Realm of Chaos 80s: Warfactory

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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

The Warfactory: Shields and Banners Special

Marauder Miniatures Dark Elf with freehand shield. Very nice work.

This is the second post in a double article about the Old School models to be found on an old webpage called the WarFactory. Following the link, you will discover that the Aidan who created the website over a ten year or so period, has quite a varied range of painted models. So its well worth a visit when you are finished here.

As before, I am letting the miniatures do the talking and am limiting myself to just making some minor comments. Before we move on, I would just like to say that the Rogue Trader standard bearers that end this article have to be some of the very finest I have seen anywhere. These are highly inspirational pieces of work that just go to show how far you can push freehand painting.

Enjoy. And big thanks to the mysterious Aidan, wherever and whoever he may be!

Beautiful Nordic knotwork on what looks to be an old Citadel Norse figure.

Historically themed Norse shields. Its work like this that I find most inspirational. As you can make out the technique used.

It was this standout paintjob that first attracted me to Aidan's work. beautiful tones and that shield!

Old School dwarf standard.

I love this banner, inspired by the original paintjob used on the Fantasy Regiments box set.

Classy banner.

World Eater makes me lost for words.

A fantastic piece of iconography. If only I could produce stuff like this...

My personal favourite. A brilliant conversion pack with detail. Outstanding!

The Warfactory: A Fantastic Gallery of Old School Painted Miniatures

Chaos beastmen, made up from a Slaangor, a Chaos Champion of Nurgle and standard late '80s beastman.

One of the most rewarding aspects of writing a blog that is visited more that 50,000 times a month is getting to share other people's work. I think that as the Oldhammer Community is very much 'a community' of similar thinkers rather than just a load of people who play old versions of Warhammer. Many of my readers haven't even picked up a copy of a GW game in years, let alone painted a miniature, but still feel part of the community as a whole. I believe that this is largely due to the commitment and passion of the many hundreds of painters, collectors and gamers that make Oldhammer was it is and that the fact that we are, largely, non-judgemental and supportive. Sure, there are one or two snakes in the grass, but we all know enough to ignore them.

The work I am presenting today is by a painter only known as Aidan who ran a website called The Warfactory from the mid 1990s to about 2005. Reading through his webpage reveals that he was a regular competitor at the earlier Golden Demons and even had GW losing (or damaging) some of his models over the years. If you know a little more about the author of the work you will see presented her, please do give us a little more biographical information in the comments section of this overview. There are loads of other great pictures on the site which can be visited here, including a really useful article about creating shield designs.

Anyway, on with the models. This post is the first of two, and contains all of the best pieces from his 1980s Citadel collection. The sister post, which can be found here, covers the more intricate shields and banner designs. I have limited myself to a few words per image as I believe that the work of another painter is best left to speak for itself, but I am sure that you will agree with me that this is a very fine collection indeed.