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2012/05/21 18:19:19
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Flashy Flashgitz
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Waaaaaaaaaaaagh! Pass me my Grog!. |
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2012/05/21 20:15:05
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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Those imperial beastmen are homebuilt from Catachans and fantasy beastmen boxsets.
While Rogue Trader era 40k did have Imperial Guard beastmen and the current rules dont you can make 40K beastmen Guardsmen here and now.
I am not sure if GW ever had actual beastmen 40K miniatures except on the old Necromunda style EPIC IG sprues.
As for squats. I still got my army.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
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2012/05/21 20:23:19
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Fixture of Dakka
Manchester UK
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I seem to recall one or two metal Beastman IG waaaaay back in the day.
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 Cheesecat wrote:
I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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2012/05/21 20:27:59
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
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Yeah I think that Beastman sargent is a modified officer from 3E.
The old-school gretchins are "the gak". Man, those models take me back...
Actually they might be orks. I don't really care.
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Ever thought 40k would be a lot better with bears?
Codex: Bears.
NOW WITH MR BIGGLES AND HIS AMAZING FLYING CONTRAPTION |
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2012/05/21 20:29:56
Subject: Re:The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I grabbed this guy of eBay for my Adeptus Mechanicus Force:
A Squat Servitor surely must be a nice status symbol for a Tech Priest, with the Squats being all eaten up by the Tyranids and whatnot  .
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2012/05/21 20:35:22
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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[DCM]
The Main Man
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Shouldn't this be in Dakka Discussions? Wargaming topics don't belong in the OT section!
Personally, I love Rogue Trader stuff. One of these days I'd like to get a copy of the book. I really like some of the RT-era Space Marines, they've got tons of character. Some of the old Warhammer Fantasy Chaos Warrior minis are awesome as well.
But holy crap, those pygmies are terrible on so many levels.
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2012/05/21 20:46:51
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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2012/05/21 21:37:04
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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d-usa wrote:
Just a little.
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2012/05/21 23:11:53
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Fixture of Dakka
Manchester UK
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Joey wrote:Yeah I think that Beastman sargent is a modified officer from 3E.
The old-school gretchins are "the gak". Man, those models take me back...
Actually they might be orks. I don't really care.
I've got gakloads if you're buying?
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Cheesecat wrote:
I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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2012/05/21 23:20:58
Subject: Re:The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Mutated Chosen Chaos Marine
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I have like 30 of those old school, plastic gretchin. How much are they worth?
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2012/05/22 01:32:01
Subject: Re:The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Good lord, those things are hideous! I'm glad they're all gone.
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2012/05/22 03:13:56
Subject: Re:The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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2012/05/22 03:25:39
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Changing Our Legion's Name
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of ages come and gone these are the days of our lives
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2012/05/22 06:16:37
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Insect-Infested Nurgle Chaos Lord
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I remember some of these guys 
I had a Slaan army, back when, heavy on the pygmies. I mean WAAAY back when
I had a fimir force
I had Squats with beastman IG support and Thudd guns/Mole Mortars.
I had a few of the old Imperial Robots, back when you had to write a pre-game program for them
I had a purple pimp-mobile riding Stealer Cult (and i really miss them.. :( I may have to collect another one bit by bit someday)
I had a Cathay/Nippon WHFB mini-force.
I had a Kislev one too 
I still have heaps of those old grots in my Waaagh, along with some really ancient and fugly (but awesome) old ork models.
Damn, now i'm coming over all sentimental.. where did i put my credit card ...
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The Viletide: Daemons of Nurgle/Deathguard: 7400 pts
Disclples of the Dragon - Ad Mech - about 2000 pts
GSC - about 2000 Pts
Rhulic Mercs - um...many...
Circle Oroboros - 300 Pts or so
Menoth - 300+ pts
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2012/05/22 08:33:33
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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Hah, I've got a some of those beastmen. Currently use them as penal legion proxies.
I suspect we'll see the Robots, or Legio Cybernetica, return. FW's Contemptor Dreadnought's back story references them and FW have indicated that they'd like to look at re-doing the robots.
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2012/05/22 09:02:13
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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At one time, they did penitents (penal legion) and suicide bombers (and they were the good guys, too.)
The penitents had explosive collars to prevent them running away.
The human bombs wore explosive harnesses - they ran at the enemy and went *boom*.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2012/05/22 09:36:32
Subject: Re:The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Norn Queen
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I miss these guys :(
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Dman137 wrote:
goobs is all you guys will ever be
By 1-irt: Still as long as Hissy keeps showing up this is one of the most entertaining threads ever.
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2012/05/22 11:23:35
Subject: Re:The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
On an Express Elevator to Hell!!
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Ah shame this has moved from the off-topic section, looking at some of the people posting it was like "so wait, you guys like miniatures?"
Good lord, those things are hideous! I'm glad they're all gone.
There were still some beautiful sculpts around back then, and let's face it many of us wouldn't be here now (and neither would GW!) if someone didn't like them!
And back then there was an emphasis on quality. Contrast the introduction of 'white metal' with what has happened with Finecast.
