Taking a brain break from my Death Guard and posting something completely different. A couple days ago a friend of mine was looking at some of my old stuff and I saw a lot of things that I hadn't seen in a long time. That inspired me to make a thread of my really old stuff, and at the same time hope to encourage others to post their ancient bits of plastic and metal.

I'm also posting this because that same friend mentioned he used to play Necromunda a lot and this is a blatant attempt to lure him back into it. I started doing this a long time ago and have a pretty decent collection of really old stuff. I'll post another round of things later and if anyone sees something they'd like a better pic of please ask and I'll take a few. I would love to play Necromunda again. Wouldn't mind getting back into Mordheim either.

Ok, now that my motivation is clear, on to the nostalgia. Not everything here is 100% painted but I guarantee that everything is 100% previously played. These aren't just miniatures that sit in a display case, there are miniatures that have been on the tabletop numerous times. These are more than just material possessions, they are memories of good times.

First things first, glory be to Chaos! Not going to post a lot here because I have a couple other threads going where Chaos is all I post, but these models haven't seen any Dakka time yet and I can't not post Chaos. But I'll keep it limited.

World Eater

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! This RT model isn't legal in the current list which I find highly annoying because almost all of my World Eaters are Khorne Bezerkers modeled with 2 Close Combat weapons. Maybe they should join the Angry Marines.

Conversions

Both these models were conversions for 2nd Ed Chaos list for special characters. I cannot remember who the guy on the left is, but the guy on the right was Huron Blackheart.

Next up are my forces of the Imperium. While the vast majority of armies I played were "bad guys" I did make the effort to put together a sizable Imperial force so I could have some variety and ally with people in bigger games that I would normally be playing against instead.

Ogryns

The Rogue Trader models were the only ones I liked. The ones that came later look too goofy, cartoonish. I really liked using these to assault troops way on the back of the board. Chimera top speed, jump out, roll to wound for jumping out og fast moving vehicle, not care because they had 3 wounds, then shred everyone in range with Ripper Guns. Ahhh... good times.

Inquisitor

RT body and 2nd ed Space Hulk arms with converted Psycannon. I killed a Changer of Ways with this model. Granted, I had a squad of Grey Knights with him at the time, but he's the one that killed it.

Grey Knight

And yes I'll say it again, RT really has these models right. The new ones... eh, whatever. I won't be buying any.

Imperial Psycher

Great model. Got hosed in 2nd ed though. Level 4 Imperial Psycher and gets 1 Wargear card? Yeah, that makes *total* sense

Assassin

I cracked up when I saw the face on this. I don't remember doing that on purpose, but that's ok, there's a lot of things I don't remember. But wow... either his Polymorphine is acting like a hallucinogen today or he's very very focused on killing you.


Next is my Genestealer Cult army. I also played a Genestealer Cult in Necromunda. I really connected with the backstory and liked the models a lot. They were the most flexible open-ended army in the game at the time and absolutely brutal to fight against, it was my most winning army ever. Most memorable victory was a game I played against a friend playing IG, he conceded at the end of the 3rd turn because there was almost nothing left of his force.

I miss my Cult.

Patriarch

This model was in ever single game that was every played with the Cult, which is in the dozens. He survived almost all of them, too (the fact that I kept him intentionally safe does help) and honestly I can only remember a single game where he was taken out.

Genestealer Magus

Only one would ever get fielded, I modeled different ones for different applications. One is wearing Carapace Armor and Force Rod, the supreme humor (to me) is that it is an old Inquisitor model. Ha.

Genestealer Hybrids



The Hybrids were so much fun to model because there's an amazing amount of variation you can use. Hybrids can display a wide range of mutations, from almost Purestrain Genestealer to almost pure Human. There were different stats for different Hybrids depending where in the generation cycle they fell during the mutation.

Genestealer Cultists

And again, the modeling possibilities were nearly endless. A *lot* of IG models found a home in my Genestealer Cult. A lot. They could take anyone as a troop, anything as a vehicle. Rhino? Predator? Chimera? Leman Russ? Yeah. They have all that and more. It is easily the largest fully painted army I have and would likely top 5,000k or more points in the current edition.


Of all the games I've played by GW, Necromunda is by far the game that captured my attention. I have played more games of Necromunda that all other GW games combined. To say that I have played it hundreds of times would not be an exaggeration. I really got into Necromunda. Most of my tabletop terrain is either related to or applicable in Necromunda. I Arbitrated a Necromunda league for almost a year and a half. Necromunda *really* got me. I'd really like to play it again.

