

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #131 on: July 03, 2019, 10:39:11 AM »
Fantastic stuff!

Quite apart from the wonderful paintjobs, this thread is an interesting illumination of how the Warhammer writers were able to cook up great scenarios from a really disparate range of models. There's a wonderful creativity in a campaign that incorporates that almost Thrud-like muscle man, the Elric-ish Donalbane and that chaos hound - along with orcs, a dragon turtle and a hobbit!

I find all that stuff so much more enthralling than the "factions" approach that has characterised Warhammer in recent decades.

Offline Cubs

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #132 on: July 03, 2019, 11:56:41 AM »
The mashing together of Shakespearean plot and weak puns is pure face-palm as well. The original prophecy is of course that MacBeth will not be defeated 'until Birnham Wood comes to Dunsinane', which is brought to pass by soldiers using branches cut from the trees as camouflage as they creep up on the castle. In McDeath, there is an Ent called Clinty … and of course the place where he lives is called … Clinty's Wood. Jebus wept.

Offline Garanhir

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #133 on: July 03, 2019, 12:52:15 PM »
The puns were always exquisitely excruciating.
A life without festivity is a long road without an inn.
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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #134 on: July 03, 2019, 02:43:35 PM »
the modern painting on these guys is just awesome... really "paints" these oldies in a better light :)
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