The Space Hobbo - Oldhammer Legacy Warband 2015

OK so it's the time of year when I wake up and try and fulfill my promises. One of my commitment was to model something for the Oldhammer 2015 legacy warband. After painting my transgender Asgard barbarian last year for the 2014 warband (see this and this if you don't get the meaning of it), I had to paint a turquoise pirate for Rogue trader.

I knew I wanted my pirate to be immediately recognisable as coming from Rogue trader so after some thoughts, I went for a plastic marine body from the RTB01box.

Since none of the heads were looking like I wanted, I opted for a plastic modern Space Wolf head (kindly donated by a generous belgian member) and opted for the full 80's way with the help of some putty. I wanted my Space pirate to be a mixture of all those icons below (I hope I'm not teaching you who they are) :

Lemmy Kilmister

Oh and I wanted some little RT reference just to add to the RT cred :

Rings a bell ? No ? Drunken pirates in powered armour ? Blokes drinking beer with their powered gloves ON ?

Yeah, I knew you'd get it.

Since the colour chosen by the community was turquoise, I seized the opportunity to get an old friend out of the closet :

I got that pot when it was released so that must be something like 21 years ago or so. The rest of the components were what you'd expect :

For the pose I knew I had to respect one detail :

RT601 space pirates (Taken from Solegend)

See how most pirates seem like old men with their bent back and their moustache ? Who am I to break the codes edicted by greater men than I'll ever be ?

So I had to make my pirate a hunchback with moustache.

With the vast amount of talent (and glue) that is mine, the bits turned into this :

Painting wise you can see I didn't opt for a true retro look. I never really do because it's not really a painting method I enjoy so I usually go for my usual mix of old and new techniques. This time I decided that a pirate in powered armour had to have worn out equipment instead of the well looked after kind you'd find in a marine chapter thanks to the techpriest and other space mecanics.

The turquoise does not look turquoise enough for me after all the weathering so I hope he'll look OK amongst the other entries.

I left the base untouched as it's part of the challenge rules so that the winner of the whole group can base them all in his favoured fashion (I'll base them all in my usual style, do not worry).

The poor guy doesn't even have any fireweapon left, he must have drunk it or gambled it, who knows ?

Good thing is, a boltgun is the kind of item you can easily get your hands on when you have some spare credits and a few connections...

Brannon Solo has lead a life of mercenary for years now, he barely remembers the girl he left behind and the 2 kids he granted her (or was it 3 ?). Anyway, getting his hands on a fully operational suit of powered armour in a bar fight (who started that one ?), Brannon started getting more jobs than he usually had. His bluntness combined with his very loose sense of self protection (encouraged by his suit) has made him honour nearly as much contracts as he has failed... (some bad mouths will tell you he gets his contracts because it's public knowledge half the time he forgets to ask his due because he's too drunk after the mission... but this is not the kind of place where such mean accusations get relayed sorry).

Brannon has NEARLY worked for Camilla Weis, the renowned Rogue trader...

"move one more step towards me and I'll shoot... the smell of your breath is an offense to the emperor himself..."

 He's had relative success with women... of a certain kind...

"You know it's twice the price for drunkards like you so make your choice honey..."

He's made invaluable friends... friends so close he doesn't even have to ask their name...

"I'm feeling so friggin' great !"

 And he enjoys the support of trustfull business partners after years of good service :

"50 credits for a power pack ! Emperor damnit !  D'ya want the death of me or what !"

Yep, you can tell the life of a space pirate is one worthy of stories and songs !

Now if you feel like winning this model and the others designed by talented and friendly folks, head to the Oldhammer forum and send your own entry !