The thing Trish said about the influence of Marauder is bang on. All the Warhammer fantasy minis after Marauder, looked way more like Marauder minis than the citadel stuff that had gone before. Marauder may have been reabsorbed, but stylistically, Marauder took over.
What a wonderful interview. It’s great to hear from Trish. Some of these models really bring back the happy times in my youth collecting and painting. Thank you for sharing here on UA-cam.
These interviews are a delight! I particularly love the discussion of how early fantasy did not have dedicated lines. Has a sort of all that's old is new again feel with the rise of model agnostic systems. It is heartwarming to hear how much that creative spirit has always been part of the hobby.
The Marauder minis always felt like the superior range. Those large hard plastic blister boxes with the slide of back were awesome. The minis were clearer in design and so good compared to a lot of the Citadel sculpts at the time.
Those blister boxes were very useful for storing bits and other minis. Marauder were not the most sleek and refined of minis, but some sculpts were so alive and chunky. Gah, wish I had picked up a few more back in the day.
Yees! This is so great, I'm working on an article on the history of Marauder Miniatures so I'm sure this will be really helpful! I already got some answers from Trish, but more is always better. Thank you Tom for another banger video!
I would love to read that! While the beginning of Marauder miniatures is highlighted a lot, the changes with the release of the 4th WHFB edition lies still in the dark. At this moment WHFB returned into the focus of GW/citadel and Marauder was reabsorbed. That former freedom Aly and Tris had was replaced by a schedule from GW. For me it´s unclear how the schedule for a miniature range was shared between Citadel and Marauder at this time point and the further years. Best example are the high elves from 1992. It looked like Aly focused on the troopers and mounted monsters were now shared between Citadel designing the rider and Tris designing the monster. One example was the Orc shaman on Wyvern (Designed by Aly and Trish) and the first this was switched Eltharion on Griffon (designed by Jes and Trish). It would be very interesting if you could shed some lights into this. Cheers, Georg
@docgeorc Thank you Georc, are you the guy who paints those stunning Dark Elves, among which you had the unreleased Executioners? If so, I'm a big fan! So far I've written articles mostly on the histories of specific units in Warhammer Fantasy so branching out to write a wider article on Marauder Miniatures is a big undertaking and it's very difficult to get answers to specific questions like that, but I will do my best to try and shed some light on that aspect of it because that's very interesting and something that isn't known. It will still take quite a while before the article is ready, but I'm working on it steadily. You can find my previous articles on Google with "Rambling Longbeard". Thank you very much for the interesting question Georc!
@sbart23 I'm very glad to hear that, thank you so much for letting me know! That's very kind. :) I'm working on a few articles at the moment, this Marauder Miniatures will take longer to finish but meanwhile I'm doing an article on the history of Saurus Warriors which hopefully you’ll find interesting. Thanks!
Aly and Trish designed the majority of my favorite miniatures. I think it’s widely known that I am a great fan of their dark elves. A range with so many iconic miniatures. Marauder miniatures as well as the art of this era from Mark Gibbons, Des Hanley, etc share this fine dark humor before this was replaced with the grim dark by the dawn of the 6th WHFB edition. A great era which lives on in my memories and in my cabinets. Thanks Tom for this wonderful trip in this fantastic era. Cheers, Georg
I collect and paint figures from this period and I'm here to say how well Marauder miniatures did at completing citadel. One great example - plastic shields the GW ones are flat, lack detail and hard to work with. The Marauder ones were curved and had great motifs moulded on.
I started in 1990, and the adverts for the Chaos and Dwarf armies absolutely blew me away. Uniform and creative miniatures, but still with the earlier GW imagination. Marauder will always be number 1 to me. The Chaos Dwarfs in particular, was/are/will always be my favourite miniatures. CDs are my favourite race because of those figures. The CDs, Chaos, earlier Dwarfs, metal horses, river trolls and the large monsters are absolute classics. For good or for worse the late Marauder stuff was definitely the precursor to 4th edition. At the time, I thought it was great that we were getting the dwarven elites. However, the look and feel of the earlier 'make what we want, looking like we want' was gone. They felt a lot more corporate and sadly lost some of the magic. Which was a micro-environment of GW as a whole.
LOVE Marauder! So glad to see this. I need ONE MORE MM20 orc to complete my collection of them. It's been years and I've been tantalizingly close a couple of times on Ebay.
