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Going by the Space Marine Painting Guide, that older guy is wearing a Captain's insignia on his shoulder. (I don't think Lieutenants ever had particular shoulder insignia, just the helmet and forearm flash.)
AndrewGPaul wrote: Going by the Space Marine Painting Guide, that older guy is wearing a Captain's insignia on his shoulder. (I don't think Lieutenants ever had particular shoulder insignia, just the helmet and forearm flash.)
You are 100% correct. The mini and his helmet insignia are for a RT-era LT. But when painting him, I wanted to push my free hand skills, so put the Captains’s heraldry on his shoulder. Call it a brevet battlefield promotion, swapping shoulder pad’s with his former, now deceased, superior.
boundless08 wrote: I forgot about this thread! Great models, such nostalgia!
I picked these up second hand a few weeks ago, still on sprue!
I kind of like monopose models like these with bland poses. Much better than 'action' monoposes; there are only so many ways you can just stand there, right!?
What I did with mine was remove and reposition their left hands at the wrist. This allowed me to mix up the silhouette of the models a little bit. I believe another popular conversion is to reverse the plague knife so it is being held upside down.
I was thinking of doing something to convert them, like even tack on a blight launcher from the new models but I'd feel bad hacking up these old models!
If we're flashing back, how about the rules for the 1991 40k gaming league:
Yes, you're reading that right. The only army allowed is Space Marines (and a restricted set of units, at that), with some Imperial guard and Squat allies if you like.
The 2nd Ed Biovore is the one Old Skool Tyranid model from 2nd Ed that I don't own. I always figured that they'd release newer ones that would be far superior, especially with the ancient concept art pieces that were floatingaroundoutthere. Boy was I wrong...
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I do (mostly; missing some of the console bits and the like, but it's playable). I've even got modern replacements for all the miniatures (I think I might need another genestealer).
Got my Space Crusade copy 100% complete although it did take me having to buy and combine two eBay wins to get a single complete set. Now to just get hold of the Mission Dreadnought add on...
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