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There was a website a while back that did Retro WD reviews, reviewing the issue of WD that came out 10 years ago. Always fun to look back.

Well this summer I found Noble Knight Games (www.nobleknight.com) who specialize in OOP stuff and have a pretty good inventory of old WDs for like $5 each.

So I'm starting here with WD 93! September 1987!

[b]Note, if you were not born when this issue came out you must note that fact in your reply. It's a rule.[/b]

WD 93 is from the time when GW was transitioning from being an importer of stuff like D&D and Battletech to producing their own games. So it has articles for Call of Cthulhu, Middle Earth Role Playing and AD&D. It also has the premier of a new game, something called Warhammer 40,000 AD

[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/7475daa423a55216372d77ff17361ca9_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

The inside cover also has an ad for some new Warhammer fantasy force called the Skaven by some whippersnapper named Goodwin.

[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/99ab63e77f24f1f8750062da9f5434f1_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

We're also introduced to some guy named Copplestone.
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/054693e2bf30d96dd1da17708691db31_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
Marc Copplestone of course sculpted most of the RT IG and marines and now has his own shop selling near future and historical figures:
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/

And what may well be the first ever 40k cartoon
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/1c46c8fbd5b172652738cf993828f350_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
(a noble click embiggens the smallest image)

Then some ads for GW models... some things never change
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/91e59bf974c61abf9862cfa6cfa95a96_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
Y'see back in the old days dwarfs used to use wood.

Coming in part 2, that Warhammer 40k games I was mentioning...


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My lord.. Back in the day GEESH!..

A time when real space marines carried conversion beamers.

as for age I got that issue beat by 17 years...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241945.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241945.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241949.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241949.page GMT
And Atra, age-wise, I think I may have you beat, but I refuse to guess by how much.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241950.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241950.page GMT
am I that old? !$@%#^ it!!!! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241965.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241965.page GMT
With what you've been waiting for, the dynamic debut of WARHAMMER 40,000 AD ROGUE TRADER!

Things start off dramatically with a full-page spread of well...

[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/2f261524be16eff6dbe4cb6c00ae13aa_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

Nothing?

Heckuva nice logo I guess.

And you kids today complain about no content in WD...

Turn the page and you get...
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/b3ed80d045961de983ed3e44638e1eef_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
A tiny text box!
Let's see that up close
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/2abda9964a010df6364ed468c99e1126_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

Ah, now that's some deathless prose... When Peter Jackson makes the Warhammer 40k movie that darn well better be the first lines said.

And without further commentary, the full text and some art from 'What is Warhammer 40,000?'
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/41c88819af0ede6cce4d20b49d980ff5_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/0930dd8329f6a772042065d9ec61c209_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/e14d6bad4c7ef0d310d7e5a0e0315e67_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/a021b4bcca2af468375d3b7c4c1880f1_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/ebf4526069ec0317c6afc4d08952a76f_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/a14108cfc1cd37b5a1210cb5522eb3dc_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
The picture that inspired an army...
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/851afbc6f816c7a208d087c907be2a08_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
Our first Inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau (wonder why he never got a 54mm version)
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/31821fd3bbd44081152e0e33c8687985_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

And in our next exciting installment we'll have some of the miniatures from this excting new game.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241967.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241967.page GMT
Hopefully these aliens are fun-loving creatures.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241972.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241972.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241973.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241973.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241975.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241975.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241979.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241979.page GMT
We've seen the dark grimness of the 401st century, but what about the minis?

