WHITE DWARF WISDOM issue # 30

The fantasy gaming boat is being re-floated in my world as I start to paint some non-glossy figures again (for really old school shinyness see my Conan blog ) as well as running a new dungeon for my 2 older sons to explore. I say new, new to them, the excellent The Licheway from White Dwarf 10 (so far the attrition rate is high with a dead thief and druid littering the corridors).

A bonus of pulling out the old WD's is the chance to scan over the letters pages and chortle at the arguments that seemed so important then. Of course it's easy to look back and laugh with hindsight and I mean no disrespect to the author of this letter from White Dwarf 30 from April/May 1982

Dear WD

could you please not start up a department devoted to micro-computers without even taking an opinion poll because I am sure the majority of White Dwarf readers do not possess micro-computers.

For instance no-one in our D&D group of about 5 people has the slightest inclination to buy a micro-computer for seventy pounds which is practically useless unless you buy extra 'chips' to increase its performance and price. 

Personally, I think a department on the subject would be a waste of space and money. I hope others feel the same.

R J Leedham

well Mr. Leedham, they certainly do (or did). I had no interest in computers back then and rapidly got bored with the family ZX Spectrum, an antipathy which has lasted into middle age. Still it has to be said Mr Leedham was a little off the mark.

POTTED HISTORY OF CITADEL

Maybe old news to a lot of Oldhammer readers, but I found this potted history of Citadel and Foundry fascinating

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/ (scroll down a bit for the info)

working on a raiding force of Dwarves at the moment to crew my ship, so hopefully will be posting them soon.

MARAUDER CHIEF

I enjoyed making this model back along. I think I based the chariot on one in White Dwarf by a French gamer who had an eternal champion character in a chariot like this. It was an inspirational article anyhow

I never did name this fellow, all barbaric sounding names are welcome if you would like to have a go at naming him.

(an unfortunate empire dude)

CLAW RAIDERS OF VANAHEIM

Some Chaos footsloggers here, counting as marauders with hand weapons the few times I played Warhammer with them.

The sixteen figure unit on movement tray

Drummer, and warriors . I think the sword maiden on the right is a Keltos figure. The spiky helmet comes from an early Chaos warrior set.

Some warlords. The banner will be familiar to Sabbath fans.

I like to give a lot of my warriors their own back banners, but it can make ranking them up difficult, still they can look more scary carting around an impractical framework of wood and rags.

BLOGGER-STOP MESSING ABOUT WITH MY BLOGS.

I normally come on this blog if I need advice or just want a good moan. Now blogger seems to have removed the facility to upload pictures from my computer. They keep messing about with things and quite frankly I am getting really p****d off with it. I don't have a lot of time and the rare occasion I get my act together to actually post something I want to be able to do it without hassle. In a nutshell I am feeling as if the blogs are more trouble than they are worth. I'M ANGRY AND NOT VERY GOOD WITH TECHNICAL STUFF .

MAD BARKI THE SHAMAN (warning - gory model)

Here's Mad Barki the magician model in my Warhammer type army, complete with victim and his familiar Snaffles. In my army the warping effect of Chaos simply makes most of the affected warriors grow bigger, but Snaffles shrank.

Not sure why I painted this poor guy blue. Perhaps to show he's cold (as well as very dead). I don't normally go in for really bloody stuff like this so must have been having an off day.

Barki is a Citadel flagellant with zombie arms, the tree is from Asgard and the other characters are made up of bits and pieces.

MONSTER MANUAL MONDAY 16

It's a Monster Manual Monday. I have a touch of The Black Dog so appropriately today it's the turn of the Hellhound

2 Hellhounds from the Citadel Fiend Factory range. I always thought they looked rather friendly myself.

Quite often I look at other peoples blogs and painting and want to cry because their stuff is so much better than mine. Better painted, better pictures and just....better. However I am continually inspired by the incredibly talented Spooktalker over at Belched from the Depths . Just take a look at his treatment of the Minifigs Hobgoblins. Charming but static old school figures made wonderful. After seeing pictures like these I am always filled with vim and vigour to lift a paintbrush again.