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[Image] 15mm Khurasan Marine test models - the fellow in the middle has a heavy blaster First up, sorry about the crummy photos.  I tried to lighten them up etc. but it just wasn't working.  All the same, one last post on the 15mm single-based sci-fi efforts.  Khurasan makes some "Corporate Marines", which will make a good OPFOR to the "Red Faction" (on top of the sinister Control Battalion).  I painted a few test models, and here are a couple of pictures.

[Image] Rear shot of the Khurasan marines These figures are gorgeuous - the look of the armour, and weapons, is very sleek and high-tech without looking silly/too Eldar.

Since the picture didn't really turn out (I swear, it seems fine on the camera), I can tell you the colours are intended to be muted grey, with a dark-OD-style green for the weapons, and a little splash of colour.  I used GW paints on the armour - Shadow Grey, with Codex Grey and Fortress Grey highlights.  The gun was Dark Angels Green as a base, then Catachan Green, with Americana'a "Avocado" for a final highlight.  The fig was then washed with the ubiquitous GW Devlan Mud (love that stuff).

Like all Khurasan figures, the quality of these models is second-to-none.  I look forward to rounding out these token test models into a small platoon.  Khurasan also has some cool APCs and a large war droid/combat robot to support the marines.  The APCs look great (watch for some of those on this blog in the future).  The robot is interesting, but I may try other things if I ever want to provide something that large for these guys at some point.

[Image] 15mm pilot from 15mm.co - ready to serve as an objective Finally, as a scenario-objective figure, I painted a pilot. This is a figure from 15mm.co.uk.  They have an interesting variety of 15mm sci-fi figures - check them out.  The quality of the casting is solid, and they have some really neat sculpts to choose from.

I went with the pilot from the Starfighter Crew as I thought the first time these 15mm guys get a run, we will probably try Tomorrow's War, and that starter scenario with the downed pilot.  Pilots make great objectives - always getting into trouble, and forcing real soldiers to get involved...