tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300398698945027432024-03-12T23:12:28.817-04:00Hungry Ghosts Chaos Squats of KhorneHungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-55085223636498526342014-07-04T00:43:00.000-04:002014-07-04T00:43:29.921-04:00Gyrocopter-Made-of-Bits: Successful Accomplishment Complete<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our Gyrocopter / Bomber built of bits has successfully concluded. Base and Pilot are now present. Cost of parts was $16.87. Cost of shipping is not easy to calculate. These bits came along with assorted parts of Chaos and Undead of various sorts. The seller providing just about all these critters and bits, Bullet Bits, charges $0.20 per item beyond the first so we have $2.20 from what's there. The share of shipping for the rest would be another few dollars. A bit over $20, retail price $45 (free delivery if you spend another $20!).<br />
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<br />Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-46509380904321811272014-03-31T23:48:00.002-04:002014-03-31T23:48:41.559-04:00Hungry Ghosts Chaos Squat 100: Col. Teckja Ras-El-Dugmit<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Five years ago, a glorious new chapter in the history of the Squats opened up: The Hungry Ghosts Chaos Squats of Khorne blog. As one early commenter said, when I saw the name I thought it was a joke. Joke it was not. Now we break new ground with the introduction of the 100th Hungry Ghost, Colonel Teckja Ras-El-Dugmit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ras-El-Dugmit is the Hungry Ghosts version of Imperial Guard Special Character Captain Al'Rahem of the Tallarn Desert Tigers. Ras-El-Dugmit adheres rather closely to the illustration of Al'Rahem, considering the warping power of Chaos. We have the large overcoat and the sand-shielding goggles that came with Squat Guildmaster 2, and of course the mandatory Space Boots all but Tyranids must wear.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In contrast to Al'Rahem's puny excuse for a beard, Ras-El-Dugmit has been given a magnificently long flowing braid, as mobile as the desert winds he strides amongst. It is from one of the plastic Beastmen Gor heads. It also nicely covers up the Obvious Mistake that was made in not designing Guildmaster 2 with a proper beard to begin with. And that silly albatross around his next like he would ever consider getting on a boat had to be scraped off. Ras-El-Dugmit was given a lighter shade of the Hungry Ghosts hair color formula to signify his desert origins, the old Bronzed Flesh paint.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ras-El-Dugmit's Plasma Pistol was made incalculably more awesome than Al'Rahem's, using the 40K 3rd Edition Chaos Space Marine Champion Sprue version with glowing veins of power and the early wisp of a plasmatic blast coming from the barrel. I think it is some bit of Wood Elf shrubbery, but can't remember.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From the side, we can see that Ras-El-Dugmit's attire is well integrated. One of the many Hungry Ghosts who do not use Squat arms cause they suck, Ras-El-Dugmit has the right arm of a plastic Necromunda Orlock Gang member from the mid-1990s starter box. It provides additional sweat-absorbing cloth beyond his headband (made larger with some green stuff below his cyber-bit on the right side of his head). The band does well as an emphasizing accessory for his bulging, if necrotic, bicep. Teckja also knows the Power of One Glove - <i>Sham-On!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The matching cloth streaming from the Plasma Pistol comes from the less impressive source of a plastic Bretonnian Knight Head. Like Al'Rahem, Ras-El-Dugmit is equipped with shoulder armor. Not that that's not a common feature in the Grim Darkness of the Grim Dark Future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ras-El-Dugmit is sporting a fancypants Forge World backpack from a Krieg Engineer. More noticeably, while Captain Tallarn has a mincy little sword to dispatch his enemies, Ras-El-Dugmit has more fully committed with his entire left arm replaced with a huge Power Mace, the Maul of the Skull-Breaker. The yellow bumps are a reminder of all of the Mark 6 Space Marines that have been smitten by the Maul over the centuries. The circuitry of the cybernetic arm attachment region is guarded by a bit of plastic Empire Knight armor.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some may have noticed that Ras-El-Dugmit's dual-weapon arms provide a wide open stance, projecting outward and upward at similar angles. By now, we know that was intentional. So was the counterbalance. While the killing arms spread open like the wings of the angel of death, Ras-El-Dugmit is looking right at you. This was emphasized by ensuring that the long beard ran up at a contrasting angle to the arms, up to his face, and continuing upward by the addition of an antenna to the right side of his head (Battlefleet Gothic spaceship bit). In the middle, frame by the hair and head band, we have his goggle-guarded gaze. The lenses of the goggles have been painted the same bronze color as the pistol and Maul of the Skull-Breaker, while the exposed area of his face was muted with a ghoulish light blue-gray.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then we have the cat. A reminder of the original Desert Tiger, as well as the GI Joe action figure Spearhead who was accompanied by a bobcat...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">named Max. There he is, now working for a Rogue Trader Ork Runtherd, the one that's not in the Catalog (Ooooo....rare...). We also have some Orks from the days when, if you wanted your Orks to be insanely powerfully armed, you got it. These three came in a blister pack with another heavy weapon Ork with a Missile Launcher.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Max, in proper feline fashion, is walking <i>near</i> Ras-El-Dugmit, not with him, and not particularly interested in what our Chaos Squat is looking at. He is from a Grenadier Wizard's Familiar metal sprue, with the addition of a plastic monster-face collar from one of the old WFB Empire war machine accessories.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As the addition of our desert cat suggests, we can't have a miniature where all of the action is in the upper regions with a lonely ignored base.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So our base is filled with rubble. As in the original fluff, the Guildmasters were inexplicably aligned with the greasy Biker contingent of Squats, motor vehicle parts have been strewn upon the base. We have a wheel from one of the 1990s Imperial Guard Heavy Weapon platforms and a partially buried headlight from the old Squat motorcycles (actually miscast and not partially buried). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anyway, we know we can't have prominent angular alignments without circles. We learned that from Stonehenge. So our circular headlamp is set below the Power Maul, and given similar colors. The wheel is placed on the other side of Ras-El-Dugmit's beard, and directs attention toward the seam of his coat. Both the wheel and coat seam and buttons are painted in similar colors as Ras-El-Dugmit's goggles, to provide another source of attraction toward his gaze. Ras-El-Dugmit's head forms the most important circle of all, surrounded by the lesser rings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ras-El-Dugmit, like many of the other commanders of the Hungry Ghosts, is a Squat who will not be constrained by the boundaries of his base. Ras-El-Dugmit's right boot is set at the edge of the base, with the result that almost all of his right arm is beyond the edge of his base. His candy-corn colored antenna sticks out as well. And the old tire.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The result is that Ras-El-Dugmit is both backed into one edge of his base while jutting forth in contrary angles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And a triangle emerges from the circles and dischordant lines. Ras-El-Dugmit was intended to be a simple conversion. But he is Master of All He Surveys.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And here is Ras-El-Dugmit joined by the other special characters, led by The Grudge Master. Who's that in the upper right? We will find out soon...</span></span><br />
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<br />Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-5058136444728151632014-03-30T03:33:00.000-04:002014-03-30T03:36:36.107-04:00Fiend Folio Used and Improved!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hungry Ghosts occasionally takes a ramble through the Dungeons and Dragons sector on eBay for nostalgic purposes, and attempts to find reasonably priced rubbery old AD&D monsters, which is not so successful. Anyway, we found us a "used" Fiend Folio at a very low price. Githyanki gracing the cover, bid placed and won.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Fiend Folio is a glorious compendium of weirdos and oddball monsters created by AD&D players and sent to a British magazine for their Fiend Folio feature, most never actually published in the magazine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This particular Fiend Folio, however, was not just used, but improved. An enterprising former owner with a rainbow selection of markers had gone through the Tome and colored every picture in the book.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The psionic Githyanki come forth from the Astral Plane, clad in bejeweled +4 Splint Mail and wielding intelligent Silver Swords of great power. Woe is the reward of any dungeon despoilers who stumble upon a Githyanki Prime Material Plane Lair, containing 21-30 of the rebel Mind Flayer creations.</span></span></div>
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<br />Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-81474072455804029892014-03-30T02:58:00.000-04:002014-03-30T02:58:12.251-04:00The $7 Warhammer Fantasy Battle Dwarf Gyrobomber / Gyrocopter (So Far)<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So when we last heard from Hungry Ghosts he went on a little rant about letting Beardlings play with expensive assault weaponry. Now the Dwarf Gyrobomber / Gyrocopter has hit the Bits Factory, and Hungry Ghosts has gone scavenging. Let's see what we got ourselves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The first foray into buying us a Bomber brought forth a functional bonanza. Here we have a good chunk of the Gyrobomber. We have the Cockpit interior and exterior. We have the shooty things that go on the front and sides of the Pilot-Pod (Guns and Canards, according to the Bits Merchant). Then the main tail section of the Bomber, along with the Rear Rotor System.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So $5.87 spent so far. Now we are obviously missing some important parts, most obviousestibly the Main Rotor. Also the two extra rows of Bombs. No Pilot neiver, but we got plenty of eager Squats to fill that seat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But let's go back to the issue of Dwarf Heads and Realisticism. Remember, through the Misty Mountains of foggy Time, beset by Storm Giants hurling boulders in our general direction; are they at play, or are they angry at our trespass upon their territory? The inside of the mountain is Ours, the outside they claim mastery over. Mighty Eagles disagree, and woe unto the Storm Giant whose boulder disturbs a Dragon -- but clearly, this has gone on too long.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">'Tis rare that a race receive an update so soon in the World of Warhammer, that is, unless you are a Space Marine. Eldrad Ulthuan, he of the mighty staff of easy breakage, and the Eldar Phoenix Lords, they who bear the gigantic heads, new and exciting releases for Warhammer 40K... 2nd Edition. Seriously, 21 years old. Real life people have been born, grown up, and fought in real life combat since these fellows were let loose on the tabletop. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Anyway, here's our $25 Space Marines Stormtalon. We need some Assault Cannons maybe, but I probably have some already. Figgering out the clear plastic canopy could be a bit more challenging, if we didn't have plenty of clear plastic bits of various sizes around here as well. But that's part of the fun. Hungry Ghosts has so many, many vehicles and critters of all sorts to assemble and paint, there's no need to plunk down $45 for a couple of sprues of plastic...sorry, for a multi-part plastic boxed set containing 90(!) components...that's going to sit on a shelf for nobody knows how many years. The thrill of the hunt.....</span></span></div>
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40K or Fantasy Battle. OK, he views them as crazy expensive sprues of
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of Grudges. Lamenting the utter destruction of Orky Kultcha,
regardless of past enmity. We miss Khorne Stormboys. Mad Boyz were always good for a laugh, though snarrffulling bubbly beer may bring a few tears to the eyes.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Groaning about the Beastmen turning from
wild hordes of insane convolutions of animal, vegetable, mineral, and
man to domesticated livestock with pointy sticks. </span> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daemon Prince, Tiny-legged, Wee-headed, Daemon Prince</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But now things have gone too far.
