One of the things I love about the OWAC and the Oldhammer movement more generally is that it gives me an excuse to collect, paint and play with miniatures in much the way I did as a kid.
There's no one telling me I'm collecting, painting or playing 'wrong' and no massive multinational corporation trying to get me to buy their latest thing.
If I like something, and it fits with the setting and the story I'm telling, it's in.
On the downside this is a somewhat unstructured, scatter-gun approach to wargaming. Which is fine with me.
To that end here is my entry to OWAC 9: the Rogues from Beyond the Stars. Space Pirates!
Group Shot.
Old GW Rogue Trader Space Pirates / Adventurers. These have been in my collection pretty much forever and they really deserve some paint, having waited so long.
Some Geedub goodness and some more recent figs. My leader model in the center is a BOYL mini - perfect as a Space Pirate boss!
Space Mutants by Bigmrtong - the main inspiration for this army.
Old Grenadier armed civilians - suitable as space ruffians and ne'er-do-wells, at a push .
More Bigmrtong minis - privateers and space brigands. I have a few more of these but I already started painting them.
Leader types, aliens and psykers.
Imperial Robots - captured and reprogrammed. These didn't quite make it into my last Rogue Trader OWAC entry - hopefully they'll make it in here.
Finally the artwork that, obviously, inspired this madness.
I also have a few other bits and bobs that didn't make the photos - mainly vehicles - an RT Predator and Rhino and some Toon Tanks. I might include them, if the mood takes me, though most likely they'll wait for a MKVI beaky Space Marine army in a future OWAC.
Anyway, on to the painting. "Avast you planet-lubbers and break out the hyper-rum me space hearties, Yaaaar !!"
ReplyDeleteI didn’t expect to find this here, but wow… some images really stay in your head. For anyone interested, I found more here. https://imagetwist.com/flxm7njhge99/Screenshot_1.jpg
Amazing! This'll be a great project. I agree, there's so much freedom and potential in Oldhammer, looks like you're seizing the opportunity well!
ReplyDeleteLoads of nostalgia in this project! I'm a big fan of the Space Pirate / Adventurer range and you've built up a great collection round them to max out the RT vibes. Looking forward to seeing this project come together!
ReplyDeleteLook great! a lot of fashinating miniatures here. I like the idea of an army of Adventurer
ReplyDeleteOh my, this is pure Rogue Trader! Absolutely love everything about it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun project! I also admired the figures made based on those pictures earlier, and it’s great that you decided to create an army inspired by them. This will certainly be interesting. Best of luck on the journey!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love MBT sculpts, and I'm looking forward to seeing how you paint yours! Good luck with this great project!
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