I snagged a couple more Rogue Trader era miniatures for my Guard army. Two of these specifically, (Trooper Brock and Space Punk) had been on my hit list for a while now so I’m happy to have found them for a reasonable price. I painted them up in bright greens and yellows like the rest of my guard and I think they look pretty good. I’ve really been enjoying painting single piece metal miniatures recently. It’s so much more relaxing for me when I don’t have to worry about gluing together fiddly plastic bits. And these sculpts have so much character, I love especially Trooper Brocks biker vibes and wicked cool shades.
I also picked up another GW model for my guard army that I’d been chasing for some time. Ever since I read Dan Abnett’s Double Eagle, I knew I had to paint a Thunderbolt Imperial heavy fighter for my army. Double Eagle is easily my favorite Black Library book and, honestly, one of the best scifi novels I’ve read.
Unfortunately, the Thunderbolt is a Forgeworld kit, and as such, prohibitively expensive. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great kit, and totally worth the cash if you have it to spare, I just don’t. But I did manage to acquire this on eBay:
Sigh. Big Sigh. It’s most of a Thunderbolt. Sure it’s a little busted, and missing a few rather important bits but I think I can rescue it. I’ll keep you updated in future posts with progress photos. This one’s going to take a while.