Friday, 9 October 2015

Unreleased female Space Marine (1993): the Bryan Ansell collection

During the time I've spent trawling through Bryan Ansell's collection of Citadel Miniatures castings, looking for unusual and unreleased figures, I've uncovered a few gems. The feature of today's post is certainly one of them!

From 1993 I present to you an unreleased female Space Marine:




And here's the view from the rear- check out the hair!


And those high-heel boots! What every fashion-conscious female Space Marine needs:


She bears some iconography on her right shoulder that I'm not familiar with. Admittedly I'm not well-versed in the iconography of the various Space Marine Chapters, but if anyone recognises this design please leave a message in the comments section.


The figure has a slotta tab that is blank on the front and rear, but I can date it to 1993 because this master casting was found in a sealed package of castings that were sent to Bryan with a letter that was dated 1993.

By the way, I have no idea who the sculptor is so if anyone thinks they recognise the style please leave a comment.
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26 comments:

  1. Asslessman9 October 2015 at 13:00

    Never would have thought I'd have a solid answer to "how does an east-german athlete in power armour look like. ?"
    Thanks for providing a pictur eof the answer, I'm unable to tell what the icon stand for though...

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  2. magog0019 October 2015 at 13:04

    the sword puts me in mind of the celtos range from urban mammoth so maybe the sculptor is chas elliot?

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  3. Chico Danks9 October 2015 at 14:06

    That is one Fugly mini.. yet strangly I still want one heh :0

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  4. Urion Franz9 October 2015 at 14:12

    Interesting miniature. You guys have never seen the "female" symbol before? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_symbol

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    1. Dukeleto9 October 2015 at 22:37

      Yeah its the feminine symbol, with wings!

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  5. timpollard9 October 2015 at 14:18

    The icon is just the 'female' gender symbol with added wings...

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Female_black_symbol.svg/2000px-Female_black_symbol.svg.png

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  6. TashaG9 October 2015 at 14:25

    It's the female sign with wings that are evocative of the Dark Angels.

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  7. Mike9 October 2015 at 14:28

    The icon appears to be the "female"/Venus symbol with wings.

    That's, uh, pretty lame...

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  8. OrlandotheTechnicoloured9 October 2015 at 14:57

    The symbol just seems to be the 'female' venus symbol with some wings added https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_symbol, rather than anything GW ran with

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  9. londoninflames9 October 2015 at 15:28

    how can something so awful be so cool!

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  10. Mr Papafakis9 October 2015 at 16:06

    It's got the makings of a good mini, but as it is it's a bit meh :(

    First thing I'd do is get rid of the dagger & leg tabard.

    Any inkling as to if it'll get released?

    Cheers.

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  11. Annihilus9 October 2015 at 17:28

    HEY GUYS, IT'S THE FEMALE/VENUS SYMBOL WITH WINGS. NOBODY HAS POINTED IT OUT YET SO I AM.

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  12. matthewjksullivan9 October 2015 at 17:46

    I also really like her primitive looking bolter.
    I don't recognize the shoulder markings, but I wonder if it's female specific, given that it sort of looks like the "Venus" astrological symbol.

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  13. Firthy 749 October 2015 at 23:01

    I presume this didn't get released as the figure doesn't fit into any GW canon of the time - and at that time (unlike in the late 80's) citadel stuff HAD to fit into GW canon in some way or another. It was this change (in addition to dumbing down rules and chunky sculpting) that saw me move away from GW. I did regret that to an extent because I missed a chance to buy the brilliant DoW figures the Perry's did in the late 90's...

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  14. James Polichak10 October 2015 at 00:15

    while i can understand the urge to look away from this model, that symbol is probably a small Imperial Cross with a circle above it, hence the circular rivet-type bit in the middle of the + and the line in between the + and the O parts, arranged as ye Olde Terran symbole for Venus.

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  15. R Singers10 October 2015 at 09:22

    I messaged Chaz on facebook and asked if it was one of his.

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  16. R Singers10 October 2015 at 10:34

    Chaz thought it might be Jez Goodwin.

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  17. Exiztenzial10 October 2015 at 11:09

    I think the sculptor is either Naismith or Copplestone. I lean toward Naismith.

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  18. Alan13 October 2015 at 20:16

    It bears a resemblance to Dave Andrews' early Khorne Marines. Ugmo miniature, but an interesting find nonetheless!

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  19. Unknown11 October 2017 at 13:51

    This is from the same Era that gave us The Chaos Toilet, Space Santa and the Christmas Marine, it was clearly not intended to be a 'canon' mini but rather a joke mini.

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  20. Unknown16 October 2017 at 12:37

    Kev White proclaimed it his on Facebook. I want a squad of these.

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  21. Unknown16 October 2017 at 15:12

    It looks like the female symbol fused with the inverted ultramarines omega over wings but the female symbol is very ultra marine ish

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  22. Anonymous17 October 2017 at 17:20

    This is epic! I love these old mins! I happen to have a Caleb Dark I'm very fond of!

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  23. Unknown1 September 2018 at 03:50

    Does he have the mold to cast more? Will he have it scanned for a 3d printer? I and a few friends would like to know!

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