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Painted Miniatures for Mice and Mystics II
Winston Churchill once said, "Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat."* I felt that I was doing a lot of re-ratting as I repeatedly painted all the vermin for Mice and...
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Vincent Price reads Chu-Bu and Sheemish by Lord Dunsany
I've just posted a recording of one of my favourite stories, Chu-Bu and Sheemish, read by one of my favourite actors, Vincent Price. The story is originally from Lord Dunsany's 1912 collection of short...
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The Nightmare Legion I
Long known to be dead, the famed mercenary Ennio Mordini returned unexpectedly from the grave. He came marching at the head of a silent army of undead warriors: the Nightmare Legion.The Nightmare...
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The Nightmare Legion II
The backstory of Mordini's Doomed Legion has a mythic quality.The Duke of Lumbrusco hired the mercenary captain Ennio Mordini to help him in the many wars that disquieted Tilea. But even as Mordini's...
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Oldenhammer: the missing years
Especially attentive readers of Oldenhammer-in-Toronto may have noticed a two year hiatus where I failed to publish any new posts. I also stopped commenting on other Oldhammer blogs and my painting...
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Star Wars Bounty Hunter Miniatures
Can you break up with someone who has just died? I think of this Seinfeldian question when I contemplate Star Wars Imperial Assault.In the beginning, I went deep for the Imperial Assault miniatures. We...
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Rogue Trader Mercenaries from 1987
The moment of my death, a snow-globe will roll out of my nerveless hands and a few whispered words will fall unheeded from my lips... Irn Bonce... the Squat...It all goes back to late 1987, when my...
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More Rogue Trader Era Mercenaries
Citadel's RT7 line of Mercenaries from 1987 represent a long-dead vision of Warhammer 40K. With their medley of attire, weaponry and species, they hearken to 40K as a messy skirmish game that...
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Mo' Mercenaries for Warhammer 40K
Any student of history knows that mercenaries were an indispensable part of life in the ancient world. We see them in every force from Carthage's elite infantry to William the Conqueror's Flemish...
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Merry Mercmas!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! Reconnecting with the miniature painting community in the last few weeks has been medicine for me. So thanks for all the greetings and encouragements. I...
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I've had a lot of time off since Christmas but my miniature painting mojo has vanished. I think it's a combination of Covid fatigue, winter blahs and insurrection-induced anxiety. I might also be tired...
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Miniatures for Star Wars: Lando
The comic Star Wars: Landois the greatest Star Wars movie that's never been made. It's a perfect script for a tight, 90-minute adventure film: To clear an old debt, Lando assembles a crew for one last...
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Miniatures for the Mos Eisley Cantina
 Luke Skywalker's entry into the cantina on Mos Eisley is the defining moment of the first Star Wars movie. The scene introduced a universe without definitions. It promised us that everything to come...
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Death Star Chic: The Imperial Navy in 28mm
The first rule of good fiction is to make the audience identify with the villain. When it comes to Star Wars, George Lucas couldn't allow us identify with the morality or outlook of the Imperials --...
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The First Rogue Trader Miniatures
Warhammer 40K may be the most popular tabletop wargame in the world, but it started with a whimper not a bang -- at least in terms of the miniatures. The first murmur came in August 1986, in the...
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The First Rogue Trader Miniatures: Part 2
I have a bad habit when it comes to collecting miniatures. Maybe two bad habits, if you consider collecting miniatures itself to be a bad habit.Let’s say I decide to pursue a certain range of vintage...
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The First Rogue Trader Miniatures: Part 3
This is the third post dedicated to Citadel's first Warhammer 40K miniatures. I, of course, am not the first Oldhammer fan to take up the challenge of painting the rare miniatures in the RT1 range, and...
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Where Did Oldenhammer in Toronto Go?
Attentive readers will have noticed that there was (another) gap of a year during which Oldenhammer-in-Toronto went silent. That's because I am incapable of chewing gum and walking at the same time. To...
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The First Eldar Miniatures in WH40K Rogue Trader
The first Eldar miniatures were sculpted by Jes Goodwin and released by Citadel in September 1987. There were twelve models in the range, which was labeled RTO4 Space Elves and later renumbered to...
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The First Eldar Miniatures: Part 2 - Geriatricus speaks!
Back in my day, we didn't have "Aeldari" or "Asuryani" or even "Eldar". Hear that? Not even Eldar. We had SPACE ELVES. And that was good enough for us. Just plain old Space Elves. We didn't need...
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