My (new) obsession with restoring old armies continues. This time I resurrected my old Warhammer army of Bretonnia. This was my first real Warhammer army and a frequent attendee of tournaments in the 90s. After re-basing, touching up damage, and fixing banners, I also painted about 30 more figures to complete units that teenage-me never got around to. I tried to match the old painting style. See if you can spot the substitutes!
Category: Warhammer
I kicked off a new project to repaint/renovate/modernize a very old Dwarf force I had in storage for a few decades now. These are all original metal figures of the 80s and early 90s. As a starter, we have some clan warriors with two-handed weapons, crossbowmen, handgunners, and assorted artillery. Still working on a handful of warriors to bring the unit to 25.
A small contingent of Forest Goblins joins the mighty Waaagh. The spider riders are stock while the infantry unit is based on the old metal models from 30+ years ago with a big tree unit filler.
A couple more Black Orc heroes. Can’t ever have enough animosity fixers!
Black Orcs are the epitome of brute force. A nice block of 30 though I am basing many of them on 50x50mm or 75x25mm bases with fewer models per base than technically required. This creates a bit more space between the models which otherwise are really wedged tightly together.
Leading the force is the mighty Grimgor Ironhide and a generic Big Boss. Still working on a Black Orc Battle Standard Bearer to complete the line-up. They are based on 50x25mm bases to line up with the rest of the mob while having some space around them. It’s physically impossible to fit these models onto a single 25x25mm base in a formation…
Work on my “new” Orc army is progressing. I am going through these in thematic blocks. The regular Orcs are mostly done – baring some characters – in the few previous posts. This now adds the Savage Orc contingent.
The group is lead by Wurzag Da Great Green Prophet in both mounted and walking format. He is joined by two fellow shamans and a Big Boss to add some punch to the mob. I just love the old shaman models!
The main mob is 25 strong including a unit filler of a simplistic icon carried on the shoulders of the boyz.
A mounted group of ten boar boyz rounds out the Savage Orc contingent.
More Orcs. One of the chariots has boss-like model in the back just in case I want to ever uses it as a character mount. Both have been upgraded to the “modern” boars to fit in with the rest of the horde. At the bottom is an old school Orc Shaman. 
More core formations for the mighty Waaagh.
When the Warhammer World was killed by Games Workshop, I impulsively bought all the armies that I didn’t have yet (and all available models for each such army…). So now I am stuck with a few thousand Warhammer models. Slowly working my way through the pile with the Orcs first in the lineup. First some core infantry units – one of 30 (including a looted cow…), one of 25 (including a pig carrying barrels which is hard to see in the back now that I look at the photos :( ). I decided for irregular basing which fits with the wild style of the Orcs.
While taking pictures of Epic models I had to open some of the less frequently visited cabinet doors. This one is a blast from the past: A very old Dwarf army. They don’t make them like this anymore… sniff. I have vague plans to one day dip the entire army and redo the bases. The paint job is nicely “blocked in” without highlights so a bit of dip would go a long way. On the left we have some extremely old school Rangers and two units of crossbowdwarves behind them. In the middle is mighty Thorgrimm on his throne surrounded by three units of clan warriors (armed with double handed weapons, hand weapons and spears respectively). Next to him are the famous “Swedish Pikemen” dwarves including a piper! Finally same slayers and the infamous Uther’s Dragon Company in imperial purple. Oh, and all the old heroes and warmachines. Apart from the spears this might actually be a playable Dwarf list today…
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