Red Scorpion

[majorsmith]

There might be some 'not red shadows' on the market in the next few months but I can say no more

cool, im in for some!

[Danny the Chimp]

This is just gorgeous.

I'd admit to being jealous, but I'll just seeth quietly instead! 

Looks really great. Want to paint me an army of them? 

[commissarmoody]

O this is some great stuff. ^_^

[Sinewgrab]

The Red Shadows were far cooler than Cobra.

There might be some 'not red shadows' on the market in the next few months but I can say no more. 

I don't know - I will always have a soft spot in my heart for them - that's what we need in 28mm. The forces of Cobra!

[white knight]

Did you check out Soapy's Action Force project?
http://actionforcevsredshadows.blogspot.com/

Some great stuff:

[muppetman]

Did you check out Soapy's Action Force project?
http://actionforcevsredshadows.blogspot.com/

Some great stuff:

Oh yes.. it was his blog that put me on the Red Shadow path, some great work!

[white knight]

Yes. Foundry WW2. He's got lots more, including some figures sculpted from scratch.

[anevilgiraffe]

Having just had a look at the comic the artists did base the shads uniforms on those well dressed cads the Nazis.

the Action Force toys were a mini Action Man range that was rebranded...
the historical figures were repainted, sometimes with minor resculpts and rereleased as Action Force vs Red Shadows... hence the Muton being the deep sea diver figure, the Red Shadows being German Infantry, Red Laser was the US sculpt for Cobra Commander that Palitoy got on the cheap.... the relaunch then spawned the comic

am very keen on some not-Shadows... my attempts at converting some germans failed miserably.... who, what and when though?

[anevilgiraffe]

sorry muppetman, should probably have said that that is bloody fine... not a fan of the MaKs usually, but that works so well as something the Baron would have designed... top stuff...

[muppetman]

sorry muppetman, should probably have said that that is bloody fine... not a fan of the MaKs usually, but that works so well as something the Baron would have designed... top stuff...

Many thanks.. Great blog btw

[dragonforge]

Nice work, who makes the Ma.k suit by the way?

[Trysop]

Hello,

I ended up following Soapys lead and using foundy WW2 germans as the basis for my red shadows. I had a good look about at other ranges and they still seemed to be the best to use as they were the cleanest looking minis (not too much extra sculpted on) and most like the original figures in terms of kit.

They only downside is that as they are an old foundry range they are  touch small, but really that is a bit of a non issue.

Now I need to get them painted!

[anevilgiraffe]

I wanted better guns for mine though... rifles seem a bit meh... they had AK's in the comics and bazookas in the toys!

[Trysop]

I wanted better guns for mine though... rifles seem a bit meh... they had AK's in the comics and bazookas in the toys!

I had similar thoughts about the weapons, but could not find any minis i could convert that had the right look for the uniform and webbing and had better guns

I thought the rifles would be less wrong looking on the mini than if I had gone with something with the right gun but wrong uniform and equipment. But it is a personal prefernece really.

I would love to see more pics of of red shadows made from other manufacturers minis to see how they turn out. I kind of fancy making some that are a bit more "realistic", but i had better finish what i have alreayd converted first!

[area23]

I can only show you my WIPs from Black Tree germans.
I think the submachine guns work well enough.

More pics click here:

They're a bit rough sculpts though, and look like cast from old moulds. I'd use Crusader too, but they're probably too small.
One hell of a job though, making the masks and helmets.
The Baron is a Copplestone B.o.B. german and two grenadier/Em4 skeletrons.
http://area-23.blogspot.com/