Cawdor

My first and most played gang. I bought these miniatures the same day I bought the box set. The comparison to the Genestealer Cult colors and the way I painted my Cawdor gang is intentional. I was working on both at lot in those days and figured they could pull some "double duty". They never did make it to the 40K table, and if they ever did now it would be as some sort of press gang unit.

Redemptionists

These are not all the models I have for this gang but these are the most finished. You'll notice a few Cawdor models here, and some slight conversions. I didn't like the coneheads, just seemed impractical to me. Some of the most crushing defeats I ever suffered in Necromunda were while playing this gang, and I was totally ok with that.

Scavvies

My second most played gang. I had a lot of fun playing these guys because it was a distinct challenge because of the limitations they have, but also because of the absolute ruthlessness they suffered and dealt in return. I had them eat a fellow ganger on more than one occasion. Ha. If I get back into Necromunda this gang will likely be the first one back on the table.

Beastmaster

One of the more fun aspects of being a League Arbitrator was messing with people. The Underhive is full of nasty critters and I made sure there were a lot of random encounters with them. My collection of noisome beasties is huge. Someday I'd like to finish them.

Bounty Hunters


Every now and then I'd have one of these guys show up for free in a player's gang that was having trouble. A bit more muscle and firepower kept people in the game longer and hense kept them from losing interest in League play. Plus they were fun to model. I mean come on, look at the amount of stuff this BH is carrying! If I could have found a scale kitchen sink I think I would have included that as well.


Hired Scum


These guys would sometimes show up and work for the highest bidder at the beginning of a session, or I'd run them as a separate bunch of mercenaries just to throw the balance of a game a bit. And again, the modeling aspect was a lot of fun.

Ratskin Renegades

Started these with the intent of playing them as a gang but ultimately the wound up in similar roles as the Bounty Hunters and Hired Scum. I have enough models to finish up the gang, just not sure I have the interest in doing it.

Pit Slaves

This was the last gang I was working on before I stopped playing. I *really* enjoyed the conversions on this one. I was able to bring "useless" models from my collection on the table and play a gang that no one else was running. I might finish painting this gang simply because it is just so cool. This gang has the most conversions of any other and has some humor to it as well. Really wish I had the opportunity to have played them more before things shut down, but it is what it is. There may be more opportunities ahead.

The Beginning

Perhaps out of place considering all the other models I've posted today, but these models have a very distinct significance. They are the first two models I ever painted. Not a bad start.

A nice trip through memory lane indeed. Thanks for sharing!

Some very nice stuff you have there!

I'm intrigued by the beastmaster picture - what are the flying things on the left (with the tails)? I could probably use some of them...

@ BrookM- Thank you, it wasa lot of fun putting this together.

@ The Dreadnote- They are Ripper Jacks. Very nasty creatures. Not terribly common anymore however. GW doesn't carry them and they don't show up often on eBay.

Thanks for the link, although that auction wouldn't ship outside the US. I'll have to keep my eye out for them on ebay UK

amazing old models. some of those old ones really have a lot of character which is very different of the new models. Love seeing them!

Like the old Ogryns Good painting.

Ahh, always nice to se some old stuff, cheers Skalk

Genestealer cults were fun, I'll have to dig out the few of mine that haven't been re-purposed and post 'em sometime.

Like what you did with the old inq, in a similar style I swapped one of his arms for a tentacle and gave him green skin for a chaos warband of mine. Think I've since ripped of the tentacle and stripped him to re-join the imperium

Thanks all for the replies!

Any requests? If I have it I'll post it.

Would love to see what other people have for old stuff as well. Post something if you feel like it !

Man, I love old school figs. Really brings me back to why I started all the gaming stuff in the first place. These look great, thanks for sharing.

I found this when I was going through a box of completely unrelated stuff last weekend. I was floored! I've been looking for this for over a year and I hadn't seen it since 2003!

I can't explain how excited I was to find it. And yes, compared to the new one it's a bit... well, old. But it is so completely awesome and I wouldn't trade it for 10 new ones.





I'll be reparing it and restoring it to it's former glory. I might even pull out the MkIV Traitor Marines that go with it (yes, I know where they are )

some nice models you have , good stuff

love the old grey knights and genestealer cultists. have not seen a patriarch in some years either!! nice stuff

Digging the old school land raider! Haha its so brutal!

Nice looking mob there Skalk. Reminds me of my bits box too. I still quite a few of the OG stuff. I even found a dwarf in power armor... Didn't know I had that lol... Now I'm gonna go check out my stash lol.. Thanks for sharing brother...