Well 10 UKPs will get you 30 plastic marines or Ork raiders
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/4a8ace8d3cc69cd107b0787a4c52f7b0_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/8ac1a87de3e71021ea5531cf8dec2490_518.jpg__thumb[/img]


Or you can go for lead ones, 2.50 for 3 or 4
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/217e26f508df95053f8acb6656ef9ace_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/fc1b75260eb93f553766eca9d45e59b8_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/0c4dbb37c301a5ac36bb50a9db92e6e0_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/9eae370e14007e17265739210ca69778_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

In these early blood angels you can see early version of the gold officers' armor and death company
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/cc71c68024dac29a2d0fe95022c9076b_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/775262f21cd0813acb76e4963499b9a9_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

And the original land raider
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/55975cac608e4af47c94132978ce49aa_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

In our last exciting installment we'll see the results of the original Golden Demons...
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241988.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/241988.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242011.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242011.page GMT
What happened to the racing stripe on the Marine's helms?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242015.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242015.page GMT WD in 1990 but I've been buying up old issues at conventions, I've got several in the 40's.

Almost 2 years ago I laid them out on the floor and stood on the table to get this pic:
[img]http://www.pbase.com/waaaghgonads/image/41194730.jpg[/img]

This is great Kyoto. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242040.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242040.page GMT
I love this picture with my peepee. Whenever I peruse my copy of RT, I always gander at this pic and think about what GW missed out on when they removed any individuality from space marines.

I mean look at those two sitting in the bar! "Smash the empire" spray painted across the wall, two marines sitting enjoying a beer in hopes of perhaps busting some heads.

Heady times. GW should look at their roots more often. They might get an idea of how to save their games.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242042.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242042.page GMT

WD 93 is also remarkable for having the results of the first Golden Demon awards!

[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/f411c8a26cea6aa40aae1e3b650857f4_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/93d46f1989580869b5404918cb2f08e1_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/4e9721dafdfab4f17b4c90c9921780eb_518.jpg__thumb[/img]
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/24b6b90e0396847720ee95a42fabee6f_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

& finally we have an ad thanking President Reagan (he used to be President in the 80s you hardly ever hear of him these days) for driving down the dollar
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/c440d2c6a3817ee941c5a013c9b67c7f_518.jpg__thumb[/img]

Join us next time when we learn the REAL TRUTH about the Ultramarines and their half-eldar librarian.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242043.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242043.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242124.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242124.page GMT
The White Dwarf shaking hands with Reagan is possibly the most iconic image I've ever seen since getting into this hobby...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242143.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242143.page GMT 40K insert first got me interested in the game. Those opening paragraphs were the hook. Who doesn't want to hear the laughter of thirsting gods? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242148.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242148.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242149.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242149.page GMT WD could top that. I remember a picture of 'Eavy Metal or an orc standard bearer bearing the icon of Margaret Thatcher as their evil overlord.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242151.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242151.page GMT I was three

[quote=Kid_Kyoto]finally we have an ad thanking President Reagan (he used to be President in the 80s you hardly ever hear of him these days) for driving down the dollar
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/2/4/c440d2c6a3817ee941c5a013c9b67c7f_518.jpg__thumb[/img][/quote]
Actually I hear a lot about Reagan of late, largely from Mitt invoking him as a shining icon of conservatism. But this picture is superb, and is being sent to many non-gamers as we speak

Of the models, an Ultimate Dream of mine is to have all of the ancient renegade models, happily painted up and kicking loyalist butt on the table. 10,000 years old, indeed!

- Salvage]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242152.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242152.page GMT
Ah, now that's some deathless prose... When Peter Jackson makes the Warhammer 40k movie that darn well better be the first lines said.
[/quote]

First off i was two...

That text is pretty badass, much like my toddler self. I would fully endorse that as the voice over for the opening shot of movie as it pans over the aftermath of a fight between some beakies and boyz.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242160.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242160.page GMT
...and I quote:
"You won't need hundreds of models Warhammer 40,000, just a dozen will do..."

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!



Eric
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Ah, now that's some deathless prose... When Peter Jackson makes the Warhammer 40k movie that darn well better be the first lines said.
[/quote]

First off i was two...

