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millest

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2015 - Let's Party (or at least model) like it's 1989!



Hi folks, so the new year has been here for a while and now its time to start with some hobby fun. Since December and life changing for the better I have been on a bit of a retro funk and have indulged in many culinary delights, music marvels and video failures from my youth. Until recently however one thing has always eluded me due to time and costs, that slippery weasel is the joy of the hobby days of my youth!

So trawling through facebook I discovered I wasn't the only one pining for the modelling days of yore. In my travels of the book of face I came across the Oldhammer Community (https://www.facebook.com/groups/4003193 ... 3/?fref=nf) who are a group who share my interest in older models from both 40k and WHFB. So on joining the group and spending some time mooching around I rediscovered this art work and fell in love all over again.

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I origionally had a few RT marines in my younger days but these were second hand even then as we had no really hobby shops in my old home town so these came to me by way of a car boot sale and had already been painted a good few times. Even with that I had fun painting them and dreamt of the days of owning my own army and having a proper hobby.
Eventually by the time I really got the pocket money and understanding to get in to things like warhammer the new 2nd/3rd edition marines (cant remember which) were coming out and things were moving on, in other words White Dwarf was out and Mail order ruled, that and occasionally I got to a bigger town where there was a GW. To this day I still dont know where my origional RTs we but I have always missed them and have always dreamt of replacing them.

So after joining the Oldhammer page it didn't take much looking before I found their trading page and now I'm a little older and more able to get these rarer things (ie I have a wage) I decided to take the plunge and start seeing what a new old gamer could find, eventually as a result ended up being the proud owner of this little lot:

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I still have a few other bits to come in the post and once they arrive I will be sharing them with you, I have a few plans for the force including some modelling/painting options for a few characters but the one thing that is alluding me is what chapter to paint these guys as!
Any suggestions or thoughts on the chapter that will get some ancients join there ranks would be great so once organised I can start assembling the RT force of my young dreams

There are more images and more background on these models on my blog here so please feel free to pop over and have a look:

http://millests.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/201...model-like.html
 
Asslessman

Asslessman

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I'd say any combo of primary colours will look retro enough unles syo uwant to go for more modern choices. I have a couple of RTB01s andthough one is earmarked for a special project I'll try and give an original colour scheme to the others to ge tsomething perhaps a little less retro and a little more graphic.

There's always the solution of closing your eyes and pointing randomly on pictures like the one above to decide (you can also do that with your paintpots ;)
 
ardyer

ardyer

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Color me jealous! As far as chapters go, pick the chapter that you think will be the most fun to paint (because you have a lot of models to paint!).
 
igirisujin

igirisujin

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If you want to give your opponent a schooling I recommend the Mentor legion, with the owl chapter badge of course.
 
Suber

Suber

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Howling Griffons would also be nice and 80's approved ;) ; I wouldn't dare with the Minotaurs though, that's too much even for me!
 
Mr Tough Guy

Mr Tough Guy

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Whatever chapter you pick, make sure to pick one which you are comfortable painting, the main reason I went with spacewolves is that I'm comfortable painting Grey. Having said that, if colour choice wasn;t an issue, I'd be tempted to do a full army of Field Police, they have a great scheme and they're very RT, I would do it myself but I hate painting black
 

millest

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thanks for the replies guys.

re two of the comments, mentors are planned for another more current force but keep an eye out for field police in this one :)

still drawn to crimson fists, don't know why, maybe as I have a ton of power fists in there lol. more models are arriving daily but still looking to expand, I fancy an assault squad or terminator squad but having difficulty identifying age appropriate models :(
 
Legiocustodes

Legiocustodes

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I have 100 retro salamanders... I chose them because they were in the original painting guide from 1989; but also because they were a first founding legion so I can use them in games of a Horus Heresy / 30k
 

millest

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Well after a quiet few days waiting for various packages and parcels the core of the force has finally turned up and now to start showing off some of the units pre-paint.

Today is the turn of the devastator squad, this is mainly made up of a core of metal models and 5 of the plastic RTB01s from the third squad in my first RTB post here. That squad has some in useful as with a few extra trades they have now filled out this unit and put together some donor models for a random squad of five (more on them later in the blog).

Here are the models that are forming the base of my heavy weapons teams.
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there are more pics and info about the models and the choices of them on the blog here:
http://millests.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/ ... rs-on.html
 

millest

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A Commanding View - RT Era Command squad arrives

Following on from yesterdays post the models for my command squad arrived, whilst these are RT era models (i know some are a tad newer but still pre 1995) I will be running them using the latest codex rules hence this unit.

So here are the models picked up for my command Squad, more pics and info are on the blog here:
http://millests.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/ ... squad.html

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An interesting little mix of models spanning the whole range of early GW metal marines, there's no real rhyme or reason to the mix but i just like the models.
 
warcanvas

warcanvas

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Excellent stuff, I have a RT Exorcists force from the Badab War era.

That command squad is way before 95, but like you I do have squad from 2nd edition
 

millest

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Following on from the command squad posted last week this week I took delivery of several command figures to act as leaders and centres to my force.

again possibly not all RT but all certainly pre-2nd edition from what i can tell

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there might only be three of them but they will certainly pack a punch when it comes to finally getting a colour on them!

speaking of which, more pics and details of the picked chapter are on the blog here:
http://millests.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/ ... gures.html
 

millest

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Latest gatherings for the Rogue Trader or early 40,000 force are here and despite one slight issue, I appear to have lost a thunder hammer and can't find a replacement, the elites are in the house.

The large collection of terminators and a second Dreadnought now give me some flexibility in what I can field and they hopefully add some punch to the force

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so those are my elites choices, I'm still stumped as to what to use or how to do an assault squad but that can wait. there are more pics and info on the models here http://millests.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/ ... s-and.html
 

millest

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Tanks for the Memories - RT era Motor Pool

First post of the week for the RT project and we start with some of my favourite early GW kits, I remember building these style kits very early on, possibly before I had even finished a squad. I loved the old school rhino but my favourite of the smaller kits had to be the predator. I really do think it is a lovely kit and when I finally get round to my Red Hunters I plan on using the more modern forgeworld version to invoke the spirit of these kits.

After some scouring, natty dealing and a very kind donation from Damien I have ended up with this small motor pool that I would like to expand (old 60mm base whirlwind anyone?), so here they are.

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more detailed pics and some information about the models and what i have planned are on the blog here:
http://millests.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/ ... rpool.html
 
warcanvas

warcanvas

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The Rhino and Predator are by for the best models, they are so much better than the modern day variants that are being sold now, so much more character.
 
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