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  • Vintage Rogue Trader Space Marine with Terminator Honours – Power Glove and Bolter

    Vintage Rogue Trader Space Marine with Terminator Honours – Power Glove and Bolter

    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:

    • Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
    • Blue: Scale75 Artist Light Ultramarine built up to Cobalt Blue, then Primary Blue
    • Red: Scale75 Artist Crimson then Primary Red highlighted by a mix of Primary Red and Orange
    • Silver: Scale75 Black Metal, washed with Instant Shadow Black, followed by Heavy Metal and highlighted with Speed Metal
    • Gold: Necro Gold, washed with Guilliman Flesh, then Elven Gold, then Peridot Alchemy mixed with Citrine Alchemy, highlighted with Citrine Alchemy
    • White hair: Scale75 Artist White, washed with Instant Golem Grey, highlight White
    • Eyes: Scale75 Artist White, iris attempt Primary Blue, pupil Black
    • Flesh: Scale75 Light Skin, wash Guilliman Flesh, highlight Light Skin
    • Leather: Burnt Sienna Umber highlighted with a mix of that and Pale Flesh
    • Varnish: Vallejo Mecha Gloss under Matt

    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!

  • Metal Space Marine Strike Force Marine 2 RTB15 2

    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:

  • Space Marine Tyrannic War Veteran with Bionic Leg

    This chap came in a blister of two.

  • Space Marine Tyrannic War Veteran with knife 99060101353

    This guy came in a two-miniature blister pack.

  • Vintage Space Marine Jump Pack Assault Trooper 1 0426 2

    1993.

  • Vintage Rogue Trader Space Marine Brother Longun or Anderton with Heavy Bolter

    Vintage Rogue Trader Space Marine Brother Longun or Anderton with Heavy Bolter

    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

  • Metal Space Marine Devastator Sergeant 0813

    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.

    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:

  • Metal Space Marine Devastator 0813 2

    This guy lacks the purity seal on the belt.

  • Metal Space Marine Commander 010110301 or 9947010110301

    This guy was the Commander/Captain model from the Command Group box.

  • Metal Space Marine Apothecary from Games Day and the Command Group box

    This guy was part number 010110304 and was apparently seen as a Games Day miniature in 1998.