Coming suspiciously close to the revelation of the Legioss Moriad XIV
Experimental Aeronautics Agency, Games Workshop has released a new
WFB Dwarfs Army Book and several new models.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Amongst the Mighty Lords of Mighty
Prices comes the new Dwarf Gyrocopbopter or whatever it's called when
you don't want to say something is a helicopter, 'cause you can't
trademark helicopter. Take a looksee:
<b>http://tinyurl.com/gyrocopbopper</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So COMPLAINT THE FIRST: Notice that you
can make a Gyrocopter or a Gyrobomber out of the set. If you go through the pictures and/or text ("The Gyrocopter is a small yet nimble war machine." and </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "Kept afloat by two rotor arrays and a dirigible balloon, the Gyrobomber is part Gyrocopter and part airship.")</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You will see that the Gyrobomber is about
twice as big as the Gyrocopter.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once upon a time, there was a game
company that would notice that the Bomber is about twice as big as
the Copter. That company wouldn't just sell one set that leaves the
Dwarf enthusiast with a relatively small Gyrocopter, a pile of bits,
and eyes watering with tears for the same price as a big old
Gyrobomber, not much bits left over, and happy happy joy joy about
their monstrous flying dragon-killer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That company would say, “Hey, let's
sell a Gyrocopter and a Gyrobomber as two different sets with prices
reflecting the differences in size and complexity.” Or maybe “Hey,
let's make one big-ass boxed set that let's you make one big-ass
Gyrobomber <i>or </i><span style="font-style: normal;">two
Gyrocopters, swift as dragonflies.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instead, you blow
$45 on a model that uses half the stuff in the box. Merry Beermass,
beardlings!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COMPLAINT THE
SECOND: Gaze upon the text accompanying these amazing flying machines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“<span style="font-style: normal;">Gyrocopters
and Gyrobombers represent the best of Dwarf engineering. Designed by
the Engineers Guild and inspired by combining dragon and drilling
machine the original Gyrocopter design took centuries to gain
acceptance.”</span></span></div>
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<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There seems to be
some words or maybe punctuation left out of that blurb, but we get
the essence: these machines are the best, and the best means
expensive, the best means prestige, the best means Living Ancestors
tell you before you board the craft: “take care of this fucker or
we'll have your balls if you survive the crash-landing.” Right?
Right.</span></div>
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</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But instead of this
proper care and handling of an expensive experimental awesomeness
that took totally a lot of time to get permission to create, we are
told that these machines are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“<span style="font-style: normal;">Piloted
by beardlings (still growing into their whiskers!) these fearsome war
machines are regularly seen bombing the battlefield with wanton
abandon.”</span></span></div>
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</span>
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<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hungry Ghosts has
no problem with using fearsome war machines, or bombing the
battlefield with wanton abandon.
</span></div>
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</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Hungry
Ghosts </span><i>does</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> have a
problem with experimental war machines and weaponry... a problem with
making too many of them. The fact is that the Dark Mechs of the
Legioss Moriad have a free pass to screw around with any manner of
machine, be it meat or metal, or more likely both.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most recently,
there's been uncontrollable urges to develop mobile weapon platforms
that eliminate the need for a team of two to handle a heavy weapon.
Like so:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hungry Ghosts Mechs are busy melding these Necromunda Pit Slaves (Pit Slave 4 and 5, fresh from the Underhive!) with the
type of weaponry normally seen mounted on wheels or tracks. In the
interests of controlling the beasts and gathering lots of datas, our
Pit Slaves have implanted computronic displays, info-jacks, and
cybertubes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These here Pit
Slaves were purchased for use as the other three: vehicular violence
victims.</span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-42ZRMgXQ-LY/UwjQAJGDJMI/AAAAAAAADTc/fJq5aXgbYa0/s1600/Spinne+Thunder+Chiefs+Hungry+Ghosts+Chaos+Squats+Warhammer+40K+Lt+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-42ZRMgXQ-LY/UwjQAJGDJMI/AAAAAAAADTc/fJq5aXgbYa0/s1600/Spinne+Thunder+Chiefs+Hungry+Ghosts+Chaos+Squats+Warhammer+40K+Lt+(2).JPG" /></a></div>
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<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But they are
honking huge comparatively, and well armed... except for the arm cut
off... or maybe now they're even more well armed … stupid pun
confusion ….</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Don't press the Red Button" "Which one's the Red Button, he ain't painted yet?"</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Galaxy's Worst Cell Phone Contract Ever.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Dark Mechs of
Moriad have a Dark Fascination with taming and controlling the
ancient enemy of the Dwarf race, the dreaded Rust Monster. Here we
see one such experiment, obviously going quite well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not only does our
Rust Monster have twin-linked Las Cannons mounted upon its back,
extra firepower has been pumped up by replacing the forelegs with
Eldar Webspinners fresh from the exarch. All of this weaponry did
require installing some additional brain power to the insect.* But
care was taken to ensure the minimum was added, just a few little
neuro-nubbins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Back to the
beardlings. Yes, beardlings like to get into all sorts of
shenanigans. If your beardlings insist on flying, we know what to
give them.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put-Put Away Young
Eagle, Put-Put through the Clouds in your little Cloud-Cars!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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</span>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And of course
they'll want to play with some dead bodies, or semi-dead bodies, try
out some cyborgization or reanimation. So you let them play in here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not super expensive
flying machines! Not even the pile of bits left over when you make
the Gyrocopter instead of the Bomber!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Long rambling rant complete. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">'Puters are hard when you come from a low-tech world</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Moriad Mechanicii
have determined that the Rust Monster was possibly the first Tyranoid
entity to penetrate the Great Bearded Galaxy**, long before the
Catachan Devil or the Ambull.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**You didn't think we'd call it the Milky Way, did you? </span></div>
Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-27794369779490208632014-01-20T03:51:00.001-05:002014-01-20T03:51:21.440-05:00Bits Bits Bits and the Skagerrak Skallen Fangsters Jet Pack Squadron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we last saw the Legioss Moriad XIV experimental flight squadron, the Skagerrak Skallen Fangsters, it seemed that our evil little friends from Denmark just needed some weapons and right hands to be ready for (unpainted) action.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, Hungry Ghosts did that, and it took a very long time. This led to an investigation of why it took a very long time. Herewith, let us go and make our visit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There they are, my little Khornicons.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, the insidious intent: Overkill. Weaponry that would never be considered acceptable in a 40K game by reasonable people.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This led first to Chaos Squats Plastic Bits Box 1. Here, the guns bin in the upper right was plundered for all those new Space Marines Plasma Pistols, Inferno Pistols, Hand Flamers; whatever was explosive enough but not too ridiculous when being held in one hand while flying.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then the long row of hand weapons was rummaged through for pointy hacking type things. Also, the Bolt Pistols from the weapons bins to use along with the pointy bits.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But with those hundreds bits, there could be no chance that our Flying Squats would go without decorative skulls or swanky spikes. Or that guns would go unmodified. So the rest of our plastic bits were inspected for potential use.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patience pays off: remember, you're not going to use that whatever for who knows how long; quiet accumulation can be more rewarding than indulging in the "It's so cool, I want it now!" urge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not using the Imperial Tanks and Cities of Death parts. We have plans for those. And the extra Valkyrie Troops Compartment below as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not going to need the Tau bits (including most of a cheap-ass Fire Warrior squad), the Chaos Chariot Gore Beast (ready to join the Bear-Master and Cyboar Cyclor), nor headless Cold Ones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where there is time yet for a hundred visions and revisions. How modest seem the actual Chaos pieces when compared with Tyranids, Dragons, and other foul beasts. How his legs are thin next to the Hive Tyrant and Zombie Dragon. That Terrorgheist has some very useful bits as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do we want to use the Ork bits? Lots of tubes and spikes. But no, we'll save them for the Secret Land Train Secret Project, along with the Imperial Tanks. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cometh the Undead. Such very nice bits from those Vampire Counts monstrosities. Surprisingly cheap as well. Seems with all these new plastic kits, there's some sort of critter in the middle that possesses all the useful power. That critter might go for $15-25. But the rest? $1-3 for an entire side of ghostly horsemen or creepy skeletal enclosures. A person could build their own Mountains of Madness for not much money.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or the Assorted Space Marines Parts and the Whole WFB Critter Bodies and Scenery bits. No one needs a Gnoblar leg right now.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It really did. They are so very nice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the Battlefleet Gothic parts, Nurgle Drone Riders, Big Plastic Guns, and Skeletal Horsemen will be included in the potential permutation pool of parts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Sometimes, when handling small parts, there's no such thing as "cut away from yourself". As when dealing with the little arrow bits cut off of a Tzeentch Icon and attached to the face of our Chaos Squat on the left. And sometimes, the finger bleeds fast. Faster than the smelly liquid wound sealer can dry.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now You <u><i><b>Will</b></i></u> Know Fear, O Emperor's lapdogs: We have the strength of technology and body to fire a Bolter with one hand!!!</span></span></div>
Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-71300007211740298802014-01-01T23:45:00.000-05:002014-01-01T23:47:36.796-05:00Ancient Creatures of Chaos: Demons of the 1980s: Zygor, Leaping Slomm, Ngaaranh, and SA-ATOR!!!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will start off the new year by looking at some of the things Hungry Ghosts was playing with last year instead of making more blog postings about Squats. First, Ancient Creatures of Chaos!</span></span><br />
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(1983): Zygor Snake Arms, Leaping Slomm Two Face, and Ngaaranh Chaos
Spawn. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovely </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ngaaranh Chaos Spawn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Leaping Slomm Two Face</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leaping Slomm is a Mutant Chaos Troll</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, Mr Zygor Snake Arms. Snake Tail too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zgn_ZGd_R8g/UsTna4GTgSI/AAAAAAAADN8/2AhklrqT0Ew/s1600/ArcaneListingsC27ChaosMonsters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zgn_ZGd_R8g/UsTna4GTgSI/AAAAAAAADN8/2AhklrqT0Ew/s640/ArcaneListingsC27ChaosMonsters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Yes, Beardlings, 30 years ago, no internet (for practical purposes), and photographs were too expensive for hobby catalogs. At least we have some drawings. Hungry Ghosts remembers ordering miniatures just by the name alone: Female Elf Ranger. What's she going to look like? We'll find out in 4 to 6 weeks when she arrives in the mailbox. (We also had to pay $3 for the catalog, which also took 4 to 6 weeks to arrive. A primitive system for desperate young gamers, who also might be mistaken for devil worshipers, but that is a tale for another day. Or an early Tom Hanks film).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">http://solegends.com/citcat1984arch/ArcList11-01.htm</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">http://solegends.com/citle1980/c1chaos/index.htm</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, from 1985, SA-ATOR, the Gigantic Demon Lord.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part of Tony Ackland's Arcane Monstrosities series.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SA-ATOR</span></span> is a Gigantic Demon Lord of Complex Thought.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"No creature broods with black evil as does </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SA-ATOR</span></span>, and no other creatures does he despise more than the pathetic race of humanity.
