Hi folks,
I saw this Whirlwind on eBay a few months ago and had to resist mightily to not buy it immediately. I don't often buy miniatures just for the sake of owning them; I prefer to strip them and paint them myself, but this figure just looked so good. I knew that I wouldn't really have to do anything with it. Beautiful, bright, 2nd Edition style paint job and amazing care taken on the decals.
Anyways, I let it go. The seller dropped the price significantly. I let it go again and tried to forget about it. The price returned to normal, then dropped again. I had it up on my screen and my son saw it, and he said "woah, are you going to get that tank Dad, it looks sick!". Wifey gave me the look and I said no. My daughter piped up saying "nawww, let him have the tank", and my son started chanting "let him have it, let him have it!". It was bizarre.
Anyways, it arrived last week from Canada. I used to love using Whirlwinds in 2nd Edition, but never came close to affording one back in the day. If I get some games in, I'll definitely try to fit this one in my list. Otherwise, it has a place of honour in my 2nd Edition collection. Whoever painted this beauty, I salute you.
See you across the table,
Marc
Damn Marc that's rad! I like the story that goes with it, I too, often wonder about the past lives of my second hand minis.
ReplyDeleteSome of them are too loved for me to think they were parted with easily.
DeleteIt is a beauty. Looks like I'm going to have to add my own Crayola Whirlwind to my next To Do List. It certainly didn't come in such good condition!
ReplyDeleteYasss!! You should!
DeleteReally a well loved piece it seems! Will be in great company now!
ReplyDeleteKeep an eye out for it to appear in my 2nd Edition Army photo at the end of the challenge :-)
DeleteDefinitely a beautiful piece of the old tech. Good to know it'll carry on and not end up in someone's bits box, or worse.
ReplyDeleteThis baby is going to rain pie plates :-)
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