Bell of Lost Souls - Latest Comments in Happy Labor Day!

Re: Happy Labor Day!

CT — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:11:47 -0000

Amen to that!

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Bitten By Design — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:44:45 -0000

looking through my old RT era stuff, a huge swathe of it is no longer supported, or not in the game. Hello squats, thudd guns and other crazy weapon options. (yes I have a space marine with a shuriken catapult as they used to be able to get them as a special weapon) but I may have to dig out my old conversion beamer miniature as it is now back in the game... ;-)

I have so many RTB01 beakies that most of my opponents in tournaments ask me either what they are representing, or how I found so many of them. It is telling how old you are when you have miniatures older than the people you are playing against...

"back in the old days, we used to have to walk three miles in the driving rain to get a look at a model, not like you young things getting on the internet thingy"

Re: Happy Labor Day!

fade_74 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:46:01 -0000

Me thinks the froggy is representing a desire to create a new Flesh Tearers force...with all the shiny new models. Either that or its some kind of strange freudian reference to amphibian lovin.

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Muskie — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:36:36 -0000

I have those "fantasy fighter" Dark Elves. They were partially painted by a friend but I've since stripped them. I painted up some of the original greenskinz a few years back and even GW'ers were surprised how good I got them to look for ancient static plastic models.

Here is a link for those visually inclined to pictures of my first miniatures and some old ones from my collection:
http://www.muschamp.ca/Musk...

Re: Happy Labor Day!

LEGION3000 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:44:25 -0000

Ah...Alas all my Rogue Trader era marines met their demise at the battle of One Thousand Fireworks.

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Swordlord — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:10:46 -0000

I love the old school GW/Citadel minis! I sold my original (circa 1989) RT era Space Marine army, but I kept a few select ones for my collection.

As for the poison dart frog, I always preferred the frog with blue & black mottling. ;)

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Slawson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:51:09 -0000

My first GW minis were halberdiers in blue and red for an Empire army that I never played and gave away. After that I painted a catachan back when they first came out in metal in the early 1990s.

Re: Happy Labor Day!

dvastator — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:08:09 -0000

My first minis were epic scale imperial beastmen attack platoons. I still have one of those RT marines along with the Origional Land Raider.

Re: Happy Labor Day!

wienas — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:52:20 -0000

Ahhh memories. My first model was a Genestealer for Space Hulk. I painted the thing bright red with gloss Testors paint. The next Genestealer I did had arms from the plastic Goliaths from Necromunda. He was a Hybrid with a shotgun (and looked like crap).

Re: Happy Labor Day!

TheInnerGeek — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:31:49 -0000

Hm. I wish I still had some of my old stuff. I believe my first GW mini was a space marine terminator of some sort. I think it was even the original Grey Knights minis. Two in a blister for $7.50, those were the days.

Re: Happy Labor Day!

TheInnerGeek — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:28:35 -0000

Yes! I too spilled the big money for the Adeptus Titanicus box set. It was thirty US dollars when I bought it. My friends and I had a lot of fun stomping around with 3 vs 3 Warlord Titans!

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Augie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:24:25 -0000

Oh, started with RTB01 myself too. :)

I miss those days when a "corporate" was some kind of weird dish served to geeks in suits.

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Augie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:20:57 -0000

He's going to make a Slann army of red and black frogs?

Re: Happy Labor Day!

quietviper — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:07:11 -0000

I've got it your starting a new space marines army. The imperial Poison Dart Tree Frogs! Brilliant...wish I had thought of it first.

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Admiral Drax — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:11:01 -0000

Ahhh...RTB-1. I loved those minis, and had a sprawling 2nd Edition Space Wolves offshoot army: the 'Shadow Wolves'. Shocking. And shockingly badly painted.

Always loved the beaky helmets, and it's good to hear about the dismally bad missile launchers. Imperial robots were fairly shoddy minis, too...!

