This guy came in a blister with a chap with a bionic arm.




This guy came in a blister with a chap with a bionic arm.
This guy appears in the Winter 1990 and the 1991 catalogues along with two other Marines with Terminator Honours (both just with a bolter). Part number 070145/4.
The tab says Terminator on the front. Not sure if the back has been filed down or what happened there but both copies of this mini I have found have a blank back.
First attempt at painting:
I still haven’t quite put on enough matte varnish to overcome the gloss as I really wasn’t a fan of the gloss look on the Marine armour. This particular miniature also had a lot of areas of poor casting – the detail on the back of the power glove is pretty vague and there seems to be some chunky flash still attached to his left shoulderpad. Possibly recast, possibly just a dodgy cast… hard to say!
This guy came out in the 1990-ish Space Marine Strike Force box, and is Space Marine 2 from it. Part number RTB15/2.
I have a second variant with a different head:
This chap came in a blister of two.
This guy came in a two-miniature blister pack.
This one was super quick:
Stone:
Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
Base Coat: Citadel Morghast Bone
Pigment: Scale75 Soilworks Dark Earth SPG-10
That’s it. It’s a very speedy way of getting something tabletop ready in short order.
The door was painted with the same colours as the gangway. Speaking of the gangway:
This metal Space Marine Jump Pack Assault Trooper is a 1993 Jes Goodwin sculpt. He went by part number 0426/2.
Another copy:
1993.
The heavy bolters were a little bit smaller way back when…
Later shown as Space Marine armed with Heavy Bolter, part number 070121/48.
Painted but not based:
I tried my version of speed painting on this guy… which means about 2 days worth of painting effort.
Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
Base Coat: Scale75 Artist Cobalt blue, building to a blend of Cobalt and Primary Blue. Shade of Scale75 Instant Fairy Blood and Scale75 Shadow Black
Edge highlights: Scale75 Primary Blue
Recesses: Scale75 Instant Fairy Blood, darker areas Instant Shadow Black
Silver: Scale75 Heavy Metal building to Speed Metal on the edges, shade a glaze of Scale75 Artist Black
Red: Scale75 Artist Crimson building to Primary Red, shade of Scale75 Fairy Blood and Scale75 Shadow Black
Green: Scale75 Artist White followed by Scale75 Fluoro Green, shade of Scale75 Instant Basilisk Green
Decals from the Forge World Ultramarines sheet
This chap came in the Devastator box back in 1993. In the 1998 catalogue he’s shown as Sergeant 2, part number 010100901 and in the 2005 he’s Sergeant 2 but part number 99060101279. He’s a 1992 Jes Goodwin sculpt.
Update: Found him in the 1995 catalogue as Space Marine Sergeant 2, part number 0813/1.
Colours used:
Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
Blue base: Scale75 Artist Cobalt Blue SART-27
Blue highlight: Scale75 Artist Primary Blue SART-03
Blue shade: 50:50 Scale75 Instant Paralyze Blue SIN-18 and Instant Fairy Blood SIN-12
Red base: Scale75 Artist Crimson
Red highlight: Scale75 Artist Primary Red SART-05
Red further highlight: Scale75 Artist Orange SART-22
Red shade: Scale75 Instant Health Red SIN-03
Purity seal bone colours: Scale75 Off White SART-47
Lenses: Scale75 White Ink followed by Scale75 Fluoro Green
And done but for the base: