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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Hat Guy on 29 July 2014, 01:08:44 AM

Title: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: Hat Guy on 29 July 2014, 01:08:44 AM

Painted these up for the hell of it, thought the Oldhammer crowd would get a kick out of them:

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SqRVcQCkW6Q/U9biddD8EiI/AAAAAAAACGU/LqzlYfyBoPo/w958-h539-no/DSC01349.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K7kmzSEHhpE/U9biiBygCHI/AAAAAAAACGc/ySfuW7ObOKc/w958-h539-no/DSC01350.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GhvhTKzdeZs/U9bilx7a__I/AAAAAAAACGk/JNkCw-xDGPc/w958-h539-no/DSC01351.JPG)

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: sean_68333 on 29 July 2014, 01:13:28 AM

Awesome.  Those models are great.  I miss Oldhammer.   :(

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: Vanvlak on 29 July 2014, 06:09:26 AM

For once I have the pleasant feeling I am not old enough!
What are these? Not familiar with them (sigh - probably only because my wargaming career began in my late 20s)

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: Stu on 29 July 2014, 06:34:22 AM

Wish I still had mine.

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: warburton on 29 July 2014, 06:40:01 AM

Quote from: Vanvlak on 29 July 2014, 06:09:26 AM

For once I have the pleasant feeling I am not old enough!
What are these? Not familiar with them (sigh - probably only because my wargaming career began in my late 20s)

I think they are the weapon turret/batteries from Space Crusade board game.

Nice painting!

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: dijit on 29 July 2014, 06:43:41 AM

They are Tarantula weapons platforms from the space crusade board game, that also have featured in WH40K.

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: Vanvlak on 29 July 2014, 07:49:30 AM

Thanks - I am familiar with the Tarantula (from Epic!), but didn't recognise these from Space Crudsade, which I just missed.

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: Commander Vyper on 29 July 2014, 02:26:33 PM

Makes we wish I'd not passed on these. Look great in paint.

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: von Lucky on 29 July 2014, 11:04:24 PM

Nice, I just found 2 the other day I forgot I had.

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: The_Beast on 30 July 2014, 12:46:00 AM

Thanks SO much for sharing!

Have a couple of incomplete sets in the basement; pretty sure full compliment of Mr T's, though.

Was down-hearted I'd let a mate steal some weapons from the chaos dreadnoughts I had in the expansion (Mission Chaos? Something like that...)

Nice to know the tarantulas can paint up that pretty. Did you know Space Crusade was never made in the States? Fair amount of teeth-gnashing, back in the day.

Doug

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: Testudo Maximus on 30 July 2014, 06:57:32 AM

Ahhhh yes great models they are and very nice paint work on them , and IIRC a  bright coloured plastic Space Marine was holding a firing mechanism  that slotted into the back . I have a small bucketload of these that  currently service  my Rogue Trader Imperial Guard of the time . They look great painted up .
One of the more useful pieces from that set  alongside the Dreadnaught , both still being used for my Sci Fi games .

cheers Tom 

Title: Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
Post by: aliensurfer on 30 July 2014, 12:19:22 PM

Quote from: Commander Vyper on 29 July 2014, 02:26:33 PM

Makes we wish I'd not passed on these. Look great in paint.

I might have some kicking about, I'll take a look and let you know.