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What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 08:37:26


Post by: 59thSiege


Same as the subject but to clarify I'll give context. I collect Imperial Guard and like to have a varied army with many rare items just for fluff and fun. These could be rare vehicles or the original Gaunt's Ghosts boxset. So my question for you guys and gals is what is the most impressive or rarest thing you've ever seen or what is something you haven't seen but it would impress you? (Please try to keep it Guard centered) I highly encourage talking about any kind of model, for me the hardest thing to find would be a Macharius Omega. I can't wait to see what you guys have to say, thanks as always.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 08:42:31


Post by: AngryAngel80


I don't get a hold of too many rare models exactly but I'd say ones I always respect are old Ogryns and Legit rough riders, they show you aren't just another Guard player but a player of high taste. I'd also say some of the first actual guard cadian infantry as well, they look ace.

As for my rarest model is one I got from a very good friend of the female commissar gamesday model that came out a long long time ago now. It's probably my center piece of the collection because it's old, and rare and was given with love and cost him a good amount as he also got it painted for me to surprise me, he's a hell of a good friend.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 09:18:58


Post by: Valkyrie


Rarest one I've seen would be the standard bearer variant available in the army box a while back. In hindsight it isn't actually that special, it's just Jarran Kell with a helmet and Chainsword.

As for rarest one I actually own, probably a Stormhammer. Got a good deal on one online, but probably won't see much use seeing as how GW nerfed it into oblivion.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 09:27:37


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Catachan Colonel from last year. He’s still in his shrink wrap and may remain forever so.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 09:34:10


Post by: A.T.


I've got a handful of guard wounded and penal legionnaires from rogue trader, along with a guard land speeder. Honestly no idea why...

Rarest would be the early resin stormblade a friend picked up for free from a house move.

In terms of something i'd like to see - the anphelion base complex.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 10:01:14


Post by: beast_gts


Years ago I got a pre-release Catachan Comms guy by chatting to one of the mail-order trolls when I placed an order.

Female Catachan with grenade launcher probably counts as rare.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 12:52:30


Post by: kurhanik


I've gotten some interesting bits from ebay hauls over the years, I think I have the Female Commissar. Based on the fact that searching the net always shows me super old metal Ogryns or the new plastic ones, the metal Ogryn I have must have only been around for a short while.

Other than that all I got is the common sort of rare things - the old Stormtrooper models (and a bunch of Kasrkin waiting for me to decide on a paint scheme) - things that while getting rarer over time, are still fairly easy to find if you wait long enough.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 12:58:59


Post by: Mmmpi


Rarest I've seen is a Lord Solar Macaris (sp).

Rarest I own are the Last Chancers.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 13:09:35


Post by: the_scotsman


rarest guard models I own are my vostroyans. I've got numerous sculpts that were oop even before the recent OOP-ing of all the range - casualties, the plasma gunner, mortar, lascannon, powerfist sergeant etc.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 13:10:23


Post by: H.B.M.C.


I mean it's probably this guy, right?

Failing that it's either the Praetorian Guard casualties, or the Vostroyan casualties.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 14:12:56


Post by: Arcanis161


What about the Forgeworld metal Cadian (old Cadian) tank commander? With a hat and waving hand? I got that one, can take pictures if needed.

EDIT: or better yet, a picture from the internet

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What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 14:16:34


Post by: Gitdakka


Not my work, but these metal imperial tank crew is the rares i've come by. Also there is a necromundan sniper that is actually a kneeling steel legion sculpt, wich sells really expensive at ebay.

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What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 15:04:11


Post by: 59thSiege


I really love the turnout of answers and hope more come in. I feel like my rarest would be all the Gaunt's Ghosts or my Stormblade. I'm glad from some lots I've gotten the cadian tankers and rare commander but I prefer vehicles over infantry so I might really have rarer infantry models but I love my rare tanks more


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 15:05:54


Post by: Kanluwen


Thunderbolt Pilot from FW...but lost it after a squirrel invaded my garage spraybooth. Something about the spray must have made it smell food-like.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 15:20:07


Post by: ccs


While I've got the original FM Commissar, Gaunts Ghosts, preatorians (and casualties), FW tank crew, even all of the RT female "army" figures?
And despite my motorpool including both the Armorcast Baneblade/Shadowsword conversion kit (tank can swap out central hull piece to make either) & the Armorcast "super detail" Baneblade (more detail + individual metal links)?

The thing that always attracts the most attention is....
My squadron of original RT era Sentinels with thier tiny egg shaped bodies.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 15:22:14


Post by: necrontyrOG


Probably the Gaunt and Corbec limited Black Library Diorama. I think there's like 500 in the entire world.

Or the Mordian unreleased Plasma Gunner.


I own them both.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 17:55:48


Post by: Arbitrator


Rarest I have is probably the limited Cadian standard bearer, although you do see them floating around Ebay now and again for a surprisingly low price so they don't seem 'that' rare in the grand scheme.

I bought the Medusa campaign Vostroyan box back in the day with the casualties and I 'think' a unique standard bearer but I don't remember the exact contents and whether it was actually unique or not.

The rarest I can actually think of is probably the above Gaunt/Corbec which I've almost never seen in almost two decades of being involved in the hobby. I imagine in a few years the Catachan Colonel is going to be among the rarest though, but these days it wouldn't shock me if GW did another print run for an event or something once Covid is over.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 18:15:16


Post by: aphyon


A buddy of mine has 2 sets of schaffers last chancers and 2 or 3 variants of the metal female commisars as well as the aiming pose of the vindicare assassin and metal iron warriors war smith.

I seem to recall that the IG praetoria army (the one with the pith helmets) was hard to find.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 20:33:48


Post by: move0ver


I've got the metal griffin crew shown above.

I also have an OOP gas masked tank commander from forgeworld, a resin Snake Strianski from forgeworld, about one each of all the old metal tank commanders (the valhallan one with the tank riders, the catachan commander with the sandbags, etc), and an OOP up-armored griffon mortar carrier.

A lot of the metal minis I picked up 15+ years ago when GW sold bits individually.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 20:55:56


Post by: BrookM


I have the Cadian standard bearer, as well as the Vostroyan casualties, both were exclusives of boxed sets. I also have the Catachan tank commander and his sandbags from ye olde Exterminator kit, though the latter has gone onto a.. Demolisher tank at this point, actually fits quite snugly on "modern" heavy Russ turrets. I really should repaint the tank commander one of these days.

I did manage to get a Thunderbolt pilot from a friend after a lot of nagging and begging for her to finally part with it. Sorry folks, I've painted it, so it is ruined for life now.

Ah, a rarity I could never get my hands on were the Cadian troopers at attention, which were a Games Day exclusive or the like? Sold in blisters of two?


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 Arbitrator wrote:
I bought the Medusa campaign Vostroyan box back in the day with the casualties and I 'think' a unique standard bearer but I don't remember the exact contents and whether it was actually unique or not.
The Vostroyan platoon deal's casualties were the only unique models, the rest was all stock troops. No standard bearer for the command squad though: medic, vox caster and two special weapons instead.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 21:03:49


Post by: Nevelon


Rarity and things you have seen is so fuzzy.

I’ve got a small collection of RT-era guard. Rare? Maybe not, but old enough that there is a good chance something in there counts.

Seen? I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire, c-beams glittering. You know the drill. But mostly at the time it was normal. In print stuff. But put a couple decades++ on that, it’s something special. But also, fuzzy in the brain. Did I see it across the table, or on the rack at the FLGS, or in the SoL catalog?


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 21:07:41


Post by: totalfailure


This isn’t mine; I still have a female Catachan with grenade launcher in the blister in my collection.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 22:13:16


Post by: H.B.M.C.


Y'all just reminded me of another two Guard minis that I'm certain are quite rare:



Guard tank crew.

 necrontyrOG wrote:
Or the Mordian unreleased Plasma Gunner.
Wait a sec... that's real???

 BrookM wrote:
Ah, a rarity I could never get my hands on were the Cadian troopers at attention, which were a Games Day exclusive or the like? Sold in blisters of two?
A fellow Dakkanaut gave me his blister when I bought something else off him. They're very nice.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 22:16:25


Post by: Stormonu


Don’t know about rarity, but I have a squad of the original “Necromunda Spyders” rough riders, though in very bad shape. I haven’t been able to find any replacement parts or additional figures on e-bay or the like to fix/expand them.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 22:18:21


Post by: Kanluwen


 BrookM wrote:

Ah, a rarity I could never get my hands on were the Cadian troopers at attention, which were a Games Day exclusive or the like? Sold in blisters of two?

Eye of Terror exclusive! They were meant not just to be sold, but for volunteers who helped run events at local independents or as prizes

I feel kinda bad now, I had gotten a whole bunch of them during that event.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 22:20:36


Post by: necrontyrOG


 H.B.M.C. wrote:


 necrontyrOG wrote:
Or the Mordian unreleased Plasma Gunner.
Wait a sec... that's real???


Indeed it is! Very hard to find too.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 22:21:23


Post by: Arcanis161


 necrontyrOG wrote:

Or the Mordian unreleased Plasma Gunner.


I own them both.


I thought I saw some on eBay about two years ago, and was confused as to why they got such high prices. Had I known they were unreleased, I would have gotten one!


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 22:26:52


Post by: BrookM


 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Y'all just reminded me of another two Guard minis that I'm certain are quite rare:

Those I have as well, somewhere!

