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Finally finished my range of 2nd Ed generic Librarians:


Here's the catalogue page from the 2nd ed Ultramarine Codex again:


I also just finished some Banshees from the same era for my slowly expanding Eldar army. Friggin love these models, especially the Exarch.


Next on the plate is some Dire Avengers, again ye-olde metals.

And speaking of old! I picked up a very rare model that was one of my "White Whales"! 1987, I believe. Forms a new category, which is Old Enough To Be President (35 years).

Wow, I love the colors on the librarians. Relictors? What was your painting process?


That old enough to be president model is wild, what is it supposed to be originally? It looks like it shares a lot of design cues with the Mechanicum Thallax. The helmet visor shape, sort of jetback situation, the gun shape and the chain bayonet. I guess it's just a wild sort of early space marine?

I'll have to get a picture of 3rd Company, Iron Defenders Chapter.

The youngest models are from the 3rd ed. boxed set. Everyone else would be at least 24.

Some great stuff in this thread. Awesome job on those marines Insectum.

I've just finished a metal Blood Axe Army. This is my favourite unit.

^Oooh, PaddyMick, that particular model practically gives me ptsd. The number of Terminators and Dreadnoughts I lost to those in 2nd . . .


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 ph34r wrote:
Wow, I love the colors on the librarians. Relictors? What was your painting process?

Not Relictors, just my own chapter/scheme. I basically always play them as Ultramarines. Because they're white, I jokingly call them Vanilla Marines.

As for painting, Prime white, blackline, clean with white, paint chapter badge and markings in black, dirty wash (mix of black and brown wash), then white to spot-clean/blend/highlight. Then the rest of the details. It sucks as a process but I love the output. It takes forever.

That old enough to be president model is wild, what is it supposed to be originally? It looks like it shares a lot of design cues with the Mechanicum Thallax. The helmet visor shape, sort of jetback situation, the gun shape and the chain bayonet. I guess it's just a wild sort of early space marine?

Yeah it's just some "Power Armored Trooper", more or less. Possibly an alternate style of Space Marine? It's got the chainsaw bayonet the Marines often had in those days. To me it seems like a more sci-fi take on power armor, rather than the more knights-inspired beakie. The rounded armor, ball joints and cables make me think of the covers of classic military sci-fi novels. I love it.

I recently painted some "oldies but goodies"...



Remember when Warhammer had ninjas?



Sooner or later, gonna get started on these guys:

Old enough to drink? Time for Lady’s Night at the bar.










These are the old metal SoB I painted for my friend that formed the core of his army. (He also grabbed a number of previously painted gals from ebay) Paint on most of them also dates back many editions, but some might be newer then 21 years.

@Nevelon: I definitely have a soft spot for those metal Sisters. I did a comission army of them back in the early '00s and it was a nice army.

@KidCthulu: I was never into fantasy so I don't remember the ninjas. Sweet models and nice paint jobs though! And what were those little Eldar things called? I want to say Spirit Walkers?

I think I've got you all beat...

 AndrewC wrote:
I think I've got you all beat...

I accept that its ancient . . . But what is it?

That is a Fiend Factory 19 Werewolf first advertised White Dwarf Issue 12, April/May 1989 and I bought it new, at the time, gawd I feel so old.....

It was in the 1980 catalogue

Andrew

I’ve got some old Grenadeir lead kicking around. Some even painted.

Spoilered for stupidly bad paint jobs. Earliest stuff I painted in this lot


Probably picked the early guys in the mid/late 80s?

Here’s a trio of vintage gobos up from the cellar.



Pre-slotta and full of character.

And then I also recently painted these slightly younger lot.

All time classic if not the original first Doom Diver produced.

 AndrewC wrote:
That is a Fiend Factory 19 Werewolf first advertised White Dwarf Issue 12, April/May 1989 and I bought it new, at the time, gawd I feel so old.....

It was in the 1980 catalogue

Andrew

1980 catalogue? . . daaaaaaamn.

 Nevelon wrote:

Spoilered for stupidly bad paint jobs. Earliest stuff I painted in this lot

Spoiler:

Hey man, they're still painted! Painted counts for a lot, even if it's not your finest work!

 theCrowe wrote:
Here’s a trio of vintage gobos up from the cellar.

Spoiler:

Pre-slotta and full of character.

And then I also recently painted these slightly younger lot.

All time classic if not the original first Doom Diver produced.

Any idea if the "goofy" gobbos is something that came from GW itself or is the cartoon-goblin thing from something earlier? I have a 1990 or 91 catalogue with a bunch of the early ork stuff, like Madboyz and such, and all the character in those early-years orks and gretchin lines is so amazing. I'm just wondering what the history of that is. I find it unique, but I'm not well versed in the fantasy line, or the source material it might be drawing from. Made for some really fantastic models though.

As a reminder drinking ages vary from 18 (UK) to 20 (Japan) to 21 (US) to 25 (India) and more. But I think I have all them covered with these guys.



1988 plastic IG.





Making my multiple 1994 guard armies look like spring chickens.

 Insectum7 wrote:
@KidCthulu: I was never into fantasy so I don't remember the ninjas. Sweet models and nice paint jobs though! And what were those little Eldar things called? I want to say Spirit Walkers?

Eldar Ghost Warriors.



The ones with the flamers are Executioner Class Drones and the one with the Shuriken Catapult is an Assassin Class Drone.

@Kid_yoto: Aw yeah! Metal Guardsmen are awesome. But your first pic reminds me that I've got about 40 of the ancient plastic Guardsmen in a box somewhere. In a box next to it should be about 40 of the ancient plastic Squats too! I'll have to figure out where that stuff is. . .

@KidCthulhu: "Ghost Warriors", nice. It's be cool to see those brought back. "Dying Race" and all. Wraithguard are cool and all, but sneaky little Eldar kill-drones is a great concept.

 KidCthulhu wrote:

 Insectum7 wrote:
@KidCthulu: I was never into fantasy so I don't remember the ninjas. Sweet models and nice paint jobs though! And what were those little Eldar things called? I want to say Spirit Walkers?

Eldar Ghost Warriors.



The ones with the flamers are Executioner Class Drones and the one with the Shuriken Catapult is an Assassin Class Drone.

So what were they used for? I don't remember ever seeing them being used.

They were back-line scouts, harrying the objectives, IIRC.
They had cloaking, and a couple of other tricks.

Oh, I have a couple in my pile of shame that are never going to see paint. Especially now that they are no longer used.

Andrw

Okay, here's a sampling of my venerable Marines complete with vintage Predator.

Love that vintage predator!

This is my vintage poor-marine’s-predator.


The venerable lascannon and twin-linked plasma gun Razorback.