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SergentSilver wrote:
What does it say on the 5th guys partial tab? It looks like there are letters there, but I can't make them out from the picture. Even an incomplete name could help jog someone's memory.

Very difficult to make out, that pics the best I could do I’m afraid :(

Also anyone any ideas on what these metal parts could be from? May not all be from the same unit.

Top ones are Necron Spider bits, the bottom two are Eldar Dreadnought/ Wraithlord arms.

The bit in the middle with the red is an old Starcanon.

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Top ones are Necron Spider bits, the bottom two are Eldar Dreadnought/ Wraithlord arms.

The bit in the middle with the red is an old Starcanon.

Awesome thank you!

Cmitchell514 wrote:

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Top ones are Necron Spider bits, the bottom two are Eldar Dreadnought/ Wraithlord arms.

The bit in the middle with the red is an old Starcanon.

Awesome thank you!

A tomb Spyder to be specific, but it looks like you only have two back plates and four pairs of legs.


As for the tab, yeah that's pretty hard to read. Maybe try taking a rubbing of it? It looks like the letters are raised rather than carved in, so it should be fairly easy to do with a sticky note and a regular pencil.

The tab appears to say “ASIAN”.

Probably not GW is my guess.

BTW, love that greeny gold, SgtSilver!

Cmitchell514 wrote:
Also anyone any ideas on what these metal parts could be from? May not all be from the same unit.

The arms are from the old 40k 2nd edition Eldar Dreadnought with the underslung weapons (the previous edition had them built into the back of the hands). When it was a metal model with the big domed head canopy.
So does the starcannon.



The other bits are old 40k necron tomb spider bits.

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
The tab appears to say “ASIAN”.

Probably not GW is my guess.

BTW, love that greeny gold, SgtSilver!

I love it too, but I can't take credit. I apologize for any misunderstanding, but that's just a photo I picked out from a quick search for Tomb Spyder in the dakka gallery. My Necron scheme is nothing fancy. Just a royal blue with gold trim and silvery metal. I'd probably be embarrassed to post it here because I only ever got the lord to table ready state.


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Part of the problem with identifying that model is the chipping black primer and what appears to be old glue on the tab. The primer coating makes it a bit hard to pick out detail and the whatever that is on the tab is obscuring the letters.

Thanks so much everyone

Cmitchell514 wrote:

SergentSilver wrote:
What does it say on the 5th guys partial tab? It looks like there are letters there, but I can't make them out from the picture. Even an incomplete name could help jog someone's memory.

Very difficult to make out, that pics the best I could do I’m afraid :(

That's Dalamyr, Umbar fleet master for LOTR. Currently available in the Lords of Umbar set. Looks like someone gave him a green stuff cube over his money pouch too.

Got another few Eldar/Dark Eldar models here I'm not too sure about, they're either all metal or part metal. Any help would be great as always.

All craftworld eldar

Guardians
Warp Spiders
Dark Reapers
Storm Guardians

 Nevelon wrote:
All craftworld eldar

Guardians
Warp Spiders
Dark Reapers
Storm Guardians

Thanks so much

The plastic guardians were first made in a push together format with lasguns.
The metal bits were to replace the lasguns with shuriken catapults.
(In 2nd ed, the standard weapon for them was the humble lasgun, and up to half your squads could be upgraded to the other weapon.

The Dark Reapers were the 1990 first edition version.

The warp spiders date back to 2nd edition (they did not exist in 1st ed) and they STILL look like that (they have not redone this aspect since).

The guardians on the bottom were metal bodies with plastic arms and weapons (the weapons were separately sprued) and you could customise them with a flamer, melta gun, shuriken catapult or lasgun. Or a variety of pistols and ccw. They were first released for RT (1st ed 40k).

 chromedog wrote:


The warp spiders date back to 2nd edition (they did not exist in 1st ed) and they STILL look like that (they have not redone this aspect since).

How do you improve on perfection?

With Ragnar replaced, does that make them the oldest 40k models in production?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 chromedog wrote:


The warp spiders date back to 2nd edition (they did not exist in 1st ed) and they STILL look like that (they have not redone this aspect since).

How do you improve on perfection?

With Ragnar replaced, does that make them the oldest 40k models in production?

Oldest single mini is Njal in power armour. Oldest mini as part of a set is the Thunder Warrior in the armour through the ages set.

There are a few warlocks older than the Spiders.

Cmitchell514 wrote:
Hey folks,

Hope everyone’s safe out there. Got a little lot of metal guys here that I can’t identify, any help with any of them would be great.

Thanks!

Second guy on the bottom is an undead/vampire counts ghoul, from about 1999, 2000. Probably ghoul no. 6, missing his bone.

Short guy on the right is Bandobras 'Bullroarer' Took, inventor of the game of golf, on foot, from GW's Lord of the Rings line.

What Nevelon identifies as a demon of Slaanesh is exactly that, from 1989. 'Designed by Jes Goodwin and Mike Perry' - that thing's got pedigree, son.

The centaur-thing is a chaos beastman centigor.