His malice is bottomless, his hatred a deathly palor that glows black upon his rank and
leprous hide He could destroy humanity if he wished. But </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SA-ATOR</span></span> is far too subtle, and far
too cruel, to merely slay mankind. That would he too easy! too unsatisfying! </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SA-ATOR</span></span> knows
that there are terrors worse than death, horrors more profound than the maw of oblivion,
agony a thousand times more intense than the death rattle. No - instead he delights in the
corruption of man, pleasures in the dance of death; in the war and hatred and cruelty that
he seeds in humanity. These are emotions lie knows well; emotions that could be read in
his gleaming yellow eyes were there a creature that dare look. But few living creatures
could survive the stare of hatred in that face, or breathe the exhaled air of corruption
that issues from that foul muzzle. A few that tried would be lucky enough to die. More
likely they would themselves become twisted with bitterness, turned upon their own race
and driven insane with lust for death and carnage."</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://solegends.com/citta/ta8saator/index.htm</span> </span></span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By April 1986, technology had progressed to allow photographs.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite his brooding about the corruption of humankind, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SA-ATOR</span></span> gets 10 Stomp attacks per turn.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deadly Poison Breath attack too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 80s were a good time to be a</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gigantic Demon Lord.</span></span></div>
Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-84257590571889433972013-12-31T21:41:00.000-05:002013-12-31T21:41:08.996-05:00Squats in Non-GW Magazines, Historia Squataticus: Appendix 13
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>Squats in Non-GW
Magazines, </b></u></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>Historia
Squataticus</b></u></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>:
Appendix 13</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Le
H</span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">é</span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">raut
Citadel.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">This
was a French language magazine published by Agmat (maker of the Agmat
Thudd Gun) on an irregular schedule in the mid- to late 1980s. I have
only issue 5, dated June 1988. Like White Dwarf at the time, this
magazine was shifting from a mix of TSR, Chaosium, MERP, and Games
Workshop content toward being entirely devoted to GW. I am not sure
how many issues were published; issue 5 is the only one I have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Issue
5</u> features a black & white picture of the Squat Mole Mortar
(unpainted) on p. 15 along with other black & white and color
pictures of Warhammer 40K and WFB models.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Inquisitor
(Epicast / Armorcast).</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This
18-issue magazine was published at an erratic schedule by Tim
Dupertuis. Tim was the man behind Epicast and then with Armorcast, so
it is understandable that there would be some trade-offs between
publishing issues and production of models. Armorcast still produces
a fine range of wargaming terrain and miniatures
(</span></span></span><span style="color: navy; font-size: large;"><span lang="zxx"><a href="http://www.armorcast.com/"><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.armorcast.com/</span></span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">),
some of which can be seen in Hungry Ghosts posts, particularly the
Alien Plants series.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">The
dates on the covers of the issues do not necessarily correspond to
the actual time of publication, but may reflect the intended date
rather than the actual date as was common for small publications of
this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
1</u> (June 1991): No Squats </span>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
2</u> (September 1991): Squats-free</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
3</u> (January 1992): Disturbing absence of Squats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
4</u> (April 1992): Advertisement for Epicast U.S.A. Termite and
Falcon, page 10. This is probably the first ad for the Termite ($20).
Given the overlapping ownership between Inquisitor and Epicast, all
future issues feature an ad for the Termite somewhere in them and
will not be included here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page
18: points values for various Squats-associated weaponry included in
a Space Marine Army record sheet, including the Mole Mortar, Thudd
Gun, Rapier, all Tarantula variations, and the Leviathan for those
ambitious enough to construct such a monster (500 pts). Note that we
are dealing with the Rogue Trader rules at this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
5</u> (June1992): Page 5, Q&A with Andy Chambers, including
Squats questions about Exo Armor, Power Lance, squad and ally options
and requirements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
6</u> (September 1992): Page 4 notes the sad absence of Squat
Champion units.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page
14 index of White Dwarf articles from issue 93-151 reveals the
conspicuous absence of Squats articles, limited to the Army List in
111 and the Land Train rules in 151. But it also foolishly includes
the Mole Mortar in the Imperial section, along with generally shared
systems Rapier and Tarantula, and bikes of all sorts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Want
Ads on page 19: Dwarf-friends in Alaska and Hawaii are still
searching for Squat Musicians and Heavy Weapons Trikes. Good luck
sirs, Inquisitor's publication numbers were measured in the low
100's. We had trouble in NYC getting minis in the 1980s and early
1990s, Alaskans and Hawaiians must be truly in dire circumstances.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Number
7</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(February 1993): Article on pages 6-9 on Scout and Recon units.
Provides rules and stats for Squats Scout/Recon squads. Reports that
Squats do not distinguish between Scouts and Recon types, related to
their heavy-handed approach to gathering information. Rules and Stats
for a Jeep type recon vehicle in use by the Imperials and Squats
(basically, touch it and it explodes).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page
17 Want Ads. Our friends in Alaska and Hawaii continue their
searches. Their pleas will continue, but will no longer be reported
here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
8</u> (Spring 1993): Squat Engineers on Bikes appear on the cover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Pages
5-7, article on Combat Engineers, including Squats rules & stats.
Squats also have access to specialized Rhinos with engineering
modifications (bridge-laying, mine-sweeping), as well as Termite,
Mole, and Hellbore tunnelers and the Gorgon (rules for which were
promised in issue 9 but never appeared, except for Gorgon).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page
13, Q&A with Andy Chambers notes that the Mole Mortar as detailed
in the Battle Manual is far more accurate than any other weapon.</span></div>
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18-19: Updated points values and equipment lists for Squats armies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
9</u> (Summer 1993): Pas des Nains d'espace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Number
10</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(Fall 1993): Warhammer 40K 2</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Edition appears with minimal army lists. Page 5 notes that it is
likely that a full Squats army list will not be seen soon...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Pp.
16-17, updated points values for 2</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Edition.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">P.
18: Vain hopes for new Squats miniatures in 40K 2</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Ed.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
11</u> (Winter 93/94): Page 4, Squats Living Ancestor Dark
Millennium psychic powers noted, as well as vulnerability of tightly
clustered Squats armies (among others) to Virus Grenades.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Obstacles
and Line of Sight rules on pages 10-14 discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of being shorter than Humans, Orks, and Keeblars.
Features illustrative photographs including Squats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
12</u> (Spring 1994): No Squats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
13</u> (February 1995): Vehicle System Update (pages 14-29) provides
generalized rules for military vehicle classes and attempts to rein
in the (literal) overkill allowed to Imperial Land Raiders and
Dreadnoughts. Vehicle weapon points are adjusted for BS of crew,
including Squats. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Also,
the particular converted-into-superheavy-APC Soviet T34 tank shown in
the picture on p. 13 was purchased by Hungry Ghosts and is now in
their service. Counts as Gorgon (with the traditional 40K “Bag of
Holding” troop carrying capacity compared to transport size), with
stats on p. 26.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
14</u> (September 1996): Cauldron of Blood ($40) and Cannon of Khorne
($30) are now available from Armorcast (p. 2) and featured in an
article on adapting WFB Chaos for 40K fun (pp. 5-7). Exo Armor Chaos
Squats appear prominently in the army photo on p. 5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Review
of Galaktik Taktik spacecraft from Pewtercraft USA of Jackson NJ (p.
11) notes that the Colonial Forces ships would work well for Squats.
Hungry Ghosts says, yes, but needs more skulls and tentacles. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
15</u> (August 1997): Armorcast High Tech Walls now available and
seen in the background of many Hungry Ghosts blog posts (p. 2).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">More
importantly, this issue is devoted to remedying the missing Squats
Codex for 40K 2</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Edition (pp. 5-24). A b/w illustration of an angry Squat with a large
Bolter by Joel Phillips appears on p. 3.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">The
Squats Army List starts on p. 5. It is broken up into a Brotherhood
Army List (pp. 8-13) including an assortment of converted WFB minis
filling in the gaps in the product like, and an Engineer Guild Army
List (pp. 14-17). </span>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">The
Squats Army is equipped with vehicles from Simtac's Kryomek line of
Nexus Marines, in pictures as well as rules.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">The
photographs included reinforce the belief that only a few Iron Claw
Squats appeared in North America (Numbers 1, 5, 10, 17).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
illustrations by Joel Phillips seem to indicate that pictures or
copies of the unreleased 2</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Edition Squats had been seen, or at least the Champions and Trooper.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Number
16</u> (November 1997): No Squats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Number
17</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(February 1998): Update of Combat Engineers article for 40K 2</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Edition rules, including Squats units (pp. 5-9). </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Squats
Army List errata on p. 25.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Number
18</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(May 1999): In 18 issues Inquisitor has traveled from Rogue Trader to
40K 3</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rd</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Edition.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page
12 gives a system for determining points costs of troops based on a
average human model with additions for improvements. This system was
used in assigning points costs in the Squats army lists that appeared
in Number 15.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page
25 Q&A includes discussion of weapons access for troop types in
the Squats army lists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Australian
Realms. </i></span>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">From
the vast wilderness of Western Australia, a bimonthly magazine
covering all sorts of fantasy and sci-fi games – miniatures, RPGs,
CCGs. I have only issue 21, dated January/February 1995. No Squats
here</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>The
Dark Library: A magazine for the Warhammer 40,000 gamer.</i></span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Issue 1</u> from Autumn 1994 includes
an article on boats in Warhammer 40K which reports that Squats do not
have specialized Frogmen-type troops, as “squats rarely have much
experience with water” (p. 6). But they do have much experience
with beer, and have specialist Grogbrothers, who maintain the
integrity of the vast beer production facilities found on every
Squats Homeworld, expeditionary base, and spacecraft. They also care
for the Beerquariums common to Squats entertainment parks (“The
Happiest Fish in the Galaxy”).</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">The inside back cover reports that the
next issue will feature Squats material, noting that “Squat players
haven't had much to play with for quite a while now – the only new
squat miniature released by GW in the past year or so was the mark 2
motorbike – and we hope to remedy some of that.</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">However, it goes on to state “If
you're a squat player and would like to contribute something on
squats, please send it in!”.</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Open solicitation for material for the
next issue is never a good sign in terms of maintaining a regular
publication schedule.</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Issue 3</u> from Spring 1995 is a
much improved publication in terms of quality of content and format.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">A scenario named “Irregularities on
Vauxhault II” forbids allies for the mixed force of Imperial Guard
and Space Marines, including Squats, which does not bode well for the
humans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">An article on “Warhammer 40,000 Night
Battles” reports the obvious – the superior genetic composition
of the mighty Squats includes Infravision, “a second sight which
allows them to not only see colors as humans do, but to see heat as
well,” allowing them to function in the night without any deficit.
On the other hand, it states that flashlights are useless to Squats.
This is simply not true for a race as ingenious as the Squats.
