Angry Griffin's Oldhammer

Author: The Angry Griffin

  • Metal Space Marine Rogue Trader Brother Ward Warhammer 40K

    This vintage Rogue Trader Space Marine was known as Brother Ward and carries a bolt pistol and power sword. His name is apparently a reference to Burt Ward, who played Robin in the Batman TV show that ran from 1966-1968.

  • Metal Warhammer 40K Space Marine Veteran with Mace 9947010130007

    Metal Warhammer 40K Space Marine Veteran with Mace 9947010130007

    This guy is part number 9947010130007 and comes with a power maul, presumable – or power mace?

    He’s got some serious artificer armour vibes going on – looks like a Mk8 Errant style gorget but none of the rest of it looks nearly as recent…

    Can’t make out the year on the tab.

    Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black

    Blue: Scale75 Artist Cobalt Blue, highlighted with Primary Blue, shaded with Prussian Blue, highlighted with a blend of Art White and Primary Blue, ultimate highlight of just Art White. Same scheme for the armour and the maul, just blended at different rates.

    Red: Scale75 Light Skin, followed by Primary Red. Highlight of Orange, further highlight Intense Yellow. Shaded with Crimson, recess shade of Crimson/Art Black. Purity Seals Primary Red followed by Inktense Crimson.

    White: Scale75 Pearl Grey followed by Art White. Highlight of Inktense White. Shade of Inktense White/Inktense Black.

    Bone/Parchment: Scale75 Art White followed by Off White

    Stone on right pauldron: Scale75 Pearl Grey, shaded with watered down Inktense Black, highlighted with Art White and Inktense White.

    Gold: Necro Gold, tinted with Chestnut Ink, highlighted with Elven Gold, highlighted with Citrine Alchemy.

    Silver: Black Metal, tint near the maul with Prussian Blue. Highlighted with Thrash Metal then Heavy Metal, then Speed Metal, then White Alchemy.

    Black: Art Black, highlight of Pearl Grey.

    Brown: Burnt Umber, blended to Burnt Skin, then highlighted with a mix of Burnt Skin and Light Pink, or Orange, or Intense Yellow as felt appropriate.

    Pigments: Scale75 Dark Mud then Natural Soil.

    Lenses: Sap Green, blended to Spring Green, then Spring Green/Primary Yellow. Reflection in Art White.

    WIP on the maul:

    Finished but for basing:


  • Metal Space Marine Space Wolf Captain with Artificer Helmet Rogue Trader Warhammer 40K

    This guy is part number 070268/4.

  • Metal Dark Angels Captain in Artificer Armour Rogue Trader Warhammer 40K

    Metal Dark Angels Captain in Artificer Armour Rogue Trader Warhammer 40K

    This guy was part number 070268/5.

    Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black

    Green: Scale75 Artist Sap Green and Spring Green, highlighted with Spring Green/Pro Acryl Titanium White

    White: Pro Acryl Titanium White, washed with Targor Rageshade

    Sword: Pro Acryl Burnt Red/Bold Pyrrole Red/Art Black/Golden Yellow/Titanium White

    Gold: Necro Gold, washed with Targor Rageshade, then Elven Gold, then Citrine Alchemy, then White Alchemy

    Base: Scale75 Soilworks Rough Ground mixed with Woodland Scenics rocks. Base coat of Mechanicus Grey, then a drybrush of Dawnstone, then Ulthuan Grey, then White Scar. Then I decided I didn’t like it as much as I expected and put Scale75 Soilworks Ash all over the base and highlighted with Soilworks Gypsum. Rim of Vallejo Mecha Black.

    Chequered knee: Scale75 Pastel Green and Titanium White.

    Red: Scale75 Art Black, then Pro Acryl Burnt Red, then Bold Pyrrole Red, then Golden Yellow

    In the end mixing the Rough Ground with the larger Woodland Scenic chunks produced a texture that was a bit more liquid-y than I was happy with – live and learn, though.

  • Metal Space Marine Blood Angels Sergeant Warhammer 40K

    This guy is part number 010107907 – or earlier 0808/1. He’s a Jes Goodwin 1992 sculpt, so squarely towards the end of Rogue Trader.

  • Metal Blood Angels Captain Rogue Trader Warhammer 40K

    Metal Blood Angels Captain Rogue Trader Warhammer 40K

    This guy is a Blood Angels Captain in Artificer Armour and is part number 070268/3. He’s a 1990 sculpt.

    The earliest Blood Angels specific sculpt I have found so far.

    Stripped:

    Painted:

    Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black

    Gold: Necro Gold, then Elven Gold, then Garaghak’s Sewer, then Necro Gold, then Elven Gold

    Red: Pro Acryl Burnt Red, shaded with that + black, highlighted with Pro Acryl’s Golden Yellow. The gems had white applied as a reflection.

    Base: Armageddon Dunes then Goblin Green, drybrushed with the yellow from the same set

    Black: Art Black, highlighted with Titanium White

    Parchment: Pro Acryl Ivory, shaded with water-diluted Garaghak’s Sewer, highlighted with Titanium White

  • Metal Space Marine Rhino Crew 5 with Bolter in Hatch Warhammer 40K 1988

    This guy is Crewman #5:

  • 2nd Edition Space Marine Predator Annihilator Warhammer 40K

    Looking back through the White Dwarves to see when it was released, so far back to 196 and it’s shown as an extant model at that point.

    The original Predator from Rogue Trader was shown with a 2nd. Ed. datafax in WD167.

    WD193 has the RT Predator on the back cover.

    Stripped:

  • 2nd. Edition Space Marine Razorback pics, info and history!

    This was a 1993 sculpt, and credit goes to Norman Swales and Jes Goodwin. Announced in White Dwarf in June 1994, the article described it as:

    The Razorback is a Rhino variant designed to speed into battle escorting other Rhinos and squads of Space Marines. As it smashes through the enemy lines, a turret mounted lascannon blasts apart enemy Dreadnoughts and tanks, while twin plasma guns fire gouts of flaming death. After neutralising hostile armour, the Razorback can then deploy a combat squad of Space Marines to mop up any survivors and secure the area.

    Ian Pickstock, WD174

    The article then goes to give the tank’s history, describing it as “relatively new” at 5 millennia since rediscovery – having been discovered in the 36th Millennium by Chief Artisan Tilvius during a 300 year quest for a STC databank.

    The crew are described as being “drawn from the ranks of training and reserve units, and they bear special insignia in place of their usual tactical badges”.

    Heraldry notes from the article:

    The Datafax:

    At 100 more points than a Rhino it was the same cost as a Whirlwind, or a twin-las Predator with heavy bolter sponsons (as shown in Codex: Ultramarines, anyway – the original datafax had it at 180pts with autocannon/las sponsons)… so it had a fair bit of competition for the points. The turret was better protected at the front but less at the rear than the Whirlwind – 22/15 vs. 20/18.

    The Predator was more hardy – while it had the same hull armour values, it had 22/22 for the turret.

    At what point did it start offering twin lascannons and twin heavy bolters?

    As found:

    Stripped:

    Here’s a later turret with twin lascannons or heavy bolters:

    I also got lucky and scored one new in box:

  • Metal Adeptus Arbites with Shotgun 72400 1

    This guy is part number 72400/1 and is a 1992 Jes Goodwin sculpt.

    360 degree view: