Dave Taylor selling Legio Custodes army...

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**legoburner**

We dont normally allow this sort of post in the News and Rumours forum, but since it is Dave Taylor, it is his amazing custodes army and it is for an extremely good cause, I thought I'd give it a bit of free promotion.

Here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250704639254&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_857wt_972

And here is the story:

I built this army in 2004 and have used it on a number of occasions at local tournaments. It's composition was designed to tap into a lot of the Adrian Smith art, rather than be a "killer list". It has attracted a lot of attention over the years, thanks chiefly to it's appearance in the GW US webzine Black Gobbo, as well as a feature article in the GW US White Dwarf issue #300 (January 2005, pages 156-161).

It has always had, and will continue to have, a special place in my heart. So, why am I selling it?

Recently two friends (and co-workers) suffered some very tragic occurrences in their lives.

One friend was body surfing and was dumped by a wave. He hit the bottom and broke his neck. Not only was he fortunate enough to not drown, but he was also not permanently paralyzed. He did, however, have to take a chopper ride to shock trauma where he underwent three emergency surgeries to save his life and future mobility. He is currently undergoing the early stages of his long rehabilitation process (and painting some Wood Elves as a dexterity building exercise). The real tragedy here is that he was "in-between" employer-supported insurance programs, and has some pretty big bills to pay.

My other friend was fortunate enough to be with his wife when she gave birth to their first child. Less than a week later, his wife passed away from a pregnancy-related complication that really could never have been spotted. It took the coroner two weeks to determine the cause. That's how obscure and hidden it was. My friend is now back at work and raising his son. As any of us with spouses and kids know, that is really tough - emotionally, physically, and financially.

I've had a lot of offers for this army over the years. Some of them I was sorely tempted by. But not until these recent occurrences has there been a real opportunity to do some good with it.

All of the proceeds for the sale of this army will go to these two deserving friends. Please, dig deep (or tell your wealthy friends to dig deeper) and let's see if we can't help out a little bit.

Dave is also a user here on dakka and has an amazing load of blood pact models in his gallery.

**AgeOfEgos**

Beautiful army, class act. A credit to the hobby.

**Uriels_Flame**

As a family who has also been helped by others in the 40k community, I hope this goes well for them.

**Cheese Elemental**

Wish I could pay for it. It's one hell of a good cause.

**Daggermaw**

I was just about to buy another motorcycle, but nevermind I'll buy this instead.

**Tim the Biovore**

Cheese Elemental wrote:Wish I could pay for it. It's one hell of a good cause.

Same here. I hope it sells for lots.

**Reecius**

Damn, Dave Taylor is even more the man now than he was before.

**greenbay924**

My prayers go out to your friends, wish I could purchase this.

**Erasoketa**

I guess most of us can't afford the bid. Is there any info about smaller donations?

**Flachzange**

AgeOfEgos wrote:Beautiful army, class act. A credit to the hobby.

This just about sums it up!

**avantgarde**

Quick somebody talk an online store into matching the final price with an equal sized donation.

**MagickalMemories**

Which online store do you think could afford to drop :checks current auction price: $1725+ like that?
At GW markup, that's around $5000 or more in sales for most of them to make that kind of profit.

Better yet, talk Dave into adding a *Donate* PayPal link to his blog (if he hasn't already).

Eric

**usernamesareannoying**

who is dave taylor?

**Kirasu**

I hope it sells for a lot Dave, you're a good man

Only 9days left with 16 bids so far.. lol. Recession, indeed

**RiTides**

That's a great thing to do, and it's a beautiful army for those with enough money to put towards the cause!

**VikingScott**

Absolutley beautiful army.

**Jackal**

Great guy, and really, should be an example to be followed.

Guess ill have to throw a few bids in here and there to push the price up.
If i manage to get it, result, i now have a showcase army that will be kept on display.
If i dont, atleast ive helped out.

**DeathGod**

Erasoketa wrote:I guess most of us can't afford the bid. Is there any info about smaller donations?

I'm sure if you contact Dave through either a PM here on Dakka or through his blog (davetaylorminiatures on blogspot) he can get you in contact with the appropriate people for smaller donations.

**Lord_Astaroth**

I remember seeing these in US WD300. Simpy amazing.

**davetaylor**

Hi guys

Thanks to Legoburner for posting this. Obviously this is a great help in getting out the word and raising a lot for my friends, John and Justin.

Some of you have asked about smaller donations, well I've bugged the guys for their Paypal accounts and I have John's posted on my blog here:
http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/10/doing-right-thing.html

As soon as I get the address from Justin I'll put his up too.

Thanks again for your support, these guys truly appreciate it.

Cheers
Dave

**Alpharius**

usernamesareannoying wrote:who is dave taylor?

Quite simply, The Man.

He used to work for GW in an official capacity and was responsible for some of the more amazing conversions in WD.

Not the least of which is the army he's selling on eBay right now!

**RiTides**

Thanks for posting the paypal link, Dave! Would be awesome if Dakka members giving small amounts helped out, too, it's a great cause!

I actually met Dave Taylor when I was just getting back into 40k. Had a long chat with a guy with an accent who gave me all this advice about painting

. Didn't find out who it was until afterwards!

Definitely, the man

**MagickalMemories**

Wow. it's at $2800 with 6.5+ days to go!

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

Eric

**kinghammer**

It's at $2900 with 4 days left

**BrassScorpion**

The Legio Custodes Army auction is now at $3650 with 17 hours to go. And yes, this is a deliberate bump of a most worthy topic.

**lord marcus**

two hours left, same price

**GalaxyGames**

Mhmhm exciting.

**Kurgash**

I just hope the guy who bought it will actually use it instead of just letting it collect dust in his basement

**Alpharius**

Sold, at $3800!

Well worth it, it is one of my favorite "Dave Taylor" armies.

I have to laugh in that I considered trying to bid and win this army - that Chaplain is fantastic, those dreads, etc.

Still, glad to see so much money raised for a worthy cause!

Congrats Dave!

And congrats to the winner!

**BloodThirSTAR**

This army should be put in a glass case at Nottingham for display. It is one heck of an amazing army. Both the painting and conversions are way over the top.