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2019/01/23 20:40:32
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Worthiest of Warlock Engineers
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A reseen Marauder MAD-3r for me. I want one based off of the new art so badly.
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Free from GW's tyranny and the hobby is looking better for it
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2019/01/23 20:49:38
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Isn't Btech being relaunched? Maybe they'll have one in the new range?
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2019/01/23 21:44:42
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Nasty Nob
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Oh, man! I'd love to get one of those, but I'd like the most banged-up, weaponless one I could find (but not one with stuff already glued all over it). I'd love to make one into an Ork Looted Wagon, but I couldn't bear to do it to one in good condition and deprive some actual SM fan of it.
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2019/01/23 21:27:59
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Dakka Veteran
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Da Butcha wrote:
Oh, man! I'd love to get one of those, but I'd like the most banged-up, weaponless one I could find (but not one with stuff already glued all over it). I'd love to make one into an Ork Looted Wagon, but I couldn't bear to do it to one in good condition and deprive some actual SM fan of it.
Keep an eye on eBay.
You quite often see damaged ones for around £20.
I managed to get a 100% complete and undamaged one for £40 a few months back.
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2019/01/25 14:45:40
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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There are 2 minis that I desperately wanted and that were sort of rare; I am pleased to say that I have acquired, built, and painted them both.
The 2002 Necron Lord:
I am trying to get every Necron lord that was ever released, and I think I got them all, except the very first Egyptian-style one, because I think it's very ugly.
What made this one hard wasn't that it was hard to find, so much as I wanted it fairly cheap: you see them all the time on ebay for around $50, but sometimes you see one for about $10 from someone who doesn't realize it's rare.
After looking for about a year or so I realized I was being very silly because I make good money now and that's a stupid-ass hill to die on, so I bought one for $35; and then immediately desecrated it by adding horns to him to boot.
Ork Nob with Banna:
This one actually WAS hard to find; it had been re-released in Failcast but lol obviously I wasn't buying that. I wanted the original metal one, and I did eventually find it after looking for about 6 months or so. In retrospect I sort of wish I had gotten the failcast one and fixed whatever odious nonsense came with it; turns out this mini is hideously balanced and every time it falls over, the banner breaks ever though I pinned it carefully.
Be careful what you wish for, you might get it I guess.
The final "mini" that I want and has ever elduded me is the original FW Battle Fortress.
I scratchbuilt a rendition of it, but it really wasn't the same.
I still want that original Battle Fortress.
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lord_blackfang wrote:Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote:The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock |
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2019/01/25 15:00:48
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Norn Queen
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Oh I forgot this guy - missed 3rd altogether and as result him :(
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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.
"Feelin' goods, good enough". |
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2019/01/25 20:37:57
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Stubborn Temple Guard
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Ratius wrote:Oh I forgot this guy - missed 3rd altogether and as result him :(
I have the Flyrant version of this Tyrant.
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27th Member of D.O.O.M.F.A.R.T.
Resident Battletech Guru. |
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2019/01/26 01:25:27
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Well at the moment its Nurgle the great unclean one. ( not painted yet )
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2019/01/26 02:04:21
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Savage Khorne Berserker Biker
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For me it's the new Khornate dragon from FW.
The rider looks like utter dog poop, but I would swap him out and convert a 40k version. I created a character a while ago who rides a Khornate dragon but never finished the model, so this would be a pretty slick way of accomplishing that dream.
Maybe. One day.
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2019/01/26 08:24:29
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Genestealer Cult LImosine, man i want one of those things.
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2019/01/26 22:51:17
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Fixture of Dakka
West Michigan, deep in Whitebread, USA
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I actually got one of my Holy Grail minis a while back, it was Ashoka from Hell Dorado. Been wanting it for years and could never find one, even on Ebay. Finally found one, so I jumped on it. It had to ship all the way from the Ukraine, so it took more than a month to get to me. Really nice resin figure, thought it might have been a recast at first, but frankly in this situation didn't care.
NOT my mini, but until I can get a decent photo to happen, it gives a good look at the figure.
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"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should." |
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2019/01/26 22:57:15
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Hellish Haemonculus
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The Ciaphas Cain miniature. Dang I want that.
(Someday I'm going to have to buy the Brother Vinni one, just to have A Cain mini.)
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2019/01/26 23:57:46
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Fixture of Dakka
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I want a Ciaphas Cain miniature, but not the crap one that was briefly available for sale. I picked up the old metal Commissar with one hand behind his back a while ago to convert; I really should finish that off. I've got Jurgen and the Salamander all ready for him.
I didn't know any Hell Dorado miniatures were made in resin; all the ones I ever saw for sale (until it was sold on to whoever it was that buried it) were metal.
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2019/01/27 02:27:09
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Fixture of Dakka
West Michigan, deep in Whitebread, USA
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Yeah, I dunno. I originally thought it was supposed to be a metal figure, so I assumed the resin one I got was a recast, but later some other pics I saw online had a few as resin, also.
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"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should." |
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2019/01/27 08:40:53
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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[DCM]
Fireknife Shas'el
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@Ouze, oh, the Battle Fortress, how I wish I could find one of those. Or for Forgeworld to put the damn thing back into production!
