A Pilgrimage to Games Workshop HQ

 I have fond memories of my armies I built for GW games in the late 80s, 90s early 2000s. At one time or another I had Judge Dredd/ Rouge Trooper, Bloodbowl, Spacehulk, spacefleet gothic and Necromunda boxed sets. I played first Edition 40K up to 4th edition with penal legions, Ultra marines, Orks, and biker Sqauts. I still have a collection of Eldar, Ultramaines and Necrons, and my son has my Orks. 

Then in the late 90s I built Warhammer Empire/Kislev followed by undead, wood elves and  orcs for the tournament scene in Sydney where I met some great mates I still game with today, my son now has my orcs. Then LOTR came in the early 2000s I purchased a bunch just as display miniatures painted some for GW Australia, my boys learnt to paint on the legions of bits I received along the way.

 I painted shop armies for GW Castle hill, Sydney store  (Lotr Goblins & Orcs, Warhammer Lizardmen, Bretonians and LOTR character sets) and had two armies in White Dwarf, and figs in an army book over the years, winning a few GW painting trophies in the early 90s winning a golden Gobbo.  

I still purchase the odd figure to paint and add to the my display collection so I was a joy to revisit the museum of figs particularly looking at figures I owned and painted at one time or another over the years. 

I enjoyed my afternoon at GW and will return and have a beer at big and one day. 

Judge Dredd

 I picked up in a job lot last year at Partizan a job lot of Judge Dredd metal figures. I read a lot of Dredd as a teenager and enjoyed the second movie over the Stallone one. I did think about doing a dystopian type game, however the thought of the terrain has put me off. I decided to paint them last week for a change of gear, quite happy with the results. With the thinning down of the collection to four periods they will go off to market this month on lead adventure forum and on Facebook marketplace. 

Judge Dredd

Judge 

Riot flamethrower 

Riot gear Judge

K-9 units

Cheers

Matt

Terrain Tuesday - Pulp bits

 Every now and then I come across pieces that would service pulp games. These pieces are from GW and are part of the storm cast terrain. Simple assembly and look pretty good painted up imho. A simple two or three colour with highlights. 

Cheers

Matt