Vintage Chaos Warriors

 Vintage Chaos Warriors from the old SS1-2 and SS3 v2 The Knights of Chaos Citadel boxed sets...

 

These classic 1983 pre-slotta based lead miniatures always resonated with me- they seemed to be inspired straight from a Robert E. Howard book and felt like they could be part of Thulsa Doom's entourage in the 1982 Conan film. When reading Konrad books in 1990, this is what I imagined the Chaos warriors and armour would look like. Over the last few years I have dug these out of the lead pile, cleaned them up and painted them for an Oldhammer force of Chaos. More to come as I clean up those old Chaotic metal miniatures. 

Thunder Warriors...

Some of my favorite minis are the old Rogue Trader era metals. The first Space Marine I picked up around 1991 was a Marine in Thunder Armour along with a Crusade Armour marine- see below. I've always liked the John Blanche artwork for the Unification Wars depicting these hulking proto-marines. With those images in mind I started to put together something that could do them justice...

These prints are done at 30micron resolution from a B9 Creator. The design is based on the old Crusade Armour Bolter with some modifications.