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Hi all,

So was given these by a friend who found them and figured I might like them due to playing W40k.

My question is, what/who are they? Old school W40k? Rogue trader? Something else?



Thanks in advance.

They are scout marines ( from Advanced space crusade). Guy in the middle is carrying a Heavy Bolter.

They have a very Space Wolf look to them, don't they?

That was my reaction too... I thought blood claws

In this day and age they remind me of the house troopers from the dune sci-fi reboot. They had metals in that range, too. Nice score.

Used to have a bunch of these guys.

The game i got them from was Tyranid Attack, which was probably the same thing as ASC.

They were space wolf scouts boarding a tyranid hive ship.

Good times.

I actually can't recall, but here are the original sprues



I have a whole bunch of 'em. ASC or Tyranid Attack could be. They seem cast from around that era!

Cool, thanks team.

Guess I'll clean that flash off them and give them a coat of paint or two.

PS: That one in the middle is a heavy bolter? Wow.

ALL heavy weapons on marines back then were shoulder fired.

Missile launchers, heavy plasma gun (plasma cannon these days), multi-melta, lascannon, heavy bolter, conversion beamer.

Yeah, these date back to the RT period, like original space hulk, too.

I painted up a squad of these for my Crimson Fists a while ago, they painted up pretty nicely actually:


They've got better detail on them than a lot of models from that era.

Yup, I have two five-man squads from Tyranid Attack, too. They pretty much ooze 90's GW.

Hooray, nostalgia!

Paint those scouts up and field them!

You'll get a positive reaction from all the grognards, and you can hone your 'back in the day' lecture for whippersnappers!

So cool.

Nice work on the Crimson Fists ones...

I'll definitely find a use for them,