MaliGn Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 So, I don't know if anyone spotted this but Zelda Williams has been going through her old man's miniature collection and posting photos on twitter, some of the stuff that has popped up so far seems to be the old armorcast titans (reaver, 2 warhounds and one of the eldar ones so far) . Rumour has it that she will be auctioning this stuff for a children's charity in the near future. She has no memory of her dad actually painting them himself but mentions there being thousands of pieces in his collection, not all of which is wathammer/40k and that is a subject she knows little about. But worth checking out for fans of his I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1SB Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Posting images for your convenience and for posterity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azekai Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Hah, she calls the Reaver the 'Guy Fieri bot.' Gotta love it. Even if Robin Williams didn't paint them, owning one of these things would be better than an autograph, IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Syddraf Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 He really was the king of the geeks. Some awesome stuff on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalan Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I actually met him and Kirstin Dunst when they were filming Jumanji in a Games Workshop in West Vancouver Canada way back when (1994), they both came in and he was telling some stories from filming about scarign Kirstin Dunst with his miniatures since she was like 10 and he showed her how to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reckoning Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Really cool collector's items. Not a fan of the older style but I'd still buy these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Carnelian Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Wow. I heard the rumors but seeing the proof is something else! One of us, Mr. Williams. One of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 RIP Robin Williams I don't care about autographs or collectors stuff and these models aren't to my liking either but with his name behind it I'm still a little bit tempted ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 It's some amazing stuff. You hear about Robin WIlliams liking the games and you think 'yeah cool, he's maybe got half an army of orks or something' and then boom, multiple painted Armourcast titans. He was in deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Makes you wonder whether he had an account here as well without ever telling anyone lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Caldersson Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Story about Mr. Williams playing a game of "gay Eldar" vs Grey Knights was posted here. https://np.reddit.com/r/bloodbowl/comments/3zot9s/im_brand_new_to_blood_bowl_and_im_in_love_but_i/cynz1b0/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Ferrum Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 A friend of mine years back claimed to have actually played a game against him. They never made it past turn one though because Williams spent the whole time doing ork conversations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 A friend of mine years back claimed to have actually played a game against him. They never made it past turn one though because Williams spent the whole time doing ork conversations. Totally worth it. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Very cool, not only for it's own sake, but to see confirmation of the rumor that he was a player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuyAdi Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Hope they get a good haul from selling these on. Sharing a piece of geek memorabilia for a good cause brings a little bit of sunshine out of the really tragic end to his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I'd love that red warhound. From a lot of what I have read over the years it sounds like lots have claimed to do commission projects for RW over the years and there is a probably a lot of truth in them. I knew a guy that worked GW mail order back in the early nineties that swore blind he took an order from Robin Williams who was calling using a "papa nurgle voice" complete with slurps and wheezes the entire time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffersonian000 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 That’s an Orguss mecha standing behind the Reaver, from the Animes Super-Dimensional Fortress Macross and Super-Dimensional Century Orguss. Loved the mech design back in the day. That specific model looks to be a Master Grade kit, or one of the rarer high detailed toys. SJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreaterChickenofTzeentch Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 That’s an Orguss mecha standing behind the Reaver, from the Animes Super-Dimensional Fortress Macross and Super-Dimensional Century Orguss. Loved the mech design back in the day. That specific model looks to be a Master Grade kit, or one of the rarer high detailed toys. SJ It's one of the toys. You could actually get them at Sanrio/Hello Kitty stores and ToysRUs in the U.S. during the robot craze that hit in the early 1980's. After Transformers hit big, people were importing everything that was bipedal and mechanical, even if there was little or no English on the box. I had that particular one in first grade and I've still got pieces of it somewhere. Giant chunk of die cast and super hard plastic. Thought the "crotch cockpit" was a little strange, but everything else was pretty awesome, including the fact that the gun actually shot little hard plastic darts. 1980-85 were weirdly awesome years to be shopping for toys. Robots from obscure sentai or anime series were on the shelf right next to Optimus and Megatron. Some even showed up in the toy aisles in supermarkets. Nowadays in America, mecha toys/models are a standard part of pop culture, but usually confined to specific, small sections in video game stores, comic shops, or what few toy stores remain. It was a whole different story back when the floodgates had just opened and the shelves at ToysRUs looked like something you'd see at ComicCon now and nobody could explain what any of the stuff even WAS. You had to buy it and take it to a comic store that had anime in order to find out. A bit of an odyssey, but pretty thrilling. OK. Nostalgia over. Back to Grimdark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aothaine Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Story about Mr. Williams playing a game of "gay Eldar" vs Grey Knights was posted here. https://np.reddit.com/r/bloodbowl/comments/3zot9s/im_brand_new_to_blood_bowl_and_im_in_love_but_i/cynz1b0/ HOLY ****! That is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunk Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 It would of been great to play against someone like Robin - I can only imagine that it would be an unforgettable experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikuEru Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 You know, having a squad or even a single miniature from his collection would be quite the reliquary to own. (And I am not one for the whole fan-girling or VIP-memorabilia thing - but he was a King among us Nerds!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 You know, having a squad or even a single miniature from his collection would be quite the reliquary to own. (And I am not one for the whole fan-girling or VIP-memorabilia thing - but he was a King among us Nerds!) For sure. I don't even care for autographs and stuff from my favorite bands but Robin Williams was my favorite actor even before I was into all this nerd stuff and some of his movies I do rewatch at least once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNCenturion Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I love nostalgic models and the old 90s aesthetics of some GW kits, but yikes are these old titans ugly. My buddy got one a few years back and was proud to show it off to us; it looked like an ugly dog terminator statue, but I just smiled and nodded at it lol. That said, very cool that they once belonged to Mrs Doubtfire/Peter Pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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