It's been a while since I added anything to this. Really meant to get back to it before now, but I finally got tired of this being so long buried and forgotten.

Thread.. I command thee... ARISE!!!


Death Guard Plague Marines



I really enjoy painting and playing Chaos, and specifically Plague Marines. The RT models are what got me interested in playing Death Guard, and while some of these models are new to the force in the last year, they are still ancient metal from a day long past. This is a mix of RT and 2nd Ed models.

Chaos Dreadnought


This is my first Dreadnought. It was painted and given to me in '94 or '95 by a friend of mine named Jeff. There were times I was going to strip / repaint, but I never did and I am glad today that I didn't. I still have a lot of the original stuff he gave me. Better to keep it as it is now.

Lord of Change


This is one of the versions GW offered as their Greater Daemon of Tzeentch back in the day. Now it would barely make as a Daemon Prince by today's scale. This is the first model where I really tried hard to paint at a level above my ability. The mistakes are glaring, but the result is pretty decent still. I've never played this model and not sure if I ever will, but I really enjoy it.

Daemon Prince


One of the versions GW offered during 2nd Edition as a Daemon Prince, stock except for the head which I took from a Fleshhound. I painted him in honor of the Blood God and this model has seen dozens of tabletop encounters. His crowning achievement was killing Marneus Calgar in single combat!

Ork Dreadnought (Goff Clan)


I tried very hard to make this look as close to the GW model as possible. Later on I removed the Lascannon and replaced it with another Power Claw. This model was guaranteed to show up on the table every time I played my Orks. It has been destroyed so many times I couldn't possibly count them all.

Ork Dreadnought (Evil Sunz Clan)


This was the 2nd Ork Dreadnought I ever got, and it came bare metal in a box of stuff Jeff gave me. It is RT Dreadnought and is the larger of 2 that were available if I recall correctly. My intent was to have a Dreadnought for each Clan. I achieved that goal.

Thanks for looking. I hope people enjoy seeing stuff like this, and I encourage folks to post pics of their own old stuff here. I'll be back to post more ancient relics of wargame history another day.


*edited for accuracy*

While that is quite a collection, Im glad some of them were safely left in the past.

I remember some of those fondly

I loved Necromunda back when, though i ran Spyrers. Having a 4 model gang was fun

I had the chaos dread and the ork dreads too, and a fair few of the other models

Love seeing the old land raider, takes me back to being 10 again. Great photo's everyone.

@ AvatarForm- I'm glad someone else sees the value in letting some things just "be". I will admit to having taken some of my older stuff and converting it to today's standard, but it was mostly 2nd Ed plastics. I have converted a couple RT Chaos Marines to fit better into my Death Guard, but they are specifically for play instead of display, and in my mind nothing makes a model happier than getting knocked about on a game table.

@ Ascalam- I hated Spyrers. Great models and great if you are playing them, not so great for maintaining balance in League play.

@ deejaybainbridge- Finding that Land Raider brought back a lot of good memories. I need to bring out the force I used to play it with and see how it fares in 5th Ed.

That daemon prince is converted, yes? Flesh hound head?

Thanks for showing these mini's mate,the gangs remind me of a gang my mate had when i was a teenager.

@ Feldenglas- Aaagghhh! Good catch! Yes, it is converted. I did it so long ago and have been looking at it like that for years that I completely forgot about that! I'm going to have to edit the entry to reflect that it is a conversion.

@ shingouki- Glad you enjoyed that. The whole idea of this thread (other than me being able to show off my old stuff) is to stir up decent memories. This is a greta hobby and I've had a lot of fun with this over the years. I'm so glad I got back into it.

i love the look of alot of the old minis it took me back to my childhood when i first started the hobby

Man, skalk, that was refreshing. Humble beginnings are always nice to see. That Evil Sunz dred is an awesome model. So clunky. Necromunda was/is amazing and I truly miss playing it. Ah scavvies. When in doubt, throw a hatchet.

Awesome pics.

@ fatrhertime13- Yeah, me too

@ Moltar- I really like the old miniatures. The new ones have amazing detail, etc... but the old ones are what I started with. Nothing can replace that.

@ Movac- Thanks, glad you liked them, more coming!



Another update as I open the vault and find more things that would belong on this thread.


