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For the cost of the Forgeworld Mk1, someone could probably buy a NOS Mk1 Rhino and Land Raider to make their own. I love the Proteus and appreciate Forgeworld's effort, but hate the price (currently around $145 USD).

The Ciaphas Cain model from the Black Library.

Im not sure i'd call it a holy grail but its something ive wanted since i first saw it. Im not even sure what its called and it was more of a diorama piece i believe. Anyway it was a kind of ruined churchy/templey thing and it had Abaddon standing in it with a bunch of Dark Angel and Space Wovles bodies scatted around the place. I think it had something to do with the eye of terror campaign or it was part of the Dark Angels fluff. I dont remember properly though so dont quote me on it. I trawl ebay looking for it from time to time but my searchs arent made easy because of the fact i know so little about it.


Gun to my head though i think my holy grail would either be a fullly decked out Space marine chapter including full armoury of tanks, servitors and Thunderhawks. OR a Full Imperial guard regiment.
I also wouldnt say no to the full range of Zoids toys. Had a couple when i was little but i lost em over the years.

MY UNholy grail is the old and rare minatures.

to date i have 1st ed Eldar
the scouts from lost patrol
many 1st/2nd ed skaven
the contents of both dungeon quest and warhammer quest
metal terminator
1st ed plastic chaos warriors(minus the heads )
REALLY old pos 1st ed nurgle plague bearer
various old skellys.
and more but i cant recall it all now.

I am also after last eds daemonettes(the ones with all the boobs ) Titans tau tanks and various other super heavy tanks

An old Fimir warlord model.

Eilif wrote:Metal Magic Spacelords: Sardaykin Legionaires.
Specifically the officer figures and figures with needlers and autoguns. I've got most of the range, but I'd really like to have them all.

The problem isn't price, as Metal Magic Spacelords figs don't seem to have a great resale value, it's availability. I just can't seem to find any. The one's below are the ones I have. If anyone knows where I can find more...

You should email Doug at em4 miniatures. I believe they ended up with the moulds/rights for this range. They've restored some of them on their site, but if you're looking for specific castings, I'd email about it.

http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Spacelords.html

H.B.M.C. wrote:Suspension is for the weak! Real men just drive through the thing that's in their way.

And I wanted a Mk.II Land Raider as well. It's my aim to own at least one of every version of the Land Raider. How can I do that without the Mk.II?

Ive owned 2 of them and thought they were both total rubbish. Nothing fit together right and even the thick sides seemed warped. IMO one of FWs very few crap models.

bloodaxegit wrote:An old Fimir warlord model.

Just sold one NIB the other week. I come across them from time to time. I will give you a heads up when I get another.

Here's mine - the original LOTR Balrog. I did own the full set 'Encounter at Khazad-Dum' bhack in the late 80s / early 90s but had a hell of a job sticking him together - just kept falling apart under his own weight... This was way before I learnt about pinning models together ! I ended up swapping him for the Elf 'The Dragon Master' set, not sure why as I've never collected Elves, although do still have this model in a stripped down state (probably put it on eBay at some stage)



http://www.solegends.com/citlotr/bme3balrog.htm

Would also quite like a full set of the original Judge Dredd minis

http://www.solegends.com/citjd/index.htm

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Oh and get my IG diorama, SM army and random stuff completed as per my blogs !!

The original Dreamforge Games Leviathans. There's got to be less than 100 of those out there I'd think so I doubt it'll ever happen. That and I'd need the cash to be able to buy it off someone and that probably won't happen either.

This guy. If the Chaos Legions Book comes out in 2012, then my schedule will be:

2012: Finish Painting my orks and my Crimson Fists. Buy only 2 Contemptor Dreadnoughts and whatever Codecies come out.
2013: Slaanesh Army with this guy.

bbb wrote:The original Dreamforge Games Leviathans. There's got to be less than 100 of those out there I'd think so I doubt it'll ever happen. That and I'd need the cash to be able to buy it off someone and that probably won't happen either.

I believe the last time a Leviathan hit ebay it went for 1,200 plus. I would hop on it if I could afford that price.

This is a great thread. I am a huge fan of vintage minis and it's interesting to see what others like.

