RTB01 - Adventures of a Rogue Trader Era Modeller

[infyrana]

Glad you managed to find that Thunder Hammer !  Didn't have the heart when I read your comment above to tell you what I did with half a dozen of mine that I had spare ;)  My Beakie assault marines are well geared for good sized thunder hammers though ... !  The round ones (those old Termie and the 30k FW ones) look so much cooler than the new square hammer heads they insist on using now, it's as though they employed an ex-Dwarven smith specialist to design them.

 

Looking good...

[millest]

Unfortunately I didn't find it. That's a whole new termie with weapons :-(

Though also found out the sergs weapons are illegal but luckily someone has mange to help me out there.

 

I do agree though that style of hammer is much much better

[deathspectersgt7]

Looking Good millest

[millest]

Oh, what utter Bullocks! - RT Era Jet Bikes

todays arrivals are something I am very pleased with, today I am now the proud owner of a set of bullocks! Bullock jet bikes that is. I have manged to source three of these bad boys in the two patterns they were made and whilst compared to the current FW ones they are tiny they are perfectly in keeping with the RT era.

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more pics and info on the blog as always here:
http://millests.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/oh-what-utter-bullocks-rt-era-jet-bikes.html

[millest]

This week has seen the motorpool for my RT era marines increase by a few vehicles, including one of the first conversions any 90s marine player will remember fondly.

 

The herd has increased and some actual modelling has taken place as you can see. first up a herd of rhinos to pave the way:
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next up a whirlwind, some actual work took place to make this so am quite please with the results:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CjLoQi5QoK8/VQmEruCycqI/AAAAAAAAEfM/QsTDr5sH7yk/s1600/WP_20150313_007.jpg

 

as always though more info etc here:
http://millests.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/so-long-and-tanks-for-all-fist-rt-motor.html

[infyrana]

Wow.. that looks remarkably like a second hand Rhino conversion I bought a long time ago.  I didn't like it and took it off, no idea where the little rocket box went, but it's soo similar, very uncanny :)

 

Great work!

[millest]

The Discoveries of Arkhan Land

So folks time for the final post of the RT purchases and today it is the purchases I am really happy with. Today we explore the discoveries of Arkhan Land! The Land raider and speed though all the editions have been two of my favourite models.

The FW MKIIB conversion mixing the current plastic with the old epic plastic raider is one of my favourite models of all time, but the new re-imaginings of the MKIs from FW have just blown me away, so when the opportunity arose to acquire one for this army I couldn't resist, and got three!

The Land speeder is also a favourite, right back from when they were just two lawn chairs bolted to an engine to the current trainer looking version I love the models and the idea behind them.

As you can see the motor pool has taken a massive increase this week with the Land family joining the mix and adding some heavy punch to the line up.

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Over the next couple of weeks real life is due to be busy but there will be a background hum of progress at Maison Millest as things are stripped, assembled, sprayed and generally sorted out! In the mean time I will be posting up some of the various RT artwork, box art and conversion guides I have acquired in my spare time for inspiration to help anyone out that might need it.

One finally request does anyone know of the best KR multicase foam options for this entire for? looking to have it in one box, though maybe waiting til its completed might work better as I can then see what options are best. Any advice or suggestions would be great though.

As usual more pics and details are on the blog
http://millests.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/discoveries-of-arkhan-land-rt-era-land.html