Amongst other functions, they can be sold or traded, used to make the
ignorant think that Squats do not have Infravision, used to
temporarily blind others by shining the lights in the eyes, or as a
general whacking stick (pp. 21-22).</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page 26 features an ad for Nick
Tompkins's Epicast U.S.A. resin vehicles, including the Termite
($22.00).</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page 29 introduces the new regular
feature “Toshe Tales: Great Squat Lore”, concerning the mighty
deeds of the Toshe Clan Stronghold. In this issue, the defeat of Ork
Blood Axe Clan Kaptain Ironlung's Kommandos by a combined force of
Squat Gyrocopters and Sky Surfers(!), taking special advantage of
their geologic knowledge of the terrain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
article includes rules (40K 2</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Ed) for Squat Sky Surfers troop type in addition to the story, as
well as the Camo-Cloaks, Power Boards, and the Longrifles used by the
Sky Surfers and Squat snipers. (pp. 29-32)</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Issue 4</u> (Winter 1995) starts off
with an editorial whining about the price of the Rhino transport used
by Squats and other less important beings - $15! (p. 2).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page 7: another ad from Epicast offering
the Termite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Page
11: a little complaint about the allies system for 40K 2</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Ed, noting that former enemies Squats and Eldar can now cooperate,
and that Squats will condescend to ally with Space Marines.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Pages 21-35: Space Slann are back! On
pp. 28-29, there is a sidebar discussion of an entity known as Saul
of Nenuphar, a very ancient entity who appears in legends from just
about every known race, including Squats. Saul is believed to have
been a Slann. Or maybe a Dragon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Imperial
Dispatches: A Warhammer 40,000 Fanzine</span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span>
</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Broadcast
from Alameda California, said to be quarterly. I have only Volume 2
issue 1, dated February 1992. Features a less-than-flattering
illustration of the Emperor of Mankind on the cover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">A
brief article titled “Artillery, the King of Battle” concerning
artillery in (Epic) Space Marine notes that the rules are intended to
be for general use, including Squats (p. 6).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Louis
Porter's Fallout</i></span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">I have Issues 3-6, March May July
September 1995.</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Issue 3</u> (March 1995): Page 7,
picture of Imperial Commissars who have stolen a Squat Termite.</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Page 12, article on efficient Space
Marines point spending advises use of the Thudd Gun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Issue 4</u> (May 1995): Page 8, quiz
offering fabulous prizes for answering questions about Mole Mortars
and less important things. Also discussion about people wanting GW to
make some vehicles for armies besides the Smurfs and Imperial Grots,
including Squats. Notes that Epicast offers such things, including
the Termite, with ad for Epicast with Termite on page 12.</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Issue 5</u> (July 1995): 40K
scenario, Mission Delta: Assimilation, features Squats battling
Tyranids for possession of a Squat Homeworld alternatively referred
to as Drun Kale or Darmer, said to be closest to the Tyranid infested
part of the galaxy (pp. 8-11).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Epicast ad for Termite etc p. 12.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Pages 14-17 feature 40K rules for the
Blood Slaughterer of Khorne and the Holocaust tank, created by Khorne
Cult engineers (i.e., Chaos Squats Adeptus Mechanicii).</span></div>
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</span><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Issue 6</u> (September 1995): Rules
for Termite on pages 11-12 and 14. “Virtually invulnerable and
invincible” while underground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Mars:
Adventures in Miniature</span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">A
quarterly magazine focusing on miniatures-based games from all
companies, published in Vancouver Canada. I have only issues 3 and 4,
from Summer and Fall 1997. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">The
letters column of issue 3 (“Martian Mail”) includes a silly idea
from a reader, combining Battletech miniatures with Warhammer 40K.
Noting that the Battletech mecha are of similar size to a Space
Marine, our reader created a new race of tiny Gnomes. Our Gnomes
pilot the mecha against 40K opponents who will tolerate such
nonsense. The same reader reports that he is busily working on a
Squat Codex, which would be of dubious quality from someone who would
play silly Gnomes instead of just using the Battletech mecha as Epic
40K Squats Knight Titans, as any sensible person would do (p. 2).</span></div>
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snippet on page 39 notes that the home planet of the White Scars
Space Marines, Tengri, is near the Squat Homeworlds.</span></div>
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Squats in issue 4.</span></div>
Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-51975161561734439182013-12-31T19:02:00.000-05:002013-12-31T19:02:03.572-05:00Chaos Squats 40K Special Character Chikibi Chhattisgarh, Hungry Ghosts Gunnery Sergeant, Volume III: The Dragging-Outtening<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we will finish
having fun with Gunnery Sergeant Chikibi. Based on Catachan Imperial
Guard Gunnery Sergeant Harker, Sgt Chikibi's main weapon is also a Heavy
Bolter used without the need for a loader assistant.</span></span></div>
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based on the Heavy Bolter that came with the Rogue Trader Space Dwarfs
weapons sprue. It has been given life with eyes created from some inset
gem bits from some creature that did not deserve such finery.
Terrordactyl is part Tyranid like Chikibi. In this case, the claw comes
from an Epic Lictor. The large spikes at the rear also come from the
Tyranid Biomorphs sprue, with small spikes snipped off of the Dark Eldar
Warriors that everyone was super-happy to get in the 40K 3rd Edition
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"rear leg" is a sword handle from a mid-1990s Orc Regiment sprue. Of
course, the ribcage and spine are from the venerable Skeletal Horse. And
I still have a baggie of Skeleton Army bits for the future.</span></span></div>
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Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-88102217924434801252013-12-19T06:42:00.001-05:002014-01-22T03:16:41.956-05:00Squats Fly Again: Hungry Ghosts Take to the Skies<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">From searching the murky depths of the galaxy...well, from our eBay alert for "space dwarfs"...we find more evidence that Squats once flew through the air like, um, like GW had left over hover boards from their Judge Dredd range.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There they are, hovering mightily behind the mass of infantry from the Space Dwarfs box, who have had some fun with the Orks box judging from their weapons and other goodies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They truly hearken back to the age of deodorant canister orbital landing craft. We've got some popsicle sticks glued atop what I'm going to guess are chic Capri Sun bendy straws. Or Tootsie Pop sticks. Drilled with a delightful lack of regard for what becomes of the excess bits of plastic. And one is painted silver!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hungry Ghosts must divert to a recurring puzzle: what the hell is going on with that paint? We'll do some boots here, some visors too. Let's not forget to use all the primary colors. Pick them with our eyes closed, that'll be fun. Somewhere Art is crying.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And here is the original illustration, hover board whizzing above the fray, making one wonder what the drawing looked like before being cropped to fit into the book, or magazine, I forget.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Legios Moriad XIV has its own experimental air force of devious intent and malicious construction. Their mechano-tentacles know no boundaries.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our program is overseen by Hungry Ghosts Dark Adeptus Mechanicus Wyrm Vulkaan. DAM Vulkaan has been working with his own personal flight system as well as guiding the general research and development program.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With the loyal assistance of some early prototype air crew. (Which are a Scrunt Hover Craft Pilot from Olley's Armies and a hybrid Paranoia Robot torso with Epic Eldar Nightwing fusilage.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Below, we can see that the anti-grav propulsive systems have matured from light to heavy load bearing to ferry about the tools and parts as needed for experimental purposes. (assorted plastic bits and Dwarf Master Engineer with Handgun Backpack)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the back, we can see the most ancient of the Squats' experiments in aerial activity, the Iron Claw Cloud Car. The technology of the time limited the propulsion system to pilots of Beardling age. Unfortunately, Beardlings are not the most cooperative of workers, having the stubbornness of Fully Bearded Dwarf Warriors but the teamwork capacity of an Eldar Ranger. Their small size has led some to confuse the pilot of this model with a Halfling, which only makes them more likely to zip off in a pout.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here we can see another early test subject, developing a lightweight and speedy system that unfortunately demanded that the test subject have the lower half of his body replaced for the sake of science. (Scrunt Vehicle Driver on Tau Shield Drone bottom part with the rest of the Epic Eldar Nightwing as a directional guidance system (ok, it's a fancy rudder).)</span></span><br />
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Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-89238230678156278832013-11-05T03:01:00.000-05:002013-11-05T03:01:56.839-05:00Chaos Squats 40K Special Character Chikibi Chhattisgarh, Hungry Ghosts Gunnery Sergeant, Volume II: The Title-Lengthening<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back from a word from our sponsor, but still scatterbrained. When Hungry Ghosts was in college, wearing our sponsoring Pantera Cowboys from Hell shirt, he was friends with a professor who enjoyed discussing Greco-Roman architecture (cause that was his job) and one such discussion topics was the "Yeshua ben Pantera" theory. For those lacking in Semitic linguistics skills, that means "Jesus, son of Pantera". </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The "Jesus, son of Pantera" theme had been in religious studies since the 2nd Century AD, and 'twas for centuries dismissed as pagan lies.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Then came the construction of the Bingerbrück Hauptbahnhof at (for the time) the boundary of the </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Großherzogtum Hessen and the Rheinprovinz of Preu</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ßen </span></span>in the late 1850s. This turned up a Roman cemetery containing a burial marker with an inscription belonging to a Roman soldier bearing the name </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">From Sidon, a city well known in biblical days, including for its place in Jesus's preaching tour of the region. Who is said to have lived 62 years, with 40 years of service in the Imperial Legions. But little else is known. Hungry Ghosts is also watching Die Römer im Südwesten (Germany) right now. Which is where Bingerbrück is. One of those places that are important that you've never heard of, Bingerbrück was the target of at least 7 major bombing missions in WW2.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now you're thinking "Hey, sure he's got four arms, but two of the three others have skull-crushing claws and the other has a gun so big it needs its own character sheet strapped to it. So what's he going to do with those grenades?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Chikibi is somehow reduced to relying on his grenades, he will use his Chaos Gift of Sheer Anger to ram that fist into whatever passes for a mouth of whatever put him in the state of Sheer Anger, always hits/no saves, and pops the pins with his Willpower.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Continuing the tradition of using ancient t-shirts that no longer fit, this year's Hungry Ghosts troopers have been displayed on a 1992 Pantera Cowboys From Hell shirt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Wie So... our former field of battle was a Judas Priest Painkiller shirt, from 1990.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Purchased at the September 4 1992 concert at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan (opening act, a then-unknown White Zombie), Hungry Ghosts wore this shirt at the start of his orientation at college the following day.</span></span></div>
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The gunman, Nathan Gale, shot Abbott 3 times to the head, the third shot killing him instantly. Gale continued shooting, killing
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Jeff "Mayhem" Thompson, the band's head of security, was killed
tackling Gale, as was Alrosa Villa [concert hall] employee Erin Halk. Audience member
Nathan Bray was killed while trying to perform CPR on Abbott and Thompson. It was rumored that one crowd member leapt in
front of the gunman, saving the lives of several band members. Damageplan drum technician, John "Kat" Brooks,
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Seven police officers came in the front entrance, led by Officer Rick
Crum, and moved toward the stage. Officer James Niggemeyer came in
through the back door, behind the stage. Gale only saw the officers in
front of the stage; he didn't see Officer Niggemeyer, who was armed with
a shotgun. He approached Gale from the opposite side of the stage to
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(Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimebag_Darrell">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimebag_Darrell</a>).</div>
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Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-85042527799222710112013-10-12T11:30:00.000-04:002013-10-12T12:47:45.278-04:00Chaos Squats 40K Special Character Chikibi Chhattisgarh, Hungry Ghosts Gunnery Sergeant<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So Chikibi is mainly formed from Squat Adventurer 5 supplemented with a pair of Rogue Trader Tyranid Genestealer Arms. Both are the double-arm type, with the skull-cracker claws for the top arm and the shooty humanoid arms below. He has been given a traditional greasy zombie skin tone and red eyes to emphasize that, yes, he does want your brains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While on the topic of wanting brains, Hungry Ghosts would like to direct your attention to a recent archaeological find of several 4000 year old corpses from Seyitömer Höyük in Turkey with remnants of brain tissue present. Apparently, they were victims of an earthquake, which started a fire in the settlement, but buried these villagers in a way so that the heat of the fire could reach them but not the flames. The result was brains boiled in their own juices, with the fatty myelin sheathes of the brain, combined with metals in the soil, creating a decay-resistant gooey gob of brain in each skull. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Earthquake rubble, fire, skulls, and metal have been staples of the Chaos Dwarf Cookbook for millennia, and now we have the millennia-old brain jerky to prove it works. Your Elf Waybread and maggoty hardtack will last for months, perhaps years, but not this long.</span><br />
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Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-39801191338104575832013-09-25T11:00:00.000-04:002013-09-25T18:47:48.095-04:00Squats in Specialist Games Rules and Magazines, Promotional Items, and Novels: Historia Squataticus Appendices 5 Through 10<div align="CENTER">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Squats in Epic 40K
Rule Books, Codexes, and Boxes </u></b></span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Historia
Squataticus : Appendix 5</u></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Adeptus
Titanicus Box</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(Epic 40K 1</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">st</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Edition)</span></span></b></span></u></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Included
basic rules for battles with Titans and plastic Warlord Titans. I am
not sure if any Squats material was included since there were no
Epic-scale Squats miniatures available at the time.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Space
Marine</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Box
</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(Epic
40K 1.5 Edition)</span></span></b></span></u></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Added
basic rules for infantry and vehicle use. It also included Infantry
and Transport vehicle sprues from the 3 available Epic Armies –
Imperial, Eldar, and Orks. These were the boring sprues with basic
troops and transports, Space Marines troopers with Rhinos and Land
Raiders, Ork Boyz and Battlewagons, Eldar Guardians and Falcons
(though this was the first appearance of the Eldar Falcon). </span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>
</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At
this point, I don't believe that any Squats-specific materials were
included. But by this point the various Imperial Tunneling vehicles
were available, so there may be some Squats related fluff comments.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Big
Old Epic Armies Boxes</i></span></u></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
earliest infantry sprue supplements were </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">large
boxes of what today would be an inconceivable bargain and variety in
one set.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>The
Epic Armies Battle Group</u> box contained 20 sprues. </span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5
of the second Space Marines sprue, with Command, Land Speeder,
Assault Troops and other troop types. </span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5
of the Imperial Guard sprues, from when Beastmen were part of the
gang and Guardsmen could fly like Space Marines. And Robots for both
Marines and Guard.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5
for the Eldar, Aspect Warriors, Warlocks, Scouts, Harlequins. And in
another case of Epic being the vanguard, the first rendition of the
Eldar Support Weapon (labeled Grav-Mounted Vibro Cannons on the box)
and Vyper (labeled Assault Jet Bikes).</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And
finally, 5 Chaos sprues, from when Chaos was wise enough to field
many Chaos Squats in Power Armor with Bolters (5 per sprue) yet dumb
enough to include Trolls and Minotaurs. Yep, Space Trolls. Why not
some lesser daemons instead? We will never know.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Both
Chaos and the Imperial Guard fielded Beastmen at this time, both of
the boring Goat-Man type. IG Beastmen used Space Halberds or the
popular Las Pistol and Space Sword combo that lasts to this very day.
