Fortunately for me, another person happened to have the same model up for sale. It was missing its sword, and covered in quite thick paint (which I think is why I got it so cheap in the end, it wasn't particularly recognisable) but I put a bid in and got it for 1.04GBP. Bargain!
The missing sword was OK by me - I'm not such a fan of the old style blades. I replaced it with a plastic Catachan sword. I filled in the notches on the back of this with Green Stuff, and apart from a soak in some Simple Green to strip him of paint, that was about all that needed doing!
It's a pretty neat model, and hopefully it will be somewhat unique amongst my local gaming crowd! Watch this space for a picture of him painted up.
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That's a very nice miniature to find on eBay and at a great price, too! The replacement sword you used looks really good on this model.
I don't think I've seen that one before either. Can't wait to see it painted up!
@Papa JJ: I'm glad you like the sword replacement, and I hope it will look like part of the original model once it's painted. I was pretty stoked to get it so cheap - since then, I've been keeping a bit of an eye on eBay!
@the other Kevin: I'm still amazed at the number of older models out there. I know 40k has quite a long history, but I'm only new to the hobby and so it's quite exciting to find these old models which really appeal to me, and which I never knew existed!
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