Category: Warhammer 30K

Vintage Metal Rogue Trader Contemptor Class Dreadnought

This is the Contemptor Class Close Combat Dreadnought who goes by Chuck in the catalogues! He’s an old Rogue Trader metal mini.

Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt Blue, highlighted with Kimera The White, shaded with Kimera Carbon Black
Red: Kimera The Red, highlighted with Kimera’s Cold Yellow, shaded with Carbon Black
White: Kimera’s The White
Silver: Black Metal, then Thrash Metal, highlight of Speed Metal, shaded with Carbon Black
Cape: Stolen from the HH Sword Praetor.

Here he is next to a new Terminator:

13 July 2023

Metal Rogue Trader Space Marine Brother West

This chap was Brother West, and later Bolter 8 – part number 070119/21. His name seems to be a reference to Adam West, who played Batman in the 1960s TV series.

He can be seen in WD99:

27 January 2023

Metal Rogue Trader Space Marine Brother Meredith

This awesome sculpt was initially shown as Brother Meredith, and by 1991 was Bolter 11 and part number 070106/10. He seems to have been named after Burgess Meredith, who played the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV show.

Sculpted by Mark Copplestone (as confirmed by the man himself!).

He can be seen in WD99:

Painted:

Paints used:

Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt Blue, highlighted by mixing in Kimera’s The White, shaded by mixing in Kimera’s Orange
Red: Kimera’s The Red, shaded by mixing in Phthalo Green
Silver: Scale75’s Black Metal, shaded with Basilicanum Grey, highlighted with… other Scale paints, I’ll find my notes
Flesh: Some of Scale75’s Art pinks, washed with Guilliman Flesh
Base: Sand and a couple of little rocks undercoated then painted with Ochre, then pigment of Reddish Brown, Natural Soil and Sand for the rocks applied.

27 January 2023