More on Wombles, but NO SONGS!! (was: RE: 15mm figures.)

>G> Actually, no. The Citadel SF stuff made in the early 80s was their
>> Spacefarers range, which actually had more in common with the 15mm
>> Laserburn stuff.
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>Well, somebody (Grenadier?) made some decent 25mm Traveller figs
>(I've got the Adventurers set) in the past.
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> The first pointy-helmet Space Wombles were a set
>> of figures sculpted by Bob Naismith in the mid to late 80s, which
went on
>> to become the Space Marines we all know.
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>Who coined the phrase Womble (and the very Wombling?). I've never
>heard anyone except was it Douglas Adams? say something about
>Wombling....?

Beth and Andrew have both already posted to explain what a Womble is,
and
once you see what they looked like you will immediately understand the
reference to the pointy-nose Space Marine helmets; probably lots of
gamers
saw the resemblance as soon as the figures came out, but I first heard
the
phrase used by John Treadaway, chairman of South London Warlords (who
run
Salute). Warhammer 40K quite naturally became Womblehammer 40K, and this
has stuck....

Jon (GZG)
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