Blood for the Baron!

[Redshank]

One for the Palitoy generation...

The Red Shadows are fanatical brainwashed troopers loyal to Baron Ironblood, and sworn foes of Action Force. (This was a UK toy range spun off from Action Man in the early-mid 80s).







Put together from Anvil bits. The head isn't true to source, but I actually prefer it.

The gun is too big - imagine lugging that around. I need to explore the Anvil range to see if they do a smaller one, or find another option somewhere.

Otherwise, I think Anvil would let me do the Black Major and a sort-of Muton. I have got some ideas for Kraken and (via a headswap) for the Baron himself...

[Daeothar]

What a coincidence; I only just watched a guy on Youtube who showed off (in detail) his complete Action Force collection!

I have 3 of the original figures my mother bought for me back in the early eighties when I was a kid (apparently they were a thing over here too, right along GI Joe to boot), but I never knew from which line they were. So I was elated to finally learn their origin.

It actually was a fun line, mix and matching toys and figures from a range of different original lines into a coherent whole.

I now recognize the red uniform of the bad guy troopers, thanks to that Youtuber; great work on that! Curious to see how you'll do the Baron's interesting headgear

[Cypher226]

Nice work! 

You've reminded me I've got a bag full of 3d printed Red Shadows helmets waiting to be applied to Warlord WW2 Germans 

Despite numerous requests from the modern gaming community, Anvil sadly seem unwilling to even explore the possibility of rescaling their guns for a more realistic look    For better sized guns, I've seen good results the Warlord plastic special forces on the Anvil bodies (on this very forum, I believe), or you could try TAG or Full Metal Miniatures for their separate weapons.