Just got the Marauder Liche the other day and one of the Wights before, really great miniatures that don't get talked about enough! Sadly the Marauder Skeletons weren’t too special, a few great sculpts but mostly a bit bland. Obviously the Marauder Dwarfs are superb, I have almost all the Slayers and I'm now slowly collecting the clansmen and crossbowmen - great stuff. Obviously there's loads more iconic models there, but I wanted to mention the Undead Characters range as a less known but really stunning mini range, I'm quite certain they are all by Trish. They are surprisingly large too, especially the Wights which wouldn’t look small next to the most modern Wight models.
Great interview with some great people! What was / is the relationship between Aly and Trish? I presume its not just two people who coincidentally shared the same surname?
@@TrishCarden ah interesting! Thanks! But Necromunda wasn’t released until 1995, and Marauder was reabsorbed into citadel in 1993 - so was this for pre testing and then released much later? Or did I get the dates wrong?
@@celloguy The figures I was talking about were made to be used with Confrontation which was a precursor to Necromunda. They were released in 1991 and sold for a short while. We’ve often called them Necromunda minis when talking about them as that’s probably better known than Confrontation 🙂
Marauder made some of the best minis for warhammer. They had so much character
The orc shaman on wyvern is my all time favourite miniature. I was so pleased it had that recent re-release for The Old World.
I finally got that one too! lovely!
that was my first ever large model. I loved that thing to bits, literally. Kept falling apart :P
This is amazing work getting all these interviews done to record all the history surrounding this hobby. Well done
The thing Trish said about the influence of Marauder is bang on. All the Warhammer fantasy minis after Marauder, looked way more like Marauder minis than the citadel stuff that had gone before. Marauder may have been reabsorbed, but stylistically, Marauder took over.
Marauder miniatures RULE!!! Love them so much! Legends
What a wonderful interview. It’s great to hear from Trish. Some of these models really bring back the happy times in my youth collecting and painting. Thank you for sharing here on UA-cam.
These interviews are a delight!
I particularly love the discussion of how early fantasy did not have dedicated lines. Has a sort of all that's old is new again feel with the rise of model agnostic systems. It is heartwarming to hear how much that creative spirit has always been part of the hobby.
The Marauder minis always felt like the superior range. Those large hard plastic blister boxes with the slide of back were awesome. The minis were clearer in design and so good compared to a lot of the Citadel sculpts at the time.
Those blister boxes were very useful for storing bits and other minis.
Marauder were not the most sleek and refined of minis, but some sculpts were so alive and chunky. Gah, wish I had picked up a few more back in the day.
Very nice insight.
I painted the Marauder giant this year as my 2,000th mini. :D
Yees! This is so great, I'm working on an article on the history of Marauder Miniatures so I'm sure this will be really helpful! I already got some answers from Trish, but more is always better. Thank you Tom for another banger video!
I would love to read that!
While the beginning of Marauder miniatures is highlighted a lot, the changes with the release of the 4th WHFB edition lies still in the dark. At this moment WHFB returned into the focus of GW/citadel and Marauder was reabsorbed. That former freedom Aly and Tris had was replaced by a schedule from GW. For me it´s unclear how the schedule for a miniature range was shared between Citadel and Marauder at this time point and the further years. Best example are the high elves from 1992. It looked like Aly focused on the troopers and mounted monsters were now shared between Citadel designing the rider and Tris designing the monster. One example was the Orc shaman on Wyvern (Designed by Aly and Trish) and the first this was switched Eltharion on Griffon (designed by Jes and Trish). It would be very interesting if you could shed some lights into this.
Cheers, Georg
@docgeorc Thank you Georc, are you the guy who paints those stunning Dark Elves, among which you had the unreleased Executioners? If so, I'm a big fan! So far I've written articles mostly on the histories of specific units in Warhammer Fantasy so branching out to write a wider article on Marauder Miniatures is a big undertaking and it's very difficult to get answers to specific questions like that, but I will do my best to try and shed some light on that aspect of it because that's very interesting and something that isn't known. It will still take quite a while before the article is ready, but I'm working on it steadily. You can find my previous articles on Google with "Rambling Longbeard". Thank you very much for the interesting question Georc!
Came across your posts the other day, they were a fantastic read, thank you!
@sbart23 I'm very glad to hear that, thank you so much for letting me know! That's very kind. :) I'm working on a few articles at the moment, this Marauder Miniatures will take longer to finish but meanwhile I'm doing an article on the history of Saurus Warriors which hopefully you’ll find interesting. Thanks!
Marauder were soooo much better than Citadel back then. Almost all my favourites were Marauder.
Still have the whole chaos dwarves miniatures from marauder...My fave chaos characters so far!!!!!