Snrub wrote:Im not sure i'd call it a holy grail but its something ive wanted since i first saw it. Im not even sure what its called and it was more of a diorama piece i believe. Anyway it was a kind of ruined churchy/templey thing and it had Abaddon standing in it with a bunch of Dark Angel and Space Wovles bodies scatted around the place. I think it had something to do with the eye of terror campaign or it was part of the Dark Angels fluff. I dont remember properly though so dont quote me on it. I trawl ebay looking for it from time to time but my searchs arent made easy because of the fact i know so little about it.

I know the picture you're talking about, but it was simply made with the Abaddon retail model, converted marines, and an older terrain of piece they sold.

You won't find it on eBay.

Platuan4th wrote:

Snrub wrote:Im not sure i'd call it a holy grail but its something ive wanted since i first saw it. Im not even sure what its called and it was more of a diorama piece i believe. Anyway it was a kind of ruined churchy/templey thing and it had Abaddon standing in it with a bunch of Dark Angel and Space Wovles bodies scatted around the place. I think it had something to do with the eye of terror campaign or it was part of the Dark Angels fluff. I dont remember properly though so dont quote me on it. I trawl ebay looking for it from time to time but my searchs arent made easy because of the fact i know so little about it.

I know the picture you're talking about, but it was simply made with the Abaddon retail model, converted marines, and an older terrain of piece they sold.

You won't find it on eBay.

Didn't Forgeworld do a large scale model of Abbadon? I seem to remember a bust they also did of him. I might be imaging the bust but im damn shure they did a 54mm or 93mm scale model of him a long while back.

Yup they did a statue. I believe it was considerably larger than 54 mm though.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

George Spiggott wrote:I've got that book. I'm not selling though.

I wish I'd picked up the yellow compilation book when I had chance.

I've got that and the red one too.

I'm not going to bother with what I call the v1.5 books (the revised vehicle and assault rules) so once I get CA I'll have a pretty complete run of the RT books. I even have a decent number of WDs from the time including the one with the original Ultramarine background (they live on Dune, they replaced the original UMs who fell to Chaos, the librarian is half eldar). Good, good stuff when you still felt like anything could happen.

Is that like WD 97 or 98 or around there?

I don't have grails per se - but regrets. back in the day when the WD mags had "cut out and paste" pages, and I was young without easy access to a photocopier, I used to do just that, so all those old WDs had pages cut out and put into folers whoch have been long lost, my original 1st-run Slaves to Darkness had pages pasted over entries and other pages, and my original 1st run S2D, Rogue Trader and Chapter Approved books all exploded (as the binding of the time did) and got given away/sold. I do have the collected red and yellow books, though.

I'm lucky enough to have a RT and both RoC books in good condition, with working binding. Not sure where they are right now after the house move earlier in the year, though. Would love to get a CH again to complete the ones I care about. Other than that, probably a few old RT-era models. I'm sure eBay will help me eventually.

Howard A Treesong wrote:

Brother SRM wrote:My holy grail was a Rogue Trader era Land Raider, but I was able to get one not too long ago. Unfortunately it needs some restoration work, but once it's ifxed up I can look for a new grail!

I had one and sold it, I have another old one encrusted in paint. I don't know how to strip it because of the size, it's not like I have a bucket of brake fluid.

Try a half-bucket of dettol/simple green. A bottle of the stuff in a small enough bucket should get about 50%+ of the thing immersed. Once it's been there for awhile, scrub it then flip it over and go again.

Well, my holy grail were the original Necromunda rulebook + sourcebook + all the Necromunda Magazines, but I managed to get them all through eBay a few years back...

Now I have no nerdject for which to aspire!

Mine would be 2 x Armour Cast Warhounds, and one more Reaver Class.Would complete my Legio Astraman Titan College.

Currently have...
1 Imperator
1 Warlord
1 Reaver Class (Need 1 more)
1 Warhound. (Need 2 more)

Apparently it is 3 Warhounds to 2 Reavers to 1 Warlord to 1 Imperator.... *Sigh - one can dream....

insaniak wrote:

Doctadeth wrote:My holy grail is to own the rogue trader miniture produced by GW during second edition I believe.

There was no Rogue Trader model released in 2nd edition. Rogue Traders haven't been a part of the game as anything other than background since Rogue Trader.

