Re: [Epic] looking.....

From: David Dresser <lemming_at_...>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 16:37:42 -0700

Aaron P Teske wrote:
>
> Excerpts from Epic: 9-Jul-97 Re: [Epic] looking..... by Scott Shupe_at_...
> > At the very least, they're all available from GWUK mail
> > order (if you're willing to pay their prices). Good luck finding
> > tarantulas or rapiers, though - those haven't been on the shelves
> > for a LONG time...
>
> Actually, I think both tarantulas and rapiers are available from GWUK;
> unfortunately, they're the "generic" kind. The tarantulas are one-piece
> things, instead of the more-detailed two part guns that came in
> blisters. The rapiers are one piece, as before, but the ones in the
> blisters used to have a Marine with them, I think, in the same pose as
> in WH40K.
(...)

I have both versions of the rapier, both are in one piece. The earlier
version has the quad-barrels mounted above the treads, with a marine
gunner perching on the back on a little platform. The later version has
no marine, and the barrels are mounted between the treads. They are
both abouth the same length, though the barrels in the second version
are much longer and thicker. I believe that the two models roughly
correspond to the two 40k versions of the device. On the whole the
earlier one (with the marine) is more visually appealing, should you
decide to try and order them.

As for tarantulas, the ones I have are squat little monsters, each
nearly twice the height of a space marine. They're clearly tarantulas,
they have blast shields and two barrels poking out the front. But
they're really not scaled well at all, and the detail hardly matches any
of the 40k versions. I haven't seen another metal version, and much
prefer my scratch-built platforms.

Lemm
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