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1990s Ultramarines Tactical Squad Rhenus

March 30, 2020April 6, 2020 Curis 19 Comments 1990s, Rogue Trader, space marines, ultramarines, warhammer 40k

This March I am proud to present an Ultramarines combat squad deliberately contrived to conjure up a very particular point in time – November 1990. It’s March for Macragge.

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Techmarine with Conversion Beamer

November 4, 2019November 26, 2019 Curis 22 Comments 40K, crimson fists, Rogue Trader, space marines

Buenos dias, Ninjabread readers. Today my Mexican-flavoured vintage Space Marine army gets some Adeptus Mechanicus reinforcements. An “Adeptus Mexicanicus”, if you will.

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Primaris Deathwatch Aggressors

October 21, 2019November 26, 2019 Curis 8 Comments 40K, primaris, space marines, warhammer

Space Marine Chapter founders love a good animal name. Mythical beasts of terror (Howling Griffons, Minotaurs, Silver Drakes…), apex predators (Space Wolves, Celestial Lions, White Panthers…), birds of prey (Hawk Lords, Necropolis Hawks, Raven Guard…), venomous reptiles (Iron Snakes, Viper Legion, Salamanders…). But I’ve just painted these Deathwatch, the Chapter named after tiny insects that burrow into your wooden furniture.

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Rogue Trader Crimson Fists Squad Taurasi

March 11, 2019November 26, 2019 Curis 26 Comments citadel, crimson fists, oldhammer, Rogue Trader, space marines

With Space Marine players jumping for joy that the new Primaris miniatures get jump heavy weapons, I’ve jumped at the chance to do a Rogue Trader era squad – when jump heavy weapons were also a thing.

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Rogue Trader Christmas Space Marines

December 25, 2018March 4, 2019 Curis 12 Comments 40K, crimson fists, Rogue Trader, space marines

It was Christmas 1987, and Games Workshop celebrated the festive season by releasing two limited edition Space Marines (or “Spaced Out Marines” as the advertising called them). I’ve painted the pair for my growing Crimson Fists force.

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Rogue Trader Crimson Fists Squad Onan

May 24, 2018January 6, 2019 Curis 32 Comments 40K, adeptus astartes, battle at the farm, crimson fists, Rogue Trader, space marines

Time to collect a new Space Marine force! Crimson Fists – the Rogue Trader poster boys. These Fists are hand-picked from the 1987–1989 Imperial Space Marine ranges sculpted by Bob Naismith, Aly Morrison and Mark Copplestone. I have a real soft spot for this era of Mk6 design. There’s a certain je ne sais quoi to the early Warhammer 40,000 aesthetic that was lost when the Mk7 Jes Goodwin designs were introduced in 1990. There’s a joyful bulbousness to them that reflects the early days of Rogue Trader, before it settled down into the tightly-codified juggernaut that endures to this day.