Chaos Beastmen used a Space Axe and a Space Shield. </span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>The
Epic Armies Attack Force</u>, also containing 20 sprues, was a replay of
the sprues in the Space Marine set, 5 Ork Boyz and Battlewagons, 5
Eldar and Falcons, and 10 Space Marines, 5 each of the Rhino and Land
Raider sprue variations.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>The
Epic Armies War Horde</u> box (20 sprues too) included the newer Ork
sprue, featuring Command, various Odd Boys, Gretchen, Boar Boyz and
the like. The Stompers sprues were also included, with their Mole
Mortars. This box also included the Squats sprue, full of Battle
Brothers, Thudd Guns, Bikers, and other masters of the battlefield.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All
of the Army Boxes featured advertisements for the all of the Army
Boxes, as did the Epic Battle Titans box. Thus the Epic Armies
Battle Group, Attack Force, and War Horde Sets all show or mention
Squats on the bottom half, as did the Battle Titans box.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In
the early 1990s, there were large boxes of 10 sprues for the existing
Epic armies, with some armies getting two (So there was an Eldar
Legion box of Guardians and Falcons and an Eldar War Host box of
Aspect Warriors and Support Weapons, but no Tyranid sprue was
available at the time). </span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These
boxes advertised the other boxes on their bottom halves, so the
Squats Army, Chaos Horde, and Stompers are shown on the Eldar Legion
box and the others. These boxes varied in color, with the Squats
Warriors box being red.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At
this point, the going name was Space Marine, maybe, as the Space
Marine box itself was also advertised as “the core game of the Epic
Hobby”. </span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Codex
Titanicus</span></span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">:
This book contained all of the supplementary rules that had been
published in White Dwarf since the release of the </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Space
Marine</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
boxed set. I don't think there was any new material in here. This was
the trend at the time, similar to the Warhammer 40K Compendium and
Compilation books, as well as the 3 Orks books (Waaargh! The Orks!,
'Ere We Go!, and Freebooterz (Yes, beardlings, there was a time when
Orky kultcha was so varied and detailed that 3 full books of material
existed (5 different army lists!). Even an angry Squat will shed a
tear in his beer at the horrible degradation the Orks have
experienced since the turn of the century. Almost better to have been
dropped from the game than turned into green gorillas with no sense
of the value of a good set of teef.).).</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If
you believe the cover of this volume, this game with little men and
many names was known as Epic Battles at this point. One must suspect
that the Epic Naming Committee had been stuffed with representatives
from the Tzeentch faction.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></u></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Epic
40K: Early 1990s Rules Supplements</span></u></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soon
enough, the already scattered rules of the game-of-many-names were
replaced by boxed sets full of rules, army cards, special power and
weapon cards, counters and other cardboard critters designed for
specific pairs of armies.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">First
released was the </span></span><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Armies
of the Imperium</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Rules box, which included rules for the Squat-sourced Termite, Mole,
Thudd Gun, Mole Mortar, and Hellbore. There were undoubtedly a
plethora of comments about the Squats in here, but I do not own the
set to provide the details.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ork
and Squats Warlords</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
box included rules and cards for all Squats troops and vehicles
available at the time.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Renegades</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(Eldar and Chaos) box featured rules and cards for Chaos Squats. </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">More
specifically:</span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Page
8 notes that allies are permitted, with Squats among potential allies
of the Eldar.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Page
45 is a full-color battle scene pitting Chaos against Eldar, with
Chaos Squats present on the high ground. Page 48 displays A Mighty
Army of Chaos, including again our Chaos Squats, as well as some
traitor Imperial Guard.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Page
66 supplies rules for the Chaos Android, more-or-less the first
incarnation of the Necrons, but more-than-less a direct grab from the
Terminator film.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">The
Chaos Android's “cunning construction is a secret known only to
certain tainted Squat fabricators” working with Chaos Sorcerers,
resulting in “a tiny bound daemon, [as] an animating spirit
imprisoned within its plasteel shell [which] hates being trapped in
this way and will do anything to escape”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Page
69 details the critical role of the Chaos Squats within the Armies of
Chaos:</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">“<span style="font-weight: normal;">Chaos
Squats are the armourers and artificers of the armies of Chaos. With
devilish cunning they construct weapons and engines of war which defy
sanity. Each new creation is magnificently built to evoke the correct
aura of terror and majesty. It is thought that the Chaos Squats are
responsible for the maintenance and construction of Chaos Titans and
the fearsome Daemon Engines of Khorne.”</span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">In
addition to the technological masterpieces, “Chaos Squats also
fight with unparalleled ferocity in the field of battle, favouring
heavy fire power to slaughter their foes.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Page
72 disperses the mystery, reporting that “the Cannons of Khorne are
one of the most hideous engines of destruction created for the Blood
God Khorne by the Chaos Squats.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">The
back page provides the data sheet for Chaos Armies, including the
stats for the Chaos Squats and their war machines. </span></span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
Tyranids </span></span><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hive
War</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
box was the last released. I have not seen it, so can't comment on
the contents. Though I'd bet my beard that it doesn't say anything
about over-abundant snacking upon Squats.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Titan
Legions</span></u></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(Epic 40K 2nd Edition (sort of))</span></u></span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is another item I don't have. These
rules were designed to be compatible with the existing Army Rules
Supplements sets, so there is most likely an assortment of Squats
content. The Titan Legion box included Imperial and Ork sprues and
Titans.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sometime
around this point, the boxes of infantry sprues for the various
armies were reduced to 5 sprues each, with the boxes featuring only
information on the army inside. </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">The
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Squats
box is now orange, like the Super-heavy Vehicle boxes. </span></span></b></span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Additionally,
in the early to mid-1990s, Epic 40K blister packs included color
inserts featuring assembled and painted examples of the models on the
front and brief black & white assembly diagrams on the back side.
The borders to the color side of the inserts were the same orange
color as the Epic Squats boxed items. The blister card backs were the
mid-90s Citadel generic style - a Red back for new releases and a
Blue back for older models.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I
am not sure when the Squats blister packs and boxes were removed from
the shelves and available only by mail order, but they were most
likely off the shelves by the time the Epic 40,000 box of rules and
miniatures appeared in the late 1990s.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div align="CENTER">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Epic
40,000</span></span></u></i><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
(Epic 40K 3</span></span></u><sup><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">rd</span></span></u></sup><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
Ed)</span></span></u></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Published
in 1997, this edition contains only wisps of Squat possibilities.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Page
41 of the Rule Book contains a picture of a Khorne War Machine with a
strong Squat-like appearance.</span></span></div>
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<div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Coincidence or Evidence?</span></span></div>
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<div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Sure, he's converted, but look at those faces</span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
Battles Book page 112 provides a brief history of the Epic-scale
gaming saga, noting the grotesque complication that had been erected
by the many supplement, with the mighty tower of rules becoming too
impossible to maintain under the weight of the Titan Legions edition.
The saga mentions the Squats Warlords rules supplement in its
retelling.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
Armies Book contains much vague implication. Pages 24-25 provide the
details for the Adeptus Ordinatus machines. These are known to have
been supplied by the Squats to the Adeptus Mechanicus. Specific
reference is made to Ordinatus Golgotha, named for the Squats
Homeworld it was first deployed upon against the green hordes of
Ghazghkull Thraka. Page 43 reports that Imperial data reports that
Thraka was killed during the Armageddon campaign were false, as
Thraka reappeared to continue his battle on Golgotha.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
Tyranids are described as “so utterly apocalyptic that nobody is
safe, whether they are human, Ork, Eldar, or </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">any
other race</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”
(page 95, emphasis added).</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
book ends with encouragement to players to innovate: “if there's
some troop type or army choice not in this book you should have a go
and send it in [to White Dwarf]!” (page 111).</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
wait for Squats rules would not be long, with an army list appearing
in Citadel Journal issue 20, from Spring 1997, mere months following
the release of the Epic 40,000 game. As reported “the demand from
ardent Squat players was overwhelming” (pages 32-46, quote from
page 35).</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div align="CENTER">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Squats in </u><u>Space
Fleet and Battlefleet Gothic</u><u>
Rule Books, Codexes, and Boxes </u></b></span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div align="CENTER">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Historia
Squataticus: Appendix 6</u></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></u></i></b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Space
Fleet Box</span></u></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">:
Nothing in the very brief rules pamphlets. </span></span></span></b>There
were no specific space ships released for the Squats.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div align="LEFT">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Battlefleet
Gothic Box</span></u></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">:
I </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">don't</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
have BFG but it is most likely Squats-free. The same is likely true
for the Armada, Invasion, Planet Killer, or Warp Storm supplements,
as well as BFG Magazine.</span></span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div align="CENTER">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div align="CENTER">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Squats in Other GW
Boxed Games</u></b></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Historia Squataticus: Appendix 7</u></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There
have been numerous boxed games released by Games Workshop's,
particularly between around 1985 to 1995. Many of these were under
license (Judge Dredd) and are irrelevant for our purposes - though it
is easy to imagine some Chaos Squats constructing a Radioactive
Materials Mining, Manufacturing, and Mutation Facility in the Cursed
Earth. Many others were based on the Warhammer Fantasy World (Oi!
