Rogue Trader Anniversary Project

For whatever reason, GW has seriously limited enthusiasm regarding the 25th Anniversary of Rogue Trader. But we don't! I'm a big Rogue Trader nerd. So are many, many of other gamers out there, I am sure. We have had tons of fun playing a number of Rogue Trader games over the past couple of years. So even if GW is out, I think we can still mark the occasion with a small Rogue Trader project - the "Battle At The Farm".

This is the small, starter scenario from the Rogue Trader rulebook, pitting Commander Pedro Cantor and 15 Crimson Fists - survivors of a disaster that wiped out their base during an Ork invasion - against an Ork patrol of 21 troopers. It is about as un-Apocalypse as you can get. The heaviest weapon on the table is a missile launcher. Dallas has a great collection of RT Orks. We just need some Crimson Fists.

RTB-01 box - fun!

Thank goodness for eBay! A much beaten and battered box of plastic RT-era beakies has just arrived, and I'm putting together 16 models to represent Commander Cantor and his survivors.

Sprues of plastic beakie nostalgia

I picked up a few vanity shoulder pads for the figures - my experience trying to get the chapter decals on to the curved marine shoulder pads in the past has been very mixed.

First five models waiting to start their journey through the paint shop...

If the lads are amenable, I'm hoping we can do a little mini-campaign of three Rogue Trader games, starting with the original "Battle At The Farm", to mark the Rogue Trader Anniversary later this month.  These will be painted as soon as I finish another unit of Austrians.

Anyone else out there doing a game, or a project for Rogue Trader? Maybe just buying the special anniversary figure? Too bad it's Finecast...

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PS - An oversight on my part.  I forgot to mention that founding Conscript Curt C once sold these things at his hobby store in Winnipeg! Very cool.