A few of my old minis. New battle report added. (well the start of one 29/02/12)

[Erny]

OK I have posted these on other sites but seeing the old school goodness here I thought I'd share, I'm currently getting more mileage out of them playing SoBH:

  

              

                

                

                

[Erny]

A few more:

[abhorsen950]

Really interested stuff.
Some nice painting

Thanks for sharing

Steve

[Thantsants]

Cracking stuff - I want your Hydra!! 

Always quite fancied those old Dark Elves too...

Love your scenic backgrounds! 

[rob_alderman]

Awesome! I love them.

 

Dark elves especially.

[hetz]

Proper minis Excellent stuff.

[Erny]

Thanks for the good words, the dark elfs are a personal favorite myself. The old 2nd and 3rd edition marauder lines are definite favorites of mine. I have a pretty comprehensive collection of the marauder sea elves, with SoBH enthusing me perhaps its time to get them painted up too.


I'm so happy there seams to be a real old school buzz going on at the moment. And there are some nice collections on this site so here's a few more:

[Thantsants]

Nice Slaaneshi stuff - must admit although I'd have little use for it I'd definitely like to have one of those old Keeper of Secrets.

Keep finding myself drawn to 80s chaos warriors too on ebay... 

[abhorsen950]

Again brilliant sadly im only fourteen new school is all i know and new school is not that great.

Keep up this brilliant work

Steve

[Erny]

Nothing sad about being 14. Just means you've got about 20 years more life left than me!

To be honest I'm collect stuff that I really wanted when I was your age, I had a few regiments of renown, a fair few blisters and then the range changed as we entered the 90s. Most of my collection has been built up since then. Slowly from independent games shops, car boots and the like to begin with and then much faster as I discovered ebay about 10 years ago.

The point being if your really attracted to old school citadel minis there is nothing stopping you raiding other peoples junk for your own treasures. Being 14 perhaps you are at a disadvantage to other collectors financially but that just means your collection will grow slower until you start earning (or discover something less geeky like a social life..)

Even then there are plenty of bargains and old minis that are way cheaper than the modern equivalent. My advice next time you have some cash for minis get on to ebay and look for something old but common to start your collection. The old white styrene warhammer regiments springs to mind.http://www.solegends.com/citcat88/0004plastics.htm. Usually found in lots of units of just one race they tend to go for peanuts. I only had one set as a kid, now so many I very happily butcher them for conversions.

[Erny]

So I thought I'd post a few images of the styrene warhammer regiments the dwarf in this case, as intended:



and as x-bow men, armed with the dark elf x-bow from the same set:



And here are some troll slayers for good measure, a little newer but hey:



Some miners, looking at them now, the beards need more work and the candle flame is the wrong way round but nice minis:



And some more x-bows:



Perhaps some green skins next post.

[abhorsen950]

Thanks for that ill have a snoop.

Loving the dwarfs too keep them coming.


Steve

[Red Orc]

So I thought I'd post a few images of the styrene warhammer regiments ... as x-bow men, armed with the dark elf x-bow ...

Aaargh! Is this why I have a load of Dark Elves with no x-bows?!

I too pick up these from ebay when I see them, and again it's partly nostalgia for things I couldn't aford when I was a teenager (and I also remember thinking 'Chaos Ratmen? No way am I paying for them, they'll never catch on...') so buying them now for as you say peanuts is very rewarding. And those little goblin archers were great sculpts, among my favourite GW minis if I'm honest.

Thanks for the blast from the past! Almost enough for me to break out the boxes of fantasy minis I've promised myself are going to stay in the loft till I've done some more VSF...

[Thantsants]

My little plastic gobbo archers have now moved a few places up the painting queue too!

Keep it coming - lovely stuff! 

[Erny]

Ahh yes the plastic stickas,

There are some in the rear row here:





More later, perhaps some of the dark elf x-bows.