Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Oldhammer Spider Riders

One thing about The Plague of Sigmar and other new skirmish fantasy armies is that's it's got me to paint up all the old Warhammer fantasy stuff I've got scattered around the house (the garage, the shed, the attic etc, etc).

Yere be moy spider-rider goblins.

Not green as Warhammer is dead!

These models are  cheap as chips on the web and they're not bad. I used plenty of Army Painter dark brown varnish to dirty them.



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  1.  Ashley25 August 2015 at 19:47

    They look John.

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    1. John Lambshead25 August 2015 at 20:59

      Thanks, Ashley. They are not bad models at all.

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  2. Musings of a Smurf25 August 2015 at 23:18

    Very nice :) The warhammer is dead! Long live the warhammer!

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    1. John Lambshead26 August 2015 at 09:16

      I think Priestley's vision will live on in some form.

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    2. Rick Priestley26 August 2015 at 14:59

      Mostly I hope the terrible gags survive to baffle another generation!

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    3. John Lambshead27 August 2015 at 10:07

      The drop in the sophistication level and the rise of portentiousness in GW game products in recent years is noteworthy.

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  3. Millsy25 August 2015 at 23:37

    Very nice indeed. The skin tone is wonderful! I love a green gobbo but it's great to see something different.

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  4. The Kiwi26 August 2015 at 01:14

    Looking good! I like the not making them green bit a lot
    cheers

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    1. John Lambshead26 August 2015 at 09:19

      Every so often I get these bursts of radicalism and experiemnt with a new brand of tea - that sort of thing.

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  5. Unknown26 August 2015 at 02:00

    Nicely done and I do like the palette you chose for them.

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  6. Dave Drale26 August 2015 at 13:05

    Dear John,
    The mounts look like fishing spiders. Do you think that was what they had in mind?
    (We had a fishing spider in one of our ponds some years ago. Apparently she and her offspring didn't winter over, unfortunately.)
    Dave

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    1. Rick Priestley26 August 2015 at 14:57

      Not as such David - what we had in mind was making something that would work in a mould and fit on the (standard sized) based - hence the shape of it! Very prosaic I'm afraid!

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  7. Dave Drale27 August 2015 at 12:56

    Dear Rick,
    That makes perfect sense, and there's a lot about publishing that works the same way.
    But I really like fishing spiders.
    Dave

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