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What I would like from you all is ideas for the model? Maybe pictures and so on of Rogue Traders that others have made or artwork. So if anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121218.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121218.page GMT Re:Making a Rogue Trader. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121232.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121232.page GMT Re:Making a Rogue Trader. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121276.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121276.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121305.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121305.page GMT Re:Making a Rogue Trader. In all seriousness, Make him like Zapp Branagain, with no care for the lives of his men]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121335.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121335.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/rogue-trader/wallpaper/Rogue-Trader3-1920x1440.jpg]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121414.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121414.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.
@RayvanQ: Thank you for the picture that is helpfull, I probably won't make mine as....regal as that but it gives me some ideas]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121547.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2121547.page GMT Re:Making a Rogue Trader. I think I spelled it right...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2122308.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2122308.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.
Warboss Imbad Ironskull wrote:@Battle Brother Lucifer: Who is Zapp Branagain?


The master of champagn
The master of love
The master of kiff
The master of stupidity
The master of failure
The master of LOLS


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I'm kind of thinking of taking the character and his crew along the same lines as the characters from the Firefly series in the whole Space Western aspect of it (and no that dosen't mean cowboy hats). The fluff says that some can be very wealthy with fleets of ships and others can be not so wealthy, I'm thinking of having mine be on a mid point between the 2.

I'm also thinking about either having it so he was a IG soldier who was assigned as a bodyguard to a Rogue Trader, the Trader was an older man who wasen't overly successfull and had no family. But he took a liking to my character and left his paper (I forget the name, it's the more powerfull of the 2 documents) and ship to my character.

OR

At one point he was a young Inquisitor (or acolyte) in the Ordos Xenos who was supposed to be an orphan but then one day he's contacted by an old man claiming to be his grandfather. He offers him the chance to become a Rogue Trader because he is dieing from something and my character is his only successor.

I kind of like the 1st one better.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2122722.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2122722.page GMT Re:Making a Rogue Trader. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2123854.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2123854.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.
I've edited the OP to reflect just the modeling aspects.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2124932.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2124932.page GMT Re:Making a Rogue Trader.
battle Brother Lucifer wrote:A Serious space pimp?
In all seriousness, Make him like Zapp Branagain, with no care for the lives of his men



Not a bad inspiration for a Rogue Trader!!!

They are ship's captains, and as such they view themselves as a type of nobility. They are wealthy, free from being tied to a planet, and generally a bit eccentric. You can get a very very good picture of a flashy ship's master if you read the Eisenhorn Omnibus by Dan Abbnet.

There are also some fantastic ship's master villain's in the Ravenor Omnibus, also by Abbnet.

Rogue Traders specifically do things like travel outside the Imperium, deal with xenos, run drugs, smuggle, etc. Think Han Solo in 40k.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125185.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125185.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.

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But thank you for the book referances I'll look into them.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125345.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125345.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.
Warboss Imbad Ironskull wrote:
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But thank you for the book referances I'll look into them.


NP man, Abbnet is a fantastic author and his books really give you a feel for the Imperium outside of the Imperial Gaurd and the various chapters. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125373.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125373.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.
Does anyone have any idea what a Rogue Trader would have in his main crew? I was thinking of just basing them off of Inquisitorial retinues and IG HQ choices. I know a ship would need a Navigator for Warp travel and probably an Astropath if it wanted to communicate. I don't think I'll have my Rogue Trader be a wealthy one with a huge ship and a couple thousand strong crew. It'l probably just be him and his main crew.

So with the Navigator and Astropath I was thinking of an alien warrior (probably kroot), a ships engineer/mechanic whose goal is to find A STC so he can become a real tech priest, a religious soldier who'll be a friend from my Rogues IG days and a strong man who is a demolitions expert/hired muscle.

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125451.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125451.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. RPG are: Astropath, Rogue Trader, Navigator, Arch-militant, Explorator, Seneschal, Void-Master and Missionary.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125589.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125589.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125730.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2125730.page GMT Re:Making a Rogue Trader. RT), Navigatior, Chief Engineer, Purser, a raft of crew dogs, maybe a couple of toughs to keep an eye on his investments. For a 40k era trader you can probably add a gunnery officer and a few suitably trained operators.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126009.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126009.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126718.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126718.page GMT Re:Making a Rogue Trader. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126779.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126779.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.
ChocolateGork wrote:
Warboss Imbad Ironskull wrote:@Battle Brother Lucifer: Who is Zapp Branagain?


The master of champagn
The master of love
The master of kiff
The master of stupidity
The master of failure
The master of LOLS




You forgot master of Vellure and Master of Girdles.
A rogue trader basically is like an inquisitor but usually with alien gear.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126804.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126804.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.

No one has to say what they are anymore because I ALREADY KNOW .

And just for the heck of it I don't see how they're just like an Inquisitor with xenos gear? Inquisitors hunt the evils that would destroy the Imperium (the xenos, the heretic and the daemon) and so are pretty much like super powered spy masters in 40k. Rogue Traders travel the worlds beyond Imperial controle and either explore, trade or claim/destroy worlds pretty much like a privateer who has the freedom to do what he wants as long as it's done in the interest of the Imperium.

Although the fluff says that some Rogue Traders actually where Inquisitors at one point the only thing they have in common is they're both human and they both have an enourmous power base (depending on the type of trade document that the Trader holds). ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126853.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2126853.page GMT Re:Making a Rogue Trader.
http://www.freebooterminiatures.de/en/catalog/176

http://www.freebooterminiatures.de/en/catalog/87]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2127992.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2127992.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. GW range.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2128325.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2128325.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.
Warboss Imbad Ironskull wrote:What is a seneschal and a void-master?


Seneschals are scholarly science types - think Spock or Bones from Star Trek. A void master is a gunner.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2129385.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2129385.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2129488.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2129488.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader.
Warboss Imbad Ironskull wrote:I have one or two of his books though I haven't read any of the Inquisitor books. I agree he's a good author.


As someone who is further disappointed with nearly every dip into the crapstream that is Black Library writing, I can honestly say Eisenhorn was a great book. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2129696.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2129696.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2129701.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2129701.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2130399.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2130399.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2130412.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2130412.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. And half of him would be skeleton.



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due to some weird ass encounter with a psyker]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2133193.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2133193.page GMT Making a Rogue Trader. FW. He has a more regal look but still can have that gritty feel if he is adorned with the right things. Also the FW DKoK Commissar drawing a sword would be great if you could do a head swap. His disposible bodyguards (red shirts) could be ig storm troopers. I world hunt the collector and speciality games for the other characters. But I would stay away from anything in power armor or termie armor or even bolters. IG weapons would be the best since those would be much more common.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2133246.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/328087/2133246.page GMT