That text is pretty badass, much like my toddler self. I would fully endorse that as the voice over for the opening shot of movie as it pans over the aftermath of a fight between some beakies and boyz.[/quote]

Eh, just replace the original star wars scrawling text with this one. A 40k movie would be the same thing anyway.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242195.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242195.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242218.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242218.page GMT
Gosh we're a bunch of old foogies here.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242242.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242242.page GMT
Gosh we're a bunch of old foogies here.[/quote]

I was surprised too, unless people are just hiding the truth.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242246.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242246.page GMT GW, but I was still alive at the time.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242257.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242257.page GMT
Gosh we're a bunch of old foogies here.[/quote]

Born? I was 25 and already fed up with WHFB's half-assed rules when 40K came out. I didn't play 1st edition at all.

We never called it Rogue Trader in Britain.

I still have a bunch of the figures though including a significant number of the boxed set beakies. It was a damn good deal at the time. Price inflation had already set in bigtime for metal figures. 30 plastics with loads of bitz for £10 was excellent. No-one had done polystyrene wargame figures before and they were superbly convertable and poseable.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242297.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242297.page GMT
Gosh we're a bunch of old foogies here.[/quote]

It's a might scary world when being older than 20 garners you the title of 'old foogie'.

Granted I was too young to even read this magazine, and it'd be almost a decade later before I'd even heard of GW, but I was still born.

And I thought I was being radical when I set the minimum age for being 'old' at 35!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242310.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242310.page GMT
It is the point where one's physical powers have not ebbed and are balanced by a goodly degree of knowledge and experience.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242315.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242315.page GMT 40k. I bought the book, a bunch of orks and a bunch of space marines with the pay I had from the army. Great times, great times. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242515.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242515.page GMT 40K stuff shortly thereafter.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242585.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242585.page GMT 40k, or these types of games existed, until I was 14. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242611.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242611.page GMT GW is so fond of huge shoulder pads. At least they forgot the beaks.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242646.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242646.page GMT GW, but I was still alive at the time.[/quote]

I was ... OK that was me too.

Waagh_Gonads has inspired me, I think I'll keep an eye out for first rate gaming magazines from the days of yore. Everyone needs a hobby ... er ... hobbies.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242653.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242653.page GMT 40k. yay]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242820.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242820.page GMT GW is so fond of huge shoulder pads. At least they forgot the beaks.[/quote]

I was 16 and I feel/felt the same way!


Eric]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242845.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242845.page GMT
Gosh we're a bunch of old foogies here.[/quote]
Who else can afford the hobby?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242890.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242890.page GMT GW is so fond of huge shoulder pads. At least they forgot the beaks.[/quote]
Whippersnapper, if you thing GW shoulderpads are silly, be thankful you're too young to have seen Warzone.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242892.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242892.page GMT GW is so fond of huge shoulder pads. At least they forgot the beaks.[/quote]

Hypermasculinity -- exaggeration of the male physique with its bulky pecs and wide shoulders -- is a standard component of homoerotic subtext. Look at Judge Dredd or nearly any superhero. Marshall Law "lays it bare" so to speak. American footballers, and so on.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242950.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242950.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242951.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/242951.page GMT
Having said that, I still remember the days when you knew whether the elf was good or bad by the size of his hat and how many spikes were on his shoulderpad, and EVERYONE had huge shoulderpads.

And no knocking Warzone. It's rude to speak ill of the dearly departed :(]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243044.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243044.page GMT
I didn't get anything until years later when I was in college and we got heavily into epic Space Marine.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243050.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243050.page GMT GW is so fond of huge shoulder pads. At least they forgot the beaks.[/quote]

Hypermasculinity -- exaggeration of the male physique with its bulky pecs and wide shoulders -- is a standard component of homoerotic subtext. Look at Judge Dredd or nearly any superhero. Marshall Law "lays it bare" so to speak. American footballers, and so on.[/quote]

While shoulders are important, pecs and lats are emphasized for masculinity. I think the masculine chest armor of the cadians, including the sixpack, looks manlier.

