Category: Vampire Counts

Having been into the Warhammer hobby for 25 years now, the “Oldhammer” community feels like a natural hangout for me. Lots of veteran players gather to discuss (and lament) the classic days of Warhammer and Rogue Trader. Nostalgia is a powerful feeling and Oldhammer delivers it by the bucket load.

Neil of Orange here with a bit of Warhammer gothic horror hobby on this cold and dark night (well here in the UK anyway…)

I’ve been slowly adding new units to my ever growing Vampire Counts army in the wake of the book released for Warhammer 8th edition.  While I’m not much of a fan of the current rules system I do like painting undead and there’s always other systems to look at (Kings of War is next on my try list).

Yes, more ghouls for the ghoulkin!

The rules of my weekly challenge state I can split large units into several weeks, as long as each entry meets the minimum unit size. Wanting to pace myself, in order to allow any other available time be spent on building and sculpting, I’m doing another 10 ghouls for week 2.

In an attempt to find new motivation, I’ve signed myself up for a couple of year-long projects. One is the Gathering of Might at Ammo Bunker, which is loosely paint an army in a year. The other is October Club’s 52-week challenge, to paint a model or unit every week (but not necessarily for the same army/game)!

For week 1, which I believe is January 1st -8th, I have chosen to do a unit of ghouls. The unit must meet the minimum unit size, allowing me to split a 40-strong unit across several weeks if needed.