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Great idea for a thread, very wholesome!

Funny Terminators were one of the first things I thought of. Power armored super soldiers are a good idea, but had been seen before, the walking tanks of terminators however really brought them to the next level.

But I still think a lot of the magic was the idea that you are making "your" army, not just reproducing pictures in the rule book. You were encouraged to create your own fluff, your own name, your own color schemes. I started buying books in the RT days long before I had the money for any models. I loved books that showed toys and household items turned into wonderful things, I'm still happiest when I find some oddball item and say "I can make something of this".

So pages like this are what sold me.

I want to add another to the pile, the mighty Arvus Lighter



Unarmed, flying metal box!

Growing up watching Star Trek TOS and Battlestar Galactica I always felt shuttles should be flying boxes and GW just took it to the natural conclusion.

The fact I already made like a dozen Arvii does nothing to stop my from wanting a dozen more.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Wait, I won one of these [in 2009] from a GW battle bunker, and it didn't have a door gunner!

Isn't FW supposed to be better that the eventual GW plastic?

:(

Go back and demand your door gunner!

You deserve a door gunner!

I have to say a word about the ships from Space Fleet (1991).



They basically came in two flavors, the flying cathedrals that became the design basis of Battlefleet Gothic, and these graceful flying daggers that GW never followed up on.



Just gorgeous ships, fun to paint, fun to convert, great to look at.



10/10 would buy a ton more.