Ditto - First painted models in months (3 new copies added)

[Oldben1]

Is this an homage to 'flashback' from Alpha Flight?

Cool villain.

[fergal]

Flashback is easily my favorite villain   I've loved multiple man supers ever since seeing him in Alpha Flight all those years ago. 

One of the things I wanted to do when I started crossover miniatures was produce a multiple man but it's a triple investment for something that might not be popular.  Took a while to pull off, and this is my multiple man!

[Oldben1]

I love that scene when one of his multiples dies in issue 11 I think.  The realization that he's just killed his future.  Classic John Byrne!

Great miniatures by the way!

[fourcolorfigs]

I love that scene when one of his multiples dies in issue 11 I think.  The realization that he's just killed his future.  Classic John Byrne!

Great miniatures by the way!

I think it's issue #27 where that happens, but I could be wrong. His double gets impaled when someone uses it as a shield against one of Madison Jeffries constructs, or am I mis-remembering? 

[styx]

I think it's issue #27 where that happens, but I could be wrong. His double gets impaled when someone uses it as a shield against one of Madison Jeffries constructs, or am I mis-remembering? 

#28, Courtney (the robot) used him as a meat shield against Jeffries when he turned a car into a weapon....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashback_%28comics%29
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/flashbackaf.htm


During Alpha Flight's second encounter with Omega Flight, one of Flashback's duplicates was killed by a construct created by Madison Jeffries after Courtney used it as a shield against an attack, causing all other duplicates present to vanish. Upon the realization that his duplicate's death would mean his death in the future, Flashback fell to his knees in shock while Jeffries dealt with the remaining Omegans and destroyed Courtney. Flashback and his teammates were left under guard by Jeffries' construct until the police arrived to apprehend them.

Some years later Alpha Flight was informed that Flashback had disappeared from prison. Alpha Flight took this to mean that Flashback's past had finally caught up with him.[volume & issue needed] This was not to be, as years later Flashback resurfaced. Having sworn off his powers, he tried to destroy his costume, reasoning that if he didn't have his costume he couldn't be sent back to his death.[volume & issue needed]

Then one morning Flashback woke up to discover his costume hanging in the bathroom. This version however had the same design as the ones worn by his duplicates. Flashback soon discovered that no matter what he did, he kept on finding himself in the duplicate suit.[volume & issue needed]

In desperation, Flashback contacted Sasquatch and his Alpha Flight team and convinced them to help him. The Alpha Flight member Nemesis came to the conclusion that she would have to kill him with her enchanted blade in order to stop him from dying in the future. After much trial and error Alpha Flight managed to keep Flashback from being sent to the past.[volume & issue needed]

[Oldben1]

Well I went back and checked, I thought it was the first encounter with Omega Flight, but you are right it is the second!  Alpha Flight 1-28 (plus X-Men 120, 121) are my all time favourites.  I have to admit I haven't read them in years, I'll have to start again in earnest.

Unfortunately I quit buying Alpha Flight at issue 60, so the later history is new to me.  It has to be the strangest 'team' book out there.  Most of the characters never appear together as a large group, then they killed off the leader in issue 12!

You'll need a Smart Alec miniature now too, crawling out of Talisman's pouch.

I love these models.

[fairoaks024]

Very cool use of a super power in model form, I always like the models  shown using some sort of power best.

Nice paintwork too, the fading colours work really well

Regards

Jim