Hello all,
I've been following the interesting 'movement' of Oldhammer within the Warhammer player world. Quite fascinating and although I used to be very focused on tournaments this is an attitude towards the (once) wonderful world of warhammer that could entice me to get back into the fantasy scene.
But something I think has been sorely overlooked is the contribution to the scene that the brilliant game Heroquest made. Without this a large portion of gamers would never have gotten into Warhammer - at least as I see it.
At my house we've now played all the missions and have agreed to replay them seeing as the youngest is now old enough to partake (5). I took this an excuse to paint the heroes - most of the monsters have been painted already but for some reason I had left these for last. And as I had no more zombies they proved to be a fun little 'inbetween' paint job.
I'll begin by the two boring characters (according to my son): the Elf and the Wizard:
And please excuse the futuristic setting :-).
Now theya re fun minis but their age really show. When viewed from the side they have little detail and the remaining details are weird - the alien eyes of the Elf is a great example.
Anyways I quite enjoyed painting them and I believe they will kick even more ass now they are painted (even though they are, as mentioned, the boring characters :-)).
The (true heroes) Dwarf and Barbarian will follow soon.
I've been following the interesting 'movement' of Oldhammer within the Warhammer player world. Quite fascinating and although I used to be very focused on tournaments this is an attitude towards the (once) wonderful world of warhammer that could entice me to get back into the fantasy scene.
But something I think has been sorely overlooked is the contribution to the scene that the brilliant game Heroquest made. Without this a large portion of gamers would never have gotten into Warhammer - at least as I see it.
At my house we've now played all the missions and have agreed to replay them seeing as the youngest is now old enough to partake (5). I took this an excuse to paint the heroes - most of the monsters have been painted already but for some reason I had left these for last. And as I had no more zombies they proved to be a fun little 'inbetween' paint job.
I'll begin by the two boring characters (according to my son): the Elf and the Wizard:
And please excuse the futuristic setting :-).
Now theya re fun minis but their age really show. When viewed from the side they have little detail and the remaining details are weird - the alien eyes of the Elf is a great example.
Anyways I quite enjoyed painting them and I believe they will kick even more ass now they are painted (even though they are, as mentioned, the boring characters :-)).
The (true heroes) Dwarf and Barbarian will follow soon.
Anyways,
thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any
comments or tips (commercial clicks :-)) are greatly appreciated!
Until the next time; stay safe and prepare to slaughter Zombies!
All the best,
Kasper
Cool, very nice indeed. The Oldhammerers are associated with Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd edition for some reason but in truth it is about much more than that. Plenty of room for Heroquest, Space Crusade, Battle Masters in the nostalgia bracket, and that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface!
ReplyDeleteHi Paul,
ReplyDeleteI fully agree that the feeling encompassed by the pretty awesome term "Oldhammer", for me at least, also includes games such as Blood Bowl, and Heroquest. All the stuff from the Golden Age. Oh, and you reminded me that I have a copy of Space Crusade somewhere... Wouldn't mind painting those evil looking Chaos Androids (aka Necroids?).
All the best,
Kasper