Sunday, 2 February 2014

Building a warband challenge II.

While I was mining the lead piles for suitable warband minis to use to answer Whiskey Priest's warband challenge a heretical thought wormed it's way into my unshielded mind; why not have a look through those boxes of plastic crap? All the leftovers and dross I've acquired over the years because I thought they might come in handy for conversions, if I were to look through there, why, I could create a warband with miniatures I got for free.. from people leaving the hobby in disgust! Bwahahaha!

So here it is, having replaced the original model for a new leader, I present to you my 21 strong warband of entirely free and discarded miniatures. Nice!


You see Skull pass Gobbos, I see Chaos Goblins in cultist robes! What colour should I go for, red?


Four Chaos Thugs with bows.


Six Beastmen. Note the one with the weird head, I added a 'smoke-cloud' head from the wizard sprue in a fit of whimsy. Hoping it's going to look nice and mutated once the paint goes on.


Chaos Sorcerer and his Chaotic Host 'Wild Cat' from Warhammer Armies. The Sorcerer is a Rackham sculpt I believe and the Wild Cat is from an Elven chariot kit.


My new champ, he was just a Crom body with no head or arms when I got him. I threw him together with some plastics to use as an NPC in a game I GM'd a couple of years back and haven't used him since, now I will lavish a bit more attention on him.


So there you have it! The Warhammer scene in Harrogate might be in dire straits but it feels good to rescue some unloved toys and get them back on the painting table and hopefully the tabletop too someday.

Check out the original challenge.

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  1. axiom2 February 2014 at 04:02

    Nice idea! Such a shame I keep selling this kind of plastic crap for pennies...now I'm actually thinking rather regretfully of the kind of warband I could have created. Looking forward to seeing these guys come together with a nice unifying paint scheme :)

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    1. Warlord Paul2 February 2014 at 05:47

      Thanks, they look a bit more interesting in this context don't they? Only putting four or so models together instead of a horde of 100 or whatever we are up to now gives you a bit more time to express yourself. Paint on the way!

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  2. Asslessman2 February 2014 at 07:06

    Every model diserves some love when it's for the right cause. I whole heartedly support your vision of this challenge. I think it's the perfect opportunity to show all th edifferent manners to play and have fun which is (for me) th every essence of old hammer : no matter how or whith what, just have some genuine fun with your lads.
    As long as models get painted and games played, you win !

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    1. Warlord Paul2 February 2014 at 08:19

      That's how I felt too, I thought the spirit of the challenge, breaking down barriers to those on the edge of the retro scene, that Whiskey Priest came up with could be very ably served by digging through the 'lost & damned' boxes in my garage and rescuing a few minis. And who else has used a Wild Cat lately?!?!?

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  4. Suber2 February 2014 at 09:25

    Hmm, all this looks interesting. They will be great when painted! Can't wait for it! Glad that you're coming back to the scene! :)

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    1. Warlord Paul2 February 2014 at 22:56

      I'll always be a child at heart! While some of the more monopose plastics (Chaos Warrior bodies, I'm looking at you) are too difficult to work with quite a few kits allow you to mix and match for greater variety, ie fun.

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  5. chris2 February 2014 at 18:50

    yep red for the gobbos

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  6. Mr Saturday4 February 2014 at 03:07

    People give away... miniatures? I'm sorry, you'll have to explain.

    In all seriousness though, I've picked up a hoard of lovely 3rd ed era minis over the last few months from folks who have no use for them. I'm liking the warband, and I agree with red too. Or purple. No, red. Purple. Red.

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    1. Warlord Paul4 February 2014 at 04:16

      I know, I'm a hoarder personally, not least because I love to play around at the assembly stage and love to have big bits boxes to hand. I've become something of a magnet for discarded minis at my club.

      Red with purple trim sounds good!

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