Monday 9 December 2019

LE101 Chaos Renegade

Greetings,
Lots of blog post drafts queued up and here's one that been waiting to finished for a long while, moving house really swallows up your hobbytime but the flip side is that many hobby skills can be adapted for DIY so I have become a bit of a plumber, electrician, etc thus saving lots of money for future projects.

Todays classic Oldhammer miniature is the Citadel Miniatures Limited Edition LE101 - Chaos Renegade Marine released in White Dwarf 101 May 1988 although he was pictured on the cover of White Dwarf 99. 

Sculpted by Michael Perry, this miniature was the Second Chaos Marine Citadel Miniatures released and was eventually moved into Realm of Chaos era Chaos Renegades range along with the other 'not so' Limited Edition Traitor Legionaire and Treacher Marine.

This miniature paved the way for the biomechanical aesthetic of the Realm of Chaos era Chaos Renegades we know and love, sculpted again by Michael Perry with help from Kevin Adams.

The release timeline:
  1. Treacher Marine (No. 12) - RT01 Imperial Space Marines - April 1988 White Dwarf 100
  2. LE101 - Chaos Renegade Marine - May 1988 White Dwarf 101
  3. LE102 - Traitor Legionnaire - June 1988 White Dwarf 102
  4. Chaos Renegades - September 1988 White Dwarf 105, this was the main release consisting of Khorne and Slaanesh renegades at first.


I went for the colour scheme that my 2nd edition Warhammer 40,000 Plague Marines are painted mainly in classic Citadel Colour Rotting Flesh and Jungle Green alternating the colour from side to side.

LE101 - Chaos Renegade Marine - front

LE101 - Chaos Renegade Marine - back



White Dwarf 99

I have added some addtional photos of the miniature further way as I think it looks a lot better.
LE101 - Chaos Renegade Marine - front
LE101 - Chaos Renegade Marine - back


thanks for stopping by, lots more to come

J

10 comments:

  1. Awesome mini, one of the (many) fantastic Renegade Marines.

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  2. Oh man that's fantastic Jason! You should set up your own cover pic with a yellow background and skull base. ;)

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    1. A good idea, I have other projects like that in the works but not for this miniature, cheers J

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  3. There's something about this renegade that some of the expanded range miss. It might be his (relatively) understated detailing, or his neutral pose, but he exudes menace in the way that some of the more exotic renegades don't.

    He works brilliantly with the two-tone green armour and the hit of purple on the tentacle to make the whole thing pop. Lovely!

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    1. thanks Jon, definitely the most chaotic of them all

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  4. I really like your scheme for this. The reversed greens gives him a slightly nauseating feel, like he's halfway through turning himself inside out.

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    1. Thanks Chris, you might not appreciate the scheme so much if you saw my monopose 90's plague marines :D

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