Bad Moon Ork Vehicles


I can't remember if it was Epicast or Armorcast (bit I'm really thinking Armorcast) that made this Ork Battlewagon. Yes, that is a Battlewagon, not a Buggy. Orks were a bit smaller back then. The Dreadnought is the original Ork Dreadnought with stock weapons. I had a large force of Bad Moon boyz, an dey gotz the best stuff cuz dey had more teef whut ta buy tings wif. I have a mob of boys where every model has a Plasma Gun. And it was leagl in 2nd Ed. I miss those days.

Beastman


Yes, really. This is a RT model, says "Beastman" on the tag. I've never played it but chances are it is about to join my Cultist force.

Bloodletters


The original, but I had to convert the Hellblades because the guy I bought them off from clipped them for a different project he was working on. I have to say this is a case where the older model is not as good as later generations, but most recently they have come right back to this design. I prefer the beefy ones w/ the axes. THOSE are what I envision when i think of Khorne. But whatever. These Bloodletters are older than a lot of people on Dakka so they deserve a place here, and I played many games w/ them and they fared pretty well in most situations. I just don't like the model much.


Bloodbowl Trolls


I love these guys. Bloodbowl is such a goofy game to begin with, Orks are ridiculously funny, and the Trolls added a really fun (if unpredictable) element to the game. I want to play Bloodbowl again.

Minotaur


I picked this up a bit later in my gaming career, about 10 years ago or so. I never had the chance to field it, but it was painted to match with my Chaos Warriors. I wanted to run a unit of Minotaurs w/ them but now you cannot take allies. It will see play at some point I am sure.

Thanks for sharing this old stuff! Sure, some of it is relatively poor in sculpt, but it's so evocative!

I rather like the kind of snaky Bloodletters, but that's mostly because they're more obviously not a human or alien with biology which corresponds to any real-world realism. Beefy muscular bloodletters are too logical. Crazy, bent-over, thin-bodied bloodletters are obviously something wrong from the warp; as opposed to an alien creature with a physiology which makes some sort of sense.

You should try out Blood Bowl again. It's always been one of GW's best designs, but a few years back they allowed a group of fans to revise it, which has ironically resulted in an incredibly tight and professionally-edited version of the rules. It's amazing.

I love classic minis, and all of these are from around the time I was heavily into Warhammer, memories and inspiration, thank you so much for taking all of these great pics!

@ Mannahnin- I can't argue with this: "Crazy, bent-over, thin-bodied bloodletters are obviously something wrong from the warp". I still like the beefy ones better (they look like little Bloodthirsters!) but you put my view of the RT (and now current again) styles into a better perspective. And thanks for the heads up on Bloodbowl. My #1 limiting factor is finding people to play with. My gaming group is awesome but very 40Kcentric. I want to get them going on a few older games like Blood Bowl and Necromunda (especially Necromunda) or even Mordheim... but it is what it is. I'm happy to have people locally to play something with.

@ Ambul- Hey, decent seeing you again. I'm glad you liked the trip down memory lane. I have some other stuff I'll be posting up before long, I'm going to dig out my WFB boxes and share some of my favorite stuff from them.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

Beastmaster

One of the more fun aspects of being a League Arbitrator was messing with people. The Underhive is full of nasty critters and I made sure there were a lot of random encounters with them. My collection of noisome beasties is huge. Someday I'd like to finish them.

Facehuggers!!!!! Are they conversions? If so, please make a tutorial!!!! The assassins face and the bloodletters arms were also good for quite a laugh! Thanks for making my day!

Cult! nice job mate!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

Most definitely Armorcast. I remember seeing 3 - 4 of these boxes in my garage a while ago.

would you mind if i posted one of my oldies. Its my favorite mini and the commander of my current imperial force. Meet Magos Maxwell:




(p.s. Its the guy that will power-battleaxe your face)

@ tehbarry- Those are Ripper Jacks from the old Necromunda range. You can find them on eBay every now and then.

@ Theofilos- I'm glad you enjoyed it. Stop back by, more is coming!

@ spencertheman- thanks for the clarification. I looked it up after I posted this. Should have done my homework before I posted.

@ lord marcus- AWESOME! I've been hoping other people would post their ancient metal here. I have the two models in the back (Mago Maxwell and his cloaked counterpart) but I never painted them. If you have more to share, please do!

On that note, if anyone has anything they would like to share here they are absolutely encouraged to do so.

The cloaked model is actually a resin cast from Troll forged. He just looks deceptivly like his older counterpart. Funny thing, I received Magos maxwell unpainted as a secret santa gift. I have a thing for mechanicus stuff and i always want more. its why i've been trying to organize a system where i can swap bionic bits with people.

I'll have to dig into my Mechanicus models and post the one I thought that was. Awesome looking model!

