A good friend painted these. He passed away last weekend. RIP Rob.
Posted Nov 11, 2011, 5:42 PM UTC
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NECROMUNDA!!!! Why did GW ever discontinue this game?
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The small size of gangs needed to play was not match for the capitalist power of larger armies required in the other games.
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Man I had this bad ass Goliath gang once, won a 5 week tournament with them. Gang leader was named LeRoy, painted him as a black dude and converted him to look like Bruce LeRoy from Barry Gordy's The Last Dragon.
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Such a fun game. Where I played we stuck by the 'What you see is what you have' rule, so models had to be converted/repainted between game sessions/days (with in reason).
And the sheets with territories etc. leveling the guys, all fun. Outside of a tournament or league thought no way to know the other guy hadn't cheated some expensive equipment etc. I liked the flavor and atmosphere so much more than 40k or warhammer.
B = Beeblebrox?
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Aye, it is a HitchHiker's reference...
Yeah we did not play WYSIWYG because it was a tournament so we played games through out the week and everyone had work/school. You did however have to clearly state what your model had on them if in LOS of another.
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Wow crushing nostalgia. I loved playing this game.
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I was going to link to his obituary and Find a Grave memorial, but I didn't know if that was considered posting personal information.
Edit: obituary
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He's deceased, I suspect there might be an exception for that. If not, there's that rarest of resources on Reddit called "common sense."
I was big fan of GW products from about 1988 until 1999, when I gave away all my 40K stuff. I never played Necromunda, but I did drool over the models in White Dwarf. I've seen a lot of painted miniatures over the years and I think I can safely say your friends work is good enough to get into 'Eavy Metal.
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Thanks. I always thought he was an amazing painter and encouraged him over the years to sell his stuff. He mainly gave it away, like the set he gave me. His game room was floor to ceiling with painted figurines.
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Oh man, those Delaque bring back memories. I wish i could find the people to play with these days.
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Me too! Hit me up if you're ever in Alaska :)
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Love Necromunda. Nice to see that your friend did too. I think we'd have got along, if I'd known him.
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Probably. He had a room where he had a huge table set up that was all decked out Necromunda style. Every Thursday (I think) I would go to his house so we could play this game. It was amazing how realistic the set-up looked. And cool as hell that we didn't have to recreate it every time we wanted to play.
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Necromunda Delaques! wooo!
If I remember correctly they were techno-freaks. Closeups of the heavies, one with a las gun the other with bolter.
I stole the bolters off these guys forever because the snakes were awesome. Also the stub gun guy had a great pose.
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Upvotes for a fellow wargamer.
RIP
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I miss my Delaque gang.. sorry for your loss bro
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I recognized these at once. My Van Saar have dealt with quite a few Delaque. Mad Donna though? There isn't enough plasma in the forges of Mars to take down that bitch. My gang still has nightmares.
Sorry to hear about you friend. Does remind me I need to make a call.
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Love that people still remember this game. Sorry to hear about your loss :(
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NECRO-FUCKING-MUNDA!
Jesus christ I haven't played that game for ages.
Sorry to hear about your friend, but even in a small way, he has left his impact on the world with these models alone.
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Thuggin'.
RIP Rob
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Sorry for your loss. Your friend had some great talent and it's nice you have such great memories to remember him by.
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Necromunda is badass therefore your friend was badass.
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RIP Rob. Cawdor were badass.
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God damn I loved Necromunda, I played that with my older brother all the time. I was always the Goliath gang :D
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ARE EYE PEE Big Rizzle. :(
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He did a really good job at painting these!
Sorry for your loss, bub.
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Awesome work. May your friend rest in peace :)
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Ooo Necromunda pretty fun game :)
RIP to your friend.
Props to you for recognizing it! I was starting to wonder if anyone would.
Well to be fair I'm a gamestore owner and have been paying attention to GW products since I was in middle school back in '92 :) But yes your friend put a lot of effort into his models I hope his memory lives on thanks for the upvote :)
I was going to say Imperial Guard, but then again all I ever played from GW was 40K. Sorry about the loss of your friend, he was a helluva painter.
Thanks, I wish I had pics of his painting room....there were figurines EVERYWHERE....just massive amounts of work.
House Delaque. My favourite as a kid was House Van Saar, because they looked like the Future War resistance fighters from The Terminator.
Also, sorry for your loss.
I recognized it instantly and ive never played it. Seemed cool though.
i only recognised it because my friend Rob used to play it.