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Tag: Sculptor: Bob Naismith

  • RT Ground Combat Trooper

    This metal miniature is one of the first releases from Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader, and was sculpted by Bob Naismith in 1985. He went by “Ground Combat Trooper”.

  • Worldburner – RT Mercenary

    Worldburner – RT Mercenary

    This metal Rogue Trader Mercenary went by “Worldburner” in the catalogues of the time. He’s a Bob Naismith sculpt.

    The flash on this guy is a little non-Citadel looking – perhaps a recast, but you never know. The detail isn’t too muddy.

  • Sarge Rockhard – Rogue Trader Mercenary

    This Rogue Trader Mercenary was in the catalogues as “Sarge” Rockhard, and was sculpted by Bob Naismith.

  • Imperial Heavy Infantry or Space-Dout Sam

    This Imperial Heavy Infantry is a Bob Naismith sculpt from the earliest Rogue Trader releases. He’s also shown in the later Mercenaries range as “Space-Dout Sam”.

    He can be seen in White Dwarf #95:

    He’s a variant sculpt of the Imperial Heavy Trooper (no idea which one may have been first…).

  • Imperial Heavy Trooper

    Imperial Heavy Trooper

    This was one of the first Rogue Trader releases and is down as an Imperial Heavy Trooper. He’s a Bob Naismith sculpt, and shares the same basic sculpt as the Imperial Heavy Infantry.

    For something different, I tried painting using four paint pots in four hours – so I picked a Zorn palette:

    • Red: Kimera’s The Red
    • Yellow: Kimera’s Cold Yellow
    • White: Kimera’s The White
    • Black: Kimera’s Carbon Black

    In the end it probably wasn’t the best mini choice for testing out that colour scheme and trying to use such a limited palette; I don’t think my NMM skills are sufficient to get enough separation from the grey uniform with so few colours!

    He’s a variant sculpt of the Imperial Heavy Infantry.

  • Metal Rogue Trader Robot Arms and Weapons

    Here are some of the weapons I have found for the Rogue Trader robots.

    On the left are the bolter and flamer arms, and the right one is an autocannon.

    Like the robots, they’re Bob Naismith sculpts.

  • Metal Rogue Trader Robot – Conqueror

    This robot was the Conqueror class back in the Rogue Trader days. I have an overview of the robots range here.

    It’s a Bob Naismith sculpt.

  • Metal Rogue Trader Robot Colossus

    This robot was the Colossus class back in the Rogue Trader days. I have an overview of the robots range here.

    It’s a Bob Naismith sculpt.

  • Metal Rogue Trader Castellan Robot – Warhammer 40K

    This robot was the Castellan class back in the Rogue Trader days. I have an overview of the robots range here.

    It’s a Bob Naismith sculpt.

  • Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader Robots Overview

    In White Dwarf #104 there’s a Chapter Approved article showcasing the new Robots range.

    The names:

    Crusader, Conqueror, Cataphract, Castellan, Colossus.

    The article has art throughout:

    It also has livery shown:

    I asked Bob Naismith if he sculpted them and he said that he thought they were his, so I have credited them appropriately.