I’ve started painting up my 1994 chaos dwarves, starting with my blunder buses and sorcerer.
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Nice work on these! I especially like the Lamassu beard and hair fades.
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Thank you! Trying for the more classical look like in the white dwarf publication.
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Nothing can beat those classic banners
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simple, clean, classic.
beautiful work man! 
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Thanks! Soon we’ll have enough painted to march forward. Need to find a goblin tribe to crush.
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Back in the day, I would cut out images of skulls from White Dwarf and glue them onto the shields (then a bit of fixing the edges). You could probably print out a copy of the decals and do the same.
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I’ll see if I can find some print outs and do the decal thing from that.
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Took about a week but finally got this guy ready to fight. Plus another blunder bus. I’ve noticed and learned a few things with this model:
- This mini was poorly cast. The brim was missing in places, skulls were blurred out, and the wand wasn’t completely cast.
- These models always seem to tip backwards. I used a larger base and flipped the long side to the back.
- For the bases, Woodland scenics model railroad materials works great and cheaper to acquire. Especially from folks looking to downsize their collections. Usually have containers of the stuff to offload.
- Don’t use older or generic paints. The craftsmart paints are chunky and don’t cover or flow well over the model.
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A few updates on painting. Finished the blunder buses and axmen. Moving onto hobgoblins and death rockets.
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These units look so good all together! Great colors!
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I don’t know about the current range, but space marine transfers used to feature plenty of skulls and some lightning bolts. While not quite ideal, you might be able to use some of those.
Awesome classics 
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Thanks Ben_S. I have a ton of 40k decal sheets lying around. I will see if I can mix and match a few.
Thanks folks! From my model railroading skills I’ve dull coated the minis. I use this to protect them. I think it’s a compliment for folks to want to examine models, but not everyone has a high dexterity characteristic. Now it’s mostly for transport. I found that it actually makes some of the colors pop out more.
I have about a dozen classic minis left to go. Worked my way through 50 hobgoblins this week in preparation for a 2v2 match, 1250pt per player.
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Alright! Here is my progress since I first started this thread. These are all classic metal chaos dwarves (need to check the one bolt thrower as I’m calling it a stolen one from another army). Without modifications, or war gear it’s 1884 points.
I need to complete the general on a Taurus, a small hobgoblin unit of about 8, the crew of the last death shrieked rocket and five bull centaurs.
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I think I could field a pretty decent 2000 point list.
++ Characters [877 pts] ++
Hobgoblin Khan [90 pts]
(Hand weapon, Throwing weapons, Light armour, Shield, Giant Wolf, Ruby Ring of Ruin)
Sorcerer-Prophet [370 pts]
(Darkforged weapon, Heavy armour, Naptha bombs, Level 4 Wizard, Lammasu [Mace tail + Sorcerous Exhalation], Daemonology)
Infernal Castellan [242 pts]
(Darkforged weapon, Heavy armour, Pistol (not Naptha bombs), Shield, General, Armour of Destiny, Giant Blade)
Daemonsmith Sorcerer [125 pts]
(Darkforged weapon, Heavy armour, Level 2 Wizard, On foot, Daemonology)
Hobgoblin Khan [50 pts]
(Hand weapon, Throwing weapons, Light armour, Shield, On foot)
++ Core Units [868 pts] ++
16 Infernal Guard [390 pts]
(Hailshot blunderbuss, Heavy armour, Shield, Drilled (0-1 per 1000 points), Blackshard Armour (0-1 per 1000 points), Deathmask (champion) [Pistol + Sword of Might + Charmed Shield], Standard bearer [Razor Standard], Musician)
14 Infernal Guard [261 pts]
(Hand weapons, Heavy armour, Shield, Blackshard Armour (0-1 per 1000 points), Deathmask (champion) [Naptha bombs + Sword of Might + Charmed Shield], Standard bearer [Ashen Banner], Musician)
21 Hobgoblin Cutthroats [101 pts]
(Hand weapons, Shields, Light armour, Boss (champion), Standard bearer, Musician)
14 Hobgoblin Cutthroats [68 pts]
(Hand weapons, Shortbows, Light armour, Boss (champion), Musician)
12 Hobgoblin Cutthroats [48 pts]
(Hand weapons, Shortbows, Boss (champion), Standard bearer)
++ Special Units [90 pts] ++
Hobgoblin Bolt Thrower [45 pts]
(Bolt thrower, Hand weapons, Light armour)
Hobgoblin Bolt Thrower [45 pts]
(Bolt thrower, Hand weapons, Light armour)
++ Rare Units [165 pts] ++
Dreadquake Mortar [165 pts]
(Dreadquake Mortar, Hand weapons, Heavy armour)
Created with “Old World Builder”
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