Hello, I am over half way through another Oldhammer project, the Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader RT601 Pirates, some of these guy's are so odd I am surprised they didn't end up in the Citadel Miniatures drawer 101 and never come out to see the light of day, some of them are absolute gems but others have had me bemused, now I am no master of photography (or story telling), I take my photos with an iPhone with a LED lightbox and follow the Warhammer Community guide as it seems the most simple, my macro lens camera is rotting in the loft but I can categorically say some of these pirates have no 'Golden Angle', I usually like to photograph the front and especially the back of a miniature as many people would of never seen it but with these guys it's all over the place and I don't think you are getting the full picture of their oddities.
I've gave a bit background and my thoughts on these Pirates back in my first post: Rogue Trader RT601 Pirates - Part 1 go and have a read if you haven't seen my first batch, this post features most of the last miniatures that I consider the rank and file of the range before I move onto the more characterful sculpts like the much loved 'Sensei'.
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My latest batch of RT601 Pirates |
I am continuing to use my own reference number system based on the original advert and again I will use these numbers as their identities in these posts. I have again paired them up with their closest sculpt brother or although some are made up from several pirates.
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first four |
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second four |
First up we have pirates 17 and 3. Pirate 17 I gave a big red drinkers nose, he's a great all-rounder who I could use in any game, pirate 3 is an interesting mish mash sculpt based on pirate 17 with pirate 7's right arm and shoulder pad, he has a really cool flight pack, astronauts helmet with tubes coming out of his mouth and is weirdly bent over kissing his chainsword.
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RT601 Pirates 17 and 3
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RT601 Pirate 3 - front |
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RT601 Pirate 3 - back |
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RT601 Pirate 17 - front |
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RT601 Pirate 17 - back |
Next we have pirates 14 and 7, pirate 14 is part bionic with a claw arm which is very Genestealer like (there's a Hybrid conversion in there for someone brave) and lower leg, he has the head of pirate 12, pirate 7 I cut off the original sword blade as it had gone all soft and wiry and replaced it a plastic Warhammer zombies one, a bit of Typhus Corrosion and I think it's hard to spot. |
RT601 Pirates 14 and 7 |
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RT601 Pirate 7 - front |
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RT601 Pirate 7 - back |
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RT601 Pirate 14 - front |
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RT601 Pirate 14 - back |
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RT601 Pirate 14 - side showing bionics |
Next we have pirates 9 and 10, nice dynamic poses, both miniatures have that weird half Bolter, half Autogun sculpt with mounted light/scope and strange webbing/bracers that go under their groin, pirate 10 has a breathing apparatus, the pair are decent miniatures to be honest.
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RT601 Pirates 9 and 10 |
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RT601 Pirate 9 - front |
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RT601 Pirate 9 - back |
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RT601 Pirate 10 - front |
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RT601 Pirate 10 - back |
And finally pirates 20v and 6, not the greatest sculpts, I am going to call this one 'pirate 20v' as I believe he is a uncatalogued variant, the original adverts shows him without a visor and I have seen this visorless miniature about several times and painted by community members, he does have a cool diamond design sculpted into his shoulder pads, pirate 6 has pteruges hanging from his shoulder pads and both have the same weapon a sort of carbine autogun, they have that hunched over pose of the earliest Rogue Trader era miniatures that made them a pain to paint.
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RT601 Pirates 20 and 6 |
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RT601 Pirate 6 - front |
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RT601 Pirate 6 - back |
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RT601 Pirate 20v - front |
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RT601 Pirate 20v - back |
I managed to get hold of the original Pirate 20 featured in the advert without visor and he'll be getting a paint job soon
Thanks for dropping in, more fan sculpts and RT Pirates on the go so stay tuned, I can't wait for my mate to turn up with all his shining Stargrave miniatures and rulebook for a game and I bring some of these out, I did it with Frostgrave and chaos beastmen, you could see the disgust on his face, he thinks I am only doing it to wind him up :D
Lovely work on the pirates!
ReplyDeleteThe sculpts are so characterful and while not as technically advanced as some modern stuff, they've got so much more personality!
Thanks mate, they are very marmite, some I absolutely love others not so much
DeleteJ
Great job! I myself recently painted a few of these, I really like your take on them, awesome work :)
ReplyDeletecheers Suber, can't wait to see yours
DeleteI love the depth you go into on these posts. They're an absolute treat to read. I'm also very excited by the revelation of an uncatalogued variant, that's one to patiently hunt for on the secondary market.
ReplyDeleteGlad you admit that these are difficult models to photograph! I find so many of them are stooping in such a way that the detail and visual interest folds in on itself and is hidden away.
Thanks mate, I will be putting up a photo of the without visor one as an update very soon, I know it's not rare as I have seen it loads and seen lots of the visor one too, no idea what happened there.
DeleteI'll be happy when this project is put to bed but the few I am painting now are real gems.
J
Really enjoying these. I'm very fond of these Space Pirate models and I don't know why...they really weren't to terrifically sculpted. Maybe just because I can use them in a wide array of roles. Too bad GW jettisoned the Space Pirate concept.
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