As for old prices? I distinctly remember going 'halves' with my brother on a box of six Epic warlord titans (with a choice of weapons) for £15. Crumbs - and we thought that was a bit pricey!

- Drax.

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Mad Hatter — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:31:22 -0000

Are you painting a Tyranid Army? This frog is a fine example for a paint pattern! All those minis are painted better than mine! :(

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Sam Guss — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:06:36 -0000

I don't know, man.
that image captured me as soon as i saw it.
its striking.
what i notice is that it is a deep black and a striking red, but it is right in the middle of this interesting, but relatively indescript flower.
that is sort of a metaphor for what it is that we do as mini painters. the 28mm scale, which you could say is the medium in which we produce our art, is a mathematical fact. it is simply what it is. however, there are some fantastically talented painters who are able to put life into the model. the 28mm scale and the model as a lifeless representation of reality are both the flower. Our impossible goal of giving the illusion of life to this lifeless realm, of making the unreal seem real, is the frog.

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Malevon — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:28:33 -0000

These have got to be my first models... old, old Chaos Warriors from a starter paint set. The hand was at some point inked purple by someone else.

http://i8.photobucket.com/a...

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Archon Kirendia — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:22:57 -0000

I keep my first painted model on my desk at work, a plastic high elf archer from an older editionof Warhammer. One one where you got the cardboard picture of a wyvern and rock lobba.
And then I keep two of my most recent models next to it, so I can remind myself that I am getting better after 15 years ;)

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Herald of Nurgle — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:57:05 -0000

I wish I knew where i could find one of those rogue trader boxes =( ebay suck for them

Re: Happy Labor Day!

BrassScorpion — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:28:53 -0000

Love that Rogue Trader stuff. I have two boxes worth of those original Space Marines scattered around my around my collection. I also have the original Fantasy Regiments miniatures; that set was $22.95 for 60 miniatures, 10 each of 6 different armies, and I got it with a coupon (yes, GW had coupons back then) for half price!

BEAT THE PRICE INCREASE ON NEW SPACE MARINE CODEX AND METAL MINIATURES:
Speaking of prices, note that the prices of some items on GW Advance Order 40K are higher than they were just recently, specifically the new Space Marine Codex and metal miniatures. Prices there now reflect the prices after the coming price increase. A Space Marine Spearhead is now a better deal because it's priced with pre-increase pricing. See price details at:
http://www.games-workshop.c...

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Shaefer — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:27:11 -0000

Cool models, found a load of my old guard stormtroopers and necromunda orlocks the other day when cleaning, have to admit the quality of gw models has definately improved alot over the years. my old plastic storm troopers look terrible compared to the current stormtrooper/kasrkin ones.

regarding the frog..well i remember some of the fluff from warhammer ages ago..the old ones crashed their ship in the old world and the slann are the last living slaves/troops/crew/whatever.

If a new minidex is coming..maybe a list for the old ones? or at least slann in space (retro game called battle toads anyone? :D )

Re: Happy Labor Day!

TPR Trewevas — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:52:25 -0000

I lost all of my original minis from the '80s, but I still have the memories. I used to get a real attitude about painting and I refused to take it seriously. Being kind of a jerk, I spray-painted all my minis silver, and put swastikas on the shoulder pad and called them the Knights of the Reich. The swastika thing was a super pain-in-the-ass (which is funny, considering I was not supposed to be taking it seriously), but I had an idea and a plan and I toughed my way through the whole thing. I think that they were supposed to be some off-shoot of the Grey Knights. Anyway, that's pretty much it... although, I guess that this is my 20th year in the hobby... yay me!

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Forhekset — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:50:55 -0000

Wow never would of thought of that!

Re: Happy Labor Day!

Bigred — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:41:14 -0000

According to that White Dwarf article, a white helmet and right arm can also be used to indicate aspirants to the Apothacarium.

Just some cool tidbits to customize your army.