Land of the Lead: Citadel

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Friday, February 10, 2017

Citadel and Back Tree Dwarf Army

Hi All,

This was a project that I was plugging away at for a while.

It was fun collecting and restoring many of the old models. I took advantage a while back with a Black Tree Design sale to pick up some extra models that are compatible in style at a fraction of the price. That said, there are a lot of rarer and collectible units and characters in the army.

I hope the fans of dwarves will enjoy the images and discover a few old favourites in here.

Comments are welcome as usual.

Cheers,
Mick

The Army

King Thorgrim GrudgeBearer and the Slayer King

Another angle. Had to print flags from the web and paint them to make them bright and vibrant.

Felix and Gotrek characters

White Dwarf, White dwarf and BT Dwarf Wizard

Another shot of King Thorgrim

Anvil of Doom. Flags were the same process of printing and repainting.
Normally you get 2 Anvil Guards. I did 6!

Dwarf Slayer Champion - Old school

Wall of stunty regiments

First Thunderer unit

Second Thunderer unit

BT Guns. I'm pleased with how the lighter flames came out.

Dwarf Slayers 1 - So much character

Dwarf Slayers 2 - mostly different poses

Bugman's Rangers! Same process as above for the banners

Prince Ulther's Dragon Company - a famous unit. I went a bit creative with the flags and shield designs.

BT Hammerers (with GW fill in) - Nice figures and I merged some old GW banner designs into this unique version.

Second Hammerer unit - again with GW fill ins.

A flame cannon that I didn't get around to finishing.

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Old School Citadel Goblin Army for Kings of War - The Blood Dippers...

Here is a fantasy army for Kings of War. We needed an opponent to the Wood Elves from a previous post. Goblins are fun to paint and collect so were a good choice. My youngest son suggested the name "Blood Dippers" for reasons mentioned below.

There were two specifications, the first was to make them have rusty weapons, the second to use a bit of red where possible. The red to represent the blood of your slain enemies. That's a 10 year old mind for you.

This group features some conversions and a few repair jobs on some beaten up old figures to help the army come together nicely. Mostly 80s and early 90s figures. A few were bought new but are old Grenadier Miniature sculpts that are still in production with Mirliton SG in Italy.

Most of them were second hand and given a new life.

Cheers,
Mick

The Gobbo Army so far...

Some Hell Hounds used as Flea Bags

Fimir acting as Trolls

Another unit of Trolls

Ghouls with hand weapons as Undead Revenant Allies - hard to find in metal so got these new from Mirliton SG (red shields!) Nice rusty weapons

Citadel Wolf Riders - as Flea bag riders

Marauder Wolf Riders

Marauder Goblin General on wolf (more red bits)

Another view - more cute than scary

Goblin Phalanx Horde 1

I gave the hordes more of a grittier look than the bright, cartoonish originals.

I take out the commander and wizard figures from this horde when we need extra hero characters for games. I think he's King Skarsnik (or something).

Goblin Phalanx Horde 2

Kev Adams Heartbreaker command and character figures

Goblin Phalanx Horde 3

Gotta love those crazeee teef

Goblin Spitter (archer) Horde

These are made up from the first wave of Citadel plastics. I really like that style.

A troop of Fanatics - 1980s and 1990s models

Citadel, Marauder and Iron Claw

Regiment of spitters

Spider Riders - only because they look pretty cool.

Feathers have been dipped in the blood of their enemies!

Used as Flea Bag riders.

This Giant is from Mirliton SG. He only had 2 fists as weapons which wasn't scary enough.

I replaced a fist with a blade and put in a trident to make him nastier.

I gave him happy pants though to help the red strips of cloth stand out more.

Another look.

He inflicts a great amount of damage in his games so far and is worth the points outlay.

Goblin Rabble regiment - made up of Heroquest figures

A pair of spear throwers - War machine crews are given orange uniforms.

These are handy and great to annoy your opponent.

Stone thrower. A nice model but might only get one or two hits in during a game. When it scores a hit it can do some decent damage though.

The other side. It's a nice little diorama and gaming piece in one. I added a little coil of rope for some reason. This was in rough shape when I picked it up and now you would never know...

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Some More Flights of Fantasy

It's been a while between posts. I've been cleaning out the figures box, trying to get some of the old gems painted up. Here's a few 28mm fantasy bits and pieces from a variety of sources. Sorry for the photo quality- they were taken on the mobile phone.