I always like the old bloodletters better, they are more alien/demonic looking, the newer ones looked like big red guys.

Good stuff, i really like seeing these again, i always loved those Ogryns.

This thread is really showing how far model designs have come on over the years.

I wish I had kept my childhood minis in reasonable condition, but I suppose you don't know how much you'll wish you kept them when your that age.

Keep em coming.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/315548.page

If you like old models you should check out weety's blog, she has some cool stuff too.

I love the old stuff, it has tons of character

This made me completely forget what I was doing for half an hour - You have so many cool RT minis - possibly even more than me...

Awesome stuff. I love seeing this stuff getting painted and use.

Makes me want to work on my stuff.

@ lord marcus- I have been looking for those miniatures and I can't find them! I've torn apart every place that they would logically be. I'll start looking in weird places next. I will post them as soon as I find them.

@ Andrew1975- I get the whole "twisted by the warp" thing but I'm always going to like these better:


@ Rayvon- I have 9 in all, if you'd like I can post the lot of them. There's at least one of the old models I do not have, perhaps someday I'll eBay for it.

@ deejaybainbridge- I agree. I'll always love the old models but the newer sculpts amazing me when it comes to detail. More are coming, I'm going to dig out my WFB Chaos and Undead soon.

@ dantay_xv- I'm a huge fan of weety and have credited her w/ inspiration on some of my paint jobs. And speaking of weety...

@ weetyskemian44- Yay! I'm glad I could finally return the "favor". I've gotten completely lost in your blog before. I'll be posting a lot more stuff before long, it's easier to update threads w/ stuff I've already done that keep up w/ my other two blogs. Ha.

@ 92acclude- Almost everything (except the Death Guard) is stuff that painted back in the day and profiling now, but I'm going to start getting back into my RT / 2nd Ed stuff because what I would really like to do is actually paint the stuff I have had around for years. I know I'll never get to all of it, but the things I can actually put on the tabletop deserve to get finished.



Thanks all for your comments, it's really appreciated! I'll be posting more pics soon. If anyone has any requests I'll see if I have it and post it here. And remember that everyone is invited to post their old RT / 2nd Ed stuff as well. I'd like to see this thread become a community project if possible. There's so many people with so much great stuff from back then, it would be awesome to compile some of it in one place.

I'll be back with more memories soon!

@ Andrew1975- I get the whole "twisted by the warp" thing but I'm always going to like these better:

I understand, but to me those just look like everything else. Those could be red painted beast men. I liked chaos when it was more chaotic. Monsters looked like monsters and chaos marines were not just spiky.

Hehe looks weird,but awesome.

Anyone know where would be a gallery of ALL or almost all of the models that GW has done? Would be awesome to see all the oldies.

Lumppu wrote:Hehe looks weird,but awesome.

Anyone know where would be a gallery of ALL or almost all of the models that GW has done? Would be awesome to see all the oldies.

http://www.solegends.com/ has some stuff.

Ok, got round to digging out the remains of my old 'stealer cult (those that haven't seen the light and joined the guard or turned completely to chaos). Hybrids, scavvies, tech-gangers and pirates, with the last few having already lost their arms in preparation to moving faction.



They were my favourite guys back in the day, probably my best paint-job from back then too, we're talking 20-year old enamels and plenty of dry-brushing on these dudes

Genestealer Cult!!! Yes!!

That's a great collection you have there. I know what you mean about losing Cultists back to the "light" of the False Emperor or embracing the entirety of Chaos (all of my 2nd Ed Cadians got pulled from the Cult and put back in my IG force, and some of my weird mutie but still human models went to my new Cultists list I'm working on right now).

Now I want to go pull more of my Genestealer Cult out! Thanks for posting that, looking forward to anything else you feel like sharing.

Loving all the old school minis.

I was going to post more of my own Genestealer Cult but when I started getting into things I thought instead I'd post my old Tyranid army.

I remember the very first time I saw Genestealers. They were in a box set at a game store in Hawaii called Jellys. I looked at them for a bit and decided they were pretty cool but I had no idea what they were (I hadn't been shown the light if the True Emperor yet). A short while after this I bought the original Space Hulk game and man I went back to Jellys and bought ALL their Genestealers. I started a Cult force shortly thereafter. It never saw the tabeltop until '96 or '97 becasue it took me a long time to actually get it built up enough to play. As with most things I went way nuts with it and wound up with around 160 Genestealers. When the Tyranid Codex came out for 2nd Ed I figured I already had a Tyranid army so I just needed to fill a few pieces in.

