These six 15mm miniatures are nowadays sold by “Alternative Armies” as part of their "The Ion Age" selection deal IAF008 Retained Knight Post Charlie, and are all armed with Angis Rifles. Operating within the Prydian Army as Lances of twenty-two men, I've actually painted these figures to proxy some Horus Heresy Blood Angels from the "Warhammer 40K" universe as part of “Forgotten Heroes” month.
Resultantly, each trio of metal models was based upon a medium-sized plastic "Flames Of War" stand by “Battlefront Miniatures” and undercoated with "Vallejo" Heavy Red. I then heavily washed the ‘beaky’ space marines with "Citadel" Carroburg Crimson before dry-brushing them with (more) "Vallejo" Heavy Red.
Each figure's formidable-looking firearm was subsequently layered with "Citadel" Abaddon Black, and later treated to a combination of “Vallejo" Gunmetal and “Citadel” Nuln Oil. I also took a size 000 “Winsor & Newton University Brush Series 233 and placed a small amount of “Citadel” Abaddon Black along the eye-ridge of each miniature’s helmet to provide their visors with the suggestion of shadow.
Lastly, I had to take some Green Stuff and make several long, thin sausages which I could wrap around the super-chunky stands of the models. This two-component modelling clay was then flattened at a somewhat sharp angle to help each Retained Knight attain a smoother surface with the medium base before it was gritted with fine sand, painted and eventually flocked with static grass.
I had actually hoped to have progressed a few more infantry stands for “Forgotten Heroes” by now, as well as completed a handful of resin support vehicles too. However, having discovered that I had apparently exhausted my supply of certain figure poses and Black Adder Combat Lifters, I realised that I would need to seek “Alternative Armies” help in providing some ‘reinforcements’ if I was to add a bit more variety to the look of my ‘beaky’ marines.
Unfortunately, despite the company sending me my additional infantry miniatures, some super-sized Grey Adder APC Battle Taxi Lifters, and some much-appreciated freebie Space Brains in quick order, I was mistakenly sent some Combat Cars rather than the Combat Lifters I was after. This error was quickly addressed, but has somewhat dampened my enthusiasm for the project, and I am still waiting for my three Fretan-type Railgun turreted vehicles to arrive…
Good deep red on those Blood Angels. They look great grouped up and based. I hope your correct models arrive soon so you can carry on with the project.
It is annoying when companies get your order wrong, though they mostly sort these things out pretty quickly, sometimes you are working to a deadline (even if it's self imposed), and that is the worst bit!
They do however look really good, and make great 15mm proxies of the old GW space marines. Years ago I got some 15mm space marines from MJ Figures for review, they were really nice and spot on look-a-likes for the originals (they did Space Orks as well), though they were soon told to "cease and desist" by the "evil empire!"😁
He was a nice bloke the proprietor of MJ, but I think he was told to stop producing stuff by more companies than anyone…
Oooh, it's like a flashback to ye olden days of Rogue Trader, and I mean that as a compliment :-) Really nice work on these, the red looks great and they're perfect as proxies for Citadel's minis.
I too am suffering from waiting-for-the-mail at the mo, the bits I need to finish a conversion for Forgotten Heroes are, according to Ebay, still in Houston despite being due here in Vermont last week. It's bloody annoying, but as Dave says, don't despair.
Great work on the proxy Blood Angels Simon, you've achieved a nice tone of red on the models, do hope you find the enthusiasm to carry on with the project