Armorcast Exocrine rule sheet

[gabbi]

I've managed to get an Armorcast Exocrine on eBay, that came without box. I used to own a Dactilis (and still should, If only I would be able to find it at my mother's home ^^), and it was packed with a sheet with rules for 2nd edition. For pure nostalgia purpose, I would love to have the Exocrine sheet, too. Does anyone on the board own it and would scan it at a nice resolution for me? I would appreciate it very much

[Freeman]

Now that the exocrine is in the main book I'd say they are rules you should be using. They are pretty good anyways.

[gabbi]

Yes, ofcourse I'll use it as 6th editon codex' Exocrine, I've got it right for the job =)
(Love the +1 to BS if don't move rule, very Warmachine-y)
I would like to get the old rules sheet just for nostaligia...

[gabbi]

Here's the boss, after a first round of brushing:



Apparently, in the 90s the Grim Darkness of the 41st Millenium wasn't so grim...

[Inquisitor Stingray]

In the grim darkness of the 41 millenium there is a bunch of curious puba-looking models with edible coloring.

How big is that thing compared to the new Exocrine or any other MC?

[Hive Bahamut]

I'm kind of glad I wasn't around for clown'a'nids. I really dislike most of the first and second gen models. The weird look I can get by, its the fact everything seem to be painted rainbow. Eldar do enough of it for everyone. Human bugs with clown colors was just bad.

I do love the fact people still have the armorcast stuffs. Quite a style change from Epic - Sixth, but that is the nature of our beast. I quite like how the Exocrine essentially stayed the same, I havent really had a look at one after I bought mine. They just have legs instead of being slugs. (Sorta.)

I would like to see some of the rules, probably all foreign to me at this point, but curious if it used plasma then.

[gabbi]

Inquisitor Stingray said:

How big is that thing compared to the new Exocrine or any other MC?

I don't have got the new model yet, but comparing with Trygon base looks just a bit longer than the GW model...

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Clownanids: A Codex: Tyranids Supplement.

Clownanid Special Rules. Every Tyranid Monstrous Creature is considered to be a Clown Car in addition to its unit type. If a Tyranid Monstrous Creature rolls a '1' when Running, becomes Grounded or is removed from play, it is considered to have flipped and crashed: 2D6 Termagants or Hormagaunts (you decide) must immideately disembark from the crashed Tyranid Clown Car.

I like the triceratops kind of look the Exocrine has going for it. Kind of wish the new one had a bigger carapace, almost like a shield.

Thanks for the comparison! I had no idea it was this big, I understand why/how people still use it then!

[majoranubis]

Side by side, the Armorcast is actually substantially larger all around than the current model. I used mine in my last game so quickly based it on an oval base. It pretty much overlaps it all the way around, if not rides the edges. Every single person working that day at the GW came over and made a negative comment on it; how ugly it used to be, how dumb the concept was and other basic head shaking. It actually kind of bothered me that they threw such much disdain at it, yet every single non-employee gamer that came to the table and saw it thought it was pretty shnazy and a lot different than anything they've seen recently. I personally have 4 Armorcast models and I love them. The nostalgia gets to me and I can't wait to have them all painted up. I say 4 and not all 4 because I have hopes somewhere out there is the mythical Trygon Armorcast just waiting for me to find it

[coredump]

I just picked up a Dactylis, to go with the Exocrines, Malefactors, and Haruspexes I already had.

Malefactor = Tervigon
Exocrine used to be my Tfex, now it is back to Exocrine
Dactylis will now be my exocrine
Haruspex.... sits on a shelf. I was *really* hoping the Haruspex rules would be good...


I have only gotten positive comments about them, even from GW employees. They always attract a lot of attention.

[gabbi]

So, back to my original question: any good-hearted dude willing to scan the rules page for me..? ^_^;

[julianrwr]

Ive started playing the nids in 5th edition, but all the pictures that i saw of the 2 ed. Era made me think that at that point of time, the nids were les scary and les hungry and more fabulous...

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Mar 13, 2014 17:36:39 GMT majoranubis said:

Side by side, the Armorcast is actually substantially larger all around than the current model. I used mine in my last game so quickly based it on an oval base. It pretty much overlaps it all the way around, if not rides the edges. Every single person working that day at the GW came over and made a negative comment on it; how ugly it used to be, how dumb the concept was and other basic head shaking. It actually kind of bothered me that they threw such much disdain at it, yet every single non-employee gamer that came to the table and saw it thought it was pretty shnazy and a lot different than anything they've seen recently. I personally have 4 Armorcast models and I love them. The nostalgia gets to me and I can't wait to have them all painted up. I say 4 and not all 4 because I have hopes somewhere out there is the mythical Trygon Armorcast just waiting for me to find it

Huh, you would think that GW employees would be able to appreciate the older models, despite their outlandish aestethic. I like the Armorcast ones, though I have no association with them as I was but a toddler when 2nd edition came out. Looking at our new models, the old ones are a lot more 'alien' and indecipherable and I really like that. I know the 'gun' and 'sword' aestethic is a part of the charm to Tyranids, but I really like these for being less antropomorphic and discernable.

I wonder if we'll see the Dactylis and Malefactor turned into new kits as well.

[rehkal]

Mar 13, 2014 18:23:35 GMT gabbi said:

So, back to my original question: any good-hearted dude willing to scan the rules page for me..? ^_^;

Having 2 or 3 of them still in the box, I -may- have the original rule sheet I can scan for you. I'll check when I get home this evening. I'm pretty sure I have the sheets for the haruspex and malefactor too but I could be mistaken.

[gabbi]

Mar 13, 2014 21:21:08 GMT rehkal said:

Having 2 or 3 of them still in the box, I -may- have the original rule sheet I can scan for you. I'll check when I get home this evening. I'm pretty sure I have the sheets for the haruspex and malefactor too but I could be mistaken.

That would be AWESOME, mate!

On a side note, I've found the rule sheet from my (lost?) Dactylis folded between the pages of my 2nd edition codex. Rules were by Andy Chambers and Jervis Johnsons among others.
Oddly enough, it says it wasn't made by Armorcast, but by Forge World Models, Modesto CA!



Made a quick search and found this page with a brief story of the companies: www.epicast.com/index.php?mode=page&page=lostandbanned
(image links seem broken, but if you click on them the images are shown).