The first model from my Blood Angels army, a scout from the Rogue Trader era. Fun to paint.
Continue readingBlood Angels Scout, GW Rogue Trader era
Space Marines
A Bitter Harvest: Fred Reed’s Old School Howling Griffons Space Marines Army
Everyone of a certain vintage knows of this legendary army. The iconic full army shot from the back cover of White Dwarf 179 is the stuff of legend. An (at that time) obscure chapter in a quartered (!) scheme featuring 2 of the (at that time with the paints as they were then) hardest to paint colours, across a full company of space marines…it was mind blowing.
Continue readingStorm the Trenches: Old School White Scars Space Marines – Dylan Martin – Wayne Bell – and… Paul Sawyer (a.k.a. “Fat Bloke”)
Some old school White Scars space marines for your viewing pleasure.
Continue reading(Red) Grey Knights…and some history…
Dear Readers, as things have been quiet lately, I have photographed some older models for posterity and for your viewing pleasure. Continue reading
The Ultramarine Blues: Notes on a new edition and a new army
With the advent of 8th edition 40K, and more importantly the first proper update to Space Marine models since 1992 when the metal body / plastic arms Marines were released near the end of Rogue Trader, Continue reading
Mercenary (Rogue Trader Space Marine Scout with shuriken catapult)
I recently painted this Rogue Trader era space marine scout model. Continue reading
Chris Dennison’s Dark Angels Army from White Dwarf 223 (1998)
White Dwarf 223 (1998) Back Page – Chris Dennison’s Dark Angels – click for a (much) bigger picture
As is obvious from the title of this blog, my main hobby inspiration is from what I consider to be Game’s Workshop’s golden decade, the 1990s; the time stretching from the closing years of Rogue Trader through to the first couple of years of 3rd edition Warhammer 40,000. As such, I may, from time to time, post material from or about that era that I consider to be inspirational.
Classic Warhammer 40K 