*takes off rose tinted spectacles*
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2012/05/22 12:31:43
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil
Way on back in the deep caves
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I always liked the first LOTR miniatures that Citadel made- the ones from about ten years before the movies. The Citadel AD&D figures are also close to my heart.
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2012/05/22 15:12:47
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Fixture of Dakka
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The figs your referring to are from a completly different game then the one that is currently ripping people off and taking thier sweet time to put the games back into games workshop.
others that come to mind are the commissar training squad, Ogryn squads, and rough riders.
Those old school IG had a unit of basic whitescars, who in these troubled times of 40K, would be a metric gak ton of cadians, with white stips down thier helmets.
The Orks had Goff Rockers.
Chaos had Slannish Noise Marines, and They had some really sweet Khone Blood Engines, as well as the fabled Armorcast Blood Couldron tank( think it was called)
Back in days of Yor, you had to make your own vehicles.
I miss the various Ork vehicles, as well as 2d edition orks with thier wacky racer weapons of dumb. The squg catapult, the zzap gun, the bubble chucka, the shock attack gun, the use of minions as ammo, the bases of snotlings that you could run across the table, and use as snot waves, bumrushing the enemy with 4 attacks... each.
4X 40 went a long way. 
etc.etc.etc.
2d edition was good stuff for what it was.
Grots need weapons such as the las gun, or the stub gun, again, as well as autoguns.
Other ones that come to mind was the 1st, and second edition cyberorks, and wierdboyz mobs.
and the khorn stormboyz.
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2012/05/22 17:22:43
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Androgynous Daemon Prince of Slaanesh
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And chaos dwarves are still around-you have 3 from the Hellcannon and Warhammer Forge is fleshing out the army-but even if WF wasn't making them, they still have a part and are useful in the Warriors army. I'd enjoy seeing them making a full comeback that isn't expensive as hell though-I'm a big Chaos fan in all it's parts, and I might actually give them a go if they 'officially' came back.
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Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
Manchu wrote:I'm a Catholic. We eat our God.
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2012/05/23 03:18:50
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Flashy Flashgitz
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snurl wrote:I always liked the first LOTR miniatures that Citadel made- the ones from about ten years before the movies. The Citadel AD&D figures are also close to my heart.
 Dear Odin, i totally forgot about them! yea man, they were great!.
Wow, thats right, one of em had a Slash look to him.
forgive me if im wrong, but,...Wasn't there a Thrud the Barbarian Miniature for Fantasy?
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Waaaaaaaaaaaagh! Pass me my Grog!. |
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2012/05/23 03:38:36
Subject: Re:The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Tough-as-Nails Ork Boy
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The old Goff Rokkerz make terrific Lootas!
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2012/05/23 04:14:10
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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There WAS a thrud miniature.
The Thrud Graffik novel (collection of strips from various WD when it had a cover price of 95p) had an advert for it.
Several other miniature companies have made pinhead barbarians since (or maybe it was just they were using a realistic scaled head on a "heroic" scaled model?)
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2012/05/23 11:48:05
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
On an Express Elevator to Hell!!
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Actually thinking about it now, was pinheaded Thrud the inspiration for the much-lambasted art of the Grey Knight that appeared on the cover of WD some time ago?
Used to really enjoy his comics though in WD each month.
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2012/05/23 12:20:45
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Basecoated Black
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I don't recall many of these figures but I do remember getting templates for Ork Battlewagons, Imperial Bastions and instructions of how to make Grav Tanks for Space Marines out of shampoo bottles, pen cartridges etc.....
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2012/05/23 15:08:00
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Flashy Flashgitz
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butchyboy73 wrote:I don't recall many of these figures but I do remember getting templates for Ork Battlewagons, Imperial Bastions and instructions of how to make Grav Tanks for Space Marines out of shampoo bottles, pen cartridges etc.....
Yes the famous Deodorant flyers. (Sniffles...) brings a tear to my eye.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yLzrhvPqcco/Tgze8px_7pI/AAAAAAAAB68/hapVZYIbRnY/s1600/White_Dwarf_095_Page_29.jpg
Thrud
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2TCYQxSUqGQ/SWtcintqOgI/AAAAAAAAAF4/TgkGyD-ikq4/s400/Thrud.jpg
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Waaaaaaaaaaaagh! Pass me my Grog!. |
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2012/05/23 16:49:52
Subject: The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Basecoated Black
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What kinda deodorant do you use? Is it the Lynx Affect that brings tears to your eyes? (sorry, easily amused)
I wonder what GW store staff would say if you brought one of these babies to your local store as part of your army..... "yeah, its a WYSIWYG transport vehicle, Ultra Clean Marines )"
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2012/05/23 16:51:38
Subject: Re:The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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Fixture of Dakka
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If only I had Old Incubi...
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BlapBlapBlap: bringing idiocy and mischief where it should never set foot since 2011.
BlapBlapBlap wrote:What sort of idiot quotes themselves in their sigs? Who could possibly be that arrogant?
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2012/05/23 16:52:27
Subject: Re:The Dead and Gone Miniatures of Fantasy/40k.
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[MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
Cozy cockpit of an Archer ARC-5S
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Zoats aren't out just yet, one is featured in one of the Storm of Magic novels.
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Fatum Iustum Stultorum
Fiat justitia ruat caelum
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