Continued...

 

This is one of those pieces of art that I mentioned in my previous post. For those who remember, 1st edition / Rogue Trader felt like an old comic we used to have called 2000AD. It's where Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper and Strontium Dog came from originally. The universe was oppressive but had that odd fun feel to it that modern Warhammer 40K lacks.



 

1st edition artwork and stuff

For some time now I have had a hankering for the feel of the old 1st edition 40K (AKA Rogue Trader). The game had some different artwork and a very different feel back then. Part of me wishes it was still that way. Anyway, I did a search this afternoon and found some of that artwork.

 



 

 

This is one of those images that comes back to me. Are these guys space marines or simply mercenaries? Back under 1st edition, before the army lists, you could field Imperial Guard all in power armour. I miss that sort of versatility.

 

 



The old marine jet bikes.

 

£2.50 for two metal models. Those where the days. I remember four figure packs for £3 or £4. Those days are long gone sadly.

 

I posted this more because I had those jetbike models. Don't remember Christmas Marines though. 

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With all the family issues causing me much stress recently I have decided to treat myself to a little something from Forge World... some Mk IV power armour marines and some classic style over the should heavy weapons.

 

I do love the look of the Mk IV helmets and am tempted to slowly buy a few more of these from FW to fill out the troops for my Sons of Tantalus chapter. As for the heavy weapons I remember that the 1st ed / Rogue Trader era heavy weapons were all this type carried over the shoulder and these look very similar in design.

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Now, I love the look of the new Chaos models in this set but I do find myself wishing that they would go back to how Chaos Marines looked under 1st ed (Rogue Trader). They weren't just spikey marines they looked like these new guys, all twisted and mutated by their devotion to the dark gods.

That last one... GW did a whole range of heavy weapon CSM at the time, and most of them had mutations. I had one that had a skull head on a long neck with a flamer of tzeench's body. Another had three arms, one of which was a tentacle holding the base of the heavy wepaon. These were much better than the spikey marines they do now. The look of the DV box CSM remind me much more of the 1st ed marines. I hope they keep this design with upcoming releases.