I saw a really old army being played at a tournament last year. Some guy who just didn't care to upgrade to the latest collection of minis, and I don't think it was because he liked the old stuff better, the whole army was badly painted and quite banged up. He was a gamer, not a painter...
But it was very inspiring to see the old stuff being fielded. As a buddy said when I told him about my project, great, why not paint up the ugliest range GW has ever produced... Something along those lines.
You have probably guessed what I'm about to do. I've dug through all my bitz boxes and have found a lot of old stuff. I probably have about half an army, 8-900ps or so. All I need are a couple quick purchases and I'm ready to go.
So how can I make i different from my current army? And why would you do it?
Well a challenge would be to create an army list ONLY using troops that existed in the old codex. So no Trueborn, no Bloodbrides, no cronos and so on. If I use beasts, I can on field Khymerae, they are the closest unit type in the new codex. Wracks are Grotesques.
Before I commit to this I'm going to build a few Warriors and paint them. Basing will be very important, since one of the rules will be that I cannot convert them at all! They all have to be stock and in the exact poses GW cast them.
I was thinking of making skeleton bases. Skeleton parts in mud, and some simple flock. Jungle theme was one idea, and that might contrast well to the b&w color scheme I will go with. Maybe I'll try them both.
So here we go. Time to bring out the stuff GW made in the previous millennia :)
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