"Your First Fantasy Army?" Topic

What was your first fantasy army?

Undead: It was a mix of Ral Partha, Games Workshop, and Grenadier. My favorite parts were the Grenadier war machines, Ral Partha cav, and GW's The Nightmare Legion – Mordini's Doomed Legion.

The first miniatures I painted with the intent that they would be used as an army were 28mm faries I converted from Epic Eldar. I used them for Hordes of the Things.

Orcs

Orcs

Undead very much like Thomas Whittens although my favorite parts were the Undead horse archers I created with the old GW skellies

Had a boxed set of Grenadier's "Orcs of the Severed Hand". Re-bought them last year on eBay (ouch) and painted them as a Mordheim warband.

First real "army" was a Warhammer Fantasy Battle Chaos Dwarf army, which I still have.

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My first one was a Brettonian army from GW. I might resurrect that with the new Perry plastics.

Orcs – Prince August fantasy moulds. I also had a medieval human army to oppose them, made using moulds from the same company.

GW Orcs were the first figures I painted as an army.

Chuck

The first real fantasy army I painted were undead. Mainly skeletons, and a lot of them old plastic Citadel Skeleton Army. I had a blast putting them together!

I had a bunch of orcs/goblins/hobgoblins painted for roleplaying purposes – perhaps 30 goblins and another 30 orcs – mostly pre-Warhammer Citadel* and Ral Partha.
But they weren't an army as such.

* I still love my Fiend Factory goblins!

Mithril Orcs, expensive way to assemble an army.

Also Orcs. Prince August three figure mold. A spearman, sword swinger and an Orc with an axe. Still have it somewhere.

Dwarfs & Orcs— I painted them pretty much at the same time so as to have opposing forces.

First painted was Dwarves from the old Grenadier 15mm Warlord line.

Now I have High Elves, Elves, Orcs, bugbears, gnolls, kobolds, satyrs, zombies, ghouls, trolls, drow, Amazons, Lizardmen, humans, etc

Eric
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Reaper Minis old 15mm line of Orcs for HOTT.

My first was about a dozen blisters of various Thumpers (I think that was what they were called).

Citadel & Marauder Dwarfs! Still have them.

Elves!

Back in the late 70s early 80s my friends and I would comb the spinning racks of the local mega hobby shop for hours finding different minis we wanted. Heritage, Citadel, Ral Partha, Martian Metals and many others.

When I say elves I mean a grand sylvan coalition. High Elves, wood elves, centaurs, satyrs, eagles, tree men, etc.

Later I went with the Ral Partha orcs as my buddy had already "claimed" the goblins.

-Eli

"army" is such a loose term. CustomCast Beornings and Orcs of the Hand (1-2 packs of each)

Ah, Prince August orcs like Mericanach and 21eRgt!

still got them, spear-orcs, axe-orcs and sword-orcs, speed painted by spraying black, painting eyes and mouth red and a little dry brushing of aluminium for armour and brown for orc-rags.

orcs. Mostly GW but my absolute first paints were some mid 80's plastic D&D minis that came with paint. I was about 10 at the time when i got them.

I started collecting Citadel Dwarves, but never really made and army of it.
I guess the first decent sized army was Orcs that I sold to my friend so that we could both play and replaced them with Empire!

My Empire army was a decent size and mix of makes.

The same as my current one. The Army of Mordor.

Orcs,Haradrim, Easterlings and Olog-Hai.

Lord of the Rings Mordor, using;

- Ancient Warfare fantasy lists (mid-70's)
- Minifigs 25mm Lord of the Rings range.

JohnG

My only complete Fantasy army is Dwarfs that I based up as an Anglo Danish army for WRG, and re-based as Anglo Danish for WAB Shield Wall.

GW lizardmen for WH fantasy.
Warmaster, High Elves.

Not sure which one came first, but I now have Chaos, Undead, Lizardman, Empire(out the whazoo)and might add another. All Warmaster.

Orcs and Goblins. A varied collection of Grenadier, Ral Partha, Heritage and other models. The first rule set I ever used them with was "Knights & Magick".

Dave

Have painted figures for RPGs since the 70s but the first _army_ I painted was in the late 90s, Bretonnians for Warhammer Fantasy Battle.

15mm Ral Partha Ratmen for HotT.

15mm orcs from Martian Metals for TSR Chaimail.

Bretonnians, or "chivalrous humans" to generalize.

Ral Partha's Greyhawk miniatures, although it only amounted to a warband.

Skeletons.

Good old GW plastic skelies! Back when GW was not a sign of the coming apocalypse :)

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I was, am, a RPG guy but I do enjoy a good miniature battle!

Gondor, using the old 1970's Minifigs ME, SS and historical ranges.

I say Gondor because that was the major part, we tended to collect a bit of everything and call it our army. So I had some Dwarves and Uruks and Elves as well.

Regards

David B

1970s Ral Partha Orcs.

Undead, using the original GW Plastic skeletons here as well, with a few Grenadier Undead figures thrown in.

Dwarves & Orcs. 15mm the most useful scale.

Wood Elves for Warhammer Fantasy Battles here.

Custom Cast Dwarves. About 1974.

Thanks,

John

Lizardmen. Saw a stegadon and had to have it, and it was downhill from there.

Early '80s Barbarians from Citadel, Ral Partha, and Grenadier. And I've continued to add to it until today.

Garrison Hoplites (with Black Shields) for Corinthia in "Royal Armies of the Hyborean Age".

Orcs and Goblins from Battlemasters mostly. a friend still has the army too.

Orcs, Goblins, and Ogres…… Prince August molds….. Large Lead Armies!

-Will

undead

3 guys for D & D. I had a brief twinge when the old Citadel figs came out for LOTR but I drank a Scotch, laid down and it went away, thank the Powers.

High Elves or Elves before GW broke them down into High Elves & Wood Elves.

Though my very first army was Harlequins for 40k. Crazy Clown Space Elves.

My first army (as opposed to skirmish and FRPG) – Der Kriegspieler dwarves!

Still the core of my 400+ Dwarf Army.

Gracias,

Glenn

Normans. I thought they could whip anything. That's not only fantasy, it's hubris. I had fun trying though….