Fantasy Wargames

Hello World,

With the release of BoW 2.0 I wanted to start something suitable to give the new projects feature a try out. Recently I have been working on a host of sci-fi and historical forces and I really wanted to get back to working on some good old fashioned Fantasy models, so I came up with the idea of starting a new force based on putting together the dream army that I always wanted as a young lad.

As a 12 year old boy, I had a hankering for a Warhammer Empire army, all those cannons, war machines and I loved playing “normal” humans in settings with super-powered monstrosities. The idea of a regular human going into battle armed with nothing more than a sharp stick and a big feather in his hat seems like real courage to me. So I set about building the army of my (12 year old selfs) dreams.

First up was a good rummage around in my hobby stash (loft) and I found a load of stuff up their from my childhood, that brought a misty tear to my eye. So I started work on a unit of Pikemen and Handgunners that I found from way back. My intent was to get them to a good tabletop standard quickly. Assembled, based and then zenith coated, a simple paint scheme of base colours, washes and a little bit of highlighting got these two units to tabletop quality in little time.

The Alcatani Fellowship were a bunch of Tilean models from the old Dogs of War range. Having been sitting around in my loft for nearly 20 years, I figured they would be a good start to my Empire force.

Next up another blast from the past, I found a bunch of models in various states from the old 6th edition (I think), Warhammer Fantasy starter force. The handgunners were still on the sprue, 4 set poses, but they have a certain nostalgic quality – for me at least.

That is what I have pictures of so far, but next up are these guys that I grabbed 2nd hand on a Facebook sales group a couple of weeks ago…

Will post more pictures as I go. Hope this post brings back fond memories of your original Dream army, thanks for reading!