Ooh, even rarer would be the (crappy) metal heads GW released alongside these as upgrades for your Guard plastics. I think nobody bought those.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 22:31:50


Post by: SergentSilver


I'm enjoying this thread. As a collector I like to see and hear about rare pieces. There's even a couple in here that it's my first time hearing about them. I'm also surprised by just how many I actually have.

For me, a rare piece I've been trying to get my hands on for a while now is Ripply, the RT era female carrying an Autocannon. I see her around on ebay a lot, but they always want a lot for her.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/k8IAAOSwFohe5BSI/s-l300.jpg

As a fairly broke college student I can't really afford $40+ for a single model right now, so I just have to wait for more money or a steal price.

By the way, are all Mordian Plasma gunners rare or is it just that one? I have four and never thought anything of them beyond the rarity of Mordians in general, except when I tried to look up Mordian Plasma gunner just now, the only two images of them that came up were two like the one pictured in this thread.


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Arcanis161 wrote:
 necrontyrOG wrote:

Or the Mordian unreleased Plasma Gunner.


I own them both.


I thought I saw some on eBay about two years ago, and was confused as to why they got such high prices. Had I known they were unreleased, I would have gotten one!


I've seen that one on ebay a couple times in the last year, but $70+ for a single Infantry size model is too much for my wallet right now so I mostly ignored them. I think the most I've ever spent on a single Infantry size model was $25+shipping, and that was because only 200 of it existed so I felt it was worth it to me as a collectors item.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 22:37:43


Post by: Kanluwen


 BrookM wrote:

Ooh, even rarer would be the (crappy) metal heads GW released alongside these as upgrades for your Guard plastics. I think nobody bought those.

Do you mean the metal Kasrkin-ish heads? Those were never actually for sale, as far as I've been able to find.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/23 22:40:22


Post by: SergentSilver


 Kanluwen wrote:
 BrookM wrote:

Ooh, even rarer would be the (crappy) metal heads GW released alongside these as upgrades for your Guard plastics. I think nobody bought those.

Do you mean the metal Kasrkin-ish heads? Those were never actually for sale, as far as I've been able to find.


Metal Cadian pattern rebreather heads? I know FW made them in resin until recently, but I never heard of them in metal.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 07:24:02


Post by: BrookM


No a set of ten metal "veteran" heads with bionics, dodgy hair choices and whatnot. I've done a google for them, but the only pic I could find is one of questionable origin.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 08:02:49


Post by: Esmer


The rarest I personally own is Lord Solar Macharius



And about 20 or so of the old Stormtroopers



I am not sure how old they are but they seem to fetch high prices on ebay



What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 09:35:03


Post by: kurhanik


 Esmer wrote:


And about 20 or so of the old Stormtroopers
I am not sure how old they are but they seem to fetch high prices on ebay



I think they were originally run around 2000/2001, but have no clue when production ceased. Well before I started looking for them in 2015 though - and they have only been getting rarer. Used to be able to find them on Bartertown or Ebay for halfway decent prices, but every auction I've seen of them in the past year or two has jumped to about 100$ for 10.

I know that if they ever go made to order, I would grab a whole bunch of them (in spite of the fact that I have I think 40 of them). They are my personal favorite model in the Guard line.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 13:36:07


Post by: BrookM


IIRC both Macharius and the storm troopers were among the first made to order Guard several years ago, but I could be wrong. Would love to be wrong, I'd love to get my hands on one or two Macharius models and some more of those storm troopers.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 14:23:01


Post by: SergentSilver


I've got a couple Lord Solar, though I've yet to do anything with them since I want them to actually look good when I'm done. One came as bare metal and unassembled, the other came mostly assembled and primed black with the dog from Kill Team on what I think is a 40mm base. I should probably check that to be sure. It looks pretty cool though, so I'd share the sellers image of it if I could remember how to make it display from elsewhere on the web.

I also have a squad and a half or so of the old Inquisitorial Stormtroopers with I think at lest one of each model (idk, but if they ever had a meltagun, I don't think I have that model), one squad of the Beret Stormtroopers including a Plasma gun, and two or three squads of my favorites, the Kasrkin, though just the Flamer & Grenade Launcher options they normally came with I think. I would like to get some Melta and Plasma for them though.

I've also managed to get my mitts on The Last Chancers and Gaunt's Ghosts, though I still need the extra three Ghosts that weren't in the box. Between those, the female Commissar, old Ogryns, and my good size collection of old Commissar in general, I'm pretty happy with my collection. Probably never be satisfied per se, but happy. I have enough Commissar that I could go WYSIWYG for just about every loadout they can have, and a few they can't anymore (looking at the Power Axe and Hand Flamer one as I type this).



What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 15:03:17


Post by: The_Real_Chris


Anything with bare plastic arms from the rogue trader era...


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 15:08:20


Post by: SergentSilver


The_Real_Chris wrote:
Anything with bare plastic arms from the rogue trader era...


When you say "bare plastic", do you mean that it still hasn't been painted or just that the arms were originally separate from a metal torso? I'm lucky enough to have gotten a few RT models that would have come with separate arms and weapons sprues, but I can't recall if the arms were plastic or just the weapons. The three I know of right now are all Commissars actually.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 15:27:57


Post by: Big Mac


I'm proud to say I own quite a few:
Spoiler:

LE female Commissar:

Tallarn casulties:

FW Tallarn HWT:

FW Salamander Scout:

FW LR Conquerer with Tallarn tank commander:

FW Aquila Lander(recast):

FW Sky Talon:

Supreme commander Solar Macharius:

FW Sabre Defense Battery:

FW Cadian shotgun vets:

Cadian LE army boxset standard:

Cadian troopers stand at ease:

FW Support Sentinel with rocket pod:

FW Sentinel Powerlifter:

Cadian tank crews:

Last Chancers:

Catachan female with GL:

Vostroyan platoon with all poses and casualties:

Elysian pilot(recast):

Elysian Tauros AV:

Steel Legion sniper from Necromunda:

tank commanders:


DKoK Commissar death rider(recast):

Tanith squads with all poses and special BL Corbec:


rare IG yet to be painted:
Valhallan Sgt. kneeling with boltgun and casualty from BL 'Lone Wolf' release
Catachan Sgt. Ripper Jackson

rare IG I like to get my hands on:
FW Valkyrie interior detail with Elysian squad
FW Elysian with lascutters
FW crashed Valkyrie terrain
FW wrecked Chimera terrain
FW Tallarn Mukaali riders





What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 15:57:41


Post by: kurhanik


BrookM wrote:IIRC both Macharius and the storm troopers were among the first made to order Guard several years ago, but I could be wrong. Would love to be wrong, I'd love to get my hands on one or two Macharius models and some more of those storm troopers.


Yes for Macharius (its where I got my still unbuilt one from), no for Stormtroopers. It was Kasrkin they did during that.

SergentSilver wrote:
I also have a squad and a half or so of the old Inquisitorial Stormtroopers with I think at lest one of each model (idk, but if they ever had a meltagun, I don't think I have that model), one squad of the Beret Stormtroopers including a Plasma gun, and two or three squads of my favorites, the Kasrkin, though just the Flamer & Grenade Launcher options they normally came with I think. I would like to get some Melta and Plasma for them though.


The Stormtroopers had a melta option.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 15:59:18


Post by: SergentSilver


Nice collection! I've never heard of most of the Elysian models you mentioned since I never got into FW back when they were in production. I have to ask though, is the Catachan female with Grenade Launcher really that rare? I got two when I bought someone's old metal Catachan along with two of each of the other two Special Weapons models from the same blister with her along with one each of both Catachan Heavy Flamer models. I also see her as both a single model and part of the et of three she came in on ebay all the time. Usually overpriced in my opinion, but I've never considered her any rarer than the rest of them. Others here have listed her as rare too, so I'm starting to wonder.


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 kurhanik wrote:
The Stormtroopers had a melta option.


Thanks for the info. I'll just have to go find that to round them off I guess. Hopefully I can find one for less than $10 since it's more for collection than use at this point.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 19:26:04


Post by: beast_gts


 BrookM wrote:
No a set of ten metal "veteran" heads with bionics, dodgy hair choices and whatnot. I've done a google for them, but the only pic I could find is one of questionable origin.


Are these them? I should have a set or two, but I haven't seen them since moving house...


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The_Real_Chris wrote:
Anything with bare plastic arms from the rogue trader era...


I've got some of the old Confrontation Tech Gangers, if they count.



What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 19:39:11


Post by: SergentSilver


I could have sworn I saw and responded to a post seeming to answer my question about Mordian Plasma guns, but now both posts are gone.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 19:40:29


Post by: necrontyrOG


 SergentSilver wrote:
I could have sworn I saw and responded to a post seeming to answer my question about Mordian Plasma guns, but now both posts are gone.


Yeah, that was me. What the heck happened there?


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 19:41:41


Post by: SergentSilver


 necrontyrOG wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
I could have sworn I saw and responded to a post seeming to answer my question about Mordian Plasma guns, but now both posts are gone.


Yeah, that was me. What the heck happened there?


It's like a random mod swung through and deleted the two most recent posts before ducking out.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 19:42:12


Post by: necrontyrOG


 SergentSilver wrote:
 necrontyrOG wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
I could have sworn I saw and responded to a post seeming to answer my question about Mordian Plasma guns, but now both posts are gone.


Yeah, that was me. What the heck happened there?


