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Okay gents, well I am just about finishing up my Fallen Angels Army (35% Painted), so I am starting to brainstorm on my next army. I have been pushing my BA re-do to the back burners for now, and I have decided to use all the Steel Legion/IG models I have been hording. So with that in mind, I have decided to make two armies in one. Basically my army is going to have a Russian theme. The Valhallan models are going to represent the Blob Army mentaility, while the Steel Legion models are going to be the vets, when the army is instead "Meched" up. Okay, so that brings me to the issue of two things, 1) models to use and 2) coloring.

1) I am not keen on shelling out the lot of money for GW Valhallan models, I need roughly 70-90 Valhallan models for my Blob part of my army. I love the look of the Valhallans and they fit the Russian theme so well, but I am open to suggestions on different models to use, especially cheap ones. My only requirement is that they still have the Great-coats and still semi-resemble Russian theme. I have been told about using Pig Iron Kolony Rebels with the Winter Heads sprue, which is a viable option, although I am not so sure if it will look right though.

Image for reference:



2) Coloring. Well I want to stick with WW2 Russian coloring scheme. With that in mind, I believe the coloring was essientially khaki in nature. How would I obtain that over a grand scale? I am figuring the boots would be black, as well as gloves, the guns with be black and boltgun, while the rest of the uniform would be a khaki coloring, but how would I obtain that in mass, aka any recommendations on spray-paints that would give me a good base to start with? I was figuring doing a Black Primer due to the fact that the army will be urban influenced, so I would like a darker khaki coloring to reflect that. I would also like to test out my dipping skills as well using the rip-off Army Painter pint that I bought and never used out of consumer-ignorance-rage.

Thanks Gents in advance. Once the project starts I will see about moving this over to the P&M Blogs!

No opinions on the matter?

I have decided to end up doing a White Primer, and then I will probably see about using Krylon Satin Almond coloring to give them a base coat. After which, I will probably dip them in some Army Painter (Argh!) and that should be almost good enough besides some of the minor details. Any ideas?

Have you checked out the gallery on the Pig Iron website? Ther are a few different options there which would meet your needs I think.

Can't help on the colouring though

Loving this idea! I've recently ordered some pig iron heads myself which i'm going to use on my first ever IG army. . . but this is not a thread highjack i'll save it for my own.

As for models you could use these from warmachine...






Price wise not that different from GW but worth a look.

those warmachine models look cool, i've been thinking of a different look for a guard army too

I would use those Pig Iron heads you have pictured on the Wargames Factory plastic greatcoats, they would look awesome.

If you want a real Russian themed army, you should paint their cloth Graveyard Earth and their armor Catachan Green. This is pretty close to Soviet WWII colors, and happens to look awesome. Here's some Stormtroopers I painted up to show the scheme:

I am liking the suggestions. The Wargames idea seems the best bang for the buck, but I am a bit unsure if they will look like Russians and more like WW2 Germans. Anyway, so far I am leaning towards the Kolony Milita with a nice mix in of winterhead gear. The only problem I foresee there is the fact that they are metal models I believe, so any modifications in terms of adding lasguns and such is going to be a pain. Can anybody confirm the metal model tho?


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Also, @ SRM I am unable to find any WW2 pics that support such a color scheme for the Russians.

This is what I am using for color reference: