Games Workshop revealed this morning that there would be a new addition to the Warhammer Community site, Warhammer Legends. This will apparently provide a portal to house rules for narrative and open play games so that classic minis from the so-called Old World an be fielded again. Not only will the rules live here, but we'll get a chance to buy them through the standard week-long Made to Order offers. One of the first sets to be offered up, along with some other Dark Elf minis, are the old Dogs of War/ Regiments of Renown Mengil Manhide’s Manflayers.
Dogs of War, or Regiments of Renown depending on when you first saw these, were a way to add Mercenary forces to your army. They were generally unaligned but brought units from right across the Warhammer world including Dwarf pirates, Lizardmen Skinks on Cold Ones and a plethora of human units from kingdoms we hadn't heard of. These units could either be built into a large force, or just take a contingent to add to your force. At the time they were pretty expensive, so Gods know how much they will be today, but there were some amazing miniatures in the sets, including a lot done by Alan Perry of the Perry Brothers, who of course now run probably the best historical miniatures company around.
Could the re-release of the Mengil Manhide’s Manflayers be the opportunity to also release more of the Dogs of War/ Regiments of Renown sets? Have a look at some of the cool Perry Brothers units below -
Braganza's Besiegers, Pizzaro's Lost Legion, Voland's Venators plus Dave Andrews' and Norman Swales' infamous Birdmen of Catrazza . These would be amazing to see again and even cooler to have in your force, even open the door to GW introducing rules for Mercenary units again. Here's hoping!
Dogs of War, or Regiments of Renown depending on when you first saw these, were a way to add Mercenary forces to your army. They were generally unaligned but brought units from right across the Warhammer world including Dwarf pirates, Lizardmen Skinks on Cold Ones and a plethora of human units from kingdoms we hadn't heard of. These units could either be built into a large force, or just take a contingent to add to your force. At the time they were pretty expensive, so Gods know how much they will be today, but there were some amazing miniatures in the sets, including a lot done by Alan Perry of the Perry Brothers, who of course now run probably the best historical miniatures company around.
Could the re-release of the Mengil Manhide’s Manflayers be the opportunity to also release more of the Dogs of War/ Regiments of Renown sets? Have a look at some of the cool Perry Brothers units below -
Braganza's Besiegers, Pizzaro's Lost Legion, Voland's Venators plus Dave Andrews' and Norman Swales' infamous Birdmen of Catrazza . These would be amazing to see again and even cooler to have in your force, even open the door to GW introducing rules for Mercenary units again. Here's hoping!
Above images provided by Stuff of Legends - an AMAZING archive of classic gaming mini images.
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