Godbreak 84th: Vintage Imperial Army

[Curis]

I've been building up a collection of vintage Imperial Army.  As a kid I wanted a large Imperial Guard army, but there being very few plastics (only the ginormo-head RTB07 and monopose 2E Stormtrooper with lasgun) meant they'd be mainly metal.  This combined with the low points cost meant a playable army would be very expensive.  But now I'm older I'm indulging myself.



Left to right: Trpr Trewevas, Trpr Peart, Trpr Laiout, Trpr Jenkins, Sgt Howard, Trpr Langton, Trpr Bruce, Trpr Kelly, Trpr Emerson and Trpr Rutherford. 

The aim of my Godbreak 84th project is to build a collection out of pre-1994 Citadel Miniatures.  The models are mainly one-piece castings with a lot of individuality and character.  I want to collection to be flexible enough to be fielded using old Rogue Trader lists, 2E Warhammer 40,000 and modern 7E Warhammer 40,000, (all with some cheeky opponent's-permission tweaks).



Tactical Squad Howard in some Kill Team action at Warhammer World.

Additionally the aim of the project is to have a collection that is contemporaneous (miniatures-wise) with my Furnace Valley Squats.  I will field them together as a combined Forces of the Imperium.  Ultimately, when the Squat and Imperial Army collections are big enough I can justify painting and gaming with some classic resin Titans!



Trpr Trewevas alongside a super-heavy axle.

As well as providing a context for Titans, the Godbreak 84th project provides as excuse to scratchbuild the White Dwarf 120 Baneblade.  Onwards!

[gamer Mac]

Good start on the baneblade

[blacksoilbill]

Superb stuff! Love the officer with his whiskers.

[OSHIROmodels]

Very nostalgic 

I remember making one of those Baneblades, god knows what happened to it 

cheers

James

[gamer Mac]

Very nostalgic 

I remember making one of those Baneblades, god knows what happened to it 

cheers

James

It is probably in the same cupboard as the wizard tower
The one I built is up in a box in my attic

[Malebolgia]

Those colours work very well on them and the paintjobs are crisp and nice. I also like the leaves, the colours helps with the dark and monochrome clothing and armour.

[Major_Gilbear]

Stunning work (and I'm already a big fan of your Squats and Algoryn!). 

And I remember that baneblade - I followed the templates *exactly* to make my own when I was rather younger, and was mightily confused why they didn't go together correctly to make the tank like in the photo. 

[JollyBob]

Very tidy, I have a few of those waiting paint myself. Love the dark uniforms, they look great. 

Good job on finding a Trewevas figure though, I could never find one that wasn't going for silly money!

[Wachaza]

Tactical Squad Howard in some Kill Team action at Warhammer World.

Some massive scale creep in the background. Capture that liquid storage tank at all costs.

Always liked that plasma gunner as the handle makes it look as if it's keeping the plasma as far away from the firer's hand as possible. Very nice work.

[manic _miner]

 Really nice work on these miniatures.I agree they do have loads of character.

[meatpuppet7]

I have always loved the older style imperial troopers, they have much more personality than the modern ones.
Were are you finding these?

[Andym]

Great stuff! they're bringing back the memories!

[axiom]

Looking great Curis! I disliked these models at the time, but I'm growing to like them more and more as time goes by!

[Suber]

Wow, amazing job . It strikes me how do they stand out even wearing just black. Wonderful!

[PatrickWR]

Great project! It's amazing how accessible some of this stuff has become now that we're adults and can splurge every now and then. I'm slowly acquiring some vintage 2nd edition Plague Marines and re-living my youth in the process.

I'll be following this thread with interest.