Old Heresy conversions from the old GW site

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

I was searching for more conversion ideas for my army, because I feel I need to make some more, when I found this thread on Reddit, with those pics. They came from the old GW site (Australian version?), around 2006- 2007, more or less. There are some really interesting ideas just using plastic Astartes, with changes or even with no changes at all. Others were more elaborate, but still nowadays are amazing.

In that time, existed very few FW kits for Horus Heresy. And depending of the date, they didn't exist at all!

 

Damn, suddenly I felt too old. 17 years ago!

Enjoy.

[Spagunk]

Definitely blasts from the past!

[Jolemai]

/swoon 

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

1 hour ago, Spagunk said:

Definitely blasts from the past!

Absolutely indeed!

[calgar101]

I remember in the early days, I saw lots of dreadnought knee pads being used for cataphractii terminator conversions.  So much creativity back then, obviously out of necessity. As much as the new kits are great, some times I feel the hobby has become slightly 'manufactured'.

Great find though!

[Noserenda]

It was a very different era :) Now excuse me, my bones are crumbling from old age :P 

[calgar101]

9 minutes ago, Noserenda said:

It was a very different era :) Now excuse me, my bones are crumbling from old age :P 

There is nowt wrong with wisdom! *grumbles in dreadnought *

[SkimaskMohawk]

I loved that site. So cool to see all the potential painting and converting when I was 12 and imagining the next box I was saving up for. 

[Kloros Endall]

I think it’s in that White Dwarf (I’ll have to do a dig when I get home) that there’s an awesome pre-Heresy Custodes army. I’ll see if I can get some pics up

Edited June 10, 2024 by Kloros Endall

[Kloros Endall]

White Dwarf #303 from March 2005

 

 

 

 

Edited June 11, 2024 by Kloros Endall

[SvenIronhand]

That dread certainly looks like he was turning the Keys of Hel.

[calgar101]

I will be digging that WD out for reading tonight, definitely!

[JeffJedi]

The big Winners to me is the Death Guard and the Thousand Son in nearly Cataphractii Power Armor.

[Marshal Rohr]

The articles that started it all for me

[Astartes Consul]

That Dave Taylor Custodes army really was something special

[Xenith]

Glorious. 

[Marshal Mittens]

Love these.

 

 

The MK VI Death Guard look very nice. 

[Razorblade]

I distinctly remember an absolutely gorgeous Emperors Children army from that era being featured on the old website.

Does anyone have photos of the army or know the artist?

[sarabando]

i have a bunch of pics saved from minis that were made duing this era, sadly none of the pics of my EC survived

[Petitioner's City]

I really really miss the Tempus Fugitives days - a few years after the 05 models - which a lot of the later work posted above reminds me of, or belongs to. So much love for this era.

[DuskRaider]

Dave Taylor’s Death Guard were a massive inspiration for me when I started doing mine in their Pre-Heresy coloration back in the day. This brings back memories!

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

Aw man some very cool old school models. I like the Thousand Sons conversions.