[OT]One for Beth

In memory of Spike Milligan, his "A Dalek's Homelife" sketch:

G'day,

> In memory of Spike Milligan, his "A Dalek's Homelife" sketch:

Thanks mate, he had a pretty wicked sense of humour. Now if only I could
invent an alien race to justify having a Rat-Rat-Ratties army... mind
you a mate came over with a newly painted walker the other day that strongly
reminded me of Greenback's ship out of Danger Mouse so anything's possible
;)

On the topic of alien armies. I picked up six 2" octopus from the toyshop the
other day (at $4.50 AUD this could be the cheapest squad I've ever bought) and
intend to turn them into aliens so any suggestions on suitable weapons etc are
welcomed;)

Cheers

HEY BETH!

are these plastic or metal or rubber or wot?

ballpoint pen tubes (not the refills) cut down and  do-dadded up a bit
might make  reasonable RL/PML for them.

might be able to make multi-barrel LMG or VRF pulse  lasers out of
brass tubing and green stuff.

also might be able to make smallarms  for the plain "joes'"/jolenes"
using howlow brass and greenstuf.

i lucked out and have a number of the ancient HERITAGE MODELS OOP 25mm
octopoid MARTIANS designed by DAVE HELBER. most of these have weapons cast on
them but i made weapons for the unarmed ones and heavy weapons from the bits
box.

these guys are right out of the CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED WAR OF THE WORLDS, and
are little lead wonders!

if you can ever convince NIC to make some "real" octopoid
Martians/Mertuns (including individual octopoid combat walkers-like PA)
i will be a happy buyer!

G'day,

> are these plastic or metal or rubber or wot?

They're rubbery plastic (solid enough that they're not that stretchy plastic
crap, but they're not brittle hard plastic either).

Thanks for the weapon suggestions.

> i lucked out and have a number of the ancient HERITAGE

I didn't even know these existed! I haven't had much luck tracking down
octopoid aliens via the web.

> if you can ever convince NIC to make some "real" octopoid

I'll keep that in mind! I'm keen to get some myself, but I never had the cash
to commit before the 100 club went into hiatus. When it comes back on line
we'll have to see what we can do!!

Cheers