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Offline Hat Guy

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Double-barrel blast from the past!
« on: July 29, 2014, 12:08:44 AM »
Painted these up for the hell of it, thought the Oldhammer crowd would get a kick out of them:






Offline sean_68333

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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2014, 12:13:28 AM »
Awesome.  Those models are great.  I miss Oldhammer.   :(
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Offline Vanvlak

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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2014, 05:09:26 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)

Offline Stu

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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2014, 05:34:22 AM »
Wish I still had mine.

Offline warburton

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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2014, 05:40:01 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!

Offline dijit

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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2014, 05:43:41 AM »
They are Tarantula weapons platforms from the space crusade board game, that also have featured in WH40K.

Offline Vanvlak

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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2014, 06:49:30 AM »
Thanks - I am familiar with the Tarantula (from Epic!), but didn't recognise these from Space Crudsade, which I just missed.

Offline Commander Vyper

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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2014, 01:26:33 PM »
Makes we wish I'd not passed on these. Look great in paint.
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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2014, 10:04:24 PM »
Nice, I just found 2 the other day I forgot I had.
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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2014, 11:46:00 PM »
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.

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Offline Testudo Maximus

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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2014, 05:57:32 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 

Offline aliensurfer

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Re: Double-barrel blast from the past!
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2014, 11:19:22 AM »
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.

 

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