Flashback Friday

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**Alex Kolodotschko**

So last night to celebrate flashback Friday my mate and I broke out the Advanced Heroquest. We ran as a pair of wizards, jade and bright and had a bit of a showdown with some vile rat men, they'd killed everyone, using the solo play rules. Bit of a challenge to say the least.
We also drank espresso martinis until we couldn't feel feelings.
Awesome stuff.

**Llamahead**

Forgot to show off these here. This caused me to spend £130 in a charity shop!

Got them last spring. Greatly enjoying painting them........

**Briancj**

A Vincent Black Shadow!!!!!!!!11eleventy-one

*breathes into a paper sack*

**chromedog**

Llamahead wrote:

Got them last spring. Greatly enjoying painting them........

3rd row, leftmost model is an old Ion Age figure (not 40k or GW) but a good haul otherwise.

**Nevelon**

Along the back of my workbench there are boxes. Old, forgotten, dusty boxes full of abandoned projects and shattered dreams. Plus lead. Let’s take a peak inside:

5th ed Bretonians,
siege gear
Some grenadear lead
squats
WE dryads
Dogs of War
Old chaos warriors.

TGIF everyone!

**Skinnereal**

I glanced at the pic, skimmed though the list, and then had to double-take.
You brought us 'Spot the Squat'!

**Ratius**

We also drank espresso martinis until we couldn't feel feelings.

Love it.

Nothing from me this week Im afraid. I'll root something out.

**Oguhmek**

Ooh, lots of great stuff in this thread!

It is Friday after all, so I'd better contribute. Some Aspect Warriors (still among my all time favorite sculpts) and Marines I painted somewhere around '93-'94, if I'm not mistaken.

**Joyboozer**

Jes Goodwin Eldar, well painted, marines painted as Ultramarines, goblin green bases! Have an exalt!

**H.B.M.C.**

Those aren't just Marines painted as Ultramarines. That's the Ultramarine Tactical Squad, just as it was in the box (except the Heavy Bolter, that should be a Missile Launcher IIRC).

**Oguhmek**

Well spotted, sir.

That is because I wanted two rocket launchers for my Devastator squad, so I did a switch.

**H.B.M.C.**

Very nice. I got that Devastator Squad as well, and was lucky enough to find a Heavy Plasma Gun Marine in a blister pack, so he got to join the squad whilst the Missile Launcher went elsewhere.

**Ratius**

Those are very nice for a '94 paintjob!

**SlaveToDorkness**

God I don't miss trying to figure out which arm paired up with the other to make them actually hold a Bolter in two hands!

**Kojiro**

I think those style of marines, from that time, will always be the 'real' marines to me.

**Nevelon**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:
God I don't miss trying to figure out which arm paired up with the other to make them actually hold a Bolter in two hands!

One thing about the 3rd ed arms: They all had matching unique details. One pair had little vents, another a raised stud and groves, etc. So you could match them even when cut off the sprue.

I learned this after I had assembled all mine, of course.

**Ratius**

Ha, heres a blast from the past! circa 2010.

Is that us Ratiusss?

It is you hissy.

**Nevelon**

Ahhh, TGIF. I posted a WIP before, but I finished painting my RT Lt, and thought I’d share you you fine folks in the flashback thread.

(Ok, he’s not quite done. I stupidly forgot to prime his backpack. He’ll get finished once it gets nice enough to drag out the rattle can)

Enjoy your weekends all!

**Kojiro**

Looking pretty nice there Nev. I have the same model awaiting painting for my BA.

**Skinnereal**

Same for my Sort-of-Blood-Ravens. I'm not sure I have any old backpacks left.
It's good to have a guide, though.

**Ratius**

Happy Friday!

Can probably just sneak this guy in under "early" wargaming

Huzzah!

**kronk**

Ratius wrote:
Happy Friday!

Can probably just sneak this guy in under "early" wargaming
Huzzah!

I had that game!

I loved that game!

You made walls, and you tried to knock the other guys walls out of the way and land a shot on top of a tiny dot! I was great at that!

**Nevelon**

I’ve still got my copy on the shelf!

**Joyboozer**

Was there a version that came without the larger castles? I only remember mine having the smaller tower.

**Nevelon**

Joyboozer wrote:
Was there a version that came without the larger castles? I only remember mine having the smaller tower.

Yup. The pic looks like a deluxe box. I have all the parts, but in two boxes, one the basic set, the other an outpost box that has the two big buildings,

**Ratius**

Yeah you could win by landing a projectile on the treasure tile (which was usually buried under a castle) or iirc by knocking over all your opponents men.
I cant recall if it was an auto loss if you ran out of ammo too or if it recycled.

I also had the longship expansion and the secondary castle expansion. Yearned for years for the trojan and giant set though

**Raven911**

There is a huge set of that locally on CL for sale, around $200 I think. I had the giant and Trojan set. THat was a fun game. I seem to remember a minataur as well...

**Nevelon**

A dust covered rescue from a friend’s place. Box had been sitting unloved for a couple decades, I was running low on things to build. I now owe him a favor and have a box full of RT/2nd ed stuff to chew through.

TGIF everyone!

**alphaecho**

I do like this thread.

It has inspired me to dig out a long festering project.

Two White Dwarf freebie bunkers built....

...three to go.

**Nostromodamus**

Oh I remember those bunkers! Awesome