Dat's My Leg!) and would also require some warping of the
space-time-cardboard continuum to involve any Squats.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other
games based on the Warhammer 40K Universe may have some Squats
content, but none included Squats as a major feature.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Most
prominent were </span></span><i><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Space
Hulk</span></u></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and its supplements - </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Deathwing,
Genestealer, Space Hulk Campaigns, Tyranid Attack</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
– and </span></span><i><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Space
Crusade</span></u></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and its supplements – </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Advanced
Space Crusade, Mission Dreadnought, Eldar Attack</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
These games featured combat inside of space ships between Space
Marines and an assortment of foes, most commonly Tyranids, but also
Eldar, Orks, and Chaos. </span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b></span>
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It
is possible that Chaos Squats played some role in these games.
Fluff-wise, the Chaos Dreadnoughts that were released for the games
would have been engineered by Chaos Squats.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Smaller
games include Battle for Armageddon (and supplement Chaos Attack),
Bommerz Over Da Sulfur River, Doom of the Eldar, Lost Patrol, and
Ultra Marines. Again, the most likely way that Squats may have made
an appearance is as part of a Chaos force.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div align="CENTER">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Squats in
Specialist Games Magazines</u></b></span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Historia
Squataticus</u><u>:
Appendix 8</u></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If
a publication or issue is not listed here, then I don't have it. But
there is little reason to expect Squats material in Necromunda's Gang
War, Battlefleet Gothic Magazine, or Fanatic.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Epic
40,000 Firepower</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Issue </span></span></span></u><b><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>4</u> (2000): Termites, Moles, Hellebore rules p. 34-36. Letter on p. 38
refers to Squat Army List appearing in Epic Firepower 1.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There
were only 4 issues of Epic Firepower before the change to Epic 40,000 Magazine occurred. </span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Epic
40,000 Magazine</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Issue </span></span></span></u><b><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>2</u> (2000), p. 18-22: Rules for Super-heavy Vehicles, including the
Leviathan.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">p.
44: Index of issues indicates that the Squat Army List appeared in
Epic Firepower Issue 1. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">p.
48: Mini catalog with pricing includes Squat metal models –
Leviathan (8 GDP/15 USD), Colossus (9 GDP/15 USD), Thunderfire Cannon
(2.50 GDP/3.50 USD), Cyclops (10 GDP/17.50 USD), Land Train (7 GDP/12
USD)and Berzerker, Dragon, Bomb, and Mortar Battle Cars (1 GDP/2 USD
each, that's a big gap between that Land Train price and its
Battlecars), Goliath Mega Cannon (6 GDP/10 USD), Overlord Armoured
Airship (6 GDP/10 USD), Iron Eagle Gyrocopter (1.75 GDP/3.50 USD). No
indication as to whether both variants of the Land Train Engines and
Battle Cars are available.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>Issue
3</u> (2001), p. 16-17: Reader letter hoping for Squat Army List and
production of Squat Titans. Jervis Johnson reports that Squat Titans
are something he “can't see us ever doing”.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">p.
19: Index of issues indicates that the Squat Army List appeared in
Epic Firepower Issue 1. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">p.
24: Mini catalog with pricing includes Squat metal models –
Leviathan (8 GDP/15 USD), Colossus (9 GDP/15 USD), Thunderfire Cannon
(2.50 GDP/3.50 USD), Cyclops (10 GDP/17.50 USD), Land Train (7 GDP/12
USD)and Berzerker, Dragon, Bomb, and Mortar Battle Cars (1 GDP/2 USD
each, that's a big gap between that Land Train price and its
Battlecars), Goliath Mega Cannon (6 GDP/10 USD), Overlord Armoured
Airship (6 GDP/10 USD), Iron Eagle Gyrocopter (1.75 GDP/3.50 USD). No
indication as to whether both variants of the Land Train Engines and
Battle Cars are available.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>
</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></u></b></span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Necromunda
Gang War</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>Gang War Issue 2</u> (1999) Reprints optional rules for Squats in Van Saar Gangs
from Citadel Journal 19, on p. 18-23.</span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>Gang War Issue 4</u></span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> (Jan 2000) p. 4-12. “Hi-Ho! Squats Miner Gangs” as Outlanders,
featuring Prospector/Leader, Miners/Gangers, and Slaggers/Juves.
Special Equipment includes Mining Demolition Charges, Chainjack,
Mattock, Shovel, Lascutter, Rock Drill, Sonic Cleaser, Miner's Map;
also Outlaws Trade Chart. </span></span></span></b></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Squats in Games
Day, Golden Daemon, and Promotional Items</u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u> </u><u>Historia
Squataticus</u><u>:
Appendix 9</u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">None
of the items below have any Squats material. If a publication is not
listed here, then I don't have it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">UK
Games Day and Golden Demon Programmes</span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">:</span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">for
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010 - No Squats.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">White
Dwarf Presents Golden Demon Winners</span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">:</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
for 2003, 2005, and 2006 – No Squats.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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</b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Skulz
Collector's Cards</span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">:
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">UK
2000, North America 2001 – No Squats.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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</b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Forge
World Catalogs</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
– Nope. But the Mole Mortar and Thudd</span></span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Gun have made symbolic returns in the Imperial Guard Death Korps of Krieg army.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Squats in GW
Novels, Graphic and Otherwise</u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Historia Squataticus: Appendix 10</u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have not read any novels, and only a
couple of graphic novels. Since they were largely produced after the
Squats were dropped from the ranks of playable armies, there are most
likely only a few brief references.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">For
example, the Warhammer 40K Lexicanium provides an article on Planet
Golgotha, which notes that the novel </span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Gunheads</span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
by Steve Parker makes reference to “curious artistic depictions in
ancient ruins” on pages 228 and 234.</span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Golgotha#.TuLLBfL6NdR"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Golgotha#.TuLLBfL6NdR</span></span></a></u></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This dubious retconning parallels the
cover-up of the Endor Holocaust in the Star Wars Universe (look it up, beardlings).</span></span></div>
Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-90378305120106104522013-09-24T11:00:00.000-04:002013-09-24T11:00:08.905-04:00Chaos Blister Packs from the Dawn of Warhammer: C35 Chaos Warriors<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today we will take the first brief tour through some blister packs from the early days of Warhammer Fantasy Battle and 40K from the Realm of Chaos. Weirdness abounds in a time of poor quality control and questionable contents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Here we have a blister pack of 4 Chaos Warriors from the RC3201 Series.</span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1JFD0F8EgyA/UkEc68lpshI/AAAAAAAAC40/T_sScv9P-TE/s1600/Warhammer+Fantasy+WFB+Realm+of+Chaos+Warriors+Close+Up+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1JFD0F8EgyA/UkEc68lpshI/AAAAAAAAC40/T_sScv9P-TE/s1600/Warhammer+Fantasy+WFB+Realm+of+Chaos+Warriors+Close+Up+(2).JPG" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> They are solid metal beasts of Chaos. Three are old sculpts, old enough to have integral shields. The upper two are old enough that they first appeared as drawings in the Spring 1985 Citadel Journal.</span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A9WaszlACcM/UkEe5wG4PiI/AAAAAAAAC5A/e9THptUISRA/s1600/Citadel+Journal+Spring+1985+Chaos+Warriors+C35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A9WaszlACcM/UkEe5wG4PiI/AAAAAAAAC5A/e9THptUISRA/s1600/Citadel+Journal+Spring+1985+Chaos+Warriors+C35.jpg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Upper right, the "Evil Warrior" and the unnamed fellow in the middle.</span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J93HeFiYEfE/UkEhnEA-uzI/AAAAAAAAC5Q/DaYfNQ0QEkQ/s1600/Citadel+Journal+Spring+1985+Chaos+Warriors+Warhammer+WFB+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J93HeFiYEfE/UkEhnEA-uzI/AAAAAAAAC5Q/DaYfNQ0QEkQ/s1600/Citadel+Journal+Spring+1985+Chaos+Warriors+Warhammer+WFB+%25284%2529.JPG" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hungry Ghosts also has Corsair, Champion, and High Assassin. Axe Lord is in the mail. Back to the pack.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back in the early days, not so much thought was given to making sure that only necessary bits were included without any excess. So we can see here that even though three warriors have integral shields and the fourth has a giant axe, there is still a plastic shield sprue hidden under the Chaos Warriors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More curiously, we have plastic crossbows in there. Why? The Winds of Chaos Blow Strange.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Here we have Jagglespur, from the C35 series as well, shown in the 3rd Citadel Compendium from 1985.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Fenris and Harrowhound as well... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... as too many others</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, Jagglespur has some illustrious stylistic inspiration -</span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OlcS8uGhTMU/UkEsq6mrn-I/AAAAAAAAC6Q/YJ5dTi086EE/s1600/Pallas+Athena+Gustav+Klimt.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OlcS8uGhTMU/UkEsq6mrn-I/AAAAAAAAC6Q/YJ5dTi086EE/s1600/Pallas+Athena+Gustav+Klimt.JPG" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Pallas Athena by Gustav Klimt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Gustav Klimt Pallas Athena Detail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back to Jagglespur...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Klimt's Judith Holofernes, and several thousand years older, an Assyrian frieze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we have some inspiration. But look at how much nasty flash is on this mini. So much for quality control. As well as messy casting being a sure sign of a recast mini.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back to Judith Holofernes, just because.</span></div>
Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-40397784853129974482013-07-23T12:00:00.000-04:002013-09-26T15:23:19.953-04:00Historia Squataticus Supplement: Squats Summary from 1994 to 2004<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<u><b>A Comparison Squats
material and game-design decision-making from 1994-2004 in White
Dwarf and The Citadel Journal (Historia Squataticus Appendix 1)</b></u></div>
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This
table provides a year-by-year summary of the treatment of the Squats
from the release of Warhammer 40K 2nd Edition in 1994 to the final
reference in 2004. Both 40K and Epic are included in this comparison of
White Dwarf and Citadel Journal information.<br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UJv2jy3G0gY/UezEFb_30DI/AAAAAAAAC4M/urDBJb1XmwY/s1600/Chaos+Squats+Commissars+Living+Ancestors+Warhammer+40K+Imperial+Guard+%2814%29.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UJv2jy3G0gY/UezEFb_30DI/AAAAAAAAC4M/urDBJb1XmwY/s1600/Chaos+Squats+Commissars+Living+Ancestors+Warhammer+40K+Imperial+Guard+%2814%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Living Ancestors Never Forget</span></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr valign="TOP"><th width="46">Year</th><th width="280">White Dwarf</th><th width="313">The Citadel Journal</th></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">1994</td><td width="280">Frequent Epic, not much 40K.</td><td width="313">Same as White Dwarf</td></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">1995</td><td width="280">Continued Epic without new minis, not much 40K.</td><td width="313">Continued Epic, including 40K/Epic crossover rules</td></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">1996</td><td width="280">Incidental Squats 40K & Epic but no really bad news until
end of year's report that the new Epic 40,000 would not have the
Squats included at the start.</td><td width="313">Frequent 40K and Epic material</td></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">1997</td><td width="280">Only incidental pictures and references, reported as a former
army when Epic 40,000 appears in Spring.</td><td width="313">Squats Army List for Epic 40,000 published, reports that
Squats left out because they could not get them right in time
(same with Epic Knights) but high level of response from Squats
generals demanded an “unofficial” list until an official army
list was developed.
