Building a Chaos Warrior warband with the classic Oldhammer vibe has been something I’ve wanted to do for a while now.
What finally spurred me into action was publishing a roundup of Oldhammer-style miniature companies. After spending a bit of time browsing all these sites, a purchase or two was inevitable. And so, the Dark Gods came calling (for my wallet).
The first port of call was a company I already know and love – Knightmare Miniatures. This was either my second or third bulky order from them. I picked up a lot of other stuff too, which I’ll be writing about in a future post.
The hulking giant in the gang is Knightmare’s Jötum Icemane (though he’s more of a Redmane for me). There’s a bit of a scale difference between him and some of the miniatures from other companies. This is inevitable when buying from various companies – especially when it comes to the more retro-looking metal stuff.
The next two Chaos Warriors are from Ral Partha.
They could easily pass for Icemane’s sons, proudly dressed up for their first day of Chaos Warrior school.
Back to Knightmare, here’s Mallüs Bloodaxe. I still consider myself a very limited and early-stage painter, but I’m quite happy with these guys. I got a lot of great painting tips in the Oldhammer Community and managed to try out a few new techniques.
The final finished miniature, for now, is Knightmare’s superbly named “Chaos Warrior 14”. A name that strikers fear into hearts, from Albion to Far Cathay.
Most recently completed and added to the fray, are these 5 Chaos Foot Knights from Mirliton, bought via Campaign Game Miniatures.
They are quite small miniatures, but mounting them on the plastic bases raised their height a bit.
I now have 10 Chaos Warriors in total, and will house them in an Infamy Mob movement tray from Warbases, if/when I field them in a game of Warhammer.
On hindsight, I’ll actually be puling Jötum Icemane out the regiment to use him as an individual Hero or Champion instead. He’s just a bit too big (and slightly different) than the rest. I’ve replaced him with an old Citadel purchase off Ebay.
My next Oldhammer-esque projects? A retro-looking beastmen herd, and a goblin archer warband. Be sure to check them out in the links I’ve posted there.
I also recently added and painted up these two Chaos Warriors from Midlam. Not part of my warband, but I thought I’d add them in here anyway!
Very retro style,I like it!
Thanks Jorgen!