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choice of two ruined city bases, really love the inquisitor model. he has digital finger lasers on his power glove and a standard storm bolder - which is a shame - maybe I will try my hand at making it into a combi-melta. I don't think I will get round to painting him for a bit as I really need to get a vice with rubber jaws to hold him steady while I drill him - unsteady model leads to broken drill bits as I discovered

That is the base you are giving it, or going to improve upon?

Nice giant skull in the middle!

Its tempting to make a bigger, more impressive one myself - they are a little small for a terminator. But I just thought I would show em for some idea of what style I'm going for. Yeah I'm very fond of his armour and all its embellishments - he will really be a big impressive character when I'm done


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Link to heavy metal painted one - with different weapon options http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.peteandkellie.com/wh40k/images/eavy_metal/eomt01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.peteandkellie.com/wh40k/40keavy_metal.html&usg=__cgGHCCTZQvWBXn8pxyA3r95QCFM=&h=331&w=311&sz=17&hl=en&start=62&sig2=GkUQ1lFIfb6gt3gy3lT_GQ&zoom=1&tbnid=wyztwxOPLh0SfM:&tbnh=136&tbnw=122&ei=dBmXTKYy3c2MB9vC_IsF&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dordo%2Bmalleus%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rlz%3D1R1GPCK_en___GB388%26biw%3D768%26bih%3D454%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C2829&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=129&vpy=127&dur=468&hovh=136&hovw=128&tx=122&ty=142&oei=VRmXTNqbJtGKswb2orBb&esq=10&page=9&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:62&biw=768&bih=454

Looking at that...he needs a bigger base.

Same style (wood putty is cheap and easy to work with) to achieve the look...but yeah will be awesome whatever you do am sure.

well here's what I actually did last night - I was a bit tipsy so its not my best paint job ever - besides which I am a bit hung up on chaplains (black is difficult). But I love his shoulder pads
he will have a big red and gold flag to make up for his lack of colour

Have you got a copy of Rogue Trader?

no. Got the old army lists from the second ed. and some rogue trader era white dwarfs. I joined up at the very beginning of the second edition so I missed out on RT by a whisker, I heard it was much more roleplay based - a bit like necromunda but with much bigger gangs

Guessing maybe no...

Hope this is helpfull...

Just let me know if you want any images of other stuff or rules...I scanned all my RT books a while ago as they were getting pretty damaged.





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Oh posted as you replied...um not very techie...but you can zoom in

I count three chaplains on foot and one on a hoverbike. thats a lota chaplainly goodness - the flag is helpful - mine will be brighter but I like the idea of dogmatic psalm-like sayings in the flag. "the emporer is my shepherd" or "Thy prayers shall be as the firing of a bolter in the ear of the heretic" not great examples but it requires thought. It has to be very pious but ironic enough to make an atheist laugh...

Thankyou very much for posting it, please post others as and when they are appropriate. I think it is good for people coming to this thread who have no idea of RT to see the old art work and know where their hobby came from

I actually quite like the second one. Reminds me of Good Omens.

Will do.

Oddly - there are loads of pictures of squats in RT.

What I remember of Rogue trader is mostly based on rogue trader top trumps!!! there were some awsome pics of minis and that was part of what got me into it

These are the other two pics I have found so far

I have never heard of RT top trumps...but sounds immense!

Oh...if only i had several thousand pounds two decades ago, or a few million now I'd get GW back to its better past!

I am guessing that they are the six chaplain models produced....

cool, thats great to see those old chap's (pun)
the top strumps cards were great they had proper heavy metal painted stuff - A hell of a lot of it was chaos space marines and chaos mutant/beastmen. There were some space marines and just the odd smattering of imperial and eldar. The imperial guardsman was like the dummy card - you knew that he didn't stand a chance.
Those old chaos marines will always be my origianl favorites, but they are seriously expensive and I had succeeded in colecting four when I had a money crisis and had to sell them all

I think GW and expensive are interchangeable.

yup - and if they were really cheap then I guess I wouldn't be quite so proud of my collection (maybe they will become properly rare and expensive when I get old and I can line my nest egg with them)
But its only a matter of a few quid - you can get RT marines for 99p-1.99 but the chaos RT marines are more like 5.99 each or even more. So if I really wanted them I could dip into my savings - but that kind of attitude will leave me with no savings at all


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Idon't know what time it is in the phillipppppppines but I had better put down the laptop till this evening as It is lunchtime and then I have to go sell crap to the masses


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Ahhh - greenwich meantime's website tells me it is te evening. Have a good night. cheers for the pics

Damn. I don't think I have any chaos.




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Damn. I don't think I have any chaos.

Looking really good weety, the Fleur de Lys design on the Libby is looking great, nice job. If I get any more RT stuff in job lots I let you know, Gitsplitta had my last lot.

Just time for one more post before I go.
Thanks lennysmash, thatd be champion.

closer views of the chaplains lovely shoulderpads:

I like those shoulder pads, and the Rob Halford studs on this fig.

Yeah - he sure has a hell of a lot of studs and skulls! Do you think chaplains listen to heavy metal? or do they frown upon it as a tool of chaos... I suppose it depends on the lyrics.

Like all good Space Marines, they listen to BOLT THROWER.

Great work on the RT era stuff, keep it coming!

--B.

Aha! yes. I might give em a listen.

GW have gone tits up since they took on the licence for Lotr and they are now stuck with a dead donkey untill the Hobbit is released in the cinema and that will die again in a couple of years.

As a result of buying that licence, and subsequently the game not doing even half as well as they'd hoped (cos it's glorified Yahtzee) they have had to cut the staffing levels in most of their branches and now are extremly short staffed.

Yeah I've noticed this on ebay - they can try and sell Lotr figures till the cows come home but mos of the time no-ones bidding. I was vaguely tempted at first - maybe one day they will be rare collectors pieces, But I doubt it a bit - the thing is that someone somewhere will always be making Lotr minis so demand is always low - I remember the first ever minis I saw - prince albert minis, theyve been doing lotr since the early 80s and they still are doing it. I think their ones are betterer too

The only reason why I would touch LOTR is for the hobbit models - especially the ones on ponies and farmer maggot and his dogs...to add to my oddly sized Moot Army.

your moot sounds like a hoot... (sound of wind blowing across the plains).

I've been a bit lazy on the warhammer - but recently I find myself becoming a little obsessed, so perhaps a little break won't hurt. I see my friends and they say "so what have you ben up 2??" and all I have to say is - painting warhammer. Its not a bad thing to be a geek, but it helps to have other hobbies too. So you might have to wait a bit for that beautiful Inquisitor while I go for a nice long walk on the beach and through the woods, maybe get drunk in the local and just possibly do some highbrow art to put bread on the table. On the other hand I might do some conversions...

Getting a life seemed to work - went to an ann summers party! few glasses of wine and a whole lotta lingerie. But I couldn't help noticing how most girls didn't have paint under their fingernails - they had friggin manicures, and how the host's house was a spotless temple to orderliness and minimalism, boring sods. I think I'm better off being a geek, Its probably cheaper (cost of manicure 15quid average)

But it was nice to get out and have a laugh. Also making blackberry and sloe wine with some friends - got 6 gallons going!

quick update - chaplain has a flag - another "first in ten years" moment - I think I have improved.

Pair of flat-backed clippers and a hobby file, what else do you need for a manicure

Flag adds a nice touch to the chaplain.

Hah! a fair point, I must seek out my needle file set


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But I am very lazy so...

Shame that it's only the thumb-nail that makes a good palette in that case