The Old World Problem

So at the beginning of 2024 after a good eighteen months of hype and rumour on the Warhammer Community website then Warhammer the Old World was released. Except it wasn't really because you couldn't buy it. I tried and it was Out of Stock already on the morning it was released. So the reason I was looking is because I bought into Warhammer Fantasy when it came out. Below you can see my original 1st edition Warhammer Fantasy books. But since the whole Age of Sigmar thing then my minis have been sitting in the loft being painted occasionally but not really being used. So I have now given up on Warhammer Fantasy as a game after 40 years since Games Workshop don't seem that interested in the game itself but just in a marketing exercise. I will write a post on this in detail but this is the reason for updates to the blog from 2024 and hopefully new content and lots of painted miniature's.

Warhammer Fantasy Rulebooks 1st Edition

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Legolas Greenleaf

Well got some of the first figures in from Ebay for the LOTR strategy battle game. They are a mixed bag and I am always amazed at how badly painted and prepared most of the figures are. It is as if no one has ever seen White Dwarf or the Games Workshop website and haven't a clue. Learn how to use a brush. The most overused and innacurate statement on Ebay for Games Workshop figures is Pro Painted! Anyway this is the first example, I am going to tackle, our little pointed ear friend Legolas Greenleaf, prince of Mirkwood and son to Tharanduil. He appears to have green hair in the figure that I have got, so much work to be done to turn him into a decent figure again. I got the whole Fellowship on their presentation stand as one of my first purchases and I will go through the reasons for which models I got in a future post.

Slannesh Warhammer Army

As mentioned before have built up quite a few Games Workshop armies over the years, and one that I have for Warhammer is the that of the Slannesh Chaos Champion Valsav of the Hrud. Yet again since it has been built up over time it has a number of old models in it as well as some of the newer ones. So for example the Chaos Lord incarnation of Vaslav is the latest Chaos Slannesh hero, but the Demon Prince alternative uses the original Keeper of Secrets. I also have some of the first Chaos Warriors from the first box set in there. Below are two figures, mostly finished although the bases need more work. A Chaos Warrior and a Marauder. The Chaos Warriors are using a basic black scheme for speed of painting whilst the Marauders unifying element is the red and white shield design. Warhammer Chaos Warrior Slannesh Chaos Marauder

Old Apothecary

I do have one of the new style ones that I need to paint up, but this is an original guy. Still have the White Dwarf article somewhere where they were introduced along with Imperial Guard Medics (have to finish and photograph that army at some point as well). The only Dark Angels iconography is in the painted pin shoulder pad. Uses a blue white rather than just using whites and greys. Dark Angels Apothecary

Painted Figures: Older Citadel and GW Miniatures, A Song of Ice and Fire TMG and more

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