This metal Rogue Trader miniature was shown on the RT601 sheet as Ventolin Pirate. He’s a 1985 sculpt.
He has “TROOPER” on the front of his tab and “1985” on the rear.
He can be seen in WD99:
And in the 1988 RT3 flyer:
Archives: Miniatures
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Female Warrior Jayne
This Rogue Trader-era Adventurer was listed as Female Warrior Jayne in the catalogues/flyers of the time and was a 1987 sculpt.
“SISTER” on the front of the tab and 1987 on the rear. You can also see her in the RT3 flyer:
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Pilot Rav
This metal Rogue Trader-era Adventurer was called Pilot Rav. He was a 1988 sculpt as per the tab but I can’t find out who sculpted him.
He has “PILOT” on the front of the tab and is from the RT601 range of miniatures. He can be seen in the RT3 flyer:
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Old Pirate
This metal miniature was from the Rogue Trader era of Warhammer 40K and was part of the RT601 Adventurers and Pirates range. It was called “Old Pirate”.
It has “BANDIT” on the front of the tab, which makes me suspect that it’s the resculpt of the Bandit miniature from the same range rather than the other way around.
He can be seen in the RT3 flyer:
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Punk, aka Xaif
This metal miniature is “Punk” from the RT601 Rogue Trader Adventurers range.
He’s a 1988 Trish Carden sculpt. You can see him in the RT3 flyer:
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Hive Worlder
This Rogue Trader-era Warhammer 40K model went by “Hive Worlder”. He was a 1987 Bob Naismith sculpt.
It has “PIRATE” on the front of the tab and “GW 1987” on the back. He can be seem in the RT3 flyer:
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Female Warrior Gabs
This lass went by Female Warrior Gabs and has 1987 on the tab. She’s part of the RT601 Adventurers range.
I can’t tell who sculpted what in the RT601 range – the list of people who sculpted things on that page is Trish and Aly Morrison, Bob Naismith, Mark Copplestone and Jes Goodwin.
She can be seen in White Dwarf #99:
White Dwarf #99 She can also be seen in the RT3 flyer:
- Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
- Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt Blue, highlighted by mixing in Kimera’s The White, shaded by mixing in Scale75 Art Permanent Orange
- Red: Kimera’s The Red, shaded by mixing in Kimera’s Phthalo Green.
- Silver: Scale75 Black Metal, then Basilicanum Grey contrast, then Black Metal for highlights, then Thrash Metal, then Speed Metal.
- Gold on the ram’s head: Necro Gold, then Guilliman Flesh, then Dwarven Gold, then Citrine Alchmy
- Black: Scale75 Art Ink Black, highlights done by mixing in white ink
- Sword: Kimera’s The White, then Cold Yellow, then Warm Yellow, then Oxide Brown Medium, then Oxide Brown Dark, then Carbon Black
- Base: Soilworks Reddish Brown, then Natural Soil, then Sand for the rocks.
- Backpack is a Clavus Ultra pattern piece.
Painted in March 2024:
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Squat Engineer
This metal Rogue Trader Adventurer mini is from the RT601 range and was called a Squat Adventurer. He’s a 1988 sculpt.
You can see him in the RT3 flyer:
Painted in May 2026:
I tried to make his eyes a little bloodshot.
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Telepath, aka Tech Priest Zon
This metal Citadel miniature is originally from the first Rogue Trader releases, but he’s also seen in the later RT601 Adventurers range. It was sculpted by Trish Carden. There’s no date on the tab.
You can see him in the RT3 flyer:
He appears in the first Rogue Trader releases as “Telepath”.
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First Rogue Trader Releases
These were the first releases for Rogue Trader! Bob Naismith’s credits as per this interview. Some of these miniatures are seen later, such as Telepath as Tech-Priest Zon in the RT601 range, “Space Dwarf” as Irn-Bonce the Squat in the Mercenaries etc.
📷Dark Elf Space Trooper
📷Space Orc with Blaster
- Dark Elf Space Trooper BN ?
- Ground Combat Trooper aka Abbadon BN 85
- Imperial Astropath, aka Yerl TC 87
- Imperial Bodyguard aka Adeptus Custodes ? 87
- Imperial Garrison Trooper aka Kylla Condotti BN 85
- Imperial Heavy Infantry aka Space-Dout Sam BN ?
- Imperial Heavy Trooper BN ?
- Imperial Light Trooper aka No Face Fargo BN 85?
- Pirate ? 87?
- Piscean Warrior aka Sahuagin ? 87
- Space Dwarf, aka Irn-Bonce the Squat MA 85
- Space Goblin ? 87
- Space Orc with Blaster ? ?
- Telepath, aka Tech Priest Zon TC 87?
