With the ink barely dry on the Action Force treaty, the fledgling military unit
was called into action in the Antarctic. Being a continent over
which no nation has control and governed by international treaty
which prohibits military activity by individual nations, Action Force was effectively the
only unit which could investigate attacks on research outposts by a
man calling himself "Baron Ironblood". At this early stage, the 4 fighting arms were not yet established and Action Force was still a disparate mix of different soldiers.
It was not an auspicious start for Action Force - ambushed by
"Red Shadow" infantry working for the Baron, the Sea Kings
of the investigating marines were riddled with bullets.

Quick
thinking by one Action Force officer killed the ambush party but not
before the Colonel leading the operation was killed. The
remaining Sea Kings were destroyed by anti-aircraft missiles launched
from a hidden submarine and wave after wave of Red Shadows
overwhelmed the survivors of the expedition. Only 2 Action
Force troops survived, John Shepherd and Chas Dillon, both
experienced Royal Marines who had been plucked from their SBS
training to join the new unit. Baron Ironblood employed
brainwashing techniques on both men and eventually Shepherd turned on
his former colleague and joined the Baron. Now known as the
Black Major, Shepherd became Ironblood's trusted right hand man,
leading the Red Shadows in many attacks. He was at the
forefront of their attack on a small Andean village which Ironblood
had chosen to house his new lair.



My Black Major is a Peter Pig German officer. It's a fairly simple colour scheme, Vallejo matt black with a Humbrol 32 dark grey drybrush. The boots are Vallejo black which for some reason always comes out gloss. In this instance, I made a point of using it so that his boots stand out from his uniform. Vallejo Dwarf Flesh face with mixed sepia/flesh wash and an Elf Flesh highlight. The officers' cap is GW Red Gore with a Vallejo sepia ink wash, as are the shoulder markings. A skull-and-crossbones logo on the chest finishes him off.
And a dastardly villain he is.
ReplyDeleteTurned out superb!
ReplyDeleteExcellent version of him!
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ReplyDeleteOfficer in an approved "Pointing and shouting" pose. Well done, Sir!
Kind regards, Chris.
Lovely work, and an excellent interpretation of the Black Major. :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Both the conversion and the paint job rock!
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