It's like a random mod swung through and deleted the two most recent posts before ducking out.


That's what we get for posting I guess.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 19:44:11


Post by: ingtaer


Sorry about that people, they were all deleted due to the fact that this website has a strong anti-recast policy and we do not let anyone post in a manner supporting it. I was going to post a note to that effect but got distracted by a small human and nuked them all instead of just the offending post.

So, uhm, Please do not post in a manner that condones, supports or promotes recasting on this site and my apologies to those people who have been adversely effected by nuking of posts.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 19:44:16


Post by: SergentSilver


I am curious about the Mordian Plasma I have because they have newer style plasma guns, but even if they were rereleased as a Made-to-Order, I find it hard to believe GW went through the time, effort, and money to make brand new models for them.


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 ingtaer wrote:
Sorry about that people, they were all deleted due to the fact that this website has a strong anti-recast policy and we do not let anyone post in a manner supporting it. I was going to post a note to that effect but got distracted by a small human and nuked them all instead of just the offending post.

So, uhm, Please do not post in a manner that condones, supports or promotes recasting on this site and my apologies to those people who have been adversely effected by nuking of posts.


Ah, thank you for that clarification. I don't think I have anything that's recast, but if done well with the right materials I probably wouldn't know the difference myself. Part of that is that I collect old metal models so I've seen the whole gambit of what the metal can look like.

It amuses me that for once my silly wild tale of what might have happened was almost right on the mark. I really thought it was just some site error.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 19:52:11


Post by: necrontyrOG


 SergentSilver wrote:
I am curious about the Mordian Plasma I have because they have newer style plasma guns, but even if they were rereleased as a Made-to-Order, I find it hard to believe GW went through the time, effort, and money to make brand new models for them.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
 ingtaer wrote:
Sorry about that people, they were all deleted due to the fact that this website has a strong anti-recast policy and we do not let anyone post in a manner supporting it. I was going to post a note to that effect but got distracted by a small human and nuked them all instead of just the offending post.

So, uhm, Please do not post in a manner that condones, supports or promotes recasting on this site and my apologies to those people who have been adversely effected by nuking of posts.


Ah, thank you for that clarification. I don't think I have anything that's recast, but if done well with the right materials I probably wouldn't know the difference myself. Part of that is that I collect old metal models so I've seen the whole gambit of what the metal can look like.


What Mordian plasma gun do you have? As far as I know, they only ever made the unreleased version. Never seen any other Mordian plasma gun.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 19:56:27


Post by: SergentSilver


 necrontyrOG wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
I am curious about the Mordian Plasma I have because they have newer style plasma guns, but even if they were rereleased as a Made-to-Order, I find it hard to believe GW went through the time, effort, and money to make brand new models for them.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
 ingtaer wrote:
Sorry about that people, they were all deleted due to the fact that this website has a strong anti-recast policy and we do not let anyone post in a manner supporting it. I was going to post a note to that effect but got distracted by a small human and nuked them all instead of just the offending post.

So, uhm, Please do not post in a manner that condones, supports or promotes recasting on this site and my apologies to those people who have been adversely effected by nuking of posts.


Ah, thank you for that clarification. I don't think I have anything that's recast, but if done well with the right materials I probably wouldn't know the difference myself. Part of that is that I collect old metal models so I've seen the whole gambit of what the metal can look like.


What Mordian plasma gun do you have? As far as I know, they only ever made the unreleased version. Never seen any other Mordian plasma gun.


You know what, let me set up an array of some of my metal IG and snap a pic or three of them to share. Never put the whole thing out at once and this has me a bit inspired to do so.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 20:05:02


Post by: necrontyrOG


 SergentSilver wrote:


You know what, let me set up an array of some of my metal IG and snap a pic or three of them to share. Never put the whole thing out at once and this has me a bit inspired to do so.


Would love to see that, I'm super curious if there's a Mordian I'm missing!


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 20:11:05


Post by: Mmmpi


 ingtaer wrote:
Sorry about that people, they were all deleted due to the fact that this website has a strong anti-recast policy and we do not let anyone post in a manner supporting it. I was going to post a note to that effect but got distracted by a small human and nuked them all instead of just the offending post.

So, uhm, Please do not post in a manner that condones, supports or promotes recasting on this site and my apologies to those people who have been adversely effected by nuking of posts.


Out of curiosity, does that include recasts of long out of production models?


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 20:13:02


Post by: ingtaer


 Mmmpi wrote:
 ingtaer wrote:
Sorry about that people, they were all deleted due to the fact that this website has a strong anti-recast policy and we do not let anyone post in a manner supporting it. I was going to post a note to that effect but got distracted by a small human and nuked them all instead of just the offending post.

So, uhm, Please do not post in a manner that condones, supports or promotes recasting on this site and my apologies to those people who have been adversely effected by nuking of posts.


Out of curiosity, does that include recasts of long out of production models?


Unless it is something in the public domain then yes.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 20:20:01


Post by: SergentSilver


You know, as I set these out, I'm starting to think I may have too many... Then I remind myself that they're IG and continue.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 20:37:03


Post by: Nevelon


 SergentSilver wrote:
You know, as I set these out, I'm starting to think I may have too many... Then I remind myself that they're IG and continue.


Too many guardsmen is like too much Dakka. Never enough.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 20:49:13


Post by: necrontyrOG


 Nevelon wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
You know, as I set these out, I'm starting to think I may have too many... Then I remind myself that they're IG and continue.


Too many guardsmen is like too much Dakka. Never enough.


This is exactly right.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 21:40:13


Post by: SergentSilver


Alright, here we go. Do note, that unfortunately most of the models are unpainted. Of those that are painted, only the completed ones with purple and black/gray as the main colors are at least mostly my paintjob. The special banner bearer I only painted the guardsman. I bought him painted and based, but wanted him to match my main color scheme so I carefully repainted over the original colors. The other one I partially repainted is the purple and grey Ogryn. Got him from a friend and just redid the armor as a color test.

Part of the reason this took so long is because I ran out of room the first time, so I made a second array with the older faction specific models. I also included my Inquisition models cuz they sorta go with. I also threw two Easter egg models into the first setup for kicks.

Spoiler:





























I added in a close up of the Mordian Plasma and Catachan Special/Heavy Weapons.
Whew. That took some editing to get displayed nicely.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 21:42:58


Post by: necrontyrOG


These ones?


Those are conversions from Mordian Flamers.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 21:44:35


Post by: SergentSilver


 necrontyrOG wrote:
These ones?


Those are conversions from Mordian Flamers.


Well damn, you're right. I honestly never noticed before. I thought it was a bit odd that their Plasma guns were a newer pattern, but never thought to look for signs of conversion.
Whomever did that did a really good job of it. They'll likely see more use as Plasma than Flamers these days, that's for sure.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 21:50:07


Post by: necrontyrOG


Yeah, not bad conversions. It's pretty obvious though when you've been looking at them as often as I have.
Spoiler:


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 21:54:51


Post by: SergentSilver


Whoops. Just realized I forgot to get out my RT IG. I'll just share a few older pictures of them here.

Spoiler:












I also have a handfull of RT plastic IG as well, but I don't seem to have a picture of them yet.


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I noticed the hint of your collection in your picture and I am seriously envious of the whole thing laid out. I've been trying to get one of every old metal IG model and a Mordian Lieutenant has been on my list for some time. Unfortunately I never see one for less than $20.

I should mention I did notice that some of the RT models have plastic weapons added on.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 22:01:19


Post by: necrontyrOG


Well my dumbass is a glutton for punishment, as I thought I needed to to a Tanith army after finishing my Mordians:
Spoiler:


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 22:03:55


Post by: SergentSilver


 necrontyrOG wrote:
Well my dumbass is a glutton for punishment, as I thought I needed to to a Tanith army after finishing my Mordians:
[
Spoiler:
img]https://i.imgur.com/pjHyGVm.jpg[/img]


Ouch. I wasn't even aware they made more than the nine Tanith. Six in the box, three in the blister.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 22:05:40


Post by: beast_gts


 SergentSilver wrote:
Alright, here we go.

Brilliant! Bonus Internet points for the Squat and Commissar with tie!


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 22:06:33


Post by: necrontyrOG


 SergentSilver wrote:

Ouch. I wasn't even aware they made more than the nine Tanith. Six in the box, three in the blister.


6 in the box, and 4 in the blister actually. I've done a ton of conversions and used a lot of Catachans and stuff to fill them out. The worst part were the plasma guns. Tanith never used any plasma, so I've had to Dremel alll of the plasma guns off, and replace them with either meltas or lasguns. Change a few heads here and there for some differences. It's been a lot of work, on top of trying to find enough models. So this army is probably the rarest of Guard models I could find.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 22:08:28


Post by: SergentSilver


beast_gts wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
Alright, here we go.

Brilliant! Bonus Internet points for the Squat and Commissar with tie!


Haha! Thanks, I had a bit of an ado in my identification thread figuring out if that Commissar without his breastplate was even an official GW model. He was nicknamed "Commissar Smith"


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 necrontyrOG wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:

Ouch. I wasn't even aware they made more than the nine Tanith. Six in the box, three in the blister.


6 in the box, and 4 in the blister actually. I've done a ton of conversions and used a lot of Catachans and stuff to fill them out. The worst part were the plasma guns. Tanith never used any plasma, so I've had to Dremel alll of the plasma guns off, and replace them with either meltas or lasguns. Change a few heads here and there for some differences. It's been a lot of work, on top of trying to find enough models. So this army is probably the rarest of Guard models I could find.


