[Epic] Unknown Robots

From: Carl Billen <billenc_at_...>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 09:12:58 +0100

I bought yesterday (for about 3 pounds / 5$) some metal figures from a
previous release from Epic (they were second hand figures; they were
unpainted and stored by the original owner in a cigar box.) He said they
were figures his son bought a couple of years ago, but his son stopped
playing and sold his original stuff. However, they recently found another
box in a drawer, and held was selling them. However, I am not able to
identify what they are; the shopkeeper told me they were robots of some
kind (that's the problem you get with shopkeepers who don't play the games
they sell...).

I am going to describe them, because I don't know if they are Robts,
Dreadnoughts, Sentinels or those Knights I've read about on this list...

There were 8 figures (about 30 mm high) supplied with the GW round bases :

2 figures labeled 'Banshee' -> I think that's an Eldar Dreadnought, with a
Missile Launcher (?) on its left shoulder
2 figures labeled 'War-Cry' -> another Eldar Dreadnought, with a Lascannon
instead of its left arm
2 figures labeled 'War-Walker' -> I guess that's a War Walker :-)
2 figures labeled 'Spirit Warrior' -> another Eldar Dreadnought ? It has a
very little head and a plasma gun instead of his right arm

Then there were 5 set of 4 figures of 15-20 mm high, with a metal base of
about 1cm radius. They are not so style like they Eldar, but not as chunky
as the Orks, so I think they are Imperial or Squat (?). Are they different
models of Dreadnought ?

4 figures of a robot with a hammer as its left arm, a bolter in its right
hand and a gun on its right shoulder.
4 figures of a thinner version of the Marine Dreadnought with bolters in
both hands and a gun on its right shoulder.
4 figures of a robot with kind of machine gun as its right arm, and a gun
on its back. It has nothing in its left arm an has a dynamic pose as if it
is aiming its gun.
4 figures of an insect-like robot (it has a mantis-like head) with thin
forearms and a gun on its back. It has legs like the two-legged AT/ATs
from StarWars and it doesn't appear to have anything in its hands.
4 figures of a robot wich is more rounded (it's not as chunky) with a gun
on its back and nothing in its hands. It has a kind of boxing pose and its
head looks like a cockpit dome, and has two smal holes onder the dome.

Can anyone identify the figures with the help of these descriptions ? I
know a pictures says a thousand words, and my words may not be very
descriptive.. ;-)

Also, are there any rules in Epic about those robots/different types of
Dreadnoughts ? I found on the web pages of Allen (Q&A Guy) rules about
Knights and there was also a 'Guild Robots' line in the Squat list...

I hope anyone can help me...

Carl Billen
billenc_at_...
Received on Fri Nov 28 1997 - 08:12:58 UTC