Angry Griffin's Oldhammer

Tag: 1985

  • WHFB Chaos Familiar: Imp 3

    This Jes Goodwin sculpt is a Warhammer Fantasy Battle Chaos Familiar, and went by “Imp 3”. It was a 1985 sculpt.

  • Rogue Trader Imperial Garrison Trooper aka Kylla Condotti

    This metal Rogue Trader miniature was first seen as the Imperial Garrison Trooper in the first Rogue Trader releases, and later as the mercenary Kylla Condotti. He’s a 1985 Bob Naismith sculpt.

    I have no idea what that says on the front of the tab. Any guesses?

    In White Dwarf #95 he appears in the Mercenaries section, top left:

    Closer:

  • Chaos Familiar: Dragonet

    This metal Warhammer Fantasy Battle Chaos Familiar was called Dragonet. It’s a 1985 Jes Goodwin sculpt. The 1991 Red catalogue has it as part number 073128/1B.

  • Chaos Familiar: Armoured Mite

    This Warhammer Fantasy Battle Chaos Familiar was called “Armoured Mite” and was a 1985 Jes Goodwin sculpt. The 1991 Red catalogue has it as part number 073128/18E.

  • Chaos Familiar: Mystery Imp

    This Warhammer Fantasy Battle Chaos Familiar went by the name Mystery Imp and is a 1985 Jes Goodwin sculpt. The 1991 Red catalogue has it as part number 073128/18F.

  • Chaos Warrior Sir Gigal de Appliance

    This metal miniature sculpted in 1985 goes by Sir Gigal de Appliance in the 1987 Citadel Spring Journal in the CH2 Chaos Warrior section.

    I can’t find who sculpted him. No shield yet – still choosing one.

  • RT Ground Combat Trooper

    This metal miniature is one of the first releases from Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader, and was sculpted by Bob Naismith in 1985. He went by “Ground Combat Trooper”.

  • Metal Chaos Champion Slambo – Warhammer Fantasy Battle Oldhammer

    Slambo is a 1985 Warhammer Fantasy Battle Chaos Warrior sculpt by Jes Goodwin. The attribution comes from Bob Naismith via Instagram – there’s not a record in White Dwarf or the catalogues of who sculpted the individual members of this range that I can find!

    360deg view:

    He can be seen in the March 1987 French catalogue as a C35 Chaos Warrior:

    And painted in this flyer – not sure what the date is on it:

    He can be seen in White Dwarf #104:

    A Spring 1987 catalogue page from the Citadel Journal shows him as part of the CH2 Chaos Warriors range:

    And in White Dwarf #99:

    He’s also in the red 1991 catalogue as “Axes”, part number 073103/22.

    Painted:

  • Rogue Trader Ventolin Pirate

    This metal Rogue Trader miniature was shown on the RT601 sheet as Ventolin Pirate. He’s a 1985 sculpt.

    He can be seen in WD99:

  • Metal C100 Imperial Marine with Missile Launcher – pre-Rogue Trader Space Marine

    This guy was one of the eight in the C100 set, pre-dating Rogue Trader’s release by a couple of years. He’s shown as Missile Launcher then, and in later catalogues as Las Cannon 2 – part number 070121/37.