Wait, if Tanith never used any Plasma, then why is that the only Special Weapon they were modeled with?
Also, what? There are four more I need to collect?


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 22:13:31


Post by: necrontyrOG


 SergentSilver wrote:
[Wait, if Tanith never used any Plasma, then why is that the only Special Weapon they were modeled with?
Also, what? There are four more I need to collect?


No idea why they only made a Plasma gun. It's super frustrating.
Here's a great site for collecting guard minis
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Imperial_Guard_1994_to_2000_-_Collectors_Guide
Ghost Models
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Gaunt%27s_Ghosts


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 22:17:16


Post by: SergentSilver


If there's one thing I love about my RT IG, it's that they really had a variety going in those days. There wasn't as much detail on the models, but each one looked different and had character. These days it seems we're heading further back monopose with fancy stickers replacing variety and character. *cough "purity seals" cough* I hope when they make new IG models they look good and have the ability to make them more unique without a lot of putty and modeling skill.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
 necrontyrOG wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
[Wait, if Tanith never used any Plasma, then why is that the only Special Weapon they were modeled with?
Also, what? There are four more I need to collect?


No idea why they only made a Plasma gun. It's super frustrating.
Here's a great site for collecting guard minis
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Imperial_Guard_1994_to_2000_-_Collectors_Guide
Ghost Models
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Gaunt%27s_Ghosts


Hm, that's really neat. I never knew there was a wounded gunner either.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
So I went looking through the collectors guides and I have a slightly off topic question to ask.

Does anyone know if this model was only released like this or was he one of the not-actually-limited models they later rereleased?
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/images/4/4b/Limited_Release_-_Special_Blister_Pack_for_Space_Hulk_Day.jpg

Because I swear by some strange coincidence, that's one of the models I've been working on cleaning today. I'm not 100% sure since the paint is so thickly caked on in some areas, but I'm pretty sure it's him.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 23:02:08


Post by: beast_gts


 SergentSilver wrote:
Does anyone know if this model was only released like this or was he one of the not-actually-limited models they later rereleased?


He's a not-actually-limited model - SoL link.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/24 23:07:52


Post by: SergentSilver


beast_gts wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
Does anyone know if this model was only released like this or was he one of the not-actually-limited models they later rereleased?


He's a not-actually-limited model - SoL link.


Ah, alright. Interesting. Thank you. I'm not sure I'll ever understand GWs idea of Limited.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/25 01:40:10


Post by: Mmmpi


 ingtaer wrote:
 Mmmpi wrote:
 ingtaer wrote:
Sorry about that people, they were all deleted due to the fact that this website has a strong anti-recast policy and we do not let anyone post in a manner supporting it. I was going to post a note to that effect but got distracted by a small human and nuked them all instead of just the offending post.

So, uhm, Please do not post in a manner that condones, supports or promotes recasting on this site and my apologies to those people who have been adversely effected by nuking of posts.


Out of curiosity, does that include recasts of long out of production models?


Unless it is something in the public domain then yes.


Ok, thanks for letting me know.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/25 05:58:44


Post by: BrookM


Hey guys, a quick request to put the awesome big compilation pictures in spoilers from now on. We've got nothing against them, just that on mobile devices they stretch out the pages and do not resize, so tend to turn the text on the pages into a mega tiny font, as someone pointed out to me via PM with the following helpful image:





What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/25 17:32:18


Post by: SergentSilver


 BrookM wrote:
Hey guys, a quick request to put the awesome big compilation pictures in spoilers from now on. We've got nothing against them, just that on mobile devices they stretch out the pages and do not resize, so tend to turn the text on the pages into a mega tiny font, as someone pointed out to me via PM with the following helpful image:





I've seen that before, though I don't usually do my forum scrolling on my phone for such reasons.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/25 23:25:13


Post by: Sentineil


The rarest I have is probably Maximilian Weissman's Baneblade.
I have a load of other FW IG stuff that's long since gone end of life as well as the old Last Chancers and a scattering of OOP commissars.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 00:58:23


Post by: SergentSilver


 Sentineil wrote:
The rarest I have is probably Maximilian Weissman's Baneblade.
I have a load of other FW IG stuff that's long since gone end of life as well as the old Last Chancers and a scattering of OOP commissars.


Your Commissars. Render them unto me! My desire for moar Cowb-... Commissar is eternal!


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 01:33:56


Post by: chromedog


One of the guys in a gaming club I'm in has RT roughriders.

The Slouch hat wearing rough-riders. Long before the mongol-hat-wearing 2nd ed version replaced them. Same guy has some Guard medics on metal black shadow bikes.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 01:38:37


Post by: SergentSilver


 chromedog wrote:
One of the guys in a gaming club I'm in has RT roughriders.

The Slouch hat wearing rough-riders. Long before the mongol-hat-wearing 2nd ed version replaced them. Same guy has some Guard medics on metal black shadow bikes.


Oh yeah, I've only ever seen those on SoL.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 02:43:58


Post by: H.B.M.C.


 Sentineil wrote:
The rarest I have is probably Maximilian Weissman's Baneblade.
Oh I have one of those. Came with an on-foot version which was fun.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 02:59:11


Post by: SergentSilver


 H.B.M.C. wrote:
 Sentineil wrote:
The rarest I have is probably Maximilian Weissman's Baneblade.
Oh I have one of those. Came with an on-foot version which was fun.


On foot version? Of a Baneblade? I am very confused.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 07:55:18


Post by: Grimtuff


Some rare ones there. Seen all of these in the wild except the Mordian Plasma gunner. Didn't even know he existed until this thread.

Now, as for rarest- here's one I have never, ever seen out there in the wild. The Jarran Kell mini as presented by the GW studio. No one has seemed to notice this one, not even the CCM Wiki or SOLs etc. but if you look at the studio version of Kell, he has a purity seal over his power sword and the banner is raised just a tad higher, like so-
Spoiler:


That is the pic straight from the GW site and is still used for that mini, despite him not actually looking like that. That studio mini has been that way since he first appeared in the EOT codex in 2003.

Now, for comparison- here's some examples of the Kell that is sold to you.

Spoiler:




Now, we know that pre production minis occasionally get out into the wild (the unreleased section on the CCM Wiki is a testament to this), or they get changed slightly shortly after entering production; for example I once owned a LOTR Balrog with metal wings, which came in 3 parts. I bought that at a Warhammer World open day, but the wings were swiftly replaced with the plastic ones that came with that and the Fellbeast kit. Had I known how rare that was I would have kept it! Anyways... I have never, ever in all my years seen that version of Kell in the wild. Did that mini ever make it out of the studio? Anyone ever seen that Kell?


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 10:39:51


Post by: Valkyrie


 Grimtuff wrote:
Some rare ones there. Seen all of these in the wild except the Mordian Plasma gunner. Didn't even know he existed until this thread.

Now, as for rarest- here's one I have never, ever seen out there in the wild. The Jarran Kell mini as presented by the GW studio. No one has seemed to notice this one, not even the CCM Wiki or SOLs etc. but if you look at the studio version of Kell, he has a purity seal over his power sword and the banner is raised just a tad higher, like so-
Spoiler:


That is the pic straight from the GW site and is still used for that mini, despite him not actually looking like that. That studio mini has been that way since he first appeared in the EOT codex in 2003.

Now, for comparison- here's some examples of the Kell that is sold to you.

Spoiler:




Now, we know that pre production minis occasionally get out into the wild (the unreleased section on the CCM Wiki is a testament to this), or they get changed slightly shortly after entering production; for example I once owned a LOTR Balrog with metal wings, which came in 3 parts. I bought that at a Warhammer World open day, but the wings were swiftly replaced with the plastic ones that came with that and the Fellbeast kit. Had I known how rare that was I would have kept it! Anyways... I have never, ever in all my years seen that version of Kell in the wild. Did that mini ever make it out of the studio? Anyone ever seen that Kell?


Bloody hell, never noticed that before.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 15:14:02


Post by: SergentSilver


Wow! I never noticed that either, but now that you've mentioned it, I've noticed that the LE Cadian Banner seems to be based on the studio version of Kell and not the release version.

For reference, here is a previous pic of my own (Sorry for the substandard paintjob. I swear I'll redo him better someday when I have the skill to do so. ):
Spoiler:



The Banner is raised up higher like the studio version and you can just see the wax of the second purity seal that would have gone over the power sword just above the chainsword.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 16:50:45


Post by: Sentineil


 SergentSilver wrote:
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
 Sentineil wrote:
The rarest I have is probably Maximilian Weissman's Baneblade.
Oh I have one of those. Came with an on-foot version which was fun.


On foot version? Of a Baneblade? I am very confused.


Maximilian Weissman was a character who had his own Baneblade. It came with two versions of Max himself, one standing and another tank commander version where he could be out in the hatch.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 16:56:09


Post by: Undead_Love-Machine


 BrookM wrote:
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Y'all just reminded me of another two Guard minis that I'm certain are quite rare:

Those I have as well, somewhere!

Ooh, even rarer would be the (crappy) metal heads GW released alongside these as upgrades for your Guard plastics. I think nobody bought those.


Hey, I bought two sets of those heads! I have a thing about optional heads as a headswap is a great way to make a mini unique, the head is IMHO the most important part of almost any mini.