But while the shoulders are ridiculous, let's not forget the hydroencephaly that every model suffers from.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243087.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243087.page GMT 40k a few years later.

Ozymandias, King of Kings]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243416.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243416.page GMT
Some things don't change :-) Fortunately, now I have disposeable income, so I don't worry about price. Have only been in 40k for about 10-11 years now... I got there just at the end of 2nd ed.

Love the old backstory, though, the writing in RT and even the 2nd ed codexes just feels more "fun". Like the authors were enjoying making stuff up, and the tone was perfect... nowadays..... ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243458.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243458.page GMT GW is so fond of huge shoulder pads. At least they forgot the beaks.[/quote]

Hypermasculinity -- exaggeration of the male physique with its bulky pecs and wide shoulders -- is a standard component of homoerotic subtext. Look at Judge Dredd or nearly any superhero. Marshall Law "lays it bare" so to speak. American footballers, and so on.[/quote]

While shoulders are important, pecs and lats are emphasized for masculinity. I think the masculine chest armor of the cadians, including the sixpack, looks manlier.

But while the shoulders are ridiculous, let's not forget the hydroencephaly that every model suffers from.[/quote]

Is hydroencephaly what Eldar have that makes them wear big helmets (of a certain "imperial" colour?)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243466.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243466.page GMT
Warzone is still cool, I picked up a couple blisters of their space orcs while I was visiting my brother to use with LatD ...

... oh wait ...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243500.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243500.page GMT
Let see, my fav's at the time were Champions, Villains & Vigilantes, AD&D, Car Wars, Ogre (already a classic)... etc. A couple years from then I'd get my first ownership of the cool 'space minis game' by buying Space Hulk, until then I only played 'Rogue Trader' in the hobby shop with guys who could afford non-rpg minis. I mean we played AD&D & superhero games all the time so we had to have every monster & possible encounter there was... no room or money left for 'extra' minis that didn't fit with the fantasy or Superhero genre!

Those were fun times in gaming, seemed like something new was being released every couple of weeks!

(more favs from that time in my life... Risk, the Gamemaster series games, World in Flames, anything Avalon Hill... ok too many more!)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243630.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243630.page GMT
It is the point where one's physical powers have not ebbed and are balanced by a goodly degree of knowledge and experience.[/quote]

I'm going to try to keep that in mind in the next few years. I was 10 around the time that came out, and I missed 1st ed by about a year or two when I started, I think in 94. I know second edition hadn't been out too terribly long, and many of my blood angels were rogue trader, particularly the bikes ( I don't think they were redone until fairly recently, right?). When I was playing, in fact, every marine player who had a land raider had the old one, and at the time they weren't selling the kit anymore, therefore you had to convert if you wanted one.

It is rather odd I think how people my age obsess about age. I think we do it more than our parents, and certainly more than our grandparents, when every indication seems to be that we'll live longer, healthier, more active lives than them ( at least if obesity doesnt get you). Of course, I could just be projecting my own insecurities on someone else, but I don't think so.

Incidentally, one of the first things that attracted me to the GW imagery was the powered armor, with its oversized gauntlets, shoulders, and other components. I suppose I need to make some changes to my personals add, eh?
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243664.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243664.page GMT 40k.
How I wish I had a couple (10+) boxes of RTB01 Beakie Marines.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243906.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/243906.page GMT
That's about where my friends and I were at the same time. I didn't start playing 40k 'til right before 2nd came out. In fact, we didn't realize that the big box of stuff was a new edition at first. We thought it was just a good deal for models with condensed rules, and kept getting confused looking for charts that didn't exist in 2nd.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244139.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244139.page GMT 40k. I started playing at the tail end of Rogue Trader.

