It is Andy Chamber's birthday today, or so Facebook informs me, and thus I can't think of a better excuse to kick off a series of posts that I've planned for a while , but procrastinated on. I'm still knee-deep in early BattleTech lore composing the next entries in that series, so this seems like a good way to get out some content in the interim.
A Tour of the Underhives is a look at the various Skaven armies culled from the depths of the interwebs over several years, works of art and verminous enthusiasm that have impressed, influenced, and inspired.
A Tour of the Underhives is a look at the various Skaven armies culled from the depths of the interwebs over several years, works of art and verminous enthusiasm that have impressed, influenced, and inspired.
And really there's no other possible place to begin than with the aforementioned Andy Chambers' Skaven army. Of course, I've written extensively about this legendary army before, in one of the earliest postings to NIMH (The Skaven Issue Part I and Part II). However, in the time since those writings Mr. Chambers has been good enough to acquiesce to some modern, high definition photographs of those troops, which he shared on Facebook, seemingly with some embarrassment. Certainly not all the paint jobs have survived twenty years of play in perfect condition, but I would suggest that the clarity of the images in no way detracts from the deservedly high esteem this army has been held in by fans for years.
Moreover, these pictures are a godsend for those such as myself that spent years pouring over the out of focus internet scans and back issues of White Dwarf, endeavouring to capture some of the spirit or aesthetics of this army in our own Oldhammer ventures, which further entries in this series will clearly show this is far from a personal idiosyncrasy.
Of course, the nature of social media being what it is, this momentous occasion was very much a blink-and-you'll miss it event, especially if you didn't happen to be on the right Facebook groups on the right day, so hopefully this post will serve as an archive and tribute of sorts.
Moreover, these pictures are a godsend for those such as myself that spent years pouring over the out of focus internet scans and back issues of White Dwarf, endeavouring to capture some of the spirit or aesthetics of this army in our own Oldhammer ventures, which further entries in this series will clearly show this is far from a personal idiosyncrasy.
Of course, the nature of social media being what it is, this momentous occasion was very much a blink-and-you'll miss it event, especially if you didn't happen to be on the right Facebook groups on the right day, so hopefully this post will serve as an archive and tribute of sorts.
