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Eh, the hunchback warriors have a certain charm:



My force includes metals and plastics from various editions in one chaotic horde, so it works for me.

So I say, to each their own. I'm just hoping for more metal champions from old days.

My main hatred for the hunchbacks strems from their protruding elbows and weapons. It was a nightmare to rank 'em up.

Do they have a better time of it now that TOW has increased the base size for Chaos Warriors?

 Shakalooloo wrote:
My main hatred for the hunchbacks strems from their protruding elbows and weapons. It was a nightmare to rank 'em up.

So many nightmares. They were horrible ranking. You needed to have a seating chart, of who was in what rank, and which guys needed to be on which side.

One thing about chaos warriors of that era, they were crazy affordable to make an army with. Expensive in points, but plastic kits for your good core units. At a time where a lot of armies were buying elite units via blister packs. The plastic warriors were fine at the time, despite not aging well. The metals of the era have held up quite well though.

The seating plan was hardly a unique issue for the Chaos Warriors, though - I remember having to note base references on the underside of bases for my Dwarf infantry, for example.

 Dysartes wrote:
Do they have a better time of it now that TOW has increased the base size for Chaos Warriors?

Mine are on 32mm bases,for double-duty in other games, which is why they're on rounds.
My friends aren't as picky about base size as long as it's not for advantage:



(obviously, I'm still painting them)

I'll see if I can mount a spare one on an Old War base and see how they look.

 Shakalooloo wrote:

 Crimson wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:
My brother had that Chaos Lord and I remember being blown away by it.

By how stupid it looks?

Uncalled for. It may look dated now, but back in the day...

It looked stupid then too. Now it's dated AND stupid.

Actually the problem is the rider. The mount was decent enough.

 Nevelon wrote:

 Shakalooloo wrote:
My main hatred for the hunchbacks strems from their protruding elbows and weapons. It was a nightmare to rank 'em up.

So many nightmares. They were horrible ranking. You needed to have a seating chart, of who was in what rank, and which guys needed to be on which side.

One thing about chaos warriors of that era, they were crazy affordable to make an army with. Expensive in points, but plastic kits for your good core units. At a time where a lot of armies were buying elite units via blister packs. The plastic warriors were fine at the time, despite not aging well. The metals of the era have held up quite well though.

Agree on the affordability. I was a student at the time. I’ve a fond memory of being in the College’s local pub (might’ve been bunking off, might’ve just been seeking shelter between lessons. Hard to tell!) and winning a £10 Jackpot on the Fruity, using whatever meagre funds I had.

Yeah, straight off to GW to buy another box!