What is in a "...hello"? The best video intro in all the internet realms. A welcome reprieve from the obnoxious and performative content creator sphere. A warm hug from an old friend.
When I visteded Neuschwanstein it was snowing and really was like being inside a fairytale. There were even sleighs pulled by Reindeer IRC as you trudge your way up the forested hilltop. Worth a vist and if you do go, go in winter an dpick a day when it is snowing.
Ive always been fascinated by that little logo. I always wanted a model of it; and im surprised that didnt happen for warhammer fantasy battle. In particular when larger terrain pieces in plastic started to become common. The other thing that caught my interest was the warhammer 40,000 citadel logo; much the same but if you look close there are a couple gun turrets added to the classic castle. Ive only seen the 40k variant on a few publications before it seems to have disappeared.
I was born in 1992, and I was never into Goblins and Wizards as a kid, but damn do your videos make me nostalgic for the days I would walk by those dusty mini-shops you'd see at the local strip mall.
The tower also appeared on the 2016 Scenery Painting Set (being painted by a Demon), the late-2000s hobby products' packaging grey tile background was said to be "the very bricks of the Citadel castle" and the Wizard's Tower from Mighty Empires miniature also bore a striking resemblance :).
Great vid :) Will def check that blog out too! Strictly speaking though, I think what you’re referring to isn’t exactly a logo, but a ‘marque’ (and the written ‘Citadel…’ is technically a logotype). Pedant designer, moi? Either way though this vid made me all misty-eyed. Must dig out my Realm of Chaos books forthwith
Well done for making a very about this and linking to the blog post you got the information from. Good job all round. I’m off to go read the rest of that blog.
The Mighty Empires game had an accessory blister pack of strongholdscand castles. The Citadel castle is one of them. It's a beautiful METAL miniature. Tho sadly, I think it's white metal and not that wonderful Lead. I sold my Mighty Empire stuff, except for that castle blister. ❤️
That original edition of the "Citadel of chaos" was the first ever Fighting Fantasy book i bought with my pocket money. All this time i never realised the cover was a reference to Citadel miniatures!
Saw you at Warlord on Saturday Jordan, was going to say hi and thank you for the great content but we turned a quick cigarette by the bacon van into a less quick jump over to GW and I think you were gone when I got back. I always like it at Warlord, they're a nice bunch. I'm only in Stoke so it's nice to have the lead belt so close by. Hope you enjoyed the day mate.
another fab video - one slight crit......turn your light up a touch :D or get one of those LED lights that has a candle light/fire effect and pop it to your right just to add a touch of atmosphere
Same for me here, I always thought that it is actually a guitar and when I've understood that it is not, I still thought, that it was inspired by Stratocaster's guitar shape
I always thought it was the tower from the John Blanche painting on the back of the HeroQuest book. If I ever get a job Jordan first thing I'm going to do is sub to your patreon
At the back of the UK Wizard's of Morcar manual there's a reproduction of Blanche's Hrothyogg's Tower (which has also been called Ogre's Tower), and I can definitely see the resemblance! I think Blanche originally illustrated it for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and it turns up in a fair few places, so I wouldn't be surprised if he'd drawn some inspiration from the logo!
Hmm... browsing the modern GW Webstore doesn't make me feel like Citadel Miniatures. Lots of misses, almost all the classics gone. But the 24 year old Catachans are still there.... >.
What is in a "...hello"? The best video intro in all the internet realms. A welcome reprieve from the obnoxious and performative content creator sphere. A warm hug from an old friend.
When I was a kid I first thought it was an electric guitar because Warhammer was so metal
I was going to post the same thing!
Glad I wasn't the only one!
+1
It's rather like the castle that's a guitar on the album cover of "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow"
When I visteded Neuschwanstein it was snowing and really was like being inside a fairytale. There were even sleighs pulled by Reindeer IRC as you trudge your way up the forested hilltop. Worth a vist and if you do go, go in winter an dpick a day when it is snowing.
So many good youtubers in this community, and they all like each other works ofc
I'm sure we'll see you in duncan's podcast soon enough !
Very interesting to hear the origin. I worked with Tony Ackland for a while, great guy.
Oh that's cool, always nice to hear a great artist is great in real life too!
Ive always been fascinated by that little logo. I always wanted a model of it; and im surprised that didnt happen for warhammer fantasy battle. In particular when larger terrain pieces in plastic started to become common. The other thing that caught my interest was the warhammer 40,000 citadel logo; much the same but if you look close there are a couple gun turrets added to the classic castle. Ive only seen the 40k variant on a few publications before it seems to have disappeared.
I was born in 1992, and I was never into Goblins and Wizards as a kid, but damn do your videos make me nostalgic for the days I would walk by those dusty mini-shops you'd see at the local strip mall.
The window displays always stunned me as a kid, and still do!
As a graphic design artist that is fascinated with collecting miniatures, this video is perfect. Thank you so much!
The tower also appeared on the 2016 Scenery Painting Set (being painted by a Demon), the late-2000s hobby products' packaging grey tile background was said to be "the very bricks of the Citadel castle" and the Wizard's Tower from Mighty Empires miniature also bore a striking resemblance :).
