This metal Rogue Trader-era miniature was part of the RT601 Adventurers and Pirates range, and was marked as an Eldar Trader.
It’s a Trish Carden sculpt from 1988.
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Imperial Scout
This metal Rogue Trader miniature was from the RT601 Adventurers and Pirates range. It’s a 1988 Bob Naismith sculpt.
You can see him in the RT3 flyer:
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Astropath Korm
This metal Rogue Trader-era miniature was Astropath Korm, from the RT601 Adventurers and Pirates range.
This copy has had a plastic holstered pistol pinned on him at some point. No info on the tab, unfortunately.
He’s a Bob Naismith sculpt.
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Ex Tech or Tek
This metal miniature was from the Rogue Trader period of Warhammer 40K (1st Edition) and was marked as an Ex-Tech in the RT601 Adventurers and Pirates range.
It’s a 1988 Bob Naismith sculpt.
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Halfling Cook
This metal miniature is from the first edition of Warhammer 40K – Rogue Trader – and was from the Adventurers and Pirates RT601 range. It’s the Halfling Cook!
No tab on this copy, unfortunately.
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Space Amazon
This metal Rogue Trader-era miniature was from the RT601 Adventurers and Pirates range and went by “Space Amazon”.
She has “SPACER” on the front of the tab and the back shows that she’s a 1988 sculpt.
Trish Carden was the sculptor. You can see the mini in the RT3 Flyer:
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RT601 Adventurers and Pirates
The RT601 Adventurers and Pirates range from the Rogue Trader era.
The lineup is credited to Trish Carden (Morrison), Aly Morrison, Bob Naismith and Mark Copplestone.
Trish’s credits are as per a conversation with her in Jan 2025. Bob Naismith credits as per this interview.
- Astropath Korm BN 87?
- Bandit ? ?
- Cyborg TC ?
- Elf or Eldar Trader TC 88
- Ex Tech or Tek BN 88
- Female Warrior Gabs ? 87
- Female Warrior Jayne ? 87
- Halfling Cook ? ?
- Hero BN ?
- Hive Worlder BN 87
- Imperial Assassin ? ?
- Imperial Astropath, aka Yerl TC 87
- Imperial Scout BN 88
- Mad Punk ? 88
- Navigator TC 88
- Official TC ?
- Old Pirate TC ?
- Pilot Lorgar TC 88
- Pilot Rav ? 88
- Pirate Captain ? ?
- Psyker ? ?
- Punk, aka Xaif TC 88
- Scum, aka Space Eunuch BN 88
- Ships Officer aka Astronaut TC 88
- Space Amazon TC 88
- Space Pirate, aka Lan Duval TC 88
- Squat Engineer ? 88
- Squat Miner ? 88
- Tech-Priest Schlan TC ?
- Telepath, aka Tech Priest Zon TC 87?
- Test Bed Slave TC 88
- Ventolin Pirate ? 85
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Rogue Trader
Rogue Trader was the first release of the Warhammer 40K tabletop game back in September 1987. It’s fundamentally quite a different game to play when compared to the modern editions, being more oriented towards small-miniature-count roleplay than massed battles on the tabletop. The rulebook itself is chock full of lore, worldbuilding and drawings.
Announced in White Dwarf #93, a number of expansion books were released over the life of the first edition including the Realm of Chaos books Slaves To Darkness and The Lost And The Damned. There were regular White Dwarf articles relating to Rogue Trader, which were compiled in the Chapter Approved – Book of the Astronomican, Warhammer 40,000 Compendium and the Warhammer 40,000 Compilation.
Later (1992) books included the Battle Manual and Vehicle Manual, which moved the rules closer to that of 2nd. Edition which would be released in 1993.
Of note – in the Dec 1987 White Dwarf (#96) it was stated that Citadel were selling over a million miniatures a month, prior to 40K taking off. Could explain why there are still so many of the Rogue Trader-era miniatures floating around…
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Warhammer 40K
Way back in 1987 Games Workshop released the first edition of Warhammer 40K, known as Rogue Trader. Six years later in 1993 Second Edition was released, and these are the two main editions being showcased on this site.
