When I moved out of the house over 30 years ago, my mother threw out a box full of old miniatures, including my Blood Bowl game and various teams. I know for sure I had some pretty old stuff in there. Not that I'd likely be able to retire off them :-)
Loving these articles, a real blast back into the past.
The oldest Warhammer collectables I have are a few issues of White Dwarf from the 90s that I got for surprisingly cheap recently. They are fascinating as artifacts, so many amazing paintings and miniatures.
Miniatures-wise, the oldest I have are some Dark Vengeance cultists (so not that old at all), which I actually got due to Boltgun! It's kind of strange that GW discontinued those cultists, but still uses their designs all the time in official art. They look so much better than the current models.
Just looked up the Dark Vengeance cultists, they are pretty cool. I've got a bunch of the old White Dwarf issues from the 80s and 90s and love looking though them. Hit of nostalgia each time!
Pretty sure my dad has that Calgar mini in a box mixed in with some old Space Crusade stuff. Although it could be a resin knock-off.
I was recently gifted my mate's third edition Eldar army – some of which my wife used in a recent 3,000-point battle. Big fan of the ol' Howling Banshees.
I do regret selling my old Dark Angels collection (minis were breaking in storage so I had to offload them at the time). However, if I really want them again, I can always turn to 3D printing ...
Nice article; it generates the warm and fuzzies from a time slightly before I got into Warhammer and could only pine for. I do have a mishmash of RT era Eldar and a few Imperial Army soldiers. I passed up the chance last year to buy a set of the original plastic Space Orks, which I somewhat regret as I prefer their smaller size over the gigantic new style orks that everyone--even the original sculptors like Kev Adams!--make now. Thank goodness for 3D printing and the ability to scale!
When I moved out of the house over 30 years ago, my mother threw out a box full of old miniatures, including my Blood Bowl game and various teams. I know for sure I had some pretty old stuff in there. Not that I'd likely be able to retire off them :-)
Loving these articles, a real blast back into the past.
Thanks for the kind words and and comment, yeah I also sadly lost a bunch of oldhammer stuff.
The oldest Warhammer collectables I have are a few issues of White Dwarf from the 90s that I got for surprisingly cheap recently. They are fascinating as artifacts, so many amazing paintings and miniatures.
Miniatures-wise, the oldest I have are some Dark Vengeance cultists (so not that old at all), which I actually got due to Boltgun! It's kind of strange that GW discontinued those cultists, but still uses their designs all the time in official art. They look so much better than the current models.
Just looked up the Dark Vengeance cultists, they are pretty cool. I've got a bunch of the old White Dwarf issues from the 80s and 90s and love looking though them. Hit of nostalgia each time!
Pretty sure my dad has that Calgar mini in a box mixed in with some old Space Crusade stuff. Although it could be a resin knock-off.
I was recently gifted my mate's third edition Eldar army – some of which my wife used in a recent 3,000-point battle. Big fan of the ol' Howling Banshees.
I do regret selling my old Dark Angels collection (minis were breaking in storage so I had to offload them at the time). However, if I really want them again, I can always turn to 3D printing ...
For me I regret giving away an Eldar army - had a mix of original Eldar, Harequins and more.
Nice article; it generates the warm and fuzzies from a time slightly before I got into Warhammer and could only pine for. I do have a mishmash of RT era Eldar and a few Imperial Army soldiers. I passed up the chance last year to buy a set of the original plastic Space Orks, which I somewhat regret as I prefer their smaller size over the gigantic new style orks that everyone--even the original sculptors like Kev Adams!--make now. Thank goodness for 3D printing and the ability to scale!