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Rogue Trader Space Marines

Space Marines are today the most recognisable Warhammer 40K faction, and they were certainly popular back in the Rogue Trader era as well.

Games Workshop had been testing out the general appearance of what were to be Space Marines years prior to Rogue Trader’s release in 1987 – see the C100 Imperial Marines and LE2 Imperial Space Marine releases. That aesthetic morphed into the first official Warhammer 40K Space Marines releases.

A variety of sculptors worked on the range in this period, including Bob Naismith, Aly Morrison, Jes Goodwin and Mark Copplestone. Trish Carden also made a Space Marine sculpt in this period for the Talisman Timescape board game expansion.

All of the Marines in the September 1987 and Feb 1988 releases were sculpted by Bob Naismith, where the RT101 flyer had Marines sculpted by Aly Morrison and Mark Copplestone.

Speaking of Mark Copplestone, he was busy in 1988 – that year he sculpted the Chaplains and Techmarines into being.

From ~1990 on it seems to be primarily Jes Goodwin working on the range.

RT01 Sept 1987
Astronomican Space Marines (Feb 1988)
RT101 Space Marines

Shown in WD99 as well as elsewhere.

RT3 Flyer Space Marines

Ward, West, Gorshin, Romero, Kitt, Hamilton, Repp, Blake, Craig, Newmar, Napier, Basehart, Harris, Reeves, Crabb, Dozier and Wounded Marine are credited to either Aly Morrison or Mark Copplestone; there’s no indicator who did which.

Space Marine Armour Variants 18/30

Jes Goodwin’s Armour Variants with extras from the Citadel Design Team:

Rogue Trader Techmarines and Servitors

Mark Copplestone:

Rogue Trader Rhino Marines

These guys were in the White Dwarf magazine in July 1988. Mark Copplestone sculpts.

Rogue Trader Space Marine Heavy Weapons

4106 Rogue Trader Death Eagle Space Marines

Designed by Mark Copplestone. As seen in White Dwarf 112:

Mark Copplestone’s Lieutenants and Captain

Mark Copplestone sculpts.

Rogue Trader Marines with Terminator Honours

Terminator honours!

Rogue Trader Space Marine Medics RT701

Medics!

These guys were shown in the June 1988 White Dwarf magazine, and not all are Space Marines – but I have only included Space Marine medics here. The numbers are from the Jun 1988 flyer.

Rogue Trader Chaplains

Design credit for the Chaplains goes to Mark Copplestone. They were shown in 1988.

Rogue Trader Captains and Commanders
Rogue Trader Terminators

RTB09 Terminator Squad was designed by Jes Goodwin. This consisted of 2 of Marine 1, 2 of Marine 2, 2 of Marine 3, a Librarian and a Captain.

Rogue Trader Librarians
Space Marine Strike Force

These guys were supposedly equipped with Mk 7 power armour, known as Armorum Impetor or Eagle Armour.

Rogue Trader Space Marine Vehicles – Dreadnoughts, Bikes, Jet Bikes, Tanks

Dreads, bikes and tanks!

Rhino:

Land Raider:

Limited Edition – Captain and Riding Lizard

Limited Edition models.

Unreleased Space Marines

Unreleased models.

Rogue Trader Space Marine Decals
RTB3 Devastator Box Set

This had a Space Marine Land Speeder, a Squat Mole Mortar and an Imperial Army Tarantula in it.

Rogue Trader Space Marine Scouts

As shown in White Dwarf 113:

The Uncatalogued Scout is credited to Bob Naismith as per WD107.

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