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Author Topic: Rogue Trader squads [Zeon Heresy P.2]  (Read 4713 times)

Offline area23

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Rogue Trader squads [Zeon Heresy P.2]
« on: October 14, 2021, 08:11:37 PM »
I didn't do anything Rogue Trader related since 2019.
I had an old thread going on but I figured it would be unpolite to resurrect it:
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=87524.0

So I finally painted some classic space marines. For quite a while I couldn't decide a colour scheme.
In the end I decided for Night Lords. Technically chaos renegades but I prefer the simple Epic Space Marine era renegades. Imperial Space Marine turncoats without mutations, biomech armour or other chaos attributes.
Just psychopath fanatic elite warriors.



The old epic Space Marine game had the Night Lords with some sort of a Batman logo as their chapter symbol.
For sure abandoned when someone realised it was somebody else's I.P.  ::)

I did a makeover of my old 90's Dark Eldar. The conversions are old really but I rebased them, did some headswaps with Oathmark elven heads and a new layer of Contrast paint.
The idea of the original conversions was to make them look more menacing. A mix between Predator and Giger's Sil design from Species. Rogue Trader-esque Space elf raiders, or vampires, in chitinous carapace armour.

« Last Edit: June 08, 2023, 03:55:32 PM by area23 »
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Re: Rogue Trader squads [P.1 Renegade Marines and space marauders]
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2021, 08:44:27 PM »
Love how those Dark Eldar turned out, gives me some ideas for the pile I have gathering dust.

Offline Lord Faoil

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [P.1 Renegade Marines and space marauders]
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2021, 10:06:34 AM »
I prefer the renegade/traitor background as well for some of the traitor legions. My Alpha Legion are very non-chaos looking!. I paint the occassional piece of armour differently to reflect this.

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [P.1 Renegade Marines and space marauders]
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2022, 10:01:16 AM »
I made some more alien Space Marauders.
Old 3rd edition dark eldar with Oathmark elf heads.

They look a bit silly really but menacing all the same. I tried to make them like evil minions from 1940's pulp science fiction book covers, with bit of 1970's and '80's Japanese cartoons.
Cannon fodder, massing up in airship corridors like a Miyazaki film.



Reminds me I also did these Anime style space marines a few years back..

« Last Edit: March 23, 2022, 10:02:52 AM by area23 »

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [P.1 Renegade Marines and space marauders]
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2022, 10:59:31 AM »
I really like them 8)

The heads go together with the old bodies very well, and the cut down splinter rifles are sufficiently different too. The sum of the parts makes them look quite different from their origins. In fact, for some reason they evoke a Necromonger vibe with me!
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Offline Bloggard

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [P.1 Renegade Marines and space marauders]
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2022, 05:03:36 PM »
looks like William Burroughs on the 'Wanted' Poster  ;)

Offline 3Fingers2

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [P.1 Renegade Marines and space marauders]
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2022, 09:22:26 PM »
Great thread the bottom eldar have some Martian vibes going  in a good way .

Offline area23

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [space marauders]
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2022, 11:32:24 AM »
Queen Selma and entourage.
In good pulpy 70's anime style, the queen is a blonde human woman commanding the blue aliens.
An android bodyguard, a protocol droid and two minions.
The queen's head is from a frostgrave kit while the alien grey head is from an old resin Fenryll miniature.



[edit:] The second command group, an officer, an assassin and an experimental alien armour suit.



I repainted some of my old scratch build eldar grav tanks. The camo pattern was made using masking tape and dark grey and dark brown spraypaint. Afterwards I used red contrast paint over the original  pale green for a dirty, rusty effect.
Colours loosely inspired by Firefly Reavers of course.
Chaos and space-wolf decals and acrylic pens for the details.



The complete army platoon:
« Last Edit: April 12, 2022, 12:35:10 PM by area23 »

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [Space Marauders platoon]
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2022, 12:08:07 PM »
The force is shaping up really well! 8)

I really like your effective use of different miniature lines and parts to create something unique.

Offline Kourtchatovium104

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [Space Marauders platoon]
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2022, 01:04:40 PM »
Great. I like the atmosphere that emerges from your platoon, especially from the eldars.

Offline Ragsta

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [Space Marauders platoon]
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2022, 12:42:55 PM »
I’m enjoying your interpretation of Chaos Marines and Dark Eldar s far - nice paintwork and conversions here!

Offline majorsmith

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [Space Marauders platoon]
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2022, 05:36:05 AM »
Really like what you’ve done with the dark eldar

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [Space Marauders platoon]
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2022, 06:56:45 AM »
Lovely Old School stuff.
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'cause glowworms 're never glum
How can you be grumpy
When the sun shines out yer bum?

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Offline area23

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [Space Marauders platoon]
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2022, 02:13:52 PM »
I made some progress on my Night Lords platoon.

Here are three dreadnoughts. Bob Naismith sculpts for Mongoose's Starship Troopers game. Grizzly Suits, obviously based on the book's description of powered armour which inspired the whole idea of powered armour ànd dreadnoughts to begin with. One painted in Night Lords colours, the others generic. This way the team or singles can be used for different armies.



A converted toy tank. An old Starwars mini-rig from Kenner I got cheap on ebay. Inspired by an old photo in White Dwarf of the same toy converted into an Imperial tank. Again, no specific army markings.



A Siege Dreadnought. A straight repaint of a vinyl toy I bought years ago.
The legs and torso seem inspired by 2nd/3rd edition dreadnougts. So I had to get it when I saw it. A recent GW release of their Horus Heresy siege dread inspired me to paint it. More or less the right proportions to the old plastic marines.


(The toyline was Invizimals and the robot is called Vortex.)

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Re: Rogue Trader squads [Night Lords Armoured Support]
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2022, 11:38:37 AM »


I repainted some of my old Imperial Army guys.
Rogue Trader miniatures before they were called Imperial Guard.
Five of them were already painted in 2016, after 25 years. I initially painted them as Starwars rebel pilots but I got bored with that. I decided to do the armour in black, to make them appear more menacing and generic.

The main reason to paint them like this is because I wanted an allied squad of renegade army men for my Night Lords.
As with the marines I don't want them over the top chaotic with mutations but more first stage heretics instead. Rebels, insurgents, convinced they're doing the right thing. The mark of Chaos isn't clearly present yet.
At the same time I could use this squad with any other army or faction. Loyal, renegade or even alien.

 

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