Some of my favorite sculpts of that era, I loved how hefty they felt and how much you could individually equip each squad member

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Love the heft. Back in the day I spammed the hand flamers because I liked the idea of setting enemies on fire.

When I entered a Games Workshop store for the very first time, I begged my mom to buy me a box of Space Marines. She adamantly refused to pay such exorbitant amounts of money for unbuilt, unpainted sprues of plastic. In my desperation I opened my wallet which was empty, I was sure of it. I found a single bill that I had completely forgotten about and it was the exact amount a box of Assault Marines cost. They were the then brand new 5 man plastic kit. Now I regularly pay my own money for expensive, unbuilt, unpainted sprues of plastic. 😂 Also: use microsol and microset! You'll be amazed about the result!

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

That's cool. I will get round to trying it.

@MiniatureMasterClass

Жыл бұрын

@@Miniscape-wh40k Don't bother with microsol/set. Get Tamiya Mark Fit Strong. One solution to soften and set decals instead of 2. There is a reason pro modelers use Tamiya.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

@@MiniatureMasterClass thanks. I will look into it.

I am new to Warhammer but the promotional pictures from the 90s with all the minis on the grassy green fields just crack me up. no dark, desolate worlds, no rocky, barren landscapes. Just grassy green fields.

5 men squad are legal in 2nd! They were added in the White Dwarf magazine. 150 points for 5 guys plus their equipment as usual. For an assault squad jump packs also an extra 5 points per model, as usual. Nice video!

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

My life is changed 😍

@hangarrat

Жыл бұрын

@dcaffran Even as a fellow gamer, and I say this with the greatest of respect. NERRRRRD! 😂

@dcaffran

Жыл бұрын

@@hangarrat I'm just spreading some 2nd Edition joy, don't kill the messenger.

@hangarrat

Жыл бұрын

@@dcaffran Quite the opposite my friend. I tip my hat to you.

These sculpts were my first foray into the hobby, there is just something about these older models ...think i have a few laying about.

loving the nostolgia hit from your videos. Keep up the good work brother!

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate 😍

Nostalgia has firmly got me back into this hobby.... Green bases are my go to Love your work

@Miniscape-wh40k

11 ай бұрын

Thanks very much. Glad you are back in the hobby.

I went mainly with power axes for mine. ;-) But, yes, the weight of the jump packs was an issue. I loved the plastic kit they replaced them with. Whenever my daughter had a helium balloon - which was, in hindsight, not often enough - one of the plastic jump pack marines would have the chance to float around the living room...

@Miniscape-wh40k

7 ай бұрын

Brilliant idea 😅

Love the channel. Thanks for sharing.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy. It's much appreciated.

Space Marine... with Jump Packs... IN SPACE... *ON ICE!!!*

They're fine sculpts even now, and you did them proud. I'm lucky enough to still have my assault squad - ten of them, led by the power fist version of the sergeant, if memory serves I got the five-man box then completed the squad with blister packs, which presumably means I had an extra left over, but I must've traded him for something. One of them's holding his chainsword in a reverse grip, which I can only assume I thought would look cool; I can tell you it does not, poor guy's been the goofy one of the squad for 20+ years now.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

Poor guy. I did the same, expanding with blisters. Good times. Thanks for taking the time to comment! 😄

It’s always nice to see you post ❤

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend 😁

Hand flamers.... very 2nd edition. Also BIOSTRIP strips metal models amazingly.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

Indeed it does 😍

Hi I really like what you have done with your models. Yeah was young once I respect your being a good boy Ty for sharing your video

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

😍

The good old assault marines. Nudge the board slightly? The marines with heavy metal jump pack fall over. Always, they fall over! So not surprised someone has made heavy bases for them!

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

Yes the metal bases make a huge difference 😁

there was a white dwarf article on combat squads which makes 5 man squads game legal.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

😍

@Senbei01

Жыл бұрын

I can second this... though can't remember which issue. I have a photocopy of the rules, sandwiched between the pages of my copy of Codex: Ultramarines.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

@@Senbei01 I knew it was a thing too. But I like to give people something to comment on 😉

love these models remember getting these as a kid back in the day

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

They're awesome 😍

Im always happy when i get a new video, this is one of my favorite channels right up Midwinter and the others, i love the nostalgic commentary and flavor you bring

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you like it 😍

That's the GW Bristol Cribbs Causeway store! That takes me back

You never forget your armies you sell. My Tau Army 2003-2010 My Ravenwing army 2011-2016 and yet though I haven't played 40k since 6th edition my Thousand Sons army hangs on with me.

