Two weeks ago I was lucky to get my hands on a very good set of the classic Mighty Fortress, sold by games Workshop in the 80s. I decided to get some of my old armies out, and make a little diorama where a Bretonnia fortress was under attack by a horde of Skaven. Almost all figures are Citadel from the 80s.
Some pictures could have been sharper, but blame the auto-focus on my camera ;-)
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| A general overview of the table. |
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| A unit of cavalry, no Citadel figures, but old Grenadier figures IIRC. In the foreground some old Ral Partha cavalry. |
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| Bretonnian cavalry, plastic knights from the boxed WFB 5th edition set, and the 2nd and 3rd row knights from the MB game Battlemasters. |
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| More knights. The figure in front is a conversion. Horse from WFB 5th edition basic set, and the body of the knight from the old Bretonnian Knight range from the 80s. |
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| Line of knights - all old Citadel models. |
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| Another overview of the castle. |
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| Some old Citadel figures are manning the ramparts. |
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| Action in one of the city squares. Except for the dog, all Citadel. |
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| The herald alarms everyone within the city walls. Citadel, 5th edition WFB, IRC. |
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| Two thieves trying to steal some gold from each other. Citadel figures from the 80s. |
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| More action going on in the backalleys of the city. Citadel figures. |
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| Reinforcements are coming! Old Citadel figures from the Fighter range, |
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| Cart is from Wargames Foundry, 2 figures on the right are Citadel. |
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| Clan Eshin ready to storm the walls. |
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| Clan Moulder with their pack of giant rats. |
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| More Clan Moulder with giant Rat Ogres. |
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| Converted skaven unit. Bodies are from the Warhammer Regiments boxed set, heads and arms from various plastic toy animals, but also other Citadel miniatures. |
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| Armoured Skaven. |
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| Plague Monks on the left, some Jezails in the middle, and a large unit of plastic Warhammer Regiments skaven on the right. Insipiration for the banner came from an illustration in the WFB 3rd edition Warhammer Armies book. |
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| The rat drawing in the middle provided a template for the banner in the image above. |
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| Skaven Screaming Bell (4th edition, IIRC). In front a converted rocket battery. Original model was a Hobgoblin rocket battery, but the equipment was transferred to some skaven models. |
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| Skaven horde as seen from the Bretonnian side. |
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| Fortress as seen from the Skaven side. |
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| Fortress as seen from the Skaven bell. |
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| Monstrous host for the Skaven army. A jabberwock, Hippogrif, and Chimera. |
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| Manning toe towers. A wizard is ready to cast some fireballs. |
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| Another view of the Bretonnian Knights. |
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| Someone is having some fun. Model from Metal Magic, I believe. |
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| Another wizard recruited for the war effort. |
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| And another one ... |
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| The archers on the ramparts are from WFB 5th basic set. |
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| An old Citadel cannon. |
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| Skaven archers. Converted from Goblins from the Warhammer Regiments boxed set (and added pastic Skaven heads) |
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| Flamethrower teams. |
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| Monstrous host, with banner. The chaos script on the banners were real achievements from my old chaos warband. |
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| Some more shots of city life. |
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| A smuggler. |
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| Two citizens wondering what to do. |
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| Two citizens. I believe the figure on the left to be toe Royal Gamekeeper, and the figure on the right an illusionist wizard. |
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| Attempt at trying to get the city in one frame. |
I can't believe it has taken half a year for someone to comment on this post and tell you how amazing your setup is! I found it after googling images for 'oldhammer Bretonnian'. Very pleased I did as this is a real treat! Great work!
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DeleteThank yo for the nice comments! I also posted this on the Oldhammer GOogle+ group, and there were some nice comments there as well.
It's great to see those Battlemaster models painted up to a great standard! I have quite a few, and I'm now inspired to start painting them.
ReplyDeleteYes, Battlemaster miniatures are an underrated species ;-) Although they do not have much detail, they paint very fast and are good to fill out rank-and-file troops.
DeleteWonderful to see so many classic figures painted and photographed so well! There is nothing quite like a classic Mighty Fortress as a back drop. Brings a tear to my eye...well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks, although I think you're a bit too kind about my painting. My painting style is really for the table, not for admiring looks when inspecting a figure up close. And certainly not the golden WD standard from the golden days ;-)
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