The rarest IG mini that I own is prolly the forge world kasrkin tank commander, but I do tend to collect rarities so it has a lot of competition.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 17:03:40


Post by: Grimtuff


That guy with the jerry cans served many a game in my friend's IG army as Guardsman Julius Hawke (from Storm of Iron). He was used as Marbo, those jerry cans being his demo charge.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 17:30:47


Post by: NoggintheNog


I have a full squad of the pretorians including the casualties, which I think are pretty rare, but I'd probaly say that for a model that there are few out there still, I have an original forgeworld baneblade, all resin one with the track sections each a single piece.

I've never seen anyone else with them, and it was £140 or so back in 1999-2000 time, I don't think many were ever sold


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/26 18:33:13


Post by: ccs


NoggintheNog wrote:
I have a full squad of the pretorians including the casualties, which I think are pretty rare, but I'd probaly say that for a model that there are few out there still, I have an original forgeworld baneblade, all resin one with the track sections each a single piece.

I've never seen anyone else with them, and it was £140 or so back in 1999-2000 time, I don't think many were ever sold


Well, I can account for 2 of those sales. And Max makes my third for a full SH/LoW detachment.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/28 02:08:27


Post by: Poly Ranger


Would love to own and have rules for The Last Chancers missions, I think GW missed a trick when movies like The Expendables, Losers, RED and The ATeam were coming out that they didn't rerelease edition relevant rules and missions for The Last Chancers.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/28 03:14:12


Post by: SergentSilver


Poly Ranger wrote:
Would love to own and have rules for The Last Chancers missions, I think GW missed a trick when movies like The Expendables, Losers, RED and The ATeam were coming out that they didn't rerelease edition relevant rules and missions for The Last Chancers.


I would love to see the Last Chancers come back in a usable form. As long as it's not some overpriced gimmick junk no one in their right mind would use seriously, I'll be happy just to see them on the board again.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 00:53:40


Post by: chromedog


 SergentSilver wrote:
 chromedog wrote:
One of the guys in a gaming club I'm in has RT roughriders.

The Slouch hat wearing rough-riders. Long before the mongol-hat-wearing 2nd ed version replaced them. Same guy has some Guard medics on metal black shadow bikes.


Oh yeah, I've only ever seen those on SoL.


He got them when you could get a full unit of 10 in one of those hard plastic clear clamshell boxes (I don't know if other countries ever got those. The biggest PITA for getting models out of. ).
By 2nd ed, they'd cemented the "units in card boxes with foam trays thing).


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 01:00:34


Post by: Nevelon


 chromedog wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
 chromedog wrote:
One of the guys in a gaming club I'm in has RT roughriders.

The Slouch hat wearing rough-riders. Long before the mongol-hat-wearing 2nd ed version replaced them. Same guy has some Guard medics on metal black shadow bikes.


Oh yeah, I've only ever seen those on SoL.


He got them when you could get a full unit of 10 in one of those hard plastic clear clamshell boxes (I don't know if other countries ever got those. The biggest PITA for getting models out of. ).
By 2nd ed, they'd cemented the "units in card boxes with foam trays thing).


I got a box of metal RT guardmen in one of those boxes in the USA, so they were here as well.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 02:19:25


Post by: Bobthehero


Wonder if some of the Krieg Grenadiers count now that they've been gone for a while from FW.

Otherwise, probably my own plastic Stormtroopers that preceded the metal ones most people are familiar with.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 03:02:45


Post by: ccs


 chromedog wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
 chromedog wrote:
One of the guys in a gaming club I'm in has RT roughriders.

The Slouch hat wearing rough-riders. Long before the mongol-hat-wearing 2nd ed version replaced them. Same guy has some Guard medics on metal black shadow bikes.


Oh yeah, I've only ever seen those on SoL.


He got them when you could get a full unit of 10 in one of those hard plastic clear clamshell boxes (I don't know if other countries ever got those. The biggest PITA for getting models out of. ).
By 2nd ed, they'd cemented the "units in card boxes with foam trays thing).


Oh yeah, we got those hard plastic boxes here in the US. They were in use for both RT & WHFB.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 03:38:05


Post by: SergentSilver


 Bobthehero wrote:
Wonder if some of the Krieg Grenadiers count now that they've been gone for a while from FW.

Otherwise, probably my own plastic Stormtroopers that preceded the metal ones most people are familiar with.


You mean the plastic Beret Troopers? I'd forgotten about it prior to setting up that huge array I posted earlier, but 6 of my full squad are those, with the Sgt, Plasma, and HWT being metal. I was actually surprised when I picked them up and remembered they're plastic thanks to how light they are.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 05:10:54


Post by: Bobthehero


Yup, those. They're certainly the oldest model I remember seeing IRL, and I'd be willing to bet they're rarer than other variants of Stormtroopers, at least.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 06:26:45


Post by: chromedog


They were the first iteration of stormtroopers for he guard.
A handful of models in metal, with the bulk in clip-together plastic.

I have some of the gasmasked stormtroopers that followed them in 2nd edtion and into 3rd, before they were replaced with the kasrkin figures and a few squads of the original "Imperial army" plastic figures. The ones with lasguns and over-the-shoulder lascannons.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 06:48:41


Post by: SergentSilver


 chromedog wrote:
They were the first iteration of stormtroopers for he guard.
A handful of models in metal, with the bulk in clip-together plastic.

I have some of the gasmasked stormtroopers that followed them in 2nd edtion and into 3rd, before they were replaced with the kasrkin figures and a few squads of the original "Imperial army" plastic figures. The ones with lasguns and over-the-shoulder lascannons.


Yeah, I snagged a bunch of the original guardsmen both metal and plastic at an antique store. Was expensive on the surface, but I think I paid less than $2 per model, which is crazy cheap for what it had.

Here's a pic of the old plastic guardsmen it came with. A few have newer weapons on them and iirc a couple of the old heavy weapons are metal, but the bodies are all plastic in this pic:

Spoiler:






The one in the front on the far left even has a tank crew style hat. Not sure where that could have come from though.

Actually, it probably came with one of the 3 Rhinos that were part of the set.
I've wondered about this ever since noticing it and only now am I having this revelation.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 09:17:33


Post by: ccs


 SergentSilver wrote:

The one in the front on the far left even has a tank crew style hat. Not sure where that could have come from though.

Actually, it probably came with one of the 3 Rhinos that were part of the set.
I've wondered about this ever since noticing it and only now am I having this revelation.


It didn't come from the Rhinos. The Rhino kit didn't include gunners/crew/figures of any kind.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 09:22:14


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


I did used to have some of the ‘at ease’ Cadian Guardsman.

I think they were originally linked to a campaign or event. But I got mine at the Edinburgh store, where they had loads on the peg.

Can’t remember what happened to them in the end.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 15:04:33


Post by: move0ver


 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I did used to have some of the ‘at ease’ Cadian Guardsman.

I think they were originally linked to a campaign or event. But I got mine at the Edinburgh store, where they had loads on the peg.

Can’t remember what happened to them in the end.


I've got two as well. I think I got them in a blister off the shelf right when the 3.5 guard codex came out.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/29 15:35:57


Post by: Kanluwen


 chromedog wrote:
They were the first iteration of stormtroopers for he guard.
A handful of models in metal, with the bulk in clip-together plastic.

I have some of the gasmasked stormtroopers that followed them in 2nd edtion and into 3rd, before they were replaced with the kasrkin figures and a few squads of the original "Imperial army" plastic figures. The ones with lasguns and over-the-shoulder lascannons.

The Kasrkin didn't actually "replace" the gas-masked stormtroopers. The gas-masked ones were still on sale until the post-Doctrines book, which used that gas-masked look for the art of Stormtroopers in there.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/30 02:31:12


Post by: SergentSilver


ccs wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:

The one in the front on the far left even has a tank crew style hat. Not sure where that could have come from though.

Actually, it probably came with one of the 3 Rhinos that were part of the set.
I've wondered about this ever since noticing it and only now am I having this revelation.


It didn't come from the Rhinos. The Rhino kit didn't include gunners/crew/figures of any kind.


Hm, then I still have no idea. And I guess i have at least the upper body of another plastic guardsmen of the time, since the Rhino I took a picture of has him in the commander spot.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/30 05:58:08


Post by: ccs


 SergentSilver wrote:
ccs wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:

The one in the front on the far left even has a tank crew style hat. Not sure where that could have come from though.

Actually, it probably came with one of the 3 Rhinos that were part of the set.
I've wondered about this ever since noticing it and only now am I having this revelation.


It didn't come from the Rhinos. The Rhino kit didn't include gunners/crew/figures of any kind.


Hm, then I still have no idea. And I guess i have at least the upper body of another plastic guardsmen of the time, since the Rhino I took a picture of has him in the commander spot.


To be fair that Rhino is also heavily modified.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/03/30 20:09:49


Post by: SergentSilver


ccs wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
ccs wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:

The one in the front on the far left even has a tank crew style hat. Not sure where that could have come from though.

Actually, it probably came with one of the 3 Rhinos that were part of the set.
I've wondered about this ever since noticing it and only now am I having this revelation.


It didn't come from the Rhinos. The Rhino kit didn't include gunners/crew/figures of any kind.


Hm, then I still have no idea. And I guess i have at least the upper body of another plastic guardsmen of the time, since the Rhino I took a picture of has him in the commander spot.


To be fair that Rhino is also heavily modified.


