With my interest in Fallout recently reignited I decided to keep the momentum going by expanding the New California Republic Forces that my girlfriend will be fielding against my own Brotherhood of Steel faction.
I have previously painted her a number of both '
Civilian' and '
Veteran Rangers' from the
Fallout: New Vegas setting and so this time around I decided to augment these existing forces with the addition of some slightly more generic '
Patrol Rangers.'
The background for these guys originates from 1998's
Fallout 2, but their history and imagery was really solidified in the aforementioned
Fallout: New Vegas which was released by Bethesda in 2010. Their iconic feature is the unique '
Smokey the bear' hat coupled with light combat armour.
After a lot of searching I was finally able to source some suitable miniatures from
World's End Publishing; these models are entitled '
Peacekeepers' and are designed to be used with their own post-apocalyptic game which is called '
This is Not a Test.'
The models are lovely sculpts with a lot of detail crammed onto their 28mm frames, I chose to purchase a few variations in order to add some diversity to my force. I ensured that I painted them in suitably muted colours so as to reflect their survivalist background as I felt anything too bright or garish would not really fit in with their overall concept.
I am pleased with the look of these guys and I am keen to see how they perform on the battlefield against my Brotherhood Troops. There are a few more photos on my blog:
http://classicastartes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/fallout-4-ncr-patrol-rangers.html