Sunday, 17 August 2025
A Summer of Citadel: Restoring a Nightmare Legionnaire and Arcane Armorial Shield
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
A Summer of Citadel: Lune and a retro den...
Monday, 11 August 2025
A Summer of Citadel: C26 Feudal Man-At-Arms Sterben/Casualty
Sunday, 10 August 2025
A Summer of Citadel: Bloodbowl Halfling
Saturday, 9 August 2025
A Summer of Citadel: Daemonette
I did paint the eyes on this model but relented. I blacked in the sockets as she lost her sinister nature and veered to near to potential Onlyfans model. For me, this sculpt is supposed to represent the dangers of lust and wantoness for unwary wizards. I like the black emptiness of her face betraying the impending doom for any magic user daft enough to summon such a servant forth from the ether.
Friday, 8 August 2025
Oldhammer Weekend 2025
It was nice to see Tony Yates again and look through his art and talk about his old figures, some of which can be seen here on the table. I was pleased to see many old faces from back in the glory days; Warlord Paul, Paul Douglas, Erny and Snickett (the Gillson brothers), Steve Beales, Garth James and Richard Irvine as well as many others.
I also saw Diane and Maria Ansell as busy running things as ever and had a quick word with Marcus after so many years.
Stuart and I had a lovely chat with Geoff Solomon-Sims and a few other people over lunch and it made the trip very worthwhile and pleasurable.
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
A Summer of Citadel: Imperial Dwarf Grum
As is becoming traditional with the project, I'll delve a little into the history of this figure. He is one of the Imperial Dwarfs from 1985. This is an excellent range of figures who appeared in many later 1980s publications and dioramas. Looking at these models now I regret not paying more attention to them in my collecting days. They are characterful and varied which is just what we like here at RoC80s.
I'm sure many of you have enjoyed painting up or pushing around these little chaps over the last 40 years. I suspect that isn't going to change any time soon for those of us lucky enough to have any of these fine models.
Orlygg
Sunday, 27 July 2025
A Summer of Citadel: War Machines Labourer 2
One of the things I miss the most about my former collection was my original WHFB third edition rulebook. I spent decades pouring through it's pages. Each illustration or line of text a gateway back to a piece of my past. It even had it's own unique smell. Dust and imagination.
This figure reminds me of that rulebook. On one of the early pages there is a photograph of a cannon crew and this rather strapping chap is part of the set up. With this memory in mind, I set out to paint my version of him but he didn't really come out in the way I'd hoped.
He looks too buff...
It is clear I need to work on my blending but he has a gnarly charm about him with more than a little Kingdom Come Deliverance to boot. I enjoyed painting him but his skin needs smoothing out somewhat. I'll probably go back to him later on to reduce the rather comic book shading around the muscles of his torso. But he is painted... and I can move on to another figure tomorrow.
He has a surly looking face... almost like he wants to argue with you. He was part of a series of models released in 1987 alongside loads of historical war machines - linking with Warhammer Siege no doubt.
There were quite a few war machine crew released by Citadel and this chap, hereby named Labourer 2, had a colleague in the pages of WHFB3. A chap with a mallet scratching his head. I always wanted that figure too. I'm pleased to say that a handful of these old Citadel crew are available from Foundry including the chap with said mallet.
It was difficult days painting. My teeth, which need ongoing treatment, were playing me up something chronic and I couldn't quite find the old mojo for painting. But we persevere in the grognard game don't we?Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Orlygg
Saturday, 26 July 2025
A Summer of Citadel: C04 Thief Pre-slotta 'Thug'
Monday, 30 June 2025
Realm of Chaos Era Blue Horror
Sunday, 29 June 2025
Restoring the Skeleton Army (Part the Fourth)
Here's the whole bunch all together. I'm currently working on the next three models and when they are complete I'll be a third of the way through the infantry. Remember, I want the whole project complete before year's end so even though life has been holding me back a bit, I'm still making progress of a sort.
The bases are not making me happy though. I'm going to paint something different today and play around with the system. I want them to look brighter than they are at the moment to help life the models a little. I'd rather repaint seven bases than thirty.
I'm sure many of you have heard the sad news about the death of GW oldie and ultimate Robin Hood, Tim Pollard. Long time readers will recall my interview with him twelve years ago and his revelations of the whereabouts of many old school GW pieces of art. It was very sad to here yesterday that he lost his battle with cancer and especially poignant that his wife, Sally, also died of this terrible disease some years ago.
I suppose Tim's biggest contribution to classic Citadel was his amusing and highly irreverent naming conventions for many of the mid-eighties figures. With my favourites being the c18 Zombies... who cannot love Pek-Gregri, Peeled, Bowelburst and of course Gavin!!???