Sunday, May 3, 2020

Old School Citadel Fantasy Minis

I've slowly been finishing some of the fantasy miniatures I've had under way. These ones are all old school Citadel miniatures (which is what Games Workshop used to call their miniature business). Some of these figures are older than several of my colleagues for sure, but I just finished painting them this week.

First off we have a rag-tag bunch in the goblinoid spectrum, arranged from smallest to largest.

A bunch of rabid redcap goblins coming straight at ya'! There's gonna be blood spilt tonight!

... or maybe they'll run away as soon as things go against them.
These orcs are from Citadel's very first foray into plastic minis. Ten each of goblins, skaven, orcs, elves, dark elves, and dwarfs. I painted these three with rpg-use in mind, intending to refer to them as "the red one", "they yellow one", and "the green one."



... and from the back. Maybe they're off looking for the goblins?

Truth be told the fellow with the sword was painted quite a while ago, though I added some more stuff to his base. The new, very pale, ogre is legit from right now. This is my first time using one of those "verdigris bronze effect" paints. Worked out okay, I think.

Party in the bush, I guess. No innuendo intended.

I've also painted a few chaos minis as well. I tend towards the bright and colourful and Slaaneshi for chaos.

Two monopose beastmen.
Look at those succulent beastman buttocks.

Two members of the Company of the Black Flower. In spite of the poetic name, they're pretty nasty. That is what those of us in the writing business call juxtaposition.
The purplish armour is contrast paint over regular silver paint. It turned out pretty good to my eye, so I might use the effect again.



... and that's all folks.

Two Vikings Freshly Painted

Not a whole lot, but two is more than zero. Just look at these pictures.

A wolf-heathen (ulfhednar) and a more regular fellow. One is old citadel (in actual 25 mm) and the other is Wargames Foundry (closer to 28 mm).

Here they are walking away. Vikings were pretty keen on finery as a way to show of social status. So far I'm mostly using dot patterns to suggest fancy embroidery. It kind of works, I think. Also, as I understand it there are no accounts of vikings disliking pink, so I use it a fair bit (it could also be faded red).