Going Through the Monopose

It's come to the stage in my toy soldier painting where I've reached a certain age. I've grown all misty eyed and nostalgic and hankered for the plastic models I used to use when I first started out. Cheap as chips (compared with the metals), easy to bulk out and readily available in boxed games such as Warhammer Quest and 4th Edition WHFB. I've grown to love the Old hammer lead recently but these are where I started out.

I'm aiming to collect and paint one of each of the old 10 for £5 boxed sets from the 90's. This has the down side of distracting me from anything useful I should actually be painting BUT does help to fill out the WHQ Bestiary with random stuff. My self imposed and purely arbitrary rules are:


  • Must be a single sculpt (plus shield if appropriate)
  • Must have been available in a 10/8 for £5 boxed set
  • Must be Fantasy (may branch out into 40k but they tend to be multipart)


I've got a fair few 20+ year old examples of "painted" models so it'll be fun to compare results.

The current list I have is (if you think anything is missing please comment and I'll add it)

The Bad Guys

Goblin spearman
Night goblin archer
Orc warrior
Orc arrer boy
Chaos dwarf axeman
Dark Elf swordsman*
Skaven clan rat
Chaos Warrior
Chaos Beastman
Black orcs with two hand weapons striking a pose.
Skellies (not sure these count as they aren’t really monopose)

Then the good guys

Wood elf archers*
Empire halberdiers
Dwarf warriors*
High elf spearmen
High elf archer
Bretonian archer
Skink archers*
Saraus warriors
Bretonian knight (not sure this one passes the test)

Then the odds and sods (from WHQ)

Ggiant spiders
Giant bats
Giant spiders
Snotlings
Minotaur

The Bad Guys

WhoOld PicNew Pic
Goblin SpearmanAwaiting Photo
Night Goblin Archer

Orc Warrior


Orc Arrer Boy

Not done yet
Chaos Dwarf AxemanAwaiting Photo

Dark Elf SwordsmanN/ANot done yet
Skaven Clanrat

Not done yet
Chaos WarriorAwaiting PhotoNot done yet
Chaos BeastmanN/ANot done yet
Black Orc

Not done yet
Skeleton WarriorAwaiting PhotoNot done yet


The Good Guys

WhoOld PicNew Pic
Wood Elf ArcherN/ANot done yet
Empire HalberdierAwaiting PhotoNot done yet
Dwarf WarriorN/ANot done yet
High Elf SpearmanAwaiting PhotoNot done yet
High Elf ArcherAwaiting PhotoNot done yet
Bretonian ArcherN/ANot done yet
Skink ArcherN/ANot done yet
Saurus WarriorN/ANot done yet
Bretonian KnightAwaiting PhotoNot done yet


The Other Guys

WhoOld PicNew Pic
MinotaurAwaiting PhotoNot done yet
Giant SpiderAwaiting PhotoNot done yet
Giant BatAwaiting PhotoNot done yet
Giant RatAwaiting PhotoNot done yet
SnotlingAwaiting PhotoNot done yet

Comments

  1. What a fab project! I'm currently working though, Battlemasters Beastmen and Chaos Warriors, some Marauder plastic Skaven and Orcs. Yes I think the multipart Skeles count as suitably old school to be included in the project.

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  2. Yep you got bit by the bug pretty badly ;) Good luck in your search, slow and steady will do it!

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