Capt K]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244287.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244287.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244634.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244634.page GMT Nah. Seriously, you don't. I bought a bunch at the time and for when it was, they were certainly the coolest thing on the block. At some point I wound up selling them. Then back around 4 years ago, I bought a guy's Blood Angel army that included a bunch of RTB01s...man, I tried every which way I could think of to try to update them and make them fit with the new marines...But they just looked weedy and apelike with that hunched pose. You know all those folks doing true-scale marines? These guys were the anti-true-scale marines. Instead of being larger than today's marines, they were smaller. Ugly and plain buggers compared to today's models.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244642.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244642.page GMT
RTB01 Beakies would make great stand-ins for Sisters, tho. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244653.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244653.page GMT
It is funny to look at this stuff now though: I got into the hobby right at the very tail end of 3rd, and all this stuff seems about as modern as pinball machines and polyester suits.The old-school artwork, the strong fantasy connections, all of it shows how much more hard-core the old fan base must have been. Maybe I'm just being daft, but it seems like this was very much an era when the hobby was totally underground, and while it isn't mainstream by any means now, at least people know about it, through the video games and novels and such.


Edit-- Ground Crew? That will teach me to not post in a year...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244657.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244657.page GMT
I painted one of these Chaos Warriors back in the day and it was one of my favorites. I all of a sudden feel like digging it out again.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244705.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244705.page GMT 40K back then that I couldn't turn away from. Wish Space Marines were still portrayed more in that light and waaay less uniform. O_o

So here I am, 25 now and still painting them. Cheers Kyoto was good to reminisce.

Usi]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244777.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244777.page GMT 40K till i was 11/12 now i'm 25 still enjoing it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244844.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244844.page GMT WD back then and still have all these old issues somewhere up in the loft. Issue 100 was my last (which also coincided with my last year in Uni and therefore the end of my proper "free time") and I cancelled my sub after that as I just hated what Bryan Ansell had turned GW into. I totally missed out on GW in the '90's. Which probably explains why I am still a little sane!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244872.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/244872.page GMT
Also, the Blood Angels commander is not in gold armor. His armor is painted in a splotchy desert camouflage scheme. Those are tans and browns, and not shades of gold on the armor. It’s been a while, but I think there is also an old pic with a Blood Angels Rhino painted in the same scheme. That was back in the day when Blood Angels knew what camouflage was. Silly old paint schemes. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/245448.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/245448.page GMT
Also, the Blood Angels commander is not in gold armor. His armor is painted in a splotchy desert camouflage scheme. Those are tans and browns, and not shades of gold on the armor. It’s been a while, but I think there is also an old pic with a Blood Angels Rhino painted in the same scheme. That was back in the day when Blood Angels knew what camouflage was. Silly old paint schemes. [/quote]

That guy is the absolute [b]epitome[/b] of a Space Marine, in my mind! As soon as I got some RTB01s I built one up in exactly the same pose for my Ultramarines. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/245704.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/245704.page GMT This Issue was one of the first I'd picked up. I was already playing warhammer fantasy 3rd edition at the time, and this issue had me totally hooked on the game. I bought lots of the stuff as it was coming out.

Notice if you read the marine fluff article, the marines names: Tork, Dolenz, Jones - the Monkees!

I used to love looking at the miniatures names on the big layout sheets, there were always lots of in jokes in the naming of the miniatures, which would sometimes carry over into the stories at the time as well.
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/246102.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/246102.page GMT yay... old SM's models so funny (= is it possible to somehow aquire somewhere any of??

And where i can look for "preview" of 1982 year september\any autumn WD?

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/246985.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/246985.page GMT yay... old SM's models so funny (= is it possible to somehow aquire somewhere any of??

And where i can look for "preview" of 1982 year september\any autumn WD?

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www.nobleknight.com has a good selection of old White Dwarfs and Dragons, if you can figure out the issue number you can find out what models were released on your birthday.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/247098.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/247098.page GMT ps. old Battletech section so damn nice.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/247142.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/207623/247142.page GMT
--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com
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