Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition ~ Death Guard 1991 by Jes Goodwin #4

Greetings, today we have a look at the leader of my budding Death Guard Warband. The figure is a mild conversion of Jes Goodwin's iconic Death Guard Chaos Space Marine from 1991. It is truly one of my favourite sculpt of the era and shows just how ahead of the curve Jes was at the time with his sculpts. This miniature locks in the iconic Death Guard look, that would carry on for 35 years into the contemporary plastic era. The colour scheme; like the rest of the collection; is from the 1994 Eavy Metal painting guide, which uses the same miniature for the tutorial. Hopefully I have done it some measure of tribute with my interpretation. 

Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition ~ Death Guard Traitor Terminator #3

The Rogue Trader Terminators (Imperial or Traitor) by Jes Goodwin are among my favourite sculpts of the Rogue Trader era. With their iconic bull dog helmets, chunky profile and brutal looking weapons, they stood apart from the older range of standard power armour sculpts of the time. And yet despite my absolute love for the sculpts, it would take thirty plus years to pluck up the courage to paint my ones. While I had manage to paint some of the Imperial version; including a Cyclone Missile Launcher (yet to be posted), I had never attempted the Traitor or assault weapons versions. This year I decided to rectify that.

Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition ~ Death Guard #2

We are back this week with another Dave Andrews Plague Marine miniature. As with last week, this is from the 1993 release, which I view as a transitional Chaos Space Marine miniature. The 1993 range deviates a little bit from Jes Goodwin's Iconic Death Guard sculpt, but does retain or add some of the more typical details we would associate with later Death Guard/Plague Marine miniatures i.e the wooden panels on the bolt gun (how chic!), groin guard, helmet spike and of course battle damage/weathering. Interestingly though this figure sports a more standard MK7 helmet breathing grill as opposed to breathing pipes or filter caps, perhaps to make greater emphasize that these are 'bad guy' versions of the popular Imperial Space Marines. The 1994 multi part versions would fully move away from the 'bunny teeth' grill to give the range it's own unique identity.

I had a huge amount of fun painting the other member of this set, so decided early on that I wanted to paint a standard, unconverted set. So no conversion this time, I do however have a spare one sitting on the desk with a head and weapons swap which will be finished at some point. Like a lot of miniatures of that time, it is a single piece cast with a separate backpack and I think I did actually use one of my original metal backpacks to finish him.

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Thanks for reading,

Chris 

Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition ~ Death Guard #1

 Greetings and welcome to the start of a new(ish) project. The blog has been neglected for quite some time, due to the simplicity of Social Media posting, but recently I have been really wanting to revisit my little blog. If you have been following me on either Facebook or Instagram, then this project will not be anything new. If however this is your first time seeing the figures, welcome!

I have actually been working my way through multiple 'Oldhammer' projects since lockdown, which include Rogue Trader Imperial Guard, Dark Angels and Dwarves - all of which will be updated here Autumn onwards. It's quite daunting looking back at miniatures and projects that essentially started in excess of 30 years ago but never saw completion. What on earth have I been doing with my time!

Now, will I paint every single figure I have amassed since 1989? Probably not, but for the ones I do end up painting, I will give it my best.

Gallery: Rackham Confrontation ~ Dwarves of Mid-Nor Demon Tower

 

Its been a tumultuous 5 years, but I am finally in a position to both paint miniatures and share it. Today's offering is a classic miniature from French miniatures game Confrontation by the sadly defunct Rackham Games - although there are whispers of a reboot.

This is the Demon Tower for the Dwarves of Mid-Nor faction, essentially evil dwarves with gribbly monsters. The miniature is entirely made of metal and probably weighs in similar to a 2nd ed Space Marine Dreadnought. A challenging, but rewarding piece, its loaded with details as to be expected from a Rackham piece.

Miniature was painted for a private customer 2025

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