Acceptable in the 80s: Slann o' War! Third Edition Slann models and early Army List

Hello and welcome back to our ongoing series of articles that tracks the history of Third Edition Warhammer through the articles, releases and miniatures GW put out between 1987 and 1992. 

Today, its the last few items from WD 96. The Slann models and the subsequent army list published alongside. 

SLANN 

INFANTRY AND COLD ONES
Originally I hated the Slann. I thought the models looked gawkish and naff. But the years have tempered my views and now I really rather like them. To begin with, we have the standard Slann foot soldiers in all their Aztec inspired glory. The sculpting has a lot to be desired but then again what was the concept? Frog men! No wonder that in later years, they were largely abandoned in favour of the lizard man. Still, the set of sculpts are varied and interesting. I'd imagine painting them must be fun (though collecting them would require deep, deep pockets) . The cold ones are also basic but in character with the infantry that I'd still not mind fielding them in small quantities. Of particular note would be the lobotomised human slaves. Only two sculpts but a fun concept nonetheless.

SLANN COLD ONE WARHOUNDS 
A brilliant sculpt and one I have never see on eBay. Loads of character in the handler and the hounds, if indeed that is the best noun to describe them, are positively chomping at the bit to get stuck in!

SLANN WIZARD AND BEARERS
What can I say? I WANT THIS MODEL. I have lost time and time again on this one. £50 or more is a reasonable price for this rare set. Not only do the models look great as a diorama but they'd also make a fantastic centre piece of any army. Though not as obese as the later GW versions, this wizard packs a characterful punch, especially considering that he is being carried by more labotomised slaves. One day my friends... One day...

ARMY LIST
To support the release of the models, WD published a slightly difference version of the armylist, this time reflecting an mercenary force of Slann roaming the Old World looking for, well, who knows? Funny thing is, they can ally with anyone but the Bretonnians. This raises a really interesting concept of a small Slann force, perhaps a leader and a few units rather than a grand third edition army.

 Certainly achievable for a few hundred quid!

Anyway, for the interested here is the link to the scanned pdf of the armylist.

Slann Armylist

ORLYGG'S OPUS

I love to blog. Especially as I have a job that sees me spending long hours in front of a computer, it only takes a second to load up Blogger and you're away for those five minutes you need to rest your mind until you are ready to get back to the planning or report writing. In the interest of keeping things tidy I have a separate blog for my Rogue Trader and Dark Future work.

I am please to say that after a week of inactivity, I have a new update about Dark Future Supplements here.

http://route666darkfuture.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/spin-off-city-dark-futures-supplements.html

And after months of inactivity with Rogue Trader, a discussion about the very first article from the legendary 'Chapter Approved' here.

http://warhammer40000roguetrader.blogspot.co.uk/

Enjoy.

Orlygg.