DnD adventure party

Here is a cool old school adventure party, all classic 80s miniatures 

old school orc close ups

 A few more pics of the Orcs, i'm very happy with how they came out shame my photography skills are lacking...

 All orc drummers know the best skin is dwarf skin!

 2 shots of the standard bearer, with and wiithout the banner.

 Champion with huge cleaver

 and da boyz

OLD SCHOOL ORCS

Love 'em or hate these 80s orcs are great fun to paint!
This is Harboths Orc archers Regiment of Renown box set.
Here is their history as told on the back of the box.

"Oy, boss"
"Wot"
"Bin ter see Notlob, like you said,"
"Yer............?"
"An’ I sez you sez if ‘e don’t find some stunties we eat ‘is boys,"
"Yer?"
"So ‘e sez ‘e’s goin’ ‘untin’ stunty,"
"Do wot?"
"E’s packin’ ‘is spearchuckers, an’ movin’ out. Goin’ ter ‘unt some stunties, ‘e sez,"
"WOT!"
"E’s packin’..."
"SHADDAP!"
"But I woz only...OW!"
"Get packin’..."
"Wot?"
"You ‘eard, Finks ‘e can leave ud behind, duz ‘e? We’ll show ‘im!"

...And so it was that Harboth’s Black Mountain Boys moved out of the Black Fire Pass to terrorise the lands beyond. The uneasy partnership between the Black Mountain Boys and Notlob’s bolt-thrower crews was dissolved, over a trivial misunderstanding due to the limited nature of the Orcish language. The Orcish Word for moving out can also mean deserting, running away or soiling one’s underwear...

EQUIPMENT	Impressed by Notlob’s missile weapons, the Black Mountain Boys armed themselves with bows in addition to the normal Dwarf Tickler and mail coat.
BATTLECRY	The earlier battlecry of ‘Pulp the Stunties’ is still used, as well as various chants about Notlob, his attitude to danger and the state of his underwear.
DEEDS	At the Battle of Bauer’s Farm the Black Mountain Boys were mauled by a force including the 17th (Bafon Olaf’s Own) Regiment of Foot and a contingent of the Stirland Free Foresters. Following this setback, they crossed into the Border Princes in search of easier pickings
UNIFORMS	Their uniforms are generally ragged cast-offs obtained from past victims of approximately the right size.
SHIELDS	From the shields of the adventurers met (and subsequently eaten) by Harboth, the Black Mountain Boys discovered the concept of pictoral art, and now their shields are painted with the faces of particularly noteworthy victims.

PROFILES - 2nd edition

Harboth - Orc Major Hero

	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Int	Cl	WP	POINTS
Harboth	4	6	6	4	5	3	5	3	9	7	9	9	100.5

Yaskin Forit - Orc Champion

	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Int	Cl	WP	POINTS
Yaskin Forit	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	1	7	5	7	7	9.75

Trooper

	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Int	Cl	WP	POINTS
Trooper	4	3	3	4	3	1	2	1	7	5	7	7	7.75 Extra for standard 33.75 Extra for drummer 13.5

the box art

As you can see their shield designs are painted with the "red eye" or a variant of.
more individual pics tomorrow and a little old school story.

prelude

Just a quick snap whilst i work out whats going wrong with my camera so i can shoot the rest of the lads

Old School Dark Elf Hero

I painted this fine chap from the 80s for a comp on the oldhammer forum called the Golden Gobbo, all good fun as you had to come up with a back story for your entry. this chap is now the leader of my slowly growing band of 80s citadel Dark Elves all sculpted by Bob Naismith. Which i am going to use to play games of Warhammer fantsy battle 2nd edition. Yep i'm that old ! !

War of the Roses

I painted these up a few weeks back for fun. Perrys metal personalities and men at arms. Great figures, some of which i sold on ebay. I'm thinking of using the rest to start my retro Warhammer fantasy battle army. Thats if i dont find the rest of my Dark elves from back in the day. I think they maybe in my mums loft or possibly given away when thye were worth peanuts. now they are making big money on ebay

OLDHAMMER

Dust off your old armies and comb your mullet the 80s are back!

If your thing is old school warhammer then now is your time to join the re(de)volution.

All those who have fond hazy memories of when WFB was good then check out these blogs.
aah those were the days... 
ernys place realmofchaos warhammer for adults
teas getting cold mr saturdays mumblings
realm of zhu

theres a few more out there but i must get painting!
**WARNING WHEN PAINTING 80S MINIATURES DO NOT USE YOUR TEETH TO SCRAPE OFF THE MOULD LINES AS THEY DO ACTUALLY CONTAIN LEAD**