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The Oldhammer Mystery of Uthmog Elvenblade/Harry the Hammer
Over the next two posts, I have some Oldhammer White Boxes, also known as "Speciality Sets".
First up we have KISS.
The Knights in Sauron's Service!
Actually its the Box Set coded as SS1-2 Warriors of Chaos.
These Chaos Knights are the elite warriors of Mordor's strike forces.
Beneath their helmets they have black and white face paint.
I wonder which one of them has the unfortunate cat face makeup.
The front of all the Speciality Sets were the same cover art.
Look at this artwork…
Look at the figure below…
The first and greatest mystery of Warhammer history follows…
Uthmog Elvenblade
The boxed set for the rules of 1st edition Warhammer Fantasy has this miniature as its cover.
Its the same artwork as these White Box miniatures sets.
The artwork features this fellow with a… Warhammer!
This figure has a name… Uthmog Elvenblade.
Yet strangely he doesnt carry a blade, he carries a hammer.
There is an untold story here, of how his magical Elven blade was shattered and he replaced it with a trusty Dwarven Warhammer instead.
Moral of the story?
Elf made weapons stink.
At least thats how the Dwarven version of the story goes…
OK, I made that up that last paragraph.
There was little to no fluff in the early Oldhammer era.
Someone needs to ask Rick Priestly about this.
Its probably the most important thing about Warhammer and now I need to know the origin story of Uthmog Elvenblade/Harry The Hammer!
Closeup of Uthmog's shield
In later editions, he will become known as Harry the Hammer.
But I will always call him Uthmog!
His name is Uthmog Elvenblade…
I understand. In death, a member of Project Mayhem has a name. His name is Robert Paulson…
Kardos Bloodhelm
This guy is obviously a worshipper of Khorne the Blood God.
Before he became chosen by the Chaos Gods, he was a famous gladiator.
Athgul Evilhand
Im guessing this guy is a worshipper of Tzeentch because of his bird helmet, so I gave him the colors of the Lord of Change.
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