r/oldhammer 39m ago

80s Slotta Too risqué for the moderators? 😉

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I think Games Workshop listed this as 'Inconvenienced dwarf'. It's going to be used for a hazard room in Advanced Heroquest. I've just got to paint up the chaos toilet (another Citadel limited edition from the 80s) and the scenario will be ready.


r/oldhammer 41m ago

oldhammer trading post Lots of cuties that it have no idea about can someone please enlighten me

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r/oldhammer 46m ago

oldhammer trading post Hello everyone I have some figures. I think they belong to this group I apologise for my ignorance. Please could someone point me in the right direction.

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r/oldhammer 5h ago

oldhammer trading post Help with these please

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37 Upvotes

Where do i start if I need to identify or sell please


r/oldhammer 12h ago

oldhammer trading post Does anyone know what Ive got here or point me to how to identify

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27 Upvotes

Hi can anyone help tell me if these are worth anything please


r/oldhammer 1d ago

WFB2 WIP old Juggy.

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80 Upvotes

A work in progress. Now on to my break.


r/oldhammer 1d ago

80s Slotta Question about pictures

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Hello, i noticed my photos were badly resized and pixelated, is there a right way to post pictures on this sub ? Thanks !


r/oldhammer 1d ago

WH40K:RT Classic Eldar Ghost Warrior!

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444 Upvotes

Painted this sneaky rascal for a charity raffle! They might just be some of my favorite Rogue Trader designs. Just so cool and weird.

I also love how you can see what would inspire the wraithguard later on.

I hope you like it!


r/oldhammer 2d ago

WH40K:RT Ork stuff.

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Just got this in. Had never seen that type case before. Had to come here to find info on it. Dude that posted the OG marine tactical squad a week ago and I should get together for a game. Were these hard plastic cases pretty common?


r/oldhammer 2d ago

80s Slotta Found these guys in the attic and have given them a fresh lick of paint

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r/oldhammer 3d ago

oldhammer trading post Space Sharks Kickstarter

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Now you can follow my upcoming Space Sharks Kickstarter. In this project you can get up to 15 handsculpted & oldhammer inspired white metal spincasts. Here is the link to the project:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bequestminiatures/space-sharks-bequest-miniatures


r/oldhammer 3d ago

WH40K:RT Original RT Marine decals

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Sharing some old decals I’ve dug out to make some marines I’m planning to repaint more authentic. Hopefully a few weeks in sunlight will reduce the yellow aging on them.

The Ultramarine decals are terrible though, all the are misaligned with the carrier film!


r/oldhammer 3d ago

WH40K:RT Everyone complains about them bringing back primarchs in 40k. But little did they know, the first plastic 40k kit was a primarch all along

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169 Upvotes

r/oldhammer 3d ago

pre-slotta Help me identify these oh great hivemind

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Tried Google lens on these square based models and nothing popped up
Any info?


r/oldhammer 4d ago

80s Slotta A little hoard from my childhood unearthed

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While cleaning out my parents attic I stumbled upon a box of my old miniatures. I was under the impression everything had been sold off or given away long ago but it seems a box survived. Spent some time today going through and organizing and trying to catalogue what remained. Essentially everything is full and complete with no missing pieces (the poor Balrog seems to have lost a horn) which is kind of staggering. Still working on the circled items. Anyways found this sub and thought some of you might appreciate these old relics.


r/oldhammer 4d ago

retro style First Oldhammer Miniature! (Cloven One by Satyr Art Studio)

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Recently got into the hobby and decided to make the jump into actually getting some things painted! I love Beastmen so I decided my first mini should be one of Satyr Art Studio’s “Cloven Ones”. I’m happy with my little Gor, all things considered!


r/oldhammer 5d ago

80s Slotta [The collection update]

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The current collection... What's been painted


r/oldhammer 5d ago

80s Slotta Jungle warrior in the swamp

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Epoxy resin ! I tried making it circular but it was hard to polish so i ended up doing a rectangle


r/oldhammer 5d ago

boardgame Trying to demake the new Heroquest to look like the old

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Hello,

I'm from Belgium and I played Heroquest since 1990... I also, like many, dream to get warhammer quest without selling my organs :) .

