Oldhammer

I painted this little evil fellow for introducing myself to the Oldhammer community on Facebook. I have been collecting and painting citadel miniatures for over 20 years now. I started 1998 in the 5. Edition with my first Dark Elves army. The love for these evil pointy eared bastards accompanied me since then and I collected miniature through most editions. Recently, I came across Orlyggs Blog: Realm ofChaos 80 and my interest in the old miniatures ignited again. I used the nostalgic feeling, took this old dark elves champion out of the box and enjoyed to gives this little guy a paint job with all the skills I gained through the last years. I had a lot of fun with this guy and I was surprised about the degree of detail you can get out of these old sculpts. 

I decieded to painted the miniature in purple/ red colour scheme. In contrast to the Eavy Metal paint job I painted the skull applications and shoulder armor in gold instead of in bone colour. The NMM helped to increase the depth of detail. I used brownish glazes in the armour and bluish glazes in the sword.

 

The backside of the cloak was painted in purple with some freehand work on it. I used the 4. Edition army book for inspiration. There I finde some nice line work and a skull which I combined to create the final design. I did a small scetch to realize the final look and painted the whole thing on the cloak. For this I started with draft using Screaming Skull which helps me to lighten the background. The draft is then coloured using the NMM colours. I dislike that the NMM turned out a bit more satturated compared to rest of the NMM. This is propably related the differences in the undercoat. Here a final picture of a slightly different angle: 

Finaly, you can see here the Champion against his old cousin painted around the year 2000 and the improvment in my painting skills during the last years:

Now I am curious how some other old miniatures would look when painted again after 20 years. I would enjoy to complete my collection this way and also to explore the older 3. Edition miniatures. 
Kind Regards,
GeOrc 

20 years of Warhammer

Hi all,
this year I celebrate my 20th Warhammer Birthday. Everything started in january 1998 with my first 4./5. Edition Dark Elves army from a Games Workshop Poster Deal. The Army was a gift from my family and with these evil fellows my hobby career started and my love for the pointy eard buggers was paved.

I collected an imense army and painted a lot of the miniature range of this time. It ended when the 6. Edition Dark Elves were released in June 2001. The new miniature range designed in majority from Chris Fitzpatrick and Juan Diaz just blow me away. I collected this miniature range until 2008. It was my Golden Age, a Dark Elves army well known and spiked with a bunch of Golden Demon Trophies. The years after were marked by real life and the hobby was never the same again. The Dark Gods kept an eye on me and the Changer of Ways turned my interest in a new direction. However, the chaotic years find their end in the End Times.

With my 20th Warhammer anniversary my focus turned again to my beloved Dark Elves. My initial idea was to restore my 6. Edition Army. But, the announcment of the new Daughters of Khaine get me excited and I thought giving Age of Sigmar and the new miniature range a try. I had a lot of fun painting my first Witch Elves and base them on round bases. My motivation is back and I am looking forward to paint more of the new evil girls. Even if my first attemps were not succesful at the Golden Demon Competition this year, I think the first troops will do fine in my showcase.

Additionally, I find the time to restore some of my older 6. Edition Miniatures and I also get interessted again in the older editions. I decieded to celebrate my anniversary together with my Dark Elves through all ages. I thought about publishing my efforts and thoughts about twenty years of warhammer. Thats why I dig out my lost and damned Blog. I will give it a new try and hope this attempt will be more sucessful than my last.

Kind Regards,
GeOrc