great Job! thank you for reminder me, anywhere around here, some JupPacks are waiting =) CU

If you want metal bases, here's the easy way. Washers, glue, angled rig, metal sanding paper, disc sander. Here's the less easy way. A - Purchase a bag of petrobond off ebay. 2kg ~twelve squid, more than enough for a HUGE bunch o' stuff. B - Place slottabase on sheet of something or other with suitably sized enclosure. I volunteer lego. Do so on a solid surface. C - Bury slottabase in petrobond. D - Tamp petrobond until tightly packed. E - Purchase fresh white metal. Or sacrifice very naughty miniatures. White metal goes for about forty squid a kilo, and yon sproons are, what, 50g? So it's about two squid per whole miniature. Could be a lot worse. F - white metal goes molten at a surprisingly low temperature. i used to melt mine over a camping gas stove in a beer can with an improvised handle and that worked just dandy. G - flip petrobond & enclosure over, carefully extract the slotta base. H - Carefully fill the hole with metal. Let cool. I - Trim to size. J - Mask up and disc sand the base flat. K - Sand edges to taste. The slightly harder way is to do basically all that but instead of using petrobond you also purchase some high temp casting rubber, which is cheap as chips on the ebay, plus, you get a load of castings out of it and probably don't have to sand very much. Did once upon, however, utterly ruin a pair of beige slacks. Obviously only a total bar steward would point out that a supply of high temperature white metal casting rubber could also be used to make similar moulds of virtually any piece of whatsit and as such could be used to copy any miniature in metal. or indeed in resin if you prefer. That'd be tantamount to something or other. I certainly never used that technique to increase the size of an Eldar army beyond reason, nor did i almost sicken myself with glee being able to copy pieces I had customised so my little pointers could all be distinct.

@Miniscape-wh40k

11 ай бұрын

The casting process seems useful but complex. Thanks for sharing though. For me I think weighing down plastic bases with washers is the way to go.

@Belzediel

11 ай бұрын

@@Miniscape-wh40k Yeah, fair enough. For me, it was one of those things I tried when too young to think it could go wrong. In the end, super-easy, barely an inconvenience, but fo sho washers will work. You might also look into buying up some lead shot, the teeny tiny grades can get glued in a slotta just dandy and obviously weigh more than a steel washer. :-)

The solid metal bases are a good idea. I remember my metal assault marines falling over all the time!

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could take the credit for the bases

@bilko991

Жыл бұрын

@@Miniscape-wh40k Having thought about the metal bases, I remember buying some minis in the 90s that came with round metal bases. I can't remember what they were or what manufacturer unfortunately. It was a smaller line than GW. I think Ral Partha did square metal bases.

Those second edition plastic power fists are not bad at all. Specially the slimmer profile.

I think it could be cool to put magnets in their bases so they can pop on and off the 32mm bases so they can be played in any edition. Also fantastic work as always my man.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

I have given this some thought. It's a good idea. Rather than using the 32mm that GW provide, I was considering using thinner 32mm bases and then magnetising the 25mm bases on top of those so the height if the base wasn't ridiculous. I will need to experiment.

@coneman844

Жыл бұрын

@@Miniscape-wh40k thats a great idea. I didn’t even think of thin bases lol.

I've yet the original ones, bought them via old GW's mail order service, way before internet. Naturally I painted them as UltraMarines, they were some of the coolest figures of those days.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

😍

Clean that damn superglue tip! Geez!

@Miniscape-wh40k

11 ай бұрын

Dirty tip 😉

Vallejo sells 2 products for decals which work like microset and the other, at least for me Vallejo is more available and they work well. I think the other is called Decal softener or something like that and the other is Decal fix.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

Great. Thanks. Will investigate.

I wonder how much did they cost back then? I always liked the heft of metal miniatures to modern plastic ones.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

I can't recall. I want to say £20 but I may be wrong. A citadel price guide from that era would tell us. Must be somewhere on the Internet.

'' I want the box with swords mum '' ''But its science fiction luv, not fantasy '' '' You're point being....''.

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

😄

@richardbradley2335

Жыл бұрын

@@Miniscape-wh40k Come into range of my sword !!!...first meme i ever saw.

well like it and yes thows back are have as all hek got look in my boxes got older rocket guys one day have do last 1500 ponts of new guys did a dreed not and huge put some lights in it yes lot kits to me seem light have seeen the RC tanks and one guy did real life flamer and a huver tank that real flys cool stuff i think its caled your dad well nest vid

@Miniscape-wh40k

Жыл бұрын

😊

Rest in peace my sweet boyz