All three were. Whomever owned that collection before me had a bunch of extra stuff to spread around. I can't remember if the turret was part of it, but I want to say I saw the majority of the accessories on the Rhinos in an vehicle accessory set on SoL. I might be misremembering though.


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Unfortunately they're pretty dusty from sitting around for who knows how long before I got them, but here's some quick pics of the three original Rhinos. I really need to get a damp cloth or wet a brush and get rid of that dust, I'm just afraid I'll damage the model or take the paint off with it.

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I think it's pretty cool to see how they added on later parts like the newer tank treads. And while the paintjob isn't amazing, there's something about it that I really like. It has that old school kinda feel with just a flat olive drab and some light edge highlighting.

If I were to use these today, I'd probably run them as Chimera or Hellhound variants since they have those turrets.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/01 15:26:26


Post by: The_Real_Chris


 SergentSilver wrote:
The_Real_Chris wrote:
Anything with bare plastic arms from the rogue trader era...


When you say "bare plastic", do you mean that it still hasn't been painted or just that the arms were originally separate from a metal torso? I'm lucky enough to have gotten a few RT models that would have come with separate arms and weapons sprues, but I can't recall if the arms were plastic or just the weapons. The three I know of right now are all Commissars actually.


Hmm, I should I have written bare arms, plastic? The original Imperial Army and then guard were all metal, then GW went mad with arm sprues. For humans there were two types, sleeved and bare (and they had a to scale weapon set, tiny sawn off shotguns and stub pistols!). For a short while after the sprues went OOP GW cast them in lead (sprue frame 'n all) and you could speciality order them.

beast_gts wrote:


I've got some of the old Confrontation Tech Gangers, if they count.


Yes the second wave of confrontation gangers all used these arm sprues.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/01 15:43:17


Post by: Rob Lee


Nowhere near as rare as some of the examples in this thread I'm sure, but the rarest IG I've got myself is this (it and a Leman Russ is all the IG I currently have actually) -



Mine's currently black, waiting to be stripped as I bought it 2nd hand, the one above is by Tyler Mengel - https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/12/11/painting-the-steel-legion-dec-11gw-homepage-post-2/


I plan on collecting a Steel Legion army, so naturally I'm after the other lieutenant model as well (two if possible), but along with Steel Legion Plasma Gunners, they seem to be as rare as hens teeth at the moment as far as being up for sale goes, example below -






What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/02 00:48:38


Post by: chromedog


My oldest guard figures (still in cupboard of shame) last played with in 5th edition.




I have a 30 man platoon of them, with command squad (mostly metals) and heavy weapon teams.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/14 15:04:32


Post by: Zenithfleet


 SergentSilver wrote:
I have to ask though, is the Catachan female with Grenade Launcher really that rare? I got two when I bought someone's old metal Catachan along with two of each of the other two Special Weapons models from the same blister with her along with one each of both Catachan Heavy Flamer models. I also see her as both a single model and part of the et of three she came in on ebay all the time. Usually overpriced in my opinion, but I've never considered her any rarer than the rest of them. Others here have listed her as rare too, so I'm starting to wonder.


Didn't see this answered upthread (apologies if it has been).

IIRC the story of the female Catachan grenade launcher mini is that she was a limited edition exclusive in the UK and Europe, but had a general blister-pack release in the US.

North American GW had its own metal casting facilities--maybe still does?--and would occasionally make something more widely available there than elsewhere.

Speaking of OOP metals, here's another cross-the-pond difference: GW stopped using lead in its minis in the US around 1993, but didn't go lead-free in the UK till about 1997-8. Which means you can get 'white metal' / pewter minis for 2nd ed 40K, old school Epic Space Marine, original Warhammer Quest and so on if it comes from the US, or lead minis of same from the UK for the same period. Lead is softer and easier to convert, but then again may melt your brain should you (or a small child) eat it. Take your pick.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/14 15:19:02


Post by: SergentSilver


Zenithfleet wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
I have to ask though, is the Catachan female with Grenade Launcher really that rare? I got two when I bought someone's old metal Catachan along with two of each of the other two Special Weapons models from the same blister with her along with one each of both Catachan Heavy Flamer models. I also see her as both a single model and part of the et of three she came in on ebay all the time. Usually overpriced in my opinion, but I've never considered her any rarer than the rest of them. Others here have listed her as rare too, so I'm starting to wonder.


Didn't see this answered upthread (apologies if it has been).

IIRC the story of the female Catachan grenade launcher mini is that she was a limited edition exclusive in the UK and Europe, but had a general blister-pack release in the US.

North American GW had its own metal casting facilities--maybe still does?--and would occasionally make something more widely available there than elsewhere.

Speaking of OOP metals, here's another cross-the-pond difference: GW stopped using lead in its minis in the US around 1993, but didn't go lead-free in the UK till about 1997-8. Which means you can get 'white metal' / pewter minis for 2nd ed 40K, old school Epic Space Marine, original Warhammer Quest and so on if it comes from the US, or lead minis of same from the UK for the same period. Lead is softer and easier to convert, but then again may melt your brain should you (or a small child) eat it. Take your pick.


As I don't do a lot of converting, I'll keep my brain. Thanks.

Either way, very interesting information on both the models and the metals.

Bet that sucked for scalpers when they found out the pile of "LE" female grenadiers they'd hoarded for resale was actually being officially mass produced on the other side.


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I just wanna say, I love this thread! It's fun to share and see rare models, learn about new ones, etc.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/14 18:21:13


Post by: Salted Diamond


After reading though It seems I have more uncommon/rare models then I thought. I have in my collection of older/rarer minis...

RT Female Trooper (Female Trpr Bush)
RT Male Trooper (Trpr Brock)
Full set of Last Chancers
Full set of Tanith (+1 additional female model)
20 Tallarn Rough Riders
Female Catachan Grenade launcher
Female Commissar
Cadian Guardsmen at attention (2 packs, 1 still unopened)
Metal Catachan and Tallarn Plasma and Melta special weapons


I know there are a few more, but I'm at work and I'm blanking for now


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/14 21:08:34


Post by: H.B.M.C.


I think we need to consider that some of us are using a different definition of 'rare'.

Some consider the original plastic Guard 'rare'. That's only true insofar as their current 2021 availability. They were never actually rare though when they were a normal product you could find on GW store shelves.

Compare that to the recent Catachan Colonel, which was never a general release, and is exceptionally hard to get.


And as far as regional rarity goes, the female Commissar is similar to the Catachan Grenade Launcher. In some places it wasn't available, or was an event model, but in others you could just order it. I bought it from the UK webstore when they were still doing bits. It wasn't rare there for some reason.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/14 21:16:11


Post by: SergentSilver


 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I think we need to consider that some of us are using a different definition of 'rare'.

Some consider the original plastic Guard 'rare'. That's only true insofar as their current 2021 availability. They were never actually rare though when they were a normal product you could find on GW store shelves.

Compare that to the recent Catachan Colonel, which was never a general release, and is exceptionally hard to get.


And as far as regional rarity goes, the female Commissar is similar to the Catachan Grenade Launcher. In some places it wasn't available, or was an event model, but in others you could just order it. I bought it from the UK webstore when they were still doing bits. It wasn't rare there for some reason.


Indeed. I've heard of the Female Commissar described as a pseudo-LE model or a "fake rare" and other similar names. It seems to have have been a regular thing with old GW that a model would be released as a LE at an event, then be added to the catalogue some time later.


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 Salted Diamond wrote:
After reading though It seems I have more uncommon/rare models then I thought. I have in my collection of older/rarer minis...

RT Female Trooper (Female Trpr Bush)
RT Male Trooper (Trpr Brock)
Full set of Last Chancers
Full set of Tanith (+1 additional female model)
20 Tallarn Rough Riders
Female Catachan Grenade launcher
Female Commissar
Cadian Guardsmen at attention (2 packs, 1 still unopened)
Metal Catachan and Tallarn Plasma and Melta special weapons


I know there are a few more, but I'm at work and I'm blanking for now


I actually have a number of the old metal RT IG, but looking up which ones you have has made me curious about which printing mine are from.


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According to SoL Collectors Catalogue I have:

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Imperial Army - Up to the 1988 Catalogue:
2x Imperial Heavy Trooper (RT Flyer Part One Mercenaries: Fast-star John)
1x Trpr Cottrell (WD 98: Trpr Turner)
2x Female Trpr Vaskez (WD 98: Female Trpr Rutherford)
1x Comm Officer Schmidt
1x Reconaissance Trpr Kai (has added packs)
1x Scout Trpr Pank
1x Medic Pointer
2x Trpr Rothery
1x Trpr Kelly
1x Capt. Webb (Possible conversion with left hand)
1x Trpr Lee
2x Trpr Langton
1x Trpr Laurel (Power sword converted to chainsword)
1x Field Officer Niven (Laspistol converted to chainsword)
1x Trpr Bruce
1x Trpr Lifeson
2x Lt. Calvert (One has a power sword added onto the left hand, the other shows signs of having had something added as well, but it is gone now)
1x Assault Trpr Hardy
1x Army Medic 02
1x Army Medic 09
1x Gunner 400303 with Lascannon

Imperial Guard - 1988 to 1994:
1x 4010-01 Commissar
1x 4010-02 Commissar
1x 4010-03 Commissar
1x 4010-16 Grenade Launcher
2x 072117/3 Commissar (One with bolt pistol and power sword, one with no weapons)
1x 072117/3 Commissar (with laspistol)




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Not that I know which printing the ones I actually own are from since all the tabs were removed by a previous owner.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/14 23:36:06


Post by: Jarms48


I've seen one of those pre-forge world baneblades, and even the original forge world baneblades. The original forge world hydra. The old leman russ and chimera turret emplacements. The list goes on.