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<br />
<br />
Squats rules included in 40K and Necromunda articles.</td></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">1998</td><td width="280">Febuary issue (217) notes that greatest concern from Warhammer
players is “What's happening to the Squats?” but does not
address the issue. Later in the year, 40K 3<sup>rd</sup> edition
is announced without any mention of the Squats, but it also
massive underestimates of the impact on usability of older models
and units, Squats or nots.</td><td width="313">Squats featured in several articles for Warhammer 40K, but a
Convention Report from late March states that the decision to
exclude the Squats from Warhammer 40K 3<sup>rd</sup> edition has
been made, but that they are planning to revive them for 4<sup>th</sup>
edition.<br />
<br />
<br />
So it seems likely that the decision to keep the Squats out of
40K 3<sup>rd</sup> edition was made in late 1997 or sometime in
1998.
<br />
<br />
<br />
We can speculate that the decision evolved from trying to
reintroduce the Squats to Epic 40,000, but cannot be certain, and
there are no known prototypes or unreleased Epic Squats items
from the late 1990s. There are also no known 40K Squats from the
time either, the 8 Warhammer 40K 2<sup>nd</sup> edition Squats
were done in 1993 or 1994.
<br />
<br />
<br />
But it also clear that GW did not plan on totally eliminating
the Squats in 1998, and instead hoped to bring them back to
Warhammer 40K (eventually) and Epic 40,000 (hopefully sooner).</td></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">1999</td><td width="280">Nothing</td><td width="313">Discussion of how to use Squat miniatures in Warhammer 40K by
Jervis Johnson, Warwick Kinrade, and others. Squats are mentioned
in all but one of the 1999 issues.<br />
<br />
<br />
Johnson reports that Squats have been left out of 40K 3<sup>rd</sup>
Edition because the designers have failed to come up with enough
good ideas about how to make them into a distinct and coherent
army.<br />
<br />
<br />
The general recommendation is to use Squats as Imperial Guard
stand-ins or as units within human-dominant IG armies.</td></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">2000</td><td width="280">January issue (240) features the “Eaten by Nids”
customer-service fail by whoever was responsible for the Letters
page.</td><td width="313">Mostly comments in letters from readers.<br />
<br />
However, the final issue from the year reports that Epic
Squats infantry sprues are available again; the metal vehicles
have likely been continuously available as well.</td></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">2001</td><td width="280">Nothing</td><td width="313">Just one comment in a reader letter.</td></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">2002</td><td width="280">Nothing</td><td width="313">The last year for the Citadel Journal, with Warwick Kinrade
mentioning the Squats “Counts As” article from Issue 33 (Late
Summer 1999) as a favorite.</td></tr>
<tr valign="TOP"><td width="46">2003</td><td width="280">Nothing</td><td width="313">Citadel Journal no longer published.<br />
<br /></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="TOP" width="46">2004</td><td width="280">Increasingly jittery denials of Space Skaven fail to fully
assuage guilt over treatment of Squats, leading to an editorial
error in the February issue (289) leaving a reference to the
Squats of the Forge World Golgotha being conquered by Ork Warlord
Ghazghkull Thraka due to insufficient support from alleged
Imperial allies.
<br />
<br />
<br />
Warhammer 40K 4<sup>th</sup> edition is released in the fall
with no revitalized Squats.</td><td valign="TOP" width="313">Citadel Journal no longer published.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Grudge Master Remembers</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div>
<br />Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-17685087921940954022013-07-22T12:00:00.000-04:002013-07-22T12:00:06.330-04:00Squats Epic 40K Update<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just
a brief update to the Hungry Ghosts revue of the Squats models for
Epic Warhammer 40K. Though Hungry Ghosts is on the mission to paint
all of the Squats miniatures for Warhammer 40K, he has no foreseeable
prospect of assembling and painting an Epic 40K army.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So
the Hungry Ghosts Epic Collection is destined to be kept in nice
blister packs for posterity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
Epic 40K models are interesting from a packaging point of view. As
the range of miniatures expanded in through the first half of the
1990s, Epic miniatures were produced with a special package insert,
despite the fact that the rules for the game remained a sprawling
mess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rules
were fractured into the Epic Space Marine set, which covered Space
Marines, Orks, and Eldar forces, released in 1990, with some
cardstock building terrain to fight for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After
that, White Dwarf was a source of regular rules updates to include
other major factions – Chaos, Squats, Imperial Guard. Many of these
updates were gathered into the Adeptus Titanicus book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
Epic Titan Legions set came in 1994, with new rules updates. It also
brought forth the mighty Imperator Titan and the Mega-Gargants of the
Orks, as well as a gaggle of plastic Imperial Knight Titan Paladins
(nice bits for Squat conversions). And continued to include not very
impressive cardstock buildings.</span>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Entire
armies were available for Chaos, Alaitoc Craftworld Eldar, </span>
</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://solegends.com/citcat1993/c93582-01.htm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://solegends.com/citcat1993/c93582-01.htm</span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imperial
Guard of Barbarius Prime (with some Ultramarines allies) and
Squigbreff's Ork Horde</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://solegends.com/citcat1993/c93583-01.htm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://solegends.com/citcat1993/c93583-01.htm</span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But
the Epic Titan Legions rules were not enough. Thus rules supplements
appeared for the various faction – Armies of the Imperium, Chaos and
Eldar Renegades, and Ork and Squats Warlords (deliberate pairings
of ancient enemies), and Tyranid Hive War.</span>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But
that is all prelude. Here we have our new additions:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Overlord Airship in its blister pack.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mid 1990s brought full
color inserts for the Epic range, displaying the Overlord in glorious
assembled and painted form.</span></div>
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</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So
too with the Goliath Mega-Cannon.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">– as with the remainder of the Epic 40K
models.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <i>Where's Our Land Train? Yes, We Know Trains Generally Remain Land-Bound.</i></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile,
both the 40K and WFB miniatures were shafted with most boring
packaging, red for new releases and blue for older miniatures, with
no inserts. Yawn.</span></div>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An unwelcome trend toward less and less differentiation for the sake of
cheaper printing costs. Echoed by the awful "we're just standing here" plastic troops of the time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This
was a let-down even from the earlier packaging, shown here with the
Mole. The Mole came with a small Thudd Gun, making the claim that
this was an “Imperial” armament an even more Grudge Worthy
action.</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The Imperial Lies did not cease with the new packaging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Most images are from the 1996 Epic 40K Catalog, which also taunted the Eldar enthusiast with Exodites and new versions of Grav-Tanks and Flyers that would be scrapped when Epic morphed again to become Epic 40000 in 1997.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thus,
our Epic 40K products from the 1990s foreshadowed the packaging for
the transformation from metal miniatures to Finecast miniatures of
today. Truly an advancement in packaging, as for the rest...</span><br />
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Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com3United States55.462251178175187 -127.2363352775573729.940216678175187 -168.54492927755737 80.984285678175183 -85.927741277557374tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-71666280859287418592013-02-25T12:00:00.000-05:002013-02-25T12:50:26.414-05:00Of Space Marines and Armadillos<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By now, the story of Games Workshop's attempt to envelope the well-worn term "Space Marine" in its intellectual property dungeon is well-known. Hungry Ghosts is not interested replaying the indignant arguments against this action. While, yes, Hungry Ghosts is wordy, he also likes to let pictures do the talking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So let us turn back the clock to an earlier time, when GW was not so keen on respecting intellectual property rights. The year is early 1989. The scene is the back cover of White Dwarf 110. The crime is unlicensed and unattributed use of the intellectual property of another for commercial purposes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Here we have a merry band of Space Marines who have found themselves a nice tank. But where did they find that tank? Why, they found it on the shelves of the local toy store. Because it is the Armadillo Mini-Tank from the GI Joe series of action figures made by Hasbro. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Armadillo was originally released in 1985, and was available in various forms throughout the rest of the 1980s, and came back in the late 2000s. The Armadillo appeared in the GI Joe cartoon, comic book, television commercials, trading cards... So many places that it is almost impossible to believe that Games Workshop did not know that they were using a product from one of the most popular toy lines of the time manufactured by one of the world's largest toy companies.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It seems that our Armadillo, known to thousands and thousands of boys as the GI Joe Armadillo, quite the popular choice for battlegrounds such as my backyard, is merely a "converted...toy tank model". As opposed to an IP-protected commercially successful product that should have been licensed for use from Hasbro. Or at least identified as what it was. I knew exactly what it was when I bought my copy of White Dwarf 110 in 1989, as my own Armadillo was lurking somewhere in my closet, and even then wondered how GW could use such a popular product for its own purposes without noting what it was.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, we do get told that the tank was "converted". But that converting consists mostly of painting it black and removing the roll bar. Or maybe the roll bar got lost, as YoJoe.com points out that it was an easy-to-lose piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Are we being unfair? Are we picking on the little guy, just trying to make it in a tough market? Should we think that maybe GW didn't have the intellectual property savoir-faire to know what it was doing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We could say that the Armadillo was an "oops" moment. But that would mean that we'd have to ignore all of the pieces of Zoids, Transformers, Macross, Gundam, and other toy lines that made frequent appearances in Warhammer 40K photos in the late 1980s and early 1990s. And Dark Future, a game blatantly based on a certain popular film series that was nearly unplayable without unlicensed use of Matchbox and Hot Wheels toys.</span><br />
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<br />Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-73635405184203589082012-12-24T15:08:00.000-05:002012-12-24T20:58:47.137-05:00Storm Trooper Gundabad, Chaos Squat 10 of the Burnt Scorpions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Storm Trooper Wuakanda Gundabad is the 10th member of the Burnt Scorpions squadron, completing the unit.<br /><br />Gundabad
was not a particularly complex creation. He is the Squat Warlord from
the Hearth Guard gang with some well needed arms. Dressed like he comes
from Halloween Town, Gundabad has perfected the ''rrrrahhh
brrraaaainnnnsss!" gait of the serial killer zombie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But he is not without pizzazz: a swank Khorne medallion hangs from
his neck. From the front, at least, it de-emphasizes the fact that
Gundabad is one of the fattest Squat models, with his belt of metal
nearly hidden by his flabby belly. Look at that curve. Khorne medallion from the recent plastic Bloodletters.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gundabad gives a creepy vibe by having the same color scheme all
over, basic black supplemented by fiery orange. Armor trim, hair, skin,
which is body and which is flesh? Is there anything in that armor? If
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now you've been confused long enough that Tpr Gundabad has you in his sights.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gundabad's
heavily armored right arm is an unholy combination of the weapon arm of Space Elf Sgt
Mael Nightwing (first Eldar I ever bought!) and a trimmed down Ogre
Ironguts studded metal fist. Both enhance the ridged design of the
Warlord armor, but it's the fist-studs that provide a sweet candy corn
look. I also like how the shrinking sections give an impression of
modular parts extending forward as needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But what's going on with Mael's weapon arm? We know it's the first format for the Eldar Lasgun, but what purpose does the wrap-around bejeweled armor serve? Three of the other Eldar have the same Lasgun with no need for extra metal or ceramite or Bone Singer's wraith-woven wool or whatever Eldar armor is made of. Is it some sort of Power Lasgun? So he can't lose it, like those mitten strings little kids have? I don't know. But I do know that the difference between that chunky weapon and the slender arm makes that mini break easily. Hence the availability for the Gundabad conversion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ain't no modular extendability for the left arm. I suppose we can call it an
arm. A long spindly mess of metal and meat with mutant teeth and nubbins of unclear
purpose. <br /><br />Also unclear where that arm comes from. At some point
