Miscellaneous Old Miniatures: Ghosts in the Attic #5

I found a lot of old childhood miniatures in a box in the attic recently.

Now I’m down to the miscellaneous bits and pieces. But there were still a few nostalgic finds…

There was a page in White Dwarf with all the different Space Marine legions and their paintjobs. I was always fascinated with The Legion of the Damned. I had no way of finding out anything else about them at the time. Here was my (somewhat rustic) attempt at creating my own.

This Beast of Nurgle was re-painted and re-based multiple times, from what I can remember. I also made this “terrain piece” from the classic plastic Chaos Warrior. He was glued to a bottle top along with some skulls, and painted gold.

How many childhood “to-do” lists were dominated by these guys in the early-mid 90s? To be honest, I never enjoyed trying to paint the High Elves. The Gretchen (and Orks) were a little more fun, until you got to about your 600th one.

One armed Chaos Space Marine, and friends

The guy on the left is a mystery to me. I don’t think he’s anything to do with GW. He was originally on a hexagonal base. We’ve also got a one-armed Chaos Space Marine, and a Necromunda gangster who came free with an issue of White Dwarf. Evidently, tanning salons are a big thing in Hive Worlds.

Krell and a Chaos Warrior from Battlemasters

The mounted Chaos Warrior here is from Battlemasters. I plan to relaunch his career as a harbinger of death and misery, and he’s now enjoying life on his very own base. Krell too, will be getting a makeover. He’s not actually painted badly at all, but I like the miniature and will enjoy painting it again.

An eclectic trio here. A Space Marine with a bald head and an artificial leg puts a brave face on his misfortune. A Valhallan Ice Warrior keeps his coat on no matter where in the universe he’s fighting. And, by contrast, the Vindicare Imperial Assasin wears only his Lycra. Apparently, “it feels like he’s wearing nothing at all.”

Stupid sexy Assassin.

A selection of Battlemasters veterans. Up close, they’re not the most detailed on minis compared to what’s on offer today. But what they lack in detail, they certainly make up for in nostalgia points.

The Battlemasters cannon was one of the first old minis I found after my return to the hobby. I’ve already given it a bit of a makeover.

“A box full of miscellaneous”, as they say on Storage Wars. I’ll be sticking this up on Ebay soon. I’ve no use for them myself, and there’s no point in them staying there until I die.

A few little pieces from Space Marine. Never had a clue how to play this, to be honest. But still had a bash at moving troops through that big cardboard city.

There were a lot of miniatures in the Space Marine box, from what I remember. I was obviously feeling so flush with them, that I attempted to make a diorama.