I lived in a small mining town, where most of the blokes I know make a killing at the mines and have too much money to know what to do with. So they don't care if they spend literally thousands on miniatures.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/15 01:48:20


Post by: SergentSilver


Jarms48 wrote:
I've seen one of those pre-forge world baneblades, and even the original forge world baneblades. The original forge world hydra. The old leman russ and chimera turret emplacements. The list goes on.

I lived in a small mining town, where most of the blokes I know make a killing at the mines and have too much money to know what to do with. So they don't care if they spend literally thousands on miniatures.


Wow, didn't know being a miner was so lucrative!


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/15 03:52:03


Post by: H.B.M.C.


Jarms48 wrote:
I've seen one of those pre-forge world baneblades, and even the original forge world baneblades. The original forge world hydra. The old leman russ and chimera turret emplacements. The list goes on.
Again, I'm not sure that most of that classifies as 'rare'. Perhaps the Armorcast Baneblade, sure - I don't know how many of those things made it into the world - but the rest of what you described are just regular FW products that are no longer in production. Their rarity only stems from time passed, not because they were ever actually rare.

I mean, aside from the Armorcast Baneblade and FW's original Hydra model, I have everything in that list you just described. They were not rare when I purchased them.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/15 04:05:14


Post by: ccs


 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Jarms48 wrote:
I've seen one of those pre-forge world baneblades, and even the original forge world baneblades. The original forge world hydra. The old leman russ and chimera turret emplacements. The list goes on.
Again, I'm not sure that most of that classifies as 'rare'. Perhaps the Armorcast Baneblade, sure - I don't know how many of those things made it into the world - but the rest of what you described are just regular FW products that are no longer in production. Their rarity only stems from time passed, not because they were ever actually rare.

I mean, aside from the Armorcast Baneblade and FW's original Hydra model, I have everything in that list you just described. They were not rare when I purchased them.


Plenty of Armorcast out there in the world. At least here in the USA. All you had to do was order them from Armorcast. And they went to all the gaming conventions as vendors.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/15 14:11:27


Post by: Salted Diamond


 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Jarms48 wrote:
I've seen one of those pre-forge world baneblades, and even the original forge world baneblades. The original forge world hydra. The old leman russ and chimera turret emplacements. The list goes on.
Again, I'm not sure that most of that classifies as 'rare'. Perhaps the Armorcast Baneblade, sure - I don't know how many of those things made it into the world - but the rest of what you described are just regular FW products that are no longer in production. Their rarity only stems from time passed, not because they were ever actually rare.

I mean, aside from the Armorcast Baneblade and FW's original Hydra model, I have everything in that list you just described. They were not rare when I purchased them.


Well, time does make many things rare. Old coins that were once literally pocket change are now considered rare/valuable now. Same reason applies to models that were once (relatively) easy to get but are now considered rare.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/15 15:27:18


Post by: H.B.M.C.


But that's my point. When someone asks what the rarest Guard model is, I don't consider something rare because it's 20 years later and it's not made anymore. I consider the things that were rare even when they first came out.

It's hard to get OG plastic Guard now, because they are rare due to time, not because they were produced as a limited run in very small numbers at the time of release.

The Cadian standard bearer from the army box, that only came in that army box, and was never available anywhere outside of that army box. That's what I'd consider a 'rare' mini.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/15 17:16:17


Post by: Unit1126PLL


I have 3 FW Hydras and would not consider them rare.

I do need more. I'm developing a Crusade force based on an Air Defense regiment and would like to make all the hydras match - though even if the plastic ones were close-topped I'd say "close enough."

But this army shall forever remain a fever dream...


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/15 22:50:04


Post by: H.B.M.C.


I am envious. I always liked the FW Hydra.

Of course I ended up getting 3 FW Manticores, so who am I to complain?


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/16 00:31:42


Post by: waefre_1


 Unit1126PLL wrote:
...if the plastic ones were close-topped...

They can be, if you learn the dark art of plasticard...


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/16 01:51:27


Post by: Commissar Benny


Steel Legion commissar with respirator is rarest IG model I am aware of. Not to be confused with the Steel Legion commisar with skull mask or the lieutenants. The Steel Legion commissar with respirator could only be purchased via catalogue/mail order in 3rd edition. I've searched for one for about a decade, never seen one sold. Again, not to be confused with the death mask commissar. They look similar but are not.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/16 01:54:15


Post by: SergentSilver


 Commissar Benny wrote:
Steel Legion commissar with respirator is rarest IG model I am aware of. Not to be confused with the Steel Legion commisar with skull mask or the lieutenants. The Steel Legion commissar with respirator could only be purchased via catalogue/mail order in 3rd edition. I've searched for one for about a decade, never seen one sold. Again, not to be confused with the death mask commissar. They look similar but are not.


Can you find a picture to share? I'm assumimg the "death mask" commissar is the one that's just a gas mask wearing version of the normal commissar.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/16 02:05:44


Post by: Commissar Benny


 SergentSilver wrote:
 Commissar Benny wrote:
Steel Legion commissar with respirator is rarest IG model I am aware of. Not to be confused with the Steel Legion commisar with skull mask or the lieutenants. The Steel Legion commissar with respirator could only be purchased via catalogue/mail order in 3rd edition. I've searched for one for about a decade, never seen one sold. Again, not to be confused with the death mask commissar. They look similar but are not.


Can you find a picture to share? I'm assumimg the "death mask" commissar is the one that's just a gas mask wearing version of the normal commissar.


Not at desktop atm but you can see a picture of it in the mail order section of white dwarf 249 I believe which is viewable online. At first glance you will think it is the same as the death mask commissar but it is not as he is instead wearing a gas mask with respirator hole on side of gas mask.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/16 02:23:50


Post by: Bobthehero





vs




?

Or is one of those not an official model?


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/16 02:33:46


Post by: H.B.M.C.


I know that one exists. Never seen it in the flesh though.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/16 03:06:26


Post by: insaniak


 Kanluwen wrote:

The Kasrkin didn't actually "replace" the gas-masked stormtroopers. The gas-masked ones were still on sale until the post-Doctrines book, which used that gas-masked look for the art of Stormtroopers in there.

Yeah, when the Kasrkin were released, they were a completely separate entity to regular Stormtroopers, and both kits were available for some time.



 chromedog wrote:

By 2nd ed, they'd cemented the "units in card boxes with foam trays thing).

I loved those foam trays. I have a table's-worth of ruins in a box downstairs made from those.


 H.B.M.C. wrote:
And as far as regional rarity goes, the female Commissar is similar to the Catachan Grenade Launcher. In some places it wasn't available, or was an event model, but in others you could just order it. I bought it from the UK webstore when they were still doing bits. It wasn't rare there for some reason.

The Commissar was available for some time as a regular release through the US webstore. But because nobody outside of the US knew about it, it simultaneously went for silly money on eBay outside the US.


ccs wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:

The one in the front on the far left even has a tank crew style hat. Not sure where that could have come from though.

Actually, it probably came with one of the 3 Rhinos that were part of the set.
I've wondered about this ever since noticing it and only now am I having this revelation.


It didn't come from the Rhinos. The Rhino kit didn't include gunners/crew/figures of any kind.

It's from the plastic Sentinel kit.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/16 14:51:19


Post by: SergentSilver


Bobthehero wrote:
Spoiler:



vs




?

Or is one of those not an official model?


Interesting. Almost looks like one of them is the original model, but then they edited it for some reason before actual production and release, just like the Kell model change we talked about
previously.

insaniak wrote:
ccs wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:

The one in the front on the far left even has a tank crew style hat. Not sure where that could have come from though.

Actually, it probably came with one of the 3 Rhinos that were part of the set.
I've wondered about this ever since noticing it and only now am I having this revelation.


It didn't come from the Rhinos. The Rhino kit didn't include gunners/crew/figures of any kind.

It's from the plastic Sentinel kit.


Interesting. There wasn't a Sentinel included in the collection. Is it an old part not on the recent kits? I have an older Sentinel NoS, but I didn't notice that head. I may have just missed it however.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/18 15:28:41


Post by: Unit1126PLL


 waefre_1 wrote:
 Unit1126PLL wrote:
...if the plastic ones were close-topped...

They can be, if you learn the dark art of plasticard...


I am flattered that you think me adding 3 walls and a roof to the plastic Hydra will make it look anything like the excellent FW sculpts.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/19 06:22:11


Post by: Jarms48


 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Jarms48 wrote:
I've seen one of those pre-forge world baneblades, and even the original forge world baneblades. The original forge world hydra. The old leman russ and chimera turret emplacements. The list goes on.
Again, I'm not sure that most of that classifies as 'rare'. Perhaps the Armorcast Baneblade, sure - I don't know how many of those things made it into the world - but the rest of what you described are just regular FW products that are no longer in production. Their rarity only stems from time passed, not because they were ever actually rare.

I mean, aside from the Armorcast Baneblade and FW's original Hydra model, I have everything in that list you just described. They were not rare when I purchased them.


At the time I lived in a rural town getting towards the centre of Australia. There was about 2 dozen regular 40k players in the entire town, with maybe another dozen part-time players who came when their shift work lined up with the weekend.