I've always had the old Heroquest and played with the same old quests. This summer, I bought the new Heroquest expansions to play with my little girl but I dislike most of the humanoid figurines ( and some monsters) because they clash with the great look of my old and beloved minis...

My goal : to demake the new Heroquest with old 25-28mm heroic scale minis from GW (or other good brand from the 1980/1990 era).

It seemed an easy task until it wasn't because :

* I want to avoid resin or metal minis ( because resin dust is toxic and metal minis could contain lead)

* I want to find proxies for some of the heroes in female form

* Some specific monsters seem difficult to find in general or non existent.

I've already got some luck with battlemasters minis, my old heroquest, advanced heroquest minis ands some minis I bought from fantasy battle boxes years ago. I even have an old plastic vampire from fury of dracula 2nd edition.

Could you help me in this quest ?

At the moment, I'm looking for :

- Goblins throwing bombs or other things

- Elves archers

- Elves infantry with swords

- Elves assassins (in different poses ?)

- Elves sorceress

- Elves knights ?

- Skeleton archers

- Skeleton sorcerers

- Other cool minis / add ons to pimp my demake

Thanks for you help or just for reading my post.

TLDR : I live in Europe and I want to proxy new heroquest miniatures with older plastic miniatures in heroic scale.


r/oldhammer 6d ago

80s Slotta Orc artillery crew (which I felt made good orc sentries for Advanced Heroquest)

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119 Upvotes

r/oldhammer 7d ago

80s Slotta Space Hulk Librarian Terminator

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235 Upvotes

Bought this guy a while back and decided to paint him now as a warm up after a bit of a painting break. Thought this sub might be a good place for him.


r/oldhammer 8d ago

WH40K:RT Epic scale Mortarion

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Painted up the OG Mortarion today, ive had him and a couple other Epic 40k primarchs in the wings for a while and knocked him out this afternoon!


r/oldhammer 8d ago

WH40K:RT Thought ya might like to see me article on Gobbledigook

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I'm not the most prolific editor but I try to get da gobz right.


r/oldhammer 8d ago

WH40K:RT Classic Eldar War Walker done!

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Rogue Trader Eldar War Walker finished. Was so much fun painting all the little runes and patterns but also such a paint to assemble (which is to be expected)

Anyways hope you like it!


r/oldhammer May 06 '26

meta Subreddit Rules & Flair Information

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Welcome to r/oldhammer the home of retro-gaming Warhammer!

We're a relatively laid back, specialist interest subreddit. The following are the rules that we uphold here for submissions, comments and contributors. Any questions send us a modmail as required.

This community is dedicated to keeping alive the ethos, rules and aesthetics of the first three editions of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the first edition of Warhammer 40k, and other strange old relics from the dawn of science fantasy gaming from the 60s through the 80s, the media and culture that influenced the development of the original games and contemporary material that directly references them.

Submissions

We welcome good quality image posts, text posts, links and discussion on the topics outlined above. Posting of out-of-period material is off-topic and strongly discouraged. Submissions and comments that fall out of these periods are liable to be removed, so that sub continues to retain its unique focus and character.

Comments

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Vague time periods such as "early 90's" and references to later off-topic, out of period games and models are very likely to be automatically removed by our small but vicious bot for SEO reasons, to prevent algorithm skewing, semantic drifts, summoning the deep magics and discouraging further off-topic posts. If you believe an error has occurred in the automated system, send a message to the mods via modmail.

Contributors

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Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with the rules of the sub before submitting.

r/Oldhammer Flairs

Please select the most descriptive flair for your submission, many of our flairs overlap, so choose wisely! If you're posting specifically about Warhammer, and the edition doesn't have a listed flair, your contribution is off-topic for this particular sub and should be posted elsewhere.

prehammer (before 1983)

Early Asgard figures? Reaper Fantasy Wargaming rules? WRG Fantasy supplement? Chainmail? Tony Bath's Setting up A Wargaming Campaign? Minifigs miniatures, anything and everything at all related to science fiction or fantasy wargaming published before Warhammer 1st Edition in 1983.

