As you will know, if you were a seasoned reader, before 'The Great Post Purge', I have always pretty much been an 'all rounder' in the hobby, being firstly a roleplayer, then swiftly after that, both a historicial and sci-fi wargamer, and latterly in the wake of the release of Warhammer, a fantasy wargamer too. True, I'd played some games with the AD&D mass battle system on an early White Dwarf issue, so I guess I really did hit the ground running with too many camps to have a foot in, under normal circumstances. But, I was used to having 7 comics per week, all differently themed, and I balanced those well, and so, being that particular type of dreamy kid of the 70s and 80s who did not have the distractions of today's pampered poppets, who try to recreate the 'authentic' gaming experience and generally fail to make more than a pastische effort, an 'Eton Mess' of the hobby, mixing up the metaphorical fruit, meringue and cream into something t...

  It's here; the start of a massive re-launch of Satanic Panic as we go back to basics and try and do things even better than before, as I learned what could be done in traditional metal and had some fun doing so. The new way forward into the glorious dawn light of the future will be to produce all models with the head variants cast on as standard, but with individual and varied shields. WHY? I hear you cry... Simply put, if I spend a little bit more per sculpt, I can have the heads fitted and matched properly, by the sculptor, giving you a nicer model. Then, all you have to do is choose a shield, pop on a bit of glue and away you go. The next two releases are truly massive, with around 200 individual casting and around 15 shield variants - Do the math on that one :) The sculpting is done, and we just need to get them mastered and sent back to Martin Buck for the heads to be fitted. You will see two distinct groups. One is the first of of many 'Regiments of Repute...

I love the old Forces Of Fantasy supplement for Warhammer.  It's still a brilliant read after 40 years and was, in my humble opinion one of the greatest of the early GW products. It was a rambling three book set which gave you additional rules - some of which you never used at the time, but which, 4 decades later, are brilliant for role playing based actions (you remember that 3rd book in the original Warhammer set, right?) or really small battles. But for me, the true beauty of this supplement came from the lists and descriptions of the forces available. Lets take a look at what constituted a list back then by grabbing the book and selecting a list at random - Wood Elves: If you click on the image and enlarge it you'll see that the common troop types (those available at the time) are all given a single line, with basic weapons and notes on whether armour can be worn. Rare units are also note. Beneath this, you get special rules for the army and character model stats. And that...