Rarity is often in the eye of the beholder. I've never seen any of those models again during all my time playing. This guy spent tens of thousands on his collection, he would come in different weeks wanting to playtest his Elysian tauros buggies, his super-heavies, his artillery emplacements, his marauder bombers, you name it he probably had it.

He had tons of old Guard stuff. A lot I can't really remember. I was around 11 or 12 when I started playing in 3rd edition. I recall he had vanquishers and exterminators from before Imperial Armour was ever a thing. He use to play with GW's armoured company rules, or maybe it was chapter approved, which had doctrines similar to the 3.5/4th edition codex.

Sometime around 5th edition he even had a titan. I can't remember which one he had. It might have been a Reaver titan? All I remember is that my friend who played Tau and I had to team up to combine our lists for more AT firepower just to fight it.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/19 23:31:46


Post by: AndrewGPaul


 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Catachan Colonel from last year. He’s still in his shrink wrap and may remain forever so.


You beast! #freeCatachanColonel


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I've got a Destroyer tank hunter in my Imperial Guard army. I've never seen one anywhere else.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/19 23:57:58


Post by: insaniak


 SergentSilver wrote:

Interesting. There wasn't a Sentinel included in the collection. Is it an old part not on the recent kits? I have an older Sentinel NoS, but I didn't notice that head. I may have just missed it however.

It's the head included on the original version of the current plastic sentinel. Looking at the sprue pic on the GW webstore, it looks like when they recut the sprue to add the variant weapons and enclosed cabin onto it, they swapped out this head for the Cadian and Catachan heads, although the painted studio model shown on the store and the box still has the original head despite it no longer being on the sprue.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/20 00:08:22


Post by: Leo_the_Rat


GW made a Praetorian Sentinel (battle bath tubs)and it came with a Praetorian head/torso. I know this because I owned 3 of them.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/20 02:45:59


Post by: SergentSilver


 insaniak wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:

Interesting. There wasn't a Sentinel included in the collection. Is it an old part not on the recent kits? I have an older Sentinel NoS, but I didn't notice that head. I may have just missed it however.

It's the head included on the original version of the current plastic sentinel. Looking at the sprue pic on the GW webstore, it looks like when they recut the sprue to add the variant weapons and enclosed cabin onto it, they swapped out this head for the Cadian and Catachan heads, although the painted studio model shown on the store and the box still has the original head despite it no longer being on the sprue.


Interesting. I'll have to dig out mine that's still NoS and see if it has it. I think it has the parts for the Armored version on sprue, so probably not. Also, it came in the Imperial Guard Cadian Battleforce from just at the switch to Start Collecting boxes, so I think I was a bit late to get that head. It also has my only plastic Command Squad. Amusingly, that box is entirely unbuilt. I clipped the Guardsmen and bits of the HWTs off sprue, but it's otherwise untouched. Just sitting either on sprue or among other sorted parts in my cabinets.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/22 08:54:33


Post by: insaniak


Leo_the_Rat wrote:
GW made a Praetorian Sentinel (battle bath tubs)and it came with a Praetorian head/torso. I know this because I owned 3 of them.

Yeah, IIRC, it was just the 2nd ed Sentinel (the worst of the sentinel designs to date) with the regular torso replaced with a Praetorian heavy weapon gunner torso.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/22 12:04:47


Post by: Salted Diamond


 insaniak wrote:
Leo_the_Rat wrote:
GW made a Praetorian Sentinel (battle bath tubs)and it came with a Praetorian head/torso. I know this because I owned 3 of them.

Yeah, IIRC, it was just the 2nd ed Sentinel (the worst of the sentinel designs to date) with the regular torso replaced with a Praetorian heavy weapon gunner torso.

Those gunner torso's look pretty good fitted into normal sentinels. It's what I've done for my Praetorian(Victorian Minatures models) and Tallarn army Sentinels.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/22 12:54:08


Post by: AndrewGPaul


Zenithfleet wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
I have to ask though, is the Catachan female with Grenade Launcher really that rare? I got two when I bought someone's old metal Catachan along with two of each of the other two Special Weapons models from the same blister with her along with one each of both Catachan Heavy Flamer models. I also see her as both a single model and part of the et of three she came in on ebay all the time. Usually overpriced in my opinion, but I've never considered her any rarer than the rest of them. Others here have listed her as rare too, so I'm starting to wonder.


Didn't see this answered upthread (apologies if it has been).

IIRC the story of the female Catachan grenade launcher mini is that she was a limited edition exclusive in the UK and Europe, but had a general blister-pack release in the US.

North American GW had its own metal casting facilities--maybe still does?--and would occasionally make something more widely available there than elsewhere.

Speaking of OOP metals, here's another cross-the-pond difference: GW stopped using lead in its minis in the US around 1993, but didn't go lead-free in the UK till about 1997-8. Which means you can get 'white metal' / pewter minis for 2nd ed 40K, old school Epic Space Marine, original Warhammer Quest and so on if it comes from the US, or lead minis of same from the UK for the same period. Lead is softer and easier to convert, but then again may melt your brain should you (or a small child) eat it. Take your pick.


She was originally the Games Day exclusive for GD 1995; spend a tenner and get her free (perhaps more than a tenner; 1p more than a Necromunda gang box cost, anyway), and I was foolish enough to not bother.

As you say, she was apparently freely available in the USA, and I've heard people claim she was also included in the blister pack of 2 random Catachan special weapons troopers a few years later, but I never saw one.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/22 15:48:01


Post by: Ravajaxe


 Salted Diamond wrote:
 insaniak wrote:
Leo_the_Rat wrote:
GW made a Praetorian Sentinel (battle bath tubs)and it came with a Praetorian head/torso. I know this because I owned 3 of them.

Yeah, IIRC, it was just the 2nd ed Sentinel (the worst of the sentinel designs to date) with the regular torso replaced with a Praetorian heavy weapon gunner torso.

Those gunner torso's look pretty good fitted into normal sentinels. It's what I've done for my Praetorian(Victorian Minatures models) and Tallarn army Sentinels.

The second edition metal sentinel had a crewman that in fact was just a reused Cadian HB / AC gunner. But any 2nd edition HB / AC guardsman gunner will fit in the sentinel's cockpit, except Valhallans which wear a large a tissue roll that causes hindrance.

I have three of these 2nd edition sentinels in my army, they are pretty uncommon now, due to the fact that they were sold only between 1998 summer and their replacement by the 3rd ed' "catachan" plastic sentinel when the IG 3.0 codex dropped. So that was about one year of production. I hit an ebay auction in the middle of the 2000's decade, when Ebay was still relatively new in my country, and I remember paying as little as ~15 € for the trio.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/22 20:44:32


Post by: insaniak


Yeah, I have one downstairs, bought from eBay some time ago as part of a 'collect all the sentinels' project that seemed like a good idea at the time. Never got around to stripping and repainting it, and somewhere along the line it appears to have lost a foot...


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/23 15:36:48


Post by: AndrewGPaul


 Ravajaxe wrote:

The second edition metal sentinel had a crewman that in fact was just a reused Cadian HB / AC gunner.


Actually, it was a slightly different component - there's some stuff around the sentinel pilot's waist that's not on the gunner torso piece. The Paraetorian one was just the gunner, though.


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/23 18:06:38


Post by: SergentSilver


 AndrewGPaul wrote:
Spoiler:
Zenithfleet wrote:
 SergentSilver wrote:
I have to ask though, is the Catachan female with Grenade Launcher really that rare? I got two when I bought someone's old metal Catachan along with two of each of the other two Special Weapons models from the same blister with her along with one each of both Catachan Heavy Flamer models. I also see her as both a single model and part of the et of three she came in on ebay all the time. Usually overpriced in my opinion, but I've never considered her any rarer than the rest of them. Others here have listed her as rare too, so I'm starting to wonder.


Didn't see this answered upthread (apologies if it has been).

IIRC the story of the female Catachan grenade launcher mini is that she was a limited edition exclusive in the UK and Europe, but had a general blister-pack release in the US.

North American GW had its own metal casting facilities--maybe still does?--and would occasionally make something more widely available there than elsewhere.

Speaking of OOP metals, here's another cross-the-pond difference: GW stopped using lead in its minis in the US around 1993, but didn't go lead-free in the UK till about 1997-8. Which means you can get 'white metal' / pewter minis for 2nd ed 40K, old school Epic Space Marine, original Warhammer Quest and so on if it comes from the US, or lead minis of same from the UK for the same period. Lead is softer and easier to convert, but then again may melt your brain should you (or a small child) eat it. Take your pick.


She was originally the Games Day exclusive for GD 1995; spend a tenner and get her free (perhaps more than a tenner; 1p more than a Necromunda gang box cost, anyway), and I was foolish enough to not bother.

As you say, she was apparently freely available in the USA, and I've heard people claim she was also included in the blister pack of 2 random Catachan special weapons troopers a few years later, but I never saw one.


I've never seen her in a blister in person to my memory, but I have seen a good number of pictures of it. Here's one just a quick Google image search for "Catachan special weapons blister" pulled up: https://storage.bitzmarket.com/a/0/a0b5f181-947a-4528-a60b-9dfeef32f5ef-watermarked.jpg


What's the rarest Imperial Guard model you've seen? @ 2021/04/23 18:14:16


Post by: Flagg07


Rogue Trader Rough Riders ommand and troopers + Genestealer Hybrid versions. The Magus is my prized RR.