You know, I never got a chance to see a Squat army in action. Games Workshop dropped them from their range ages ago, due to various reasons (which many old/ex Squat players will tell you are bull) and so no one except us veteran players know about them.
This is a shame! They were cool little dudes, and had some kick arse technology. When the Imperium entered the Dark Age of technology, the planets that the Squat race inhabited didn't suffer the regression that their human counterparts did. Although this is my take on it. According to the Codex Imperialis, it is unknown when the Squat worlds became isolated.
I find it interesting to know that the core worlds are the planets closes to our Solar system, so the irradication of the Squat race by the Tyranids is a little laughable. Half the Tyranids are too big to get into the tunnel systems, let alone the fact that the Squats would know their tunnels etc like the backs of their hands. But if the Tyranids were able to get that close to Terra, why didn't they pick up the strong physic resonance of the Emperors mind, which is so strong that it powers the Astronomicon.
Anyway, the Squats actually not only maintained the level of technology from the Golden Age onwards but even improved it. They were tough, and could show it.
Rather than update their models GW, as stated, dropped them into the bin of "nice, but no longer wanted" models along with stuff such as the Space Slann (see ancient ones or similar on Wikipedia), the Jokaero and the Zoats, amongst a few other models (anyone with the Rogue Trader book and the 2nd Edition and Dark Millenium books will know about these).
So, here is my Squat model, bought on Ebay for around £3.50 inc. p&p in late 2007.
This is a shame! They were cool little dudes, and had some kick arse technology. When the Imperium entered the Dark Age of technology, the planets that the Squat race inhabited didn't suffer the regression that their human counterparts did. Although this is my take on it. According to the Codex Imperialis, it is unknown when the Squat worlds became isolated.
I find it interesting to know that the core worlds are the planets closes to our Solar system, so the irradication of the Squat race by the Tyranids is a little laughable. Half the Tyranids are too big to get into the tunnel systems, let alone the fact that the Squats would know their tunnels etc like the backs of their hands. But if the Tyranids were able to get that close to Terra, why didn't they pick up the strong physic resonance of the Emperors mind, which is so strong that it powers the Astronomicon.
Anyway, the Squats actually not only maintained the level of technology from the Golden Age onwards but even improved it. They were tough, and could show it.
Rather than update their models GW, as stated, dropped them into the bin of "nice, but no longer wanted" models along with stuff such as the Space Slann (see ancient ones or similar on Wikipedia), the Jokaero and the Zoats, amongst a few other models (anyone with the Rogue Trader book and the 2nd Edition and Dark Millenium books will know about these).
So, here is my Squat model, bought on Ebay for around £3.50 inc. p&p in late 2007.
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