Aly and Trish designed the majority of my favorite miniatures. I think it’s widely known that I am a great fan of their dark elves. A range with so many iconic miniatures. Marauder miniatures as well as the art of this era from Mark Gibbons, Des Hanley, etc share this fine dark humor before this was replaced with the grim dark by the dawn of the 6th WHFB edition. A great era which lives on in my memories and in my cabinets.
Thanks Tom for this wonderful trip in this fantastic era.
Cheers, Georg
I couldn’t of said it better. 👍
I keep saying it. But this is some of the best content I've seen on YT. Your contacts are incredible. Thank you for sharing with us.
I collect and paint figures from this period and I'm here to say how well Marauder miniatures did at completing citadel.
One great example - plastic shields the GW ones are flat, lack detail and hard to work with. The Marauder ones were curved and had great motifs moulded on.
Another great interview. Marauder defines my childhood
Trish says times change but she's hardly changed at all. I never realised how many of my favourite minis were Marauder.
⬆️ 100% this!
Marauder were the best minis, still have them and agree that their character, individuality and fun was on its own level.
This video explains well how comes Marauder made the best WFB minis. I love the classic Marauder Dark Elves and the Treemen.
I started in 1990, and the adverts for the Chaos and Dwarf armies absolutely blew me away. Uniform and creative miniatures, but still with the earlier GW imagination. Marauder will always be number 1 to me. The Chaos Dwarfs in particular, was/are/will always be my favourite miniatures. CDs are my favourite race because of those figures. The CDs, Chaos, earlier Dwarfs, metal horses, river trolls and the large monsters are absolute classics. For good or for worse the late Marauder stuff was definitely the precursor to 4th edition. At the time, I thought it was great that we were getting the dwarven elites. However, the look and feel of the earlier 'make what we want, looking like we want' was gone. They felt a lot more corporate and sadly lost some of the magic. Which was a micro-environment of GW as a whole.
Marauder Orks were great, archers specially.❤
LOVE Marauder! So glad to see this. I need ONE MORE MM20 orc to complete my collection of them. It's been years and I've been tantalizingly close a couple of times on Ebay.
I loved Marauder Miniatures!!!! I would love GW to bring back those lovely ogres
What a wonderful story, so interesting. Thank you.
I had sooooo much fun painting these. Still have some unpainted. Would love to have even more. Esp the Dark Elves who had an exotic look.
The dwarfs that they produced were some of the best. I still own many of them❤️❤️❤️
I really didn’t know how many miniatures you three contributed to the range! All of these are much missed, especially the Dwarfs & Dark Elves 😊
Thank you for making this.
cuppa tea and two types of biscuits! these two know how to live. great interview.
Love it. Still have some Dwarf berserkers. I love the mummies too.
To be honest, I love the Marauder line. I like the character of the models
Another fantastic video 😊.
I am here on behalf of the Marauder Giants and Trolls
Awesome :). Love marauder stuff
Just got the Marauder Liche the other day and one of the Wights before, really great miniatures that don't get talked about enough! Sadly the Marauder Skeletons weren’t too special, a few great sculpts but mostly a bit bland. Obviously the Marauder Dwarfs are superb, I have almost all the Slayers and I'm now slowly collecting the clansmen and crossbowmen - great stuff. Obviously there's loads more iconic models there, but I wanted to mention the Undead Characters range as a less known but really stunning mini range, I'm quite certain they are all by Trish. They are surprisingly large too, especially the Wights which wouldn’t look small next to the most modern Wight models.
Wish they would come back
trish!!!!
👋🏼
The best figure line ever!
BEST BEARDS EVER
Great interview with some great people!
What was / is the relationship between Aly and Trish? I presume its not just two people who coincidentally shared the same surname?
I've still got a bunch of the chaos dwarves about 10 I think
They made the most amazing Khorne berserker for 40K!
I have a sack full of marauder fleshhounds I need to paint up for the old world
It was a shame when marauder got folded in and the freedom went
The heady days of GW not being a horrible corporate entity.
She mentions Necromunda near the beginning. Is that a mistake?
No, we did a few miniatures for that 🙂
@@TrishCarden ah interesting! Thanks! But Necromunda wasn’t released until 1995, and Marauder was reabsorbed into citadel in 1993 - so was this for pre testing and then released much later? Or did I get the dates wrong?
@@celloguy The figures I was talking about were made to be used with Confrontation which was a precursor to Necromunda. They were released in 1991 and sold for a short while. We’ve often called them Necromunda minis when talking about them as that’s probably better known than Confrontation 🙂
@@TrishCarden ah thanks! I had never seen any of these - fantastic! Would love to see them painted up
the best Chaos Dwarfs ever...