There were a couple released in either Late 1st ed (at the point they had very much moved on from the original RT ethos) or Early 2nd Ed. At least one was Ordo Malleus and it was definaitely post-ROC:STD. For some reason I'm thinking there may be pics in one of the 2nd Ed rulebooks. They had separate backpacks. SOL is blocked from work of course, so I can't check their release dates...

Scipio, I think you're getting confused between Rogue Traders and Inquisitors...

Although for what it's worth, there were no Inquisitors released in 2nd edition either. The models that were still around in 2nd ed were all Rogue Trader-era releases.

Ah yes you're right! There was also the Sensei figure released back in the RT days. I've got that somewhere, half painted and needing a strip and repaint. Just a shame it's such a shocking model.

As for my own grail(s), it'd mostly be a mix of various RT/1st edition models, mostly ones that I owned and sold in my youth (Squat Army, Metal & Plastic IG army, Metal Ork army, etc) Not in "army-sized" numbers, but enough for a squad of this and that to append to other armies.

For example, I've got the figures to make a dev squad of the original space marines - the ones with double-knobby knees and integral backpacks. Gonna paint them - how else? - as Crimson Fists!

I've slowly been regathering many of these figures, so the "grail" changes as we go. Got my LR kit, got my old Chaos Dreadnoughts, and so it goes..

I absolutely love the Adeptus Arbites models. Those are my holy grail. Unfortunately they tend to be too expensive for me, although currently I'm considering starting up an army of them, and slowly collecting them, model by model.

I have previously stated that my "holy grail" was the unrelreased Tyranid models. I have since decided that my "holy grail" is to have one of every Tyranid they have made.

scipio.au wrote:As for my own grail(s), it'd mostly be a mix of various RT/1st edition models, mostly ones that I owned and sold in my youth (Squat Army, Metal & Plastic IG army, Metal Ork army, etc) Not in "army-sized" numbers, but enough for a squad of this and that to append to other armies.

Heh, mine's along a similar line... although I would be more after the actual figures I owned I sold an Ork army to a guy in Rockhampton waaaay back in 2nd edition. It was one of the first 40K armies I assembled (based mostly around the starter set models, and assembled along with my original Marine army) and I've regretted selling it ever since.

It's never going to happen, but it would be awesome to get it back... :(

H.B.M.C. wrote:
The truth is I've never had much trouble getting hold of limited edition models be they old or new.

Well, most of those are out there - it's just a matter of how much one is willing to pay..


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insaniak wrote:

scipio.au wrote:As for my own grail(s), it'd mostly be a mix of various RT/1st edition models, mostly ones that I owned and sold in my youth (Squat Army, Metal & Plastic IG army, Metal Ork army, etc) Not in "army-sized" numbers, but enough for a squad of this and that to append to other armies.

Heh, mine's along a similar line... although I would be more after the actual figures I owned I sold an Ork army to a guy in Rockhampton waaaay back in 2nd edition. It was one of the first 40K armies I assembled (based mostly around the starter set models, and assembled along with my original Marine army) and I've regretted selling it ever since.

It's never going to happen, but it would be awesome to get it back... :(

Oh absolutely - I'd love to have the actual models back, but getting the same figures again is a good enough second place.

akira5665 wrote:Mine would be 2 x Armour Cast Warhounds, and one more Reaver Class.Would complete my Legio Astraman Titan College.

Currently have...
1 Imperator
1 Warlord
1 Reaver Class (Need 1 more)
1 Warhound. (Need 2 more)

Apparently it is 3 Warhounds to 2 Reavers to 1 Warlord to 1 Imperator.... *Sigh - one can dream....

What Warlord titan did you make/buy? Same with the emperor.

Also pics?

Duce wrote:

akira5665 wrote:Mine would be 2 x Armour Cast Warhounds, and one more Reaver Class.Would complete my Legio Astraman Titan College.

Currently have...
1 Imperator
1 Warlord
1 Reaver Class (Need 1 more)
1 Warhound. (Need 2 more)

Apparently it is 3 Warhounds to 2 Reavers to 1 Warlord to 1 Imperator.... *Sigh - one can dream....

What Warlord titan did you make/buy? Same with the emperor.

Also pics?

A little effort goes a long way. Try clicking on Akiras profile. Check out threads he has started, and look at the pictures in his gallery.

Sometimes it's just that easy.

My holy grail was a mint condition Warhammer Quest. I can go ahead and scratch that one off as it arrived today!