"Rynn's World" - a Rogue Trader 40k campaign: Crimson Fists jetbike squad

Recon squad done!

The eagle has landed.. or is it a THUNDERHAWK?!?!

OMG, I am so excited. Last Tuesday morning I won an ebay auction that I really didn't think I would get. Starting bid was 100€ for a scratchbuilt Thunderhawk for 40k. The whole thing is supposed to be the size of Forgeworld's original and is a full resin cast weighing something close to 2kg. Today I got shipping confirmation, so the pics I provide here are from the previous owner's ebay auction. I hope to have this baby in my hands by the end of the week. By the way, I got it for the starting bid ;-)

The pictures shows that I will need to put some work into this thing, but it looks good enough to be turned into a great model. I am not sure if it will ever see tabletop action (maybe for a scenario), but it for sure will look great on my shelves. I still have plenty of vehicle bitz to improve the cast here and there with more details. Really looking forward to this one.

Got my hands one a blast from the past: Oldhammer Vindicator conversion (Epicast)

Every now and then, you get lucky to be at the right place at the right time. As it happened to be a few days ago when i was skimming over the pages of the Lead Adventure forum. A thread caught my attention, as it was asking for advice on some resin parts that were meant to be upgrades for certain vehicles that existed in Epic 40k, but back in the day were not produced by Games Workshop for the larger Warhammer 40,000.

There were more companies in existance a long time before GW's own creation of "Forgeworld" to expand the series of plastic kit vehicles that they had in their shops back in the early days. The more prominent ones were Armorcast (who also did some stunning large scale Battlemechs) and Epicast. In the past I owned several Armorcast vehicles, to include two 40k sized Reaver titans and two Warhound titans as well as the excellent super-detailed Baneblade.

With my current focus on the Rogue Trader era models it was only natural that I fell in love immediately with those old resin parts that Angie was showing in the thread I spoke of above. To make things even better, I mentioned more in a sidenote then really seriously that I would buy them instantly. Well you guys can guess: she sold them and I had to have them.

Although these are Epicast parts, there was an Armorcast variant, too. For the latter they produced a 2nd edition 40k datafax and it can be found in their in-house fan magazine "Inquisitor" (issue #17). Check ebay, that's were I got mine for a good price.

But enough of the long talk, here are some pics (these were made by Angie in her offer when she sold the parts):

The parts will need some filler, some green stuff and lots of sanding, but they will look like the one from Tony Cottrell's (BTW, he later worked for Forgeworld) Vindicator conversion when finished:

Here is a small add that Epicast was releasing in the early 90's for their range of models for Warhammer 40k. The Vindicator can be seen in the right corner:

Now I hope to secure myself a third copy of the gun. Wish me luck!

Chris

"Rynn's World" - a Rogue Trader 40k campaign: Crimson Fists jetbike squad WIP#1

I have finished my (jet)bikes for the Crimson Fists project. Currently I am working on the riders for these little machines that look like a Battlefleet Gothic cruiser had sex with an Eldar jetbike and this is the result. :-D
Nice models they are, nonetheless.

"Rynn's World" - a Rogue Trader 40k campaign: Crimson Fists Tactical Squads

Some of the Marines I have shown before, but they've been increased in numbers with more boltgun carrying Marines and the flamers have been added to the squads.

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"Rynn's World" - a Rogue Trader 40k campaign: Crimson Fists Devastator Squads

Hi. You have seen some of the minatures on display here before. However, I finally got around painting the missing parts for two complete squads. So, here we are now (2 missile launchers and one more Sergeant with scanner device):

Devastator Squads #1

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"Rynn's World" - a Rogue Trader 40k campaign: Crimson Fists NCO academy? Some Sergeants finished!

In the few hours of spare time that I have had available during vacation (mostly speding time for refurbishing the house/garage and tidying up my garden), I still managed to get some Sergeants done for various squads.

Backbone of the battle company.

 

Just regular squad leaders and rank insignia to prove it :-)

Tactical Squad SGT (for "Battle for Armageddon" booklet scenarios)

Battered & bruised, but unbroken. Tactical Squad SGT (for a "Survivors" scenario)

Support Squad SGT ("Wolftime" campaign squad)

Support Squad SGT ("Wolftime" campaign squad)

Tactical Squad SGT ("Wolftime" campaign squad)

Tactical Squad SGT ("Wolftime" campaign squad)

... next: squad mates!

"Rynn's World" - a Rogue Trader 40k campaign: Crimson Fists Support Squad WIP#1

After being away from the painting table for two weekends, I managed to finish the first few models of what's going to be two support squads for the Crimson Fists army.

A mix of Lascannons and Heavy Bolters - still missing are the Missile Launchers and the Sergeants.

Four Lascannons and two Heavy Bolters for starters

 

 

"Rynn's World" - a Rogue Trader 40k campaign: more beakies WIP

In a forum someone asked for a pic before the paint was applied. Here you go - the servitors are working hard and mindless to produce even more WH40k RT era Mk. VI power armour ;-)

I use "UHU patafix" strips (I think you guys in the English speaking countries know it as "blu tack") to attach my figures to that piece of wood - its an easy way to use spray primer on them because you can turn them without falling down and get the primer everywhere. The weapons have been temporarily pinned to old flight bases to handle them while painting.

"Rynn's World" - a Rogue Trader 40k campaign: Crimson Fists squad #2

After a little delay (its called real life I guess...) here is squad #2 of my Rogue Trader Crimson Fists:

Squad #2, all metal from 1987

Sergeant's helmet in appropriate markings

Free hands for chapter badge and rank emblem

I just love that aiming squad leader figure!

..so here he is close up.

There were two more figures I finished at the same time. One is a lascannon that one day will be part of a support squad and the other miniature is going to be Veteran Sergeant Huron Grimm who is going to see action in the "Battle for Jadeberry Hill" scenario.

I wasn't sure about adding gems to a space marine but in the end I think it looks not too bad.

 

Power pack :-)

Veteran Sergeant Huron Grimm

One of the cool things about RT era miniatures is that their guns don't have that heroic scale. A bolt pistol actually is small like its supposed to be compared to the guy wielding it.

More to come guys. I promise!