Since getting back into 40K in 5th Ed I've bought the new Tyranid Codex and it looks pretty awesome but I just haven't gotten into it. Things have cnaged a lot and I'm just not feeling the interest. I did try playing a 100% Genestealer list, and it was great fun for my opponents to crush me. I haven't tried again.

Anyway, here's my Tyranid Army.

Genestealers


Green, white, brown, red... whatever. Genestealers are blue and purple. I'll never see them as anything else. But the rest of the Tyranid list was all sorts of wild colors, none of which I thought really worked with Genestealers. I had a few models already painted in GW Tyranid colors (A Carnifex and a Lictor) but then I had an idea. I traded the painted models w/ a friend of mine for bare metal and started over. I used the Genestealer color scheme straight through my entire army.

Hive Tyrant


RRRaaaaggghhhhh!!! Man I just love this model. I remember painting this and not having much fun w/ it at first because I knew the model deserved more skill and attention than I was giving it. I kept going though, and while the finished product on this model (indeed, my entire army) is not anything I'd ever enter into a contest I'm satisfied with my results.

Zoanthrope


I played this model only a few times because I was really more intent on the rip / crush / consume aspect of the Tyranid list.

Lictor


I have 2 of these, but the other one was converted into a Tyranid Prime for my 5th Ed. Genestealer HQ. I used to play these every single game I played. The psychological aspect of having it in my list, just sitting on the side of the table, waiting to deploy into the forces of my enemy... the stats for the Lictor says it cases Fear. Yes, it did.

Carnifex




Also known as the Screamer Killer, it was almost always the heaviest-hitting model on the table. And at 199 pts before Biomorphs it should have been. An absolute monster both figuratively and literally. After I played one the first time it started attracting a lot of attention... usually in the form of Lascannons. So I bought another one and let them play on the tabletop together.

Tyranid Warriors


I have... 12 of these? Maybe more, not really sure right now. I usually played these as CC troops w/ Boneswords but after a while I painted these up with 2 Deathspitters (stock model option) and a Barbed Strangler (conversion w/ leftover bit from the Hive Tyrant kit) to change things up a bit. These are the only Tyranid Warrior models that got the "Genestealer" color scheme, I never got around to finishing the others.

Bivore and Spore Mines



I'm missing one Spore Mine. Hmm. Anyway, being an Ork player primarily back when I was experimenting w/ 'Nids, I absolutely HAD to have this in my list. The entire table was in range, it scattered minimum D6 from where I shot it, but if I "missed" it was ok because the mines just drifted around looking for something to blow up on. Loved playing this against my friends IG.

Hormagaunt


I got these towards the end of my Tyranid experiment. They aren't finished because of that. Base colors are good but no shading. In game terms these were a decent alternative to Genestealers in CC at 13 pts apiece w/ Sharpened Claws biomorph and could be in broods of 24 where Genestealers were 28 pts and could only field 12 in a brood. In game terms it made sense to try playing them. In real-life finances it was insane! GW priced me out of these and after getting 12 I was done. I never did get to see if they were worth it or not.

Termagaunt


I have these in metal and in plastic. This was the prototype, the very first model I painted in the Genestealer theme. It was also the only Termagaunt that was painted this way, the others were based blue and that was it. The interest in playing the army started to fade as the clarion call of Chaos grew ever louder and I returned to the Black Crusade.

It was a fun experience and if nothing else it was unique in my gaming group because out of at least 20 people I knew who gamed, I had the only Tyranid force.

That's all for this one. More coming soon. Thanks for reading and as always I encourage other people to post their RT / 2nd Ed stuff. No matter what comes in the future of wargaming I will always have a place for old miniatures.

Not appearing in this list- Ripper Swarms. I have no idea where they are.

Some great old model there, shame you have the old armourcast battlewagon as it not as good as the plastic one.

Cool stuff monkeytroll I've not seen a lot of those minis before! I imagine they are conversions knowing you.

Love your tyranids skalk. ts great to see your old school army - I hope everyone gets inspired and posts all their oldschool stuff - I like living in the past when it comes to warhammer.

Although i did open a copy of white dwarf today and saw some really cool fantasy monstrous creatures.

Figured it was time to pull out something old and share it here again. After seeing the photo I sort of wish I'd used a different backdrop, but eh... it is what it is.



These are part of the first WFB army I played. I was all about Orks and Orcs back then. I miss those days sometimes.

Been a while since I posted here. Hoping this might generate interest from folks.

