This chap was Brother West, and later Bolter 8 – part number 070119/21. His name seems to be a reference to Adam West, who played Batman in the 1960s TV series.
He can be seen in WD99:
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Brother Ward
This vintage Rogue Trader Space Marine was known as Brother Ward and carries a bolt pistol and power sword. His name is apparently a reference to Burt Ward, who played Robin in the Batman TV show that ran from 1966-1968.
He can be seen in WD99:
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RT101 Space Marines
The next wave of eighteen Space Marines after RT01 were not done by Bob Naismith, instead sculpted by Mark Copplestone and Aly Morrison. Shown in WD99 as well as elsewhere – the White Dwarf #99 page:
White Dwarf #99 RT101 page Individual model sculpting credits aren’t given in the flyers for this range, unfortunately. See below the list for my thoughts on that.
- Brother Ward MC? 87
- Brother West AM? 88
- Brother Gorshin MC? 87
- Brother Meredith MC 88
- Captain Romero AM? 88
- Brother Kitt AM? 88
- Brother Hamilton aka Gideon Fax AM? 87
- Brother Repp AM? 88
- Brother Blake MC? 87
- Brother Craig AM? 88
- Captain Newmar MC? 87
- Brother Napier MC? 87
- Brother Basehart MC? 87
- Brother Harris MC? 87
- Brother Reeves AM? 88
- Captain Crabb AM? 88
- Captain Dozier AM? 87
- Wounded Marine AM? 87?
The Marine feet generally seem to be sculpted in one of two ways, one of which is petite little feet which just stick out from under their greaves. Using this I’m separating the group into two;
Large feet:
- Brother Ward
- Brother Gorshin
- Brother Meredith (confirmed MC sculpt by MC)
- Brother Blake
- Captain Newmar
- Brother Napier
- Brother Basehart
- Brother Harris
Small feet:
- Brother West
- Captain Romero
- Brother Kitt
- Brother Hamilton
- Brother Repp
- Brother Craig
- Brother Reeves
- Captain Crabb
- Wounded Marine
- Captain Dozier
Mark Copplestone has told me that Brother Meredith is one of his, so I am going to tentatively mark the sculptors in accordance to the above lists (Mark/Aly) until someone informs me otherwise!
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Brother Froth
This guy was a 1987 GW sculpt! He was shown as Brother Froth initially, but by 1988 he had changed his name to Brother Sheer and acquired a sight on his gun and a fatter pauldron – likely to fix a casting issue with the old design. At any rate this is the earlier iteration! I can’t find him in the 1991 catalogue unlike most of his brothers.
Someone at some point seems to have filed down the studs on his left pauldron.
I had an idea and put him next to a more modern miniature…
Painted Jan 2023:
And a painted modern friend to go with him:
Yeah, I typo’d the year on the image. Oh well!
Colours used:
- Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
- Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt Blue, shaded with Prussian Blue, highlighted with Pro Acryl Titanium White mixed with Cobalt Blue
- Red: Pro Acryl Bold Pyrrole Red, highlighted with Golden Yellow, shaded with Targor Rageshade
- Lenses: Scale75 Art Spring Green, highlighted with Golden Yellow, shaded with Art Black, dot of Titanium White
- Silver: Scale75 Heavy Metal, shaded with Targor Rageshade, highlighted with Heavy Metal and Speed Metal
- Symbols: Cobalt Blue mixed with Titanium White
- Base: PVA + Noch Ballast, then Dark Mud, Natural Soil and Sand on the base, Natural Soil on the legs, and Vallejo Wild Tuft – Dry – 6mm used cut in half.
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Brother Lestrade / Leanman
This guy goes by Brother Lestrade, Brother Leanman or Bolter 9, depending on which catalogue/flyer you are looking at. Part number 070106/5.
Designed by Bob Naismith.
He’s listed as Brother Lestrade in the Feb 1988 Astronomican, and Brother Leanman in the Sept 1987 White Dwarf 93 RTO1 listing and in the Feb 88 flyer.
He’s a 1987 sculpt. As seen in the September 1989 White Dwarf (#117) converted by Richard Kernick:
Screenshot I have two of these guys and one had the bonding studs filed off – I didn’t notice until painting was underway. Painted in December 2022:
Paints used:
Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt Blue, highlighted mixed with Primary Blue and Pro Acryl Titanium White, shaded with Art Black
Lenses: Sap Green, highlighted with Spring Green and Pro Acryl Golden Yellow then Titanium White
Black: Art Black, highlighted with a mix of Art Black and Titanium White
Base: Burnt Sienna then Natural Soil and Sand pigments
Decals: Ultramarine Forge World sheet, Armiger sheet for the honour markings
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Officer with Power Sword Captain Lowbroe / Reece
This metal Rogue Trader Space Marine Captain is shown as Captain Reece early on and later as part number 070119/26. He has 1987 on the tab and is a Bob Naismith sculpt.
You can see him in WD93:
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Communication Officer Orinoco / Kendall
This Rogue Trader Space Marine went by Orinoco or Kendall. He’s a Bob Naismith sculpt. I can make out “GW” scratched into the tab but nothing useful as far as the date goes.
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Brother Taylor / Dedmole
This Rogue Trader Space Marine went by Dedmole or Taylor, depending on which flyer/catalogue you look at. He’s a Bob Naismith sculpt and there was no date on this one’s tab, unfortunately.
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Assault Marine With Chainsword Brother Dimshade/Thaw
This guy was Dimshade and Thaw in the early days and was later shown in the catalogues as Chainsword 1, part number 070119/22. He is a Bob Naismith sculpt, and shares most of his head sculpt with Breakout Con. It looks like 1987 on the tab.
You can see him in WD93:
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