Heroes Reunited! BC1 Adventurers Starter Set

[Brother Meredith]

Basing up the Chaos Warrior prompted me to strip and base up these old boys too!



Behmoth Blacksword and Ulva Vileblood according to collectors guide? Before my time, picked them up last year as liked the old skool chaos sculpts.

 

[Fighelm]

...I've seen some (I think CO1) pre slotta minis on offer on the Oxfam website (there are other random minis). Of any interest to anyone?

https://onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/citadel-warhammer-5-x-metal-c01-pre-slotta-base-fighters/product/HD_303426867?sku=HD_303426867

 

[Fimm McCool]

Not at £10 each and possibly full of rot... Oxfam always do seem to overvalue what they get in.

 

[Michael Stockin]

Love the old sculpts. So interesting.

 

[Fighelm]

Not at £10 each and possibly full of rot... Oxfam always do seem to overvalue what they get in.

Yeah, I guessed as much, they've been up for a while. There is an EPIC Chaos Banelord box up for £350 as well, looks wrapped/sealed.

 

[Fighelm]

Love the old sculpts. So interesting.

Agree! But that's me + my generational rose-tinted early '80's glasses- early rpg playing and WFB1 into 2ed. Seeing those early figs before the tide of (Citadel) lead that occurred mid-80's onwards...Ah well.

 

[Brother Meredith]

If anyone can help me source the Vicious Giant Wolf from the BC2 set (at a reasonable price!) I would be grateful!

 

[Brother Meredith]

The Vicious Hobgoblin has joined the party!



The Hun aesthetic of these early Warhammer Hobgoblins was quite interesting, they veered away from this when they were integrated into the Chorf army…

 

[Michael Stockin]

The Hun aesthetic

I think that is the main appeal of them to me, open steppe type dude.

 

[ManicMan]

isn't the whole point of the warhammer hob goblins is they are from the steppes? though I never figured out if they meant the ones east of Norsca, or the Norsca steps which are in the northern part of Norsca..

they changed that?

 

[Brother Meredith]

Meant they went more in this direction

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=File:Citadel-5850-4.jpg

 

[ManicMan]

?!? that's just.. a big goblin.. so more of an orc.. just not the bulky how orcs are more. weird

 

[Brother Meredith]

They had hair too, which is odd for a Warhammer goblinoid…?

 

[ManicMan]

they did? not just attachments like you sometimes see on orcs? (I'm not sure how WFB orcs did that.. 40K ones used specialised squigs but... WFB used glue? they are pretty much never directly attached to the head but have a topknot like thing.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Pretty sure it is hair?

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=C22_Hobgoblin_Rocket_Launcher

 

[ManicMan]

apart from number 4 which looks like he has a mop on his head, looks like it. weird

 

[twisted moon]

wfb1: fof shows hobgoblins with hair,
wfb2 states: "... unlike most goblins, they have a full head of black hair."
in wfb3, the hobgoblin pictured is wearing a coif, and hair is not mentioned, but warhammer armies pictures them with hair.

isn't the whole point of the warhammer hob goblins is they are from the steppes? though I never figured out if they meant the ones east of Norsca, or the Norsca steps [sic] which are in the northern part of Norsca..

wfb2 says "hobgoblins are common in the dark lands ... they are also fairly widespread throughout the northern steppes ..."
wfb3 states "... the open steppelands to the east of the world's edge mountains and north of the darklands ..."

 

[ManicMan]

yeah, that's where the main steppes are

 

[Brother Meredith]

In preparation for the May-rauders painting challenge, I have started getting some paint on these 3!



Hard to tell, as only metallics atm! The BC2 warrior has definite Khorne vides, but plan to follow Blanche’s cover art, the middle model has an obvious chest plate, so (s)he will be a follower of Slannesh, the one on the right is giving me some Tzeentch vibes, will see where that takes me…

 

[Michael Stockin]

Oooh they are cool.