Thursday, July 4, 2013

Rebel Minis Red Guard - Solomani Enough for You?



I've just seen the new 15mm release from Rebel Minis and I'm newly inspired to paint up a batch of Solomani Confederation troops to tussle with my (Third) Imperials.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-51356505839231_2268_971683
Rebel Miniatures Red Guard

These little beauties are strongly reminiscent of those illustrated by Blair Reynolds in the DGP Solomani and Aslan book - and I think he captured the look of a parallel development, compared to the 3I, while maintaining an esthetic distinction.

About ten years ago, when getting into 15mm sci-fi (thanks to Jon Tuffley and GZG-Con) I began to build elements of my ConFed army - vehicles were easiest, especially grav tanks and grav sleds - but finding ground troops with the right animus was difficult.  Rebel Minis has resolved this issue for me...Ω


2 comments:

dylan said...

They have the right look, but I'm put off by the lack of support weapons.

kmfrye2001 said...

well, perhaps in time Rebel Minis will correct that. Until then, plenty of GZG bits to swap in.

I have some AFVs I was pottering about with that I'll have to finish now to give the lads a lift.