Here’s some photos of a 2nd. Ed. bike box! The bike was sculpted by Norman Swales, while the Marine was sculpted by Jes Goodwin as per the 1998 catalogue page.
The 3-bike squad was announced in the September 1996 White Dwarf; I’m still trying to nail down the date of the solo bike box and whether this is the later release with the updated Marine or the earlier one. Based on the front cover being art rather than a model picture and the part number I’m suspecting it’s the later of the two, but we will see.
This guy came as part of the Command Group box right at the end of 2nd. Ed. He’s a Jes Goodwin sculpt and was part number 010110307. As he arrived to me:
Took me a while to find this guy as he was sculpted long after the original Scouts! He’s part number 99060101301 and can be found in the 2005 US catalogue on page 229.
This metal 2nd. Ed. Plasma Gun wielding Space Marine was part number 0421/2.
Painted 27th Feb 2022:
Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
Base Coat: Scale75 Artist Primary Blue, shaded with Cobalt Blue, shaded further with Prussian Blue
Red: Scale75 Artist Pale Flesh, followed by Crimson, highlighted with Primary Red, further highlighted with Orange, recess shaded with diluted Prussian Blue. Plasma gun had a further blend and highlight of Primary Yellow
Plasma glow: Scale75 Artist White, with Spring Green around the edges, blended to Scale75 Fluoro Green, then to straight White. Then LIT glow in the dark pigment across the brightest sections, mixed in with Scale 75 pigment binder to get it to stick.
Joints: Scale75 Artist Black. Same with the grips on the guns. Highlighted by Violet Grey.
Eyes: Scale75 Artist White, followed by diluted Spring Green, followed by diluted Fluoro Green, followed by diluted Emerald Green
Silver: Scale75 Black Metal
Gold: Scale75 Necro Gold, highlighted with Elven Gold, further highlight Citrine Alchemy
Leather: Scale75 Burnt Sienna, shaded with Black/Burnt Sienna 50:50, highlighted with Pale Flesh:Burnt Sienna 50:50
Skull on hand: Scale75 Buff, shaded with Buff:Burnt Sienna Umber, highlighted with Vanilla White
