BLACK URUKS FOR THISTLEWOOD

Rebased old school and glossed up, these chaos are now ready to fight.

19 Chronicle Hobgoblins and 1 Asgard orc 

Not sure about the banner..... fits in with my post 80's figures but is it ok for 1983?

THE WYVERN HAS LANDED

Finally got these guys based

2 lovely Fiend Factory wyverns, looking like the proper heraldic sort.

A HOLE IN THE GROUND

The well of Thistlewood....a minor piece of terrain, but important in any village. This piece is 1983 vintage cleared and is a brittle resin casting from (I think) either Ahketon or Otherworld Artefacts (the orginal Otherworld which made resin Fantasy scenery). It might be from another manufacturer whose name eludes me at the moment , but either way it was in a very hard breakable buff coloured resin, which would shatter into a zillion pieces if dropped.

(this and previousfew pictures taken with a borrowed tablet, which I haven't got the hang of yet. I'll be back to my normal camera soon with luck).

THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT

Lord Vassago doesn't have any cavalry in his army, but he does have a large pack of wolves at his disposal. Back in 1983 there wasn't a lot of choice of wolf figures that I was aware of, the suggested Ral Partha figures were a bit small, but these Minifigs lupines from the Mythical Earth range fit the bill . I really like their long snouts.

It took me a while to source 30 (some very kind donations from fellow bloggers helped), but now I have amassed another 30 with the original goblin riders, so I must get those finished at some stage.

THISTLEBROOK BRIDGES

Two useful bridges for the Thistlewood scenario, and to add to my slowly growing terrain store. Both by Hovels and released in 1985.

Trees are by Merit and widely available back in the late 1970's and early 80's.

In this last picture, you can see the village stocks...an old Citadel piece FS20, without the victim.

DEM BONES, DEM BONES...

As well as painting the Thistlewood terrain, I've re-based Lord Vassago's army in a more old school style. The painted sand and flock just looked too fussy for these old figures. I returned to the good old Tetrion (wall filler) texture, which was then painted my standard bright green, dry-brushed white and then washed with the brilliant Army Painter Green tone. This gave the finish I wanted, a sort of washed out look we used to get when we used tube acrylics straight onto Polyfilla (when we could be bothered to base them at all).

All skeleton are Minifigs from the Valley of the Four Winds range from th late 1970's 

THISTLEWOOD CHURCH

Another very old kit is this old Airfix church , again still available from DAPOL . I've seen it appear in a number of early Warhammer games, such as this splendid display by the Players Guild in 1986.

There's the church, in the middle of the picture.

Back in the day there was no Sigmar, and feudal medieval fantasy states seemed follow a sort of woolly Christian religion. In the Thistlewood scenario King Amias' kingdom has a band of fighting monks called The Knights of the White Lord, who fail to show up for the battle incidentally. The church priest, Priest Varlie is made of sterner stuff, and I will be painting an early Citadel Cleric to represent him. Meanwhile here is his church. I left off the most of the crosses as they were likely to snap off anyway, but added a little shield over the doorway.