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Three old school metal Necromunda gangs.

Cawdor


Escher


Ratskin Renegades


Cheers,

CB

Really nice sharp paint jobs on all of them too. Super work Cap. I like the bases on the Escher especially.

Few more eldar bits from when I was younger which I'll paint this year. Some need a bit of TLC being stupid in my youth I started chopping things. RT Farseer on the way :3

Liking those CB - especially the Escher.

Nowt wrong with chopping stuff up Axel

Great seeing your 3 old school gangs together in one post CB.

So much win in this thread!

Oh hey, that old school Rhino?

Don't build it yet.

I have something for you to try. Hang on...


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Not used to uploading/linking photos for here, so, forgive me if this goes sideways.

Back in the day, about the time that the Rhino box went from a box of three to a single box, they invented the Whirlwind for White Dwarf. Now, it didn't have a model back then, but, they showed you how to make your own using only A) a Rhino kit and B) Two square bases. I think it's a 2" base? Been a while... the same one that Warhammer Fantasy Trolls came on.

Anywho, you make the Rhino like normal, minus the bottom pieces, but leave the top unsealed.

Invert the triangular faceplate to make a sloped roof where the top doors normally go.

To make the launcher, cut the square base in half - the holes face forward on each. Cut the roof doors in half, using one on each side, topping the box off with the second square base.

Attach the two ammo boxes, one per side, of the launcher. Top it with the pair of antennae from the kit.

Lastly, mount the launcher on the other set of top doors, then attach the entire piece to the angled plate that you put on top of the Rhino.

Voila!

The oldest Whirlwind model that you can have.











(Sadly, my antennae snapped off over the years and were lost to time. But still!)

https://i.imgur.com/oZGLRhJ.jpg

Haha jeez that looks awful, but you can't blame them for promoting ingenuity.. Don't get that nowadays.

Talking of ingenuity, someone on here must have a deodorant/shower gel land speeder somewhere, surely?

Oh, and while I'm here,

The old "Female adventurer in power armor", sometimes known as "the female marine", along with Inquisitor Wearing a Toilet Bowl Lid, and the OG Thudd Gun.



Some of the old metal Guard, with standard bearer, two medics, and the OG Trantula gun platform.



The first Zoanthrope.



The original metal Tyrannid Warrior.



"Stubby", my mispacked Dreadnought from the old days ... instead of a Lascannon, he got the melee version power fist, but with his TEENSY legs, he's just a short lil' guy who's mad about it and will fight anybody.



He could fit through the old Warp Gate template, back in 2nd edition, and he's still about the size of a Terminator.



(Sorry that the photos are so bad. Using a second generation iPod to take these shots._

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Haha jeez that looks awful, but you can't blame them for promoting ingenuity.. Don't get that nowadays.

Talking of ingenuity, someone on here must have a deodorant/shower gel land speeder somewhere, surely?

Yah, I tried. Hobby skills and bits box not up to snuff.

To this day I still use that brand of deodorant that I originally picked for the shape of the stick to make these.

 monkeytroll wrote:
Liking those CB - especially the Escher.

Nowt wrong with chopping stuff up Axel

we've all done it.

Ahh, but I bet they were the coolest thing on the battlefield back then I had one but that long ago bit the dust.

I remember the whirlwind well, they had some great idea articles back then.

 Nevelon wrote:

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Haha jeez that looks awful, but you can't blame them for promoting ingenuity.. Don't get that nowadays.

Talking of ingenuity, someone on here must have a deodorant/shower gel land speeder somewhere, surely?

Yah, I tried. Hobby skills and bits box not up to snuff.

To this day I still use that brand of deodorant that I originally picked for the shape of the stick to make these.

Smells like victory?

 theCrowe wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:


To this day I still use that brand of deodorant that I originally picked for the shape of the stick to make these.

Smells like victory?

Made it though my teen years without becoming a GUO. That’s a solid win. Now it’s just habit to get the same brand. It works, why switch?

Amazing haha

Wakshaani wrote:

Two square bases. I think it's a 2" base? Been a while... the same one that Warhammer Fantasy Trolls came on.

The conversion required ONE 40mm square base (the 2" hadn't come been released yet). Yeah, I built this, as well as the Vindicator (again, a conversion in WD from the Rhino) and the sabre (leftovers from the Land Raider Spartan that used some rhino parts and most of a land raider).

The old Sisters of battle vehicles also started out a similar way, then they got their own sculpted add-ons.

See, my head said 40mm, but I couldn't recall if that was right or not.

And I initially said one base too! But once I looked at the model, there's the one that got cut in half, then there's the topper for the launcher, which is a second one.

Wonder which issue it was in? Be nice to dig out the actual instructions again.

I just bought this but does anyone know why the packaging on this says classic farseer. Is the original in lead or something and they reissued it? How long has it been OOP for? Thanks.

They did a Made to Order run on them not that long ago IIRC, but the original is very old. I’m guessing that’s one of the new MTO ones.

Some old guard that I dug out a few days ago.

Aborted IG project, 5th edition, from stuff collected going back to RT.

Much love for the original plastic Guardsmen.

Cap'n, your Necromunda gangs are the best.

Well, as they've just been finished...

Awesome, monkeytroll. Makes me want to dig up some old Chaos Champs.

My entire collection is out of print stuff.

My IG I just started putting together is original run Praetorians. They were NIB until about a week ago.

I've got a partially deconstructed Epic scale Emperator Titan that's being modded to be a Dreadnought.

One of my IG Sentinels is a Space Crusade dreadnought .

About the newest thing I own is some Cadians, a Grey Knight and are the new Leman Russ tanks different from the old ones?

My SM Predator is white plastic, not grey.

Here's an old school Rogue Trader Space Marine that I got from Lorek back in the day. I painted it a few years ago (2008, based on when I uploaded the photo).

Thanks again Lorek!

 Hordini wrote:
Here's an old school Rogue Trader Space Marine that I got from Lorek back in the day. I painted it a few years ago (2008, based on when I uploaded the photo).

Thanks again Lorek!

You just don’t see severed heads hanging off loyalist belts these days. Some days I miss being a brainwashed, mostly reprogrammed psychopath.

(Got one in my primed pile, Someday...)

 Axel Dale wrote:
I just bought this but does anyone know why the packaging on this says classic farseer. Is the original in lead or something and they reissued it? How long has it been OOP for? Thanks.

Is the date not on the base tab?

My 2nd ed dread with homemade assault cannon.

 Nevelon wrote:

You just don’t see severed heads hanging off loyalist belts these days. Some days I miss being a brainwashed, mostly reprogrammed psychopath.

(Got one in my primed pile, Someday...)

Ain't it the truth! Something I also miss about the old school Space Marines! You can't really tell from that angle, but if I remember correctly he has not one, but two severed heads (likely Eldar) on his belt.

Indeed 'tis two. One clearly an eldar, the other looks more human though.

This thread delivers. Nice work, everybody. Here's a few more from various corners of my collection.

Space Marine characters in Terminator armor.



Regular marines.



BFG Eldar battleship.



Chaos lavatory.



Chaos Champions.



The Frightastic Four.



All that remains of my Warmaster armies, including a fun Chaos Champion with Minotaur bodyguard.







Keep the nostalgia train rolling!