Tag: Rogue Trader

Metal Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader Armour Variant Mk6 1

This was shown as part number 070106/48. He’s a 1992 sculpt, and unfortunately I can’t find an unambiguous sculpting credit for him.

16 October 2023

Metal Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader Headless Chaos Renegade

Here’s one of the two Chaos Facemarines from that era. Part number 070366/2 in the 1991 catalogue, he’s a Michael Perry sculpt. 1988 on the tab.

He can be seen in #WD111:

Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
Blue: Scale75 Art Turquoise Blue SART-26, shaded with Scale75 Turquoise Ink SART-83, highlighted with Kimera The White and with Turquoise Blue glazed over that.
Eye: The White mixed with Carbon Black, pupil of Carbon Black, iris of Scale75 Art Sky Blue
Base: Kimera Red Oxide, drybrush of Scale75 Art Off White, then Reddish Brown pigment, then Natural Soil pigment
Silver: Black Metal, followed by Heavy Metal as a highlight. Wash of Targor Rageshade.
Gold: Necro Gold, then Dwarven Gold, then Peridot Alchemy. A wash of Scale75 Chestnut Ink then Dwarven Gold again.
Skin: Scale75 Art Pink Flesh, highlight with The White. Shade with Berserker Bloodshade.
Base rim: Vallejo Model Colour Black Grey

16 October 2023

Rogue Trader Adeptus 1

This metal Rogue Trader miniature was one of the original Mechanicus sculpts by Bob Olley. I can’t make out the year on the back of the tab. He goes by 401101 or 051301.

He can be seen in White Dwarf #111:

…and again in White Dwarf #112, painted by Paul Benson:

Pete Knifton has an illustration in White Dwarf #110 which looks remarkably like him, though he has swapped which way he’s holding the axe:

15 October 2023

Metal Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader Space Marine Communications Officer Orinoco or Kendall

This Rogue Trader Space Marine went by Orinoco or Kendall. He’s a Bob Naismith sculpt. I can make out “GW” scratched into the tab but nothing useful as far as the date goes.

15 October 2023

Metal Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader Space Marine Brother Dimshade or Thaw

This guy was Dimshade and Thaw in the early days and was later shown in the catalogues as Chainsword 1, part number 070119/22. He is a Bob Naismith sculpt, and shares most of his head sculpt with Breakout Con. It looks like 1987 on the tab.