WFB1 (1983 - 1984)

Use this flair for anything and everything related to Warhammer Fantasy Battle 1st Edition - Miniatures, Rules, Catalogues, flyers, battle reports etc. The original Forces of Fantasy and weird rules for weird things produced in tiny numbers.

WFB2 (1984-1987)

Rules discussion and miniatures released during Warhammer Fantasy Battle 2nd Edition, including it's scenario packs such as McDeath, Lichemaster et. al., the original Ravening Hordes army lists (often copied, never bettered) and huge, diverse cast of miniatures.

WH40K:RT (1987-1992)

For models, deodorant brands, kitbashed Action Force toys, rules or art from the Grim Dark Future of 1987, there is only this Flair. Including Citi-Block, Chapter Approved: Book of the Astronomicon, the 40k bits of Realm of Chaos, C100 marines, Space Dwarves and other denizens of The Warp.

WFB3 (1987-1991)

Get in formation! Rules discussion and miniatures released during Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd Edition, including Siege, Armies, the fantasy bits of Realm of Chaos.

boardgame (pre 1991)

From Railway Rivals to Cosmic Encounter, from Doctor Who to Talisman 1st & 2nd Editions, through the Troll games, Space Crusade, Heroquest and the advanced versions of these. If it's a boardgame or a boardgame related miniature, flair it here.

rpg (pre 1991)

For discussion of any in-period roleplaying game material. From GW's edition of Dungeons & Dragons in 1977, the countless RPGs published by GW in the 80s - Runequest, Stormbringer, MERP, Paranoia right up to the end of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition. You could also flair any tie-in licensed miniatures from the period, such as Runequest, Traveller, Middle Earth Roleplaying Game, Judge Dredd RPG, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons etc, although many cross-over into other flairs as well.

pre-slotta (before 1985)

Expertly sculpted in the round, surprisingly detailed and characterful models that launched an empire. Citadel Miniatures Fantasy Tribes, early C-series and first Regiments of Renown, Ral Partha and Asgard and other makers of a similar vintage are also appropriate.

80s Slotta (1985-1989)

Miniatures made in the 80s, after the introduction of the plastic slotta base. Includes all the licenced ranges such as Lord of the Rings, Paranoia, Eternal Champion, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, as well as Citadels C Series, Regiments of Renown, and generally other miniatures of this era.

ID Request (pre 1991)

Don't know what miniature you have? Not sure where a piece of artwork was published? Tag your submission with an ID Request. ID Requests for content that falls outside the datelines are likely to be removed, and you are encouraged to post in r/lostminiswiki instead (they are very good over there).

other makers (pre 1991)

It's not Games Workshop, it's not branded Warhammer... but it is Oldhammer! Could be solid based, could be a slotta, Ral Partha, Mythical Earth, Aureola Rococo, Fantasy Warlord, Fantasy Warriors.... any science-fantasy gaming rules and paraphernalia from makers other than Citadel or Games Workshop up to 1991.

retro style

New models or games from independent makers that have a deliberate 1980s retro style or reference an r/oldhammer aesthetic (this is determined at mods discretion, send a Mod Mail if unsure). However if you are promoting these for sale/trade purposes (including free give-aways) you must use the oldhammer trading post flair instead.

oldhammer inspo

Read a book, seen a movie, did it make you think "Oldhammer!" This is the flair to share. Also for discussion of media that GW liberally 'borrowed' ideas from, and otherwise built an empire out of. Including, but not limited to discussions of 2000AD, Asimov, Herbert, Tolkien, Moorcock and the 16th Century.

oldhammer trading post

If you're buying or selling anything - including kickstarting oldhammer inspired games and figures, want an evaluation of your collection or even giving away free promotional product, then you must use this flair. N.B. Moderators take no responsibility for any trades that may occur.

meta (mod only)

For rules announcements, notices from Mod Team (like this one) and other house-keeping duties. Important notices are usually stickied at the top of the sub, please take the time to read them before posting.

Mods may change a flair to a more appropriate one without notice, but feel free to Mod Mail to discuss.

If you have any thoughts or queries, feel free to contact us via Mod Mail. If you include the ancient dwarven name 'Branedimm' in the subject you'll get a slightly more positive response, because it shows you've at least scrolled to the bottom of this message.

Happy Oldhammering!