tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post4474596363994379173..comments2024-02-03T17:53:56.911+00:00Comments on ...the leadpile: Everybody loves a SquatWhiskey Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15956327711660800903noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-41149001585639461132015-03-11T14:26:07.286+00:002015-03-11T14:26:07.286+00:00it's interesting that GW have often fallen bac...it's interesting that GW have often fallen back on the excuse that they couldn't do them justice, just take a look at Mantic's version of dwarfs in space, they managed to pull it off, it seems GW was just to damned lazy....<br /><br />I brought from one of GW's legendary sales in the early 90's about a dozen blister packs of the Squat Pirates, with their fidlley plastic arms and guns..... I can't recall what happened to them...... which is a shame. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215536877653190810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-46984731266780981932015-02-13T23:33:06.992+00:002015-02-13T23:33:06.992+00:00Where does that put me and my love of the green?Where does that put me and my love of the green?Ernyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106035249657749275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-12692279955165608642015-02-13T07:39:21.755+00:002015-02-13T07:39:21.755+00:00You are also making me miss the other "squatt...You are also making me miss the other "squatted" army from the RT era... my beloved Genestealer cult. This made it briefly into the 3rd edition Tyranid codex as a sub list and then... vanished for no good reason. Endtransmissionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668764504686502861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-54991788429483511502015-02-13T07:35:00.269+00:002015-02-13T07:35:00.269+00:00Thanks for the flashback, I remember most of those...Thanks for the flashback, I remember most of those coming out... I always wanted the Squat tech priest in exo armour and the Imperial Bodyguard models.<br /><br />The first couple of squat releases were fantastic, but I think it started to go a bit wrong when they started adding horns onto the helmets. At that point they became your typical dwarves in space, rather than a stable mutation from high gravity worlds.<br /><br />The other missing element to Jervis' "the nids ate them all" is that the Squats were supposed to be spread out across the whole span of the Imperium as well as having their own home worlds. It is highly unlikely that every squad dropped dead the moment their homeworlds were consumed, even considering those that would have gone home to try and stop the destruction.Endtransmissionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668764504686502861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-38570608179984077972015-02-13T04:20:03.620+00:002015-02-13T04:20:03.620+00:00I have always loved the squats. It took me a while...I have always loved the squats. It took me a while to get them, as I didn't discover them until I already had a box of beakies and an obsession with killing eldar and any and all (ultra)marines whose armor was too bright for my taste. (And I have eldar now, of course. That took a while.)<br /><br />Lovely article. Just traded away all my spare lead squats, actually, but not before painting up a small army of 'em. Wish I had more, but I was quite willing to send the doubles off to good homes. Spread the love, boys and girls. Squats deserve paint and playtime.The Composerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009448596738385017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-82538736910593652612015-02-13T00:01:34.303+00:002015-02-13T00:01:34.303+00:00Nice article. Although I have never been up for go...Nice article. Although I have never been up for good dwarves in their fantasy incarnation or their sci-fi version I think it's just an alignment thing. I have a few chaos squats and I enjoy them muchly just as I am one of those rare breed who like 3rd ed dark eldar (well mostly). Littleleadpersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11732389193700798794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-29895769801029319802015-02-12T22:54:06.754+00:002015-02-12T22:54:06.754+00:00Squats are indeed very cool.
