Friday 24 October 2014

Rogue Trader Whirlwind - Salamanders

The latest addition to my Rogue Trader army has now rolled off the production line and is ready to deal death to the enemies of the Imperium from its multiple rocket launchers. This is an original whirlwind that was released in 1992, so just within the timeframe to fit in with Rogue Trader (second edition came out a year later in 1993).

I have painted it to fit in with the rest of my Salamanders armour with a lot of hand painted glyphs and some classic chevroning....


I love this classic variant on the original Rhino chassis and it will fit in nicely with my Predators and Land Raider and I have tried to paint it to fit in with this original theme.



As you may have read in my last post I'm actually quite impressed with the new seventh edition rule set and so I have now been considering re-structuring my old school Salamanders army to play games of the compatible Horus Heresy rule set. The rules are pretty similar but the structure of Space Marine Legion Armies is substantially different to Codex Chapters. In light of this this Whirlwind will be re-designated as a Scorpios! 


The Scorpios is far more powerful than the standard Whirlwind, upping it to Strength 8 and AP3. Meaning that finally my Astartes have some artillery that can really eliminate power armoured troops!


Overall I am happy with this new tank....next I need to churn outside some more infantry in order to meet the squad requirements for a 30k legion force... I best break out the RTB01 beakies for a paint job!

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11 comments:

  1. Suber24 October 2014 at 07:12

    Once again I fall in love with your tanks. What a powerful inspiring view they offer.

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    1. LegioCustodes27 October 2014 at 11:14

      Many thanks mate; it is great to get some paint on these beautiful old models!!

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  2. Tiny Basement Wars24 October 2014 at 18:42

    Great job. The green is so smooth, and the yellow and black really pop!

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    1. LegioCustodes27 October 2014 at 11:15

      Many thanks mate; I do love this old colour scheme; I think it's better than the shiny green of modern salamanders!

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  3. Josh Page21 August 2017 at 10:09

    How are your Salamanders doing now days? Would love to see a group photo of everything together!

    I know this is now a rather old post but was the whirlwind not released in 1995?

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    1. LegioCustodes21 August 2017 at 10:23

      Hello mate! They are doing okay; though I've recently moved house so hey are currently boxed up! I'll try and do a group shot at some point when I get the chance! For some reason I thought it was earlier... I'm thinking around 1992

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    2. Josh Page21 August 2017 at 13:04

      Looking forward to seeing the the force as a whole!

      I've just doubled checked and it's listed in white dwarf 185 (May 95) as a new release for 40k :(

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  4. Floyd Lawton31 March 2019 at 06:56

    Sorry to be 5 years late to a discussion, but the whirlwind was in WD as a conversion guide with templates many years before the actual kit was released for 2nd edition. I'd have to pull my old issues, but it was definitely somewhere in the 1990-1991 issues. So everyone's right :-)

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    1. LegioCustodes31 March 2019 at 09:57

      Better late than never! You’re right; I remember that. I think they used the old rectangular bases as the components for the launcher.

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  5. Floyd Lawton31 March 2019 at 06:59

    Also, I've been catching up on your archives (obviously since I'm commenting on very old blog posts) and your work is really amazing. I been playing the game and reading WD since 1991 and your paint jobs and blog posts really capture the spirit of everything I found so amazing as a 12 year old kid. Thanks for the great blog and all the old warm fuzzy feelings I have tied up in RT

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    1. LegioCustodes31 March 2019 at 09:58

      Cheers Floyd! I’m glad you’re enjoying it!! I how the rest of the posts live up to expectations!

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