Some excellent points! I didn’t remember that picture on the terrain paint set but that’s great!
Love the Realm of Chaos 80s blog. Does someone have info on how Orlygg is doing?
Great vid :)
Will def check that blog out too!
Strictly speaking though, I think what you’re referring to isn’t exactly a logo, but a ‘marque’ (and the written ‘Citadel…’ is technically a logotype). Pedant designer, moi?
Either way though this vid made me all misty-eyed. Must dig out my Realm of Chaos books forthwith
After consulting with google I see that you are quite right; always happy to learn a little more specificity!
Saw it, LOVED it as always Jordan!
I'm glad! Thanks man!
Totally with you on the ocean zone, I loved the red dwarf feel to the industrial zone.
I always wanted the 6 wheel rc moon buggy
Well done for making a very about this and linking to the blog post you got the information from. Good job all round. I’m off to go read the rest of that blog.
It's a terrific blog, well worth spending many hours with!
The Citadel logo is the iconic fantasy tower for me. So much so that I incorporated it into the Deathwing company banner for my 40k Dark Angels army.
The Mighty Empires game had an accessory blister pack of strongholdscand castles. The Citadel castle is one of them. It's a beautiful METAL miniature. Tho sadly, I think it's white metal and not that wonderful Lead. I sold my Mighty Empire stuff, except for that castle blister. ❤️
That original edition of the "Citadel of chaos" was the first ever Fighting Fantasy book i bought with my pocket money. All this time i never realised the cover was a reference to Citadel miniatures!
Thank you for another insightful video.
This is the obscure stuff I live for!
great vid as always!
i have a pair of (different) citadel metal pins framed in a mini frame.
Great video, very insightful! Kinda makes me want to build a version of the citadel logo as a playable terrain piece!
Oh, I love the idea of fighting over the Citadel!
Thanks Jordan, always love your content.
Glad to hear it!
Another fine video, sir, another glimpse into the history of the hobby. I very much enjoyed this!
Thanks Jackal, glad you liked it!
Thanks for the share!!
Saw you at Warlord on Saturday Jordan, was going to say hi and thank you for the great content but we turned a quick cigarette by the bacon van into a less quick jump over to GW and I think you were gone when I got back. I always like it at Warlord, they're a nice bunch. I'm only in Stoke so it's nice to have the lead belt so close by. Hope you enjoyed the day mate.
Hope you had a good day too! I thought it was fantastic, and then I did my scurrying over to WHW later on for another good time!
Top stuff as always. And Lego Citadel? Hell yes!!
I'd buy that lego set so fast!
Oh god, several videos in and I *just* got "Jordan Sorcery."
Well played. 😂
Cheers James, I will admit to chuckling to myself when I first thought of it!
another fab video - one slight crit......turn your light up a touch :D
or get one of those LED lights that has a candle light/fire effect and pop it to your right just to add a touch of atmosphere
Lighting is my never ending battle!
I thought the Citadel logo was a guitar for two or three years before I figured out it is a castle. No joke.
Same for me here, I always thought that it is actually a guitar and when I've understood that it is not, I still thought, that it was inspired by Stratocaster's guitar shape
It seems there's plenty who thought the same, and I absolutely wouldn't put it past late 70s Ansell and the gang!
oh my goodness a lego 'citadel' needs to happen !!
Is such a fun fact, I need to dig out Steve Jackson's quote about it
Cool video! Interestingly, Neuschwanstein Castle is also supposed to be the inspiration for the Disney logo.
Thanks Nis! I could certainly believe that, it's such a fairytale castle, almost hard to believe its real!
Another cracking video Jordan
Cheers Stu!
Awesome video as always. Been buying citadel miniatures since 88!
Cheers!
63 is too early to go. I'm glad your videos can help legends like Albie Fiore live on for future generations of fans!
It really is too early. If I can help raise awareness of Albie’s work even a little bit then I’ll be very pleased
This a great video. Thanks
Thank you!
When I saw this earlier I thought, "When did Citadel do lego?"
Someone should make it happen!
I always thought that the logo was a copy of the art cover on Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow 1975 album cover done by David Willardson. Have a look
I wasn't familiar with the cover, but I can see what you mean - there's a definite resemblance!
I always thought it was the tower from the John Blanche painting on the back of the HeroQuest book. If I ever get a job Jordan first thing I'm going to do is sub to your patreon
At the back of the UK Wizard's of Morcar manual there's a reproduction of Blanche's Hrothyogg's Tower (which has also been called Ogre's Tower), and I can definitely see the resemblance! I think Blanche originally illustrated it for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and it turns up in a fair few places, so I wouldn't be surprised if he'd drawn some inspiration from the logo!
Thx
Hmm... browsing the modern GW Webstore doesn't make me feel like Citadel Miniatures. Lots of misses, almost all the classics gone. But the 24 year old Catachans are still there.... >.
Warhammer's warhammer has had a few changes too.
Indeed!