Trooper Chow hears the news that the Emperor has slain Horus!*
"What a relief! An end to this period of dark grimness!"
I found this chap second-hand at CanCon last month. He is Trooper Chow from the original 1987 Imperial Army. It is fascinating to see how many design elements of '40K look' were locked in over thirty years ago- and also to see how quickly the standards of sculpting rose. The 'X' is, of course, for Challenge X.
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Skull-o-meter™: 0... ++does not compute++
*Sorry, spoiler
Nice work on this chap, he looks ready for something, not sure of anything that happens after 1945
Martin
Lovely stuff,the imperial army were great fun!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain!
DeleteNice trooper Barks :)
ReplyDeleteCheers, Tamsin
DeleteNice old skool figure. I really like the leather backpack
ReplyDeleteThank you, I can’t recall what Vallejo it was, but then I used AP Strong Tone
DeleteOh yeah! Old school "Imperial Army" magic! Great work Barks.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Greg!
DeleteNice work Barks!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Ray!
DeleteBooYaaah! I love seeing these old figures again. Great paintwork and the 'X' is a nice touch. Nice one Barks!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Curt! X’s are easy to paint, also.
DeleteI loved that original range of troopers, I also had that WD with the ad you've shown! Nice job on the regulation grey.
ReplyDeleteThey’re a little dated now, unfortunately.
DeleteNicely done Barks 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ken!
DeleteCracking old school fig mate!
ReplyDeleteIs your Skull-o-meter broken? :-)
It’s reading right, man!
DeleteI’ve been distracted by touring the island...