Radium Falls Militia and Chums

[puddingwrestler]

Here are some pics of the Radium Falls Militia. Radium Falls is a mining settlement run by the Radium Falls Mining Co. The militia are really just a mob of angry miners with guns, but RFMC also runs a security force with better gear. There's also a Merc unit stationed there for added punch.

Militia Red Squad; a mix of GZG figures bought from Eureka Miniatures (they are near my parents' house, so very convenient for me)



RFMC Security Forces; these guys are Eureka Ventaurans.



Prototype Merc colours on some Power Armour troops. I've changed them around a bit.


The whole force as it stood on the weekend.


The beginings of the Ghost Legion Mercs armor:



There are also a few civilian/militia vehicles which I scratch built during the 'GruntZ is Awesome! GruntZ is Awesome! GruntZ is Awesome! And it'll be about two weeks before my figures arrive from the UK...' phase.

The hover tanker; those a googly eyes for hover pods. It's mostly painted, but I need to print some decals for it still.


The armoured might of Lance Corporal Jones (yes, the Militia do tool around in a SF version of Jonesey's van!)


Again, the van is ready for paint, but the decals are not printed yet. I hope to do that today.
There's also another truck, but it's barely started, and a kitbashed VTOL which I am building for a Group Build contest on the What-If Modelers' Forum. Since it's part of a contest, I'd better not post pics here. You can link to it here.

Next on the table I plan to be building some 15mm terrain, and then a space pirate force using heavily modified toy cars for a sort of Fifth Elelemtn hover car look. Obviously, they will be much larger, I intend to use them as medium VTOLs or some such.

[dassenkop]

I like what you have done with the red breaking up the bleu on the vehicles. Also the battlearmor units has great combination. I've attempted some bleu bases on models as well but never thought of a combination with darkred - this seems to work though.

I'm still strugling with a paintscheme. When I use a camo scheme the dark colors tend to create a 'blob' and all the detail on the model is lost. Do your paintschemes have a similar tendency when placed on the table?

Robin introduced an option in some of his painting tutorials, i.e. apply tiny off white spot on 'strategic' locations on the models, that I will try some day. Perhaps this gets me away from the 'blob' effect.

[puddingwrestler]

From a distance, the red bits are less visible, but since the tank is almost all blue anyway, it doesn't noticably make it look worse.
Another good way to make camo schemes more obvious at a distance (this works on 28mm, a mate has used it, dunno about 15mm) is to place a lighter outline around the camo shapes.

[puddingwrestler]

The tanks and walkers are now done apart from varnish. I created the decals in Inkscape (it's free and easy!) and printed them on a mighty laser printer of might and power.
The medium tank has had it's turret magnetized so I can pose it; it's barrel is metal so it's far to heavy to just sit there without falling forward. The APC has a lighter turret, so it just sits in it's slot. Both tanks will be glued to their bases after varnishing.
I've also got the militia van almost finished, should be able to post some pics later tonight some time.

[puddingwrestler]

Well, this didn't take as long as I expected, or I'd have held of on the last post and put it all up at once.
Behold the armoured might of Lance Corporal Jones, Radium Falls Militia!

[puddingwrestler]

This got finished last night as well, but I forgot to post it... sigh.

[Idle Scholar]

Your scratch build skills are top notch!

[dflynsqrl]

I really like that hover tanker. Well done!

[czarblood]

love the blue and red , very crimson fist , my first foray into modelling many years ago , before I found 15mm.

great

[puddingwrestler]

Here's the completed Ghost Legion. Paint is a mix of Citadel and Vallejo. Decals are custom printed. Bases are buttons. And yes, I realise they don't match. I mixed paint wrong on the infantry.







The first school outing will be tommorow. But it'll just be a learning game, so really just two or so squads per side. We won't have time for more.

[comstar]

Nice it looks good and from the pictures paint colour difference doesn't notice
Hope you enjoy the game ;D

Cheers Matt