I managed to get one of the FW Fighta-bommer’s for a reasonable price last year; even with the nice plastic kit, I just wanted the old style one too. Wish I could find the Fighta too, but they just don’t seem to show up.
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2019/01/27 18:57:21
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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filbert wrote:Mine would be some of the original Chaos Dwarves. I had a bunch years ago before I was really able to appreciate them properly. I would love to get hold of a Chaos Dwarf Lord on Lammassu.
I've got a sorcerer on lammasu that I'd more than happy to part with...
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2019/01/27 19:49:58
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Sneggy wrote:Genestealer Cult LImosine, man i want one of those things.
I don't think GW ever made an official GC Limo model - I think the ones shown with the army list were conversions of die-cast cards.
Having said that, Wargames Exclusive does a decent couple of limo models...
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2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG
My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...
Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.
Kanluwen wrote:This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.
Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...
tneva82 wrote:You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling. - No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... |
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2019/01/28 10:37:43
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Not die-cast cars (there's photos of them from various angles on oldhammer groups and blogs, as Bryan Ansell has them in his personal collection now), but definitely scratch-builds.
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2019/01/28 11:14:25
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I've heard that it was an official mini and a studio conversion, but when WD did their bit on the battle for Macragge I saw a Saul Invictus (Ultramarine 1st company captain) that I fell in love with.
From what I remember there was a captain in terminator armor that was similar in pose but used a power sword instead of fist and a storm bolter instead of the twin-linked plasma pistol.
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Shadowkeepers (4000 points)
3rd Company (3000 points) |
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2019/01/28 11:47:45
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Calculating Commissar
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A stormplasma-relic armed Terminator model would be pretty awesome.
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ChargerIIC wrote:If algae farm paste with a little bit of your grandfather in it isn't Grimdark I don't know what is. |
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2019/01/29 00:44:21
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Crafty Bray Shaman
Anor Londo
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AegisGrimm wrote:Yeah, I dunno. I originally thought it was supposed to be a metal figure, so I assumed the resin one I got was a recast, but later some other pics I saw online had a few as resin, also.
I'm pretty sure all of the Helldorado minis were metal. The fact that you got it from Ukraine is also a bit of a red flag, as it's home to Legendarion & his Cadwallon recasting factory.
I do miss Hell Dorado though, some fantastic sculpts.
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2019/01/29 01:07:58
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Fixture of Dakka
West Michigan, deep in Whitebread, USA
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Frankenberry wrote:I've heard that it was an official mini and a studio conversion, but when WD did their bit on the battle for Macragge I saw a Saul Invictus (Ultramarine 1st company captain) that I fell in love with.
From what I remember there was a captain in terminator armor that was similar in pose but used a power sword instead of fist and a storm bolter instead of the twin-linked plasma pistol.
I remember that figure, it is most definitely the metal Terminator Captain converted to have a plastic Marine power fist and Captain Invictus' plasma blaster (made from two plasma pistols). I thought about making one myself, as I have two of those Captains.
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"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should." |
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2019/01/29 05:13:41
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Regular Dakkanaut
Dallas, Texas
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Constantin Valdor, ebay is mostly recasts. The model from forgeworld is just too much and I'm not sure I play enough to ever rationalize purchasing it.
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Drive closer! I want to hit them with my sword! |
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2019/01/29 05:25:26
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Ship's Officer
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AndrewGPaul wrote:I want a Ciaphas Cain miniature, but not the crap one that was briefly available for sale. I picked up the old metal Commissar with one hand behind his back a while ago to convert; I really should finish that off. I've got Jurgen and the Salamander all ready for him.
I didn't know any Hell Dorado miniatures were made in resin; all the ones I ever saw for sale (until it was sold on to whoever it was that buried it) were metal.
I just finished my pair recently, they are from Artel miniatures, sadly the Cain model is already OOP, though Jurgen is still available.
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2019/01/29 08:03:37
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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Wait, Artel minis are limited?
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2019/01/29 08:52:04
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Ship's Officer
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They don't advertise it, but yeah in all reality it is, I got a hold of the inquisitor Eisenhorn gang of 5(Eisenhorn with staff( OOP), distaff, recording old guy, police old style( OOP), Ravenor prior to injury( OOP)).
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2019/01/29 10:59:18
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Jurgen looks too clean there. To be honest, I was just going to use the stock Valhallan meltagunner as Jurgen.
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2019/01/29 14:26:43
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Robot Cat
OH-I Wanna get out of here
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Limited by C&D letters from GW.
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2019/01/29 18:06:41
Subject: Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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Jadenim wrote:@Ouze, oh, the Battle Fortress, how I wish I could find one of those. Or for Forgeworld to put the damn thing back into production!
I check Ebay now and then, but I never have very high hopes. Even if one does appear I imagine it would be at least $400-$500.
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lord_blackfang wrote:Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote:The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock |
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2019/01/29 19:09:02
Subject: Re:Do you have a holy grail miniature?
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Elite Tyranid Warrior
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Krieg gorgon, can't find one anywhere. Also the old goliath bounty hunter.
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