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Rogue Trooper Traitor General

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Curis 6 Comments 2000AD, citadel, judge dredd

It’s Bob Naismith Challenge Time on the Oldhammer Community. Painters the world over are working on pieces from the grandmaster’s extensive back catalogue of gems, to be judged by the Lord Bob Almighty himself. Bob was so prolific in the 1980s (and still is today) that my shortlist of entries was 38 ideas, and one mini that bubbled to the surface was the Traitor General.

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Carlos Ezquerra’s Strontium Dog

October 5, 2018January 6, 2019 Curis 5 Comments 1980s, 2000AD, citadel, foundry, johnny alpha, Rogue Trader, strontium dog

British comics lost an icon this week with the death of Carlos Ezquerra – the creative genius behind Judge Dredd and Johnny Alpha. Carlos’s character designs and universes underpin a lot of subsequent science fiction – including Warhammer 40,000. Two years before Games Workshop gave birth to Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, they were dabbling with science fiction miniatures such as this trio of Strontium Dog characters.

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Citadel Miniatures JD1 Judge Dredd

May 8, 2018January 6, 2019 Curis 32 Comments citadel, fogou, judge dredd, justice department, oldhammer

With a Strontium Dogs game on the horizon from Warlord Games, my mind is all a-flutter with 2000AD miniatures. Games Workshop had the licence in the 1980s and put out a sweet range of figures just before creating the seminal Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader, and this is the first release in that range – the iconic Judge Dredd.