The headless guy interests me. Any idea what it says on the base tab?

 Vermis wrote:

Cmitchell514 wrote:
Hey folks,

Hope everyone’s safe out there. Got a little lot of metal guys here that I can’t identify, any help with any of them would be great.

Thanks!

Second guy on the bottom is an undead/vampire counts ghoul, from about 1999, 2000. Probably ghoul no. 6, missing his bone.

Short guy on the right is Bandobras 'Bullroarer' Took, inventor of the game of golf, on foot, from GW's Lord of the Rings line.

What Nevelon identifies as a demon of Slaanesh is exactly that, from 1989.

The centaur-thing is a chaos beastman centigor.

The headless guy interests me. Any idea what it says on the base tab?

If you click on the image and zoom in, it looks like it says "West Wind"

West wind German Zombie

Thanks so much for all the help on the last lots! Got another few I need help with here if anyone knows what they are. They’re all metal and I’m assuming they’re imperial guard of some sort.

Cmitchell514 wrote:
Thanks so much for all the help on the last lots! Got another few I need help with here if anyone knows what they are. They’re all metal and I’m assuming they’re imperial guard of some sort.

Old GW. Mostly old Cadians, but the two on the left side of the picture are Necromunda Gangers I think, though the one in front might be a Catachan officer.
The three guys with flat helms and different guns are old inquisitorial (3rd gen) stormtroopers. The one with a boltgun on his chest and a plasma pistol in hand is a Sgt.
The one in the back row furthest to the right looks like an original RT guard model with autogun.
The two kneeling Cadians appear to be the crew of an old Lascannon heavy weapon. The key to that is the las charge pack hanging from the left side ones hip, though it's hard to see from this picture.
The old Cadian with his left hand at his waist I believe to be a Sgt with Las, while the one with his right hand up and left hand bolter is a Sgt with boltgun. The Fat guy with military cap and shotgun is the old Cadian Captain or Lt.

 SergentSilver wrote:

Cmitchell514 wrote:
Thanks so much for all the help on the last lots! Got another few I need help with here if anyone knows what they are. They’re all metal and I’m assuming they’re imperial guard of some sort.

Old GW. Mostly old Cadians, but the two on the left side of the picture are Necromunda Gangers I think, though the one in front might be a Catachan officer.

Amazing thank you so much

Totally away from the norm, does anyone know anything about this lot?

Cmitchell514 wrote:
Totally away from the norm, does anyone know anything about this lot?

The guys in the back left with oval bases, excluding the larger one in the very back left with the cross on his shirt, are tiny models made in china. I remember getting them for something like 25/50 cents each at a small toy store when I was a kid. Have a whole collection of them tucked away somewhere... Like 4-5 of each model they ever made.

I have confirmed that the guy in the back left of the previous picture is a house Delaque ganger, probably whatever passes for a Sgt among Necromunda models.

I think I just realized why I'm having trouble placing the guy in the front left of the previous picture! If you look closely, his body and left arm are exactly the same as the Delaque behind him, but his head appears to be Catachan and his right arm look to be holding binoculars, which is very odd. My best guess is that he is a well modified version of the guy behind him with a GW Catachan head and an unknown binocular arm. It could be GW as well, but I don't recognize it from any metal IG model in my memory.

Back to the lot in the above photo, all the lighter metal models on larger oval bases look like old Ral Partha or Grenadier models. The bases should have some info on the bottom.
I looked around and couldn't find the knight I was talking about, so I don't know.

 SergentSilver wrote:

Cmitchell514 wrote:
Totally away from the norm, does anyone know anything about this lot?

The guys in the back left with oval bases, excluding the larger one in the very back left with the cross on his shirt, are tiny models made in china. I remember getting them for something like 25/50 cents each at a small toy store when I was a kid. Have a whole collection of them tucked away somewhere... Like 4-5 of each model they ever made.

Seconded. Seem to remember picking up a set of these from a castle in Wales.

Cmitchell514 wrote:
Thanks so much for all the help on the last lots! Got another few I need help with here if anyone knows what they are. They’re all metal and I’m assuming they’re imperial guard of some sort.

The 4th and 6th guys in the back row are Storm Troopers from 3rd ed. The 3rd guy from the left in the front row is a Storm Trooper Sgt.

Cmitchell514 wrote:
Thanks so much for all the help on the last lots! Got another few I need help with here if anyone knows what they are. They’re all metal and I’m assuming they’re imperial guard of some sort.

They're a mix of some old RT "Imperial Army", "Imperial Guard" and 2nd ed Metal cadians and storm troopers (those stormtroopers did start in 2nd ed, even if they persisted into 3rd ed until being replaced by the metal kasrkin).

There's a few Cadian Sgt models in that group as well.

Thanks for all the info on the last 2 lots! Got a few more here, I’m assuming the third pic are skaven but I’m not sure which exactly. All the units are metal.

Second pic is a high elf champion with spear and a mounted musician. 3rdnpic is shaven but I can only make put a warp flame thrower guy.