I pulled this old Daemon Prince out the other day, had to do some repair to his CCW, it's not the original. Not sure where the original is. Hmm.



Also painted up some more old CSM for my Plague Marines. Some are original plastics, some RT / 2nd Ed. Metal, some 2nd Ed CSM plastic.









Thanks for looking. And if you have any old stuff you'd like to share, please feel free to post it! I always enjoy seeing other old miniatures here.

Awesome seeing those old school Death Guard and Nids. I've got whole army of 2nd ed. nids myself, most of it NIB. Seeing yours makes me want to get it on the table again.

Great thread and awesome models...really brings me back. You have a great collection there my friend.

I always love your Nurgle stuff Skalk, but thats some really smart orks too!

wow thous old nids have way more personality to them than the new models.

A year or two ago, I found a pack of Bugman's rangers rotting from dust under a shelf at my FLGS (the store's old, okay) It turns out that they are over 20 years old, and were removed from inventory about 17 years ago when they went missing. I lovingly painted them and are now the stars of my WHFB collection. I should take some pics of them with my new Nikon and post them.

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@ jhon- If I had the 'Nids to do over again I'd still do the same scheme, and I have to say I enjoy the old models more than most of the newer ones.

@ killykavekommando- I had 2 sets of those that I gave to my buddy Daichallar so he could fill out his Dwarves. I was always attracted to the lore and mythology of Dwarves (in historical as well as gaming aspects) and wanted to play them in 40K but never got to it. So at very least they have a good home and will see action on the table. I just had them as a collection.

Would love to see your stuff posted here!

I sold off 99% of my old miniatures, ill have to have a rummage and see if i have any left in my drawer of mangled minis

@ Skippy- Yeah, that sort of thing happens. But I'd like to see what you have left!

Went digging around the other day and found a couple more to share. First up was my very, very short-lived attempt to get into Skaven. I love the fluff for them, and really are they not just more children of Chaos? But I never got further than this:



I think these are from THE original Warhammer plastic set, can't find a picture of the box but it had plastic Elves, Dwarves, Humans, Orcs, Goblins, and Skaven. If these miniatures aren't from that set, I have a couple of those sets kicking around in my Bitz boxes anyway. I collect a few handfuls of Skaven, painted a few Rat Ogres, had a few special units... not sure where most of that is now, maybe I traded it? I have only a few plastic left. Have thought about the possibility of Chaos Space -Marines- Skaven, but no. No no no. I have enough projects as it is

Next up was a Flagellant for my Witch Hunters from Mordheim, but the model is much older than that. I had entertained the ide of an Empire army once... in fact I think the only army I didn't try to collect was anything Elf-related. Elves. Feh. *spits*



Hope those stir up some memories! Feel free to post your old stuff here, would love to see it!

Here are a couple of second hand figures I had awhile back

Ahh 1991, a good year. This was a great thread. Loved seeing all the old minis. The Plague Marines were great, and I liked the color variation. Great work all around.

Great thread Skalk! I guess I have to get my camera and take some pics.

Here's something (sorry, it's a bit dark):

I love the palanquin, thats the model I'm considering using for my HQ unit for csm - I'm reluctant to start it however as I'm sure GW will stop letting us having them!

@ Warlord Imp- This is one of my favored original Marines!


Thanks for sharing that! Now I have to go digging through my old Marines and see if I can find him.

@ Hyenajoe- I had no idea you had that! I would *really* appreciate it if you found time to dig through your old stufff, I know you have some amazing stuff in there.

@ Tortured-Robot- You could post your entire Chaos Marine thread here. As far as the Palanquin, I'm guessing we're going to get MORE cool stuff back, CSM players have been kicking GW since the 5th Ed Codex came out.

Looking forward to seeing more classic miniatures here! Thanks everyone for posting, and thanks for looking!

Heh true, I like these two of mine, and they have been converted too much

@ skulk bloodaxe - that battlewagon looks a lot like the old GW plastic kit with a few bits left off but wouldn't swear to it!

This thread a real walk back in time for me! Some reminders of things I'd long forgotten...

On a different note, I've been digging through some of my old stuff and plan to put some really old stuff up on here! One I'd forgotten I had was a fair number of v old Flying Gargoyles of Barda Regiment of Renown... No pic yet unfortunately. Are these rare, I can't remember seeing any for a long long time...

wow! i'm feeling seriously nostalgic now!

Great thread. Really like the old tyranids. I think almost all old models have a place in a modern army.