Dark Eldar bits started becoming like Tyranid bits and I just buy cheap
and spiky bits without paying attention to what they come from. I thought DE Talos since I bought a bunch of those bits, but can't spot it on the sprue. Nope, not Mawloc or Tervigon etc.</span><br />
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There it is: Skaven Hell Pit Abomination. I could have edited out all that above, but want my dear readers to feel some of the desperate difficult search time need to ID bits in an era of No Catalogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gundabad's ensemble is completed by a dee-luxe cape made of Salamander leather, trimmed with
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Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530039869894502743.post-978201237465750042012-12-14T16:30:00.000-05:002012-12-14T16:38:53.180-05:00Warhammer 40K 25th Anniversary Squats Grudge Master<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we conclude our Rogue Trader reminiscing upon this 25th year of Warhammer 40K, Hungry Ghosts brings forth a Special Edition Space Dwarf to mournfully memorialize the greatest loss to the Emperor's Oubliette.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Standing before the Red Door of Anger is the Legios Moriad XIV Grudge Master. The Squats were abandoned by the cruel overlords of Games Workshop after their glorious victories throughout the Rogue Trader era; after teaching the Imperium of Man the secrets of metallurgy and warfare from their Forge Worlds. For this, they were betrayed. How could Space Marines stride mightily across worlds when they can't fix a flat tire without invoking some mumbley nonsense about divine wrenches? Because their brains are too simple to remember righty-tighty without a psalm, they had to pretend that it had to be Magick to fix a flat. Thus, those who could work a beer-tap without a servitor had to be taken out of the picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But simple it would not be, as the little green troll would put it. The Space Dwarfs stubbornly remained as the Second Edition appeared, with a provisional army list included in the Codex-in-a-Box (along with the most awful Space Marines ever conceived).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8 Squats were sculpted, who stealthily hid under mountains deep and world's of power armor smushing gravitational force, to reappear at times of great need. Without capering about like glam-rock lunatics like those Black Librarians. Just 3 Champions, 3 Berserkers, 1 Trooper, and 1 Exo-Armor
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This Trooper and 1 Champion appeared in the 1994 Dark Millennium rules supplement and a Warhammer painting guide. As we can see, he is firmly in the grasp of the Primary Colours Period of GW in-house painting style that ruled the early 1990s. (picture borrowed from the website above)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our Grudge Master Neiër Grevess is a sturdy fellow with a fine beard, standing in a vigilant position. He brings improved weaponry and enhanced armor compared to most of the Rogue Trader Squats, a Bolter and what would best be classified as Carapace Armor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grudge Master Grevess had a slotta-tab that broke off, leaving little bits that fit nicely into a sci-fi interior terrain base that was given out to Adepticon attendees, so no intentional harm was done to the rare Squat trooper. But of course he was converted a bit. Two skull medallions were added to the shoulder armor, Space Marines purity seals with the little banners removed. His bumpy beer can grenades are sculpted on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the other side, 2 more skull medallions from SpaM purity seals. Also a skull chained to the belt, from the WFB Empire Flagellants. A small symbol of Khorne fit nicely between the armored shoulders, from the Bloodletters sprue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A pair of triangular bits of armor featuring more skulls were added to the tops of the shoulder armor, Dark Elf donations with the ends chopped off. The bolter got a nice little bayonet with 3 prongs, a High Elf helmet decoration bit. The Squat Trooper is a compact miniature with most parts attached solidly to other parts, so not much opportunity to play around with, unless you're prepared to do some major reconstructive surgery. But there's always room for more skulls and pointy bits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the Special Anniversary Limited Edition Squats Grudge Master, I tilted the paint scheme toward that of the Primary Colours Period he was sculpted during. And BRIGHT RED was the signature tint of the time, so MSgt Grevess has red armor with highlighting moving toward orange, and not much of his ink wash shadowing him. His blue accessories pop out toward Space Wolf, and his Beaten Copper metal trim and Bolter were melded with some gold, but also with a bit of Bad Moon Yellow, a bottle from the early production of the color which is very translucent. The Grudge Master's bountiful beard flows at the lighter end of the typical Hungry Ghosts hair scheme, somewhere between the red of the armor and the gold-copper hue of the accessories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But the minimal amount of flesh that can be seen is black. Every Chaos Squat can use some black.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lammoth has had a bit of converting. He started life as the eloquently named MM90/5b from the Marauder Chaos Dwarfs series, the model with the separate crossbow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crossbow has been eliminated, replaced with an ornate Plasma Gun. It fits over the arm-stub so no harm was done to the basic Marauder body, leaving Lammoth with a Plasma Gun for a right hand. Those wise in the ways of bits will immediately notice that we have an Epic 40K Imperial Knight Paladin cannon-arm as the base of the weapon. It has an Eldar Fusion Gun tip with a couple of crescent-shaped additions from a Goblin standard (I think).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As it happens, those wriggly cables feed back into Lammoth's arm, leaving some question as to what exactly is fueling the Plasma Gun. One of the little mysteries of Chaos. The protruding appendage on the elbow is part of a Dark Elf Warrior arm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lammoth is a bit short even for a Dwarf. Since I decided to leave the WFB big-hats Chaos Dwarfs out of the army, I converted Lammoth to give a nod of the head in that direction. His hat is one of the heads from the Empire Wizards sprues, with the head bits carved out. It has a nice skull on it. This mini was sculpted with a weird bump between his squinty eyes, which was supplemented with some curved horns attached above the eyes (Orc-origin).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Lammoth was also sculpted with what has been described as "weird hair tufts sticking out of his helmet". They are still weird, but have been overshadowed with an Orc Hair Squig flowing majestically in the wind. And fezzing up the hat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By this point, we can see that Lammoth is getting a theme of curved/arc shapes that complement his innate facial features and beard. Lammoth has also been painted with the Fire Dragon Crimson-Go Fasta Red-Blood Angel Orange-Hobgoblin Orange scheme that is a frequent feature of the Hungry Ghosts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This scheme was mixed with areas of Beaten Copper with a purple ink wash to it to blur the boundaries between flesh and metal. Contrasting blue breaks up the pattern and gives a bit more visual interest. The blue was used on areas that were more easily identified as humanoid body parts, the arms and the boots, making them seem to be less linked to Lammoth, distorting his form a bit more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the left, we can see the same blue used for Lammoth's other arm and boot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So hard to resist making things complicated...Lammoth's left arm features the hand part of an Eldar Guardian Arm (Rogue Trader version). Another metallic tuft of fur is at the joint of the Eldar hand and Dwarf arm, with another thin cable running along the underside of the arm, also taken from the Eldar Guardians. To have more things sticking out, I slapped a Tau Fire Warrior helmet antenna on Lammoth's left elbow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Lammoth is concealing a Las Pistol under his Plasma Gun, the cable and antenna result in the left arm having the features of the right arm, but scaled down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which leaves a lot of empty space on the base, which is unacceptable at Hungry Ghosts Central. Time for another Giant Space Rat. This time the rat is painted in the same color scheme as Lammoth, his metallic head spike mimicking Lammoth's arm-tenna and the Chaos Spawn Eyeball protruding out of the rat's head and over the boundaries of the base.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By now, most loyal readers will have noticed Spc Lammoth's other friend, projecting upward and outward proudly devoid of flesh. The curved branches next to the skull provide a pleasant echo of horns, as the skull re-emphasizes the skull on Lammoth's hat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This Chaos Dwarf was sculpted in an odd hunchback posture, with his shoulders about level with his eyes. The posture of the skeleton gives an inverse curve to Lammoth's spine. It also makes his Big Hat seem smaller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The projecting curved branches complement the bulging cables on Lammoth's right arm. The alternative color scheme was just because I felt like painting some wood and bones in a more naturalistic tone than the zany color explosion that the Hungry Ghosts tend to have.</span></div>
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Gaze upon the Horror. Yes, they are crappy plastic Bloodbowl Orcs. But this shouldn't even happen to crappy plastic Orcs.<br />
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But gaze upon the Horror. This is no ordinary accidentally tragedy: Someone had to think up this color scheme - this 6-color scheme. The arms suggest that they knew that Orcs are generally considered to be green skinned. But they picked out the feet for some light blue splatter. Then they just slathered the faces in the same blue as most of the upper body.<br />
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<i><b>Who paints feet special and not faces? Who?</b></i></div>
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If you have keen eyes, you may see some green upon the neck of the Orc on the right. Yup, neck painted green. Different green than the arms. </div>
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<i><b>Who paints feet and necks special and not faces? Who? Who?</b></i></div>
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And green, purple, blue, light blue...what clashes with all of these colors? Orange! How about some orange spikes? Ok, could be reasonable. Now that crotch isn't getting enough eyeball time, so let's make it orange.<br />
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<i><b>Who paints crotches and feet and necks special and not faces? Who? Who? Who?</b></i></div>
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It gets worse. A Dwarf. One strongly suspects that somehow these monsters were meant to be on the same team. Also with 6 colors plotted out. And the face is now picked out to be the same stupid color as the padded shirt? </div>
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Which makes Hungry Ghosts wonder whether the Rogue Trader Space Dwarfs shopped at the same clothier as these Bloodbowl teamsters?</div>
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And the bases! But the kicker is that the green Orc skin and Dwarf boots is Elfin glitter metallic green! Glitter skin and bright orange crotches- were these Orcs moonlighting as hookers?</div>
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From the same lot of misfit minis, two more Bloodbowl Dwarfs. Now we go from a demented-impressionist-with-no-arms painting style to really-doesn't-give-a-ratlings-ass splatter.</div>
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"Mommy we need bumblebee costumes for our school play about aminals and pwants!"</div>
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"Gaarggh. Here, yer done. Stop botherin yer Mother durin her date wiv Jack Daniels."</div>
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"Is Jack Daniels our Daddy?"</div>
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"Might as well be. Sure, Jack's yer dad."</div>
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What's that? Did someone say "<b><u>But how can <i>I</i> help fight these Crimes Against Miniatures?</u></b>" </div>
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Glad you asked. For just pennies a day, we can provide a Fire Dragon Firing Squad to melt these pathetic monstrosities into grayish goop. </div>
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<b>Act now! <u>Sanity Points are being drained</u> as we speak!</b></div>
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The Fire Dragons of Craftworld Uacwansu have agreed to volunteer their time to do this dirty but necessary work. They ask only that the cost of Fusion Gun Fuel be reimbursed by your charitable contributions. You won't find that kind of giving spirit just anywhere folks.</div>
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So won't you join Hungry Ghosts and these gracious Eldar in combating the scourge of these terrible horrible malicious very-bad-and-not-at-all-good Crimes Against Miniatures? </div>
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Paint jobs so bad they make <u><b>happy little puppies go blind</b></u> with a single glance. </div>
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With your help, we can continue our mission to track down and exterminate these woeful beasts wherever they may be. Whether it be paint as thick as rotten mayonnaise, as chunky as chili, inappropriate enamels, oils, or gouache we can end this <u><b>menace to puppies</b></u> and art together! </div>
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"Phallic symbol? What phallic symbol?"</div>
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"Never heard of one of those. It is some sort of magic rune?"</div>
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"We're just firing our space guns, sir. White hot blasts..."</div>
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Too learn more about phallic space guns, please consult your local David Bowie.</div>Hungry Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400963638180097309noreply@blogger.com5