Some more vintage figures

I got some more vintage figures during the past months.

First, a couple of old pre-Slotta miniatures, from my friend Wim VdB. I particluarly like the old Slann figure.

The, some Ral Partha figures from Eric B. I still have to identify most of them, but using Lost Minis Wiki as a guide, I think not all of them are the originals that came in this box.

And finally, some GW space marines. These feel "new" to me, but by now are also already 27 years old (the box says 1993, and they appear in 1993 catalogues). These are completely in metal, and I was surprised by how heavy they are.  There were only 3 figures in the box, the others are MIA. They will be good additions to my StarMarine force for our Antares campaign, but I'll first file off all the excess skulls ;-)

A conversion project

The academic year at my university has finally ended, so I have some time to relax, work in the garden, but also do some wargaming stuff. Or at least, that's what I hope for!

One of the little projects I want to complete is a conversion for our Antares 2401 campaign. The campaign has been dormant for a while, but I think we should start it up again. The campaign puts each player in control of a squad of StarMarines, with the GM controlling the opposition. The general commander of the StarMarines is Bacchus Mahoney, who has only been mentioned in the campaign reports so far, but does not have a figure representing him.

The overall tone of the campaign is more Rogue Trooper/Strontium Dog/original Rogue Trader 40K, rather than the gothic version 40K has become today. So I don't feel constrained at all to use figures as I see fit, and to make up some fun but perhaps weird combinations.

Anyway, this is the project:

Bacchus Mahoney will be represented on the battlefield riding an alien-like mount, which fits in with some of the characters that already saw some action (K'z'r'x, a drafted mercenary, represented by an original Tyranid/ Hunter Slayer miniature).

• The mount is a Raptor from Harlequin miniatures, and was originally intended as a steed for Shadow Elves.
• The rider will be an old 40K chaplain on a jetbike. I already removed his right arm, and will replace it with a plastic original Mk 6 Space Marine arm, most likely the pistol, since that will give him a more dynamic pose.
• I already filed away some of the skulls on the figure, but still want to work on the banner a bit, probably replacing the skull on the banner with the imperial eagle from another plastic banner. The skulls on the kneecap also will be removed.
• Some smaller items (also from the original Mk 6 Space Marine box) will be used to embellish the model here and there. 

I think it will turn out to be a very cool figure, and it might turn our attention back to our dormant SciFi campaign.

WH40K Dreadnoughts and Eldar War Robot

I finished some WH40K, Rogue-Trader-era, Dreadnoughts for our ongoing scifi skirmish campaign.

These are 2 Space Marine dreadnoughts, and an Eldar War Robot (not an Eldar Dreadnought as I also originally thought).

And here are the original ads as they appeared in WHite Dwars during the late 80s (from www.solegends.com):