Very nice Thread tho i gotta say i am fairly new to the game so i have never seen these models

@ Speed10wing- Both of those Battle Wagons are old Armorcast vehicles. I do have the original plastic Battlewagon but I never painted it. I may dig it out just to post here.

@ flashbang- Thanks for checking this out, and feel free to share if you have some old stuff you'd like to post here!

@ Ratius- Wow, those 'Nids are excellent! I really tried to get into playing them but it just never worked out for me. I really like the Dread, and the Grots, too. I must have 200 of those things (trades and trades and trades). The Wraithlords are simply amazing. I absolutely hated fighting against them (Eldar in general) Great stuff all around, thank you for sharing those!

@ Samus_aran115- Hoping to see some of your stuff here!

@ GreyTauKnight- eBay, my friend. eBay.

I think this weekend I'm finally going to pull out my old Chaos Warriors. I have some ancient stuff in there that belongs on this thread.

When I'll get enough time, I'll try to find some of my relics and take pics. I Have some incredible stuff, but -sadly- some of my best pieces are still unpainted.

Wow lots of very cool old miniatures here i think i will take some pictures of my old stuff and share them with you guys too









Oops rather large pics sorry guys

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:


Death Guard Plague Marines

Any chance we could get a few up close shots of these guys? I really want to use some greenstuff and make some of my newer marines look like these!

I saw some one up there with a 2nd ed carnifex, but my intrest realy lies in 3rd ed. I would like to see a 3rd ed hive tyrant again, complete with those gaurds that looked like warriars, exept for having what looks like a 5th ed hive guard carpace. carnifex in any edition never intrested me but I love genestealer cults.for once I appreciate nostalgia!

A Librarian I got in a trade with a fellow dakkanaut.

They are just awesome miniatures guys. Just found some of my old minis and are repainting them will put up pics when done.

The marine on the right, second pic down... Gosh I wish I'd known that model existed before making my Inquisitor!

Gotta agree with you on the muscular bloodletters being the best.

Old models are growing on me more and more, I still think old termies (GKs too) look absolutely ridiculous, but a lot of the Chaos and Eldar stuff was pretty cool. I think Nurgle demands old minis

Tyranids looked laughable though, I must say (sorry!).

Bear in mind I am new with 5th

Loving all of them!

Love the Ogryns.

Thanks a lot Skalk

Wow,
I am loving the Old-school on this thread. Makes me want to go paint the RT Marines I've got in a box...

Goddy wrote:Wow lots of very cool old miniatures here i think i will take some pictures of my old stuff and share them with you guys too









Oops rather large pics sorry guys

I have the slaaneshi witch in the middle of the first pic as my slaanesh herald. She also is hated and feared in my D and D games, as she is usually the evil caster physrep

I have the knights also. I found them at the bottom of my bitz trunk, and am stripping them as a new painting project

Love this thread. Encourages peeps to look again at those battered old classics
The same type of librarian model shown above with a new, if somewhat basic paintjob, from my collection, Just to show how well they scrub up:



And something I'm a bit more proud of:



1988 I think.

Yay, it's the khornish green-axe guy I still think that helmet is fantastic

Goddy - liking those slaaneshi guys, the pink/green combo is a killer.

Pink and green kicks ass! Reminds me of a candy bar they used to make that was sweet(pink) and sour(green)

It's been a long time since I've had anything cool enough to share here. I picked these up a short while ago from eBay. I'm really looking forward to painting them. I'm going to add them to my Plague Marine list as Allies.



Hoing this bump spurs some renewed interest in old miniatures. If anyone else has some to share please feel free to post them here.

Oh man, that stuff is awesome. Though I feel old now

Bugger I remember when most of that 40k stuff came out.

Love the old 2nd edition hive tyrant I think it looks a lot better than the newer ones. I still got some bits of my old one like a venom cannon and barbed strangler.

I have a unit of those old plaguebearers to paint up eventually.

Awesome models that just exude character.

Thought I'd post these two pics (the two at the bottom). This is a figure my Mother recently found when doing some cleaning. I bought it many years ago when I first started wargaming before I even started playing 40k and it was old then. I never had a use for it, so it never got opened up and I had forgotten about it for a long time. I just sold it recently to someone who has been looking for it for years, so it's finally found a good home.

It's "The Warlord Aetius" from a series that Citadel did around 1987 called "Warriors". It's made up of historical figures from a book or series of books by the Blandford company. As you can imagine, the figs and the huge bases are long OOP.
Here's an advert for the series, note the price at the bottom!:

You can see more information about the series here:
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Blandford_Warriors
http://www.solegends.com/citwarriors/index.htm