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