The 40k universe in ...Squats are indeed very cool.<br /><br />The 40k universe in whatever version they have reached now, and the Fantasy one, are far too far removed from games of yore to worry that Squats aren't in the new version. Different game, different universe, close the door, turn around and go back to playing what we love.<br /><br />RT it up WP and enjoy your Squats!Snickithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043252668515117665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-33598515126233045672015-02-12T21:27:56.585+00:002015-02-12T21:27:56.585+00:00Great post. Those RT03 squats are some of my favou...Great post. Those RT03 squats are some of my favourite 40K models, but I never got around to buying any at the time (although I did get a couple of Space Dwarfs) and I'm not sure I can face eBay to collect them now!<br /><br />They do though represent the rift between the grim, dark, Ian-Miller-illustrated background part of the Rogue Trader book and the more paletable (but far less interesting) "sci-fi WFB" / generic sci-fi skirmish side that in my mind is exemplified in Pete Knifton's work and which came to dominate the army lists and later updates.<br /><br />Your post's prompted me to dig out and finish off a post I'd been pondering on Squats, and how in Ian Miller medieval sci-fi terms they're all a bunch of heretics - http://herebexp.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-squat-heresy.html. Doesn't quite gel though with any of the lovely models you've gathered together here.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09418419344167634103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-59084524753978566332015-02-12T20:11:13.002+00:002015-02-12T20:11:13.002+00:00*I meant: Thanks for the article!*I meant: Thanks for the article!Leadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13514771700423204620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-56711931344674676242015-02-12T20:10:34.085+00:002015-02-12T20:10:34.085+00:00Thanks for the article? I've always thought th...Thanks for the article? I've always thought the mad max biker style had an '80s punk feel that sums up RT (and the best of that era be it 40k or WFB). Much of what I miss is captured by the gritty, silly, post apocalypse look that gels with Necromunda, etc but not with the cleaner plastic lines of the modern mini's. I think GW have changed direction too far to re-do squats (awful white dwarf in space suit model being a point in case in my book). A shame but perhaps an opportunity for some other manufacturers (such as ramshackle's recent kickstarter?).Leadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13514771700423204620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-40425383584276197502015-02-12T19:52:09.808+00:002015-02-12T19:52:09.808+00:00I always like Squats. However, I could never seem ...I always like Squats. However, I could never seem to grasp them as an independent race. To me they fitted well as a sub race; like ratlings and ogryns. <br /><br />The was an old Inquisitor book which had a Squat engineer/mechanic as part of the retinue. That's where they fitted for me. In fact I keep telling my self that if/when I make a 54mm Inquisitor retinue, I'll convert a Squat mechanic out of one of the round-faced 40k orgyns.<br /><br />Nice retrospective. It stirred long forgotten memories of wanted models. antipixihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640762728933252342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-10921107875718160822015-02-12T17:29:38.486+00:002015-02-12T17:29:38.486+00:00Funny how the 40K contemporary community in genera...Funny how the 40K contemporary community in general almost immediately snorts in derisiveness at the merest mention of Squats (Space Dwarves), but squeels with flower-powered glee at the merest sniff of some bloody dull-looking new Eldar (Space Elves) release or image. <br /><br />Squats were my first sci-fi hobby love and I still can't seem to get rid of my fav sculpts that I've kept from the 80's. <br /><br />Very well written article that made me remember a WH40K that was actually "fun".Daihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-72001472360165932442015-02-12T17:00:33.139+00:002015-02-12T17:00:33.139+00:00Looks like I've started some kind of confessio...Looks like I've started some kind of confessional. In fairness, I might be quite tall, but I don't have the flowing locks or razor-sharp cheekbones to pull off the look ;)<br /><br />(I should also add, I very much enjoyed the retrospective).axiomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11598298167403563382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-19785869125860411622015-02-12T16:01:27.703+00:002015-02-12T16:01:27.703+00:00Thats why I like Ogres.... It's a seperated at...Thats why I like Ogres.... It's a seperated at birth thing!riot villehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352546766599695684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-74345162462213961262015-02-12T15:36:43.212+00:002015-02-12T15:36:43.212+00:00Oddly I can't stand Eldar, far too hoyty-toyty...Oddly I can't stand Eldar, far too hoyty-toyty for me. Maybe it's cos i'm stocky and hairy?Whiskey Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15956327711660800903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-56076416805963968342015-02-12T15:25:57.883+00:002015-02-12T15:25:57.883+00:00I'm not quite sure how to say it, but Squats j...I'm not quite sure how to say it, but Squats just aren't my cup of tea. Nor dwarves for that matter. I wasn't keen on them at the time, don't particularly like them now either. But then, Elves have always been more my thing, and I guess they're diametrically opposed to the short hairy chaps (by virtue of being tall, pretty and with beautiful flowing locks!).<br /><br />I'm not sure whether it's a good thing that I prefer tall androgeny to short hairy beared dwarfs...probably down to some sort of childhood experience ;)axiomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11598298167403563382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298356674700006690.post-42759294662132588422015-02-12T12:15:10.404+00:002015-02-12T12:15:10.404+00:00I still pull out WD 111 every now and then and fli...I still pull out WD 111 every now and then and flick through looking for Squats. Still miss them!<br />riot villehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352546766599695684noreply@blogger.com