The following miniatures are from the very first army that I ever painted: "The Red Death", a Combine army for Steve Jackson Games' Ogre Miniatures. The colors are a bit garish for my present tastes, and the painting and assembly wasn't as neat as it could be, but I'm still quite pleased with these guys. I ended up using just about anything that I could get my hands on for the Red Death, so about half of the miniatures are GW Eldar -- a totally different style of miniature. I have a lot of unpainted Eldar too, so the Red Death is likely to lose a lot of units sometime soon.
First, there's the ever popular (and useful) Heavy Tank, with both top and side views. Bright, isn't it? And notice the slightly crooked turret? It's worth noting that the bright red scheme stands out really nicely on a green table; I have yet to lose any of these guys in the table scenery.
It would be pretty simple to make these tanks a bit fancier. I could add some weird camouflage pattern, give them stripes or unit markings...but I won't. Simple though they are, I like these tanks.
This GEV is the reason that I first started collecting Ogre miniatures. It's just looks neat, and if that's not a reason to paint a figures, what is? I could use some more of these models; you can never really have enough GEVs, if you ask me. It's a true shame that Ral Partha never produced Combine GEV-PCs, as I'm sure that they would be something to see. At the moment, I'm using plastic Renegade Legion figures to make up the lack.
This is not the Red Death's Ogre, since that particular model flatly refused to scan. This is "Galahad", a Mark V Ogre of indeterminate allegiance. I botched the paint job on this figure, and managed to lose two of the secondary batteries while stripping the paint. Right down the drain, and let that be a lesson to you all! After some debate (and lots of cursing), I decided to paint this Ogre up as battle damaged. I used a Dremel Tool to drill some small holes in him, and replaced the lost batteries with pieces of brass tubing. I didn't bother to try to replicate the muzzles of the guns, but instead just broke them off short and painted them as though they had been blown off.
A Mark IV Ogre, painted in a simple camouflage scheme. Like the Mark V above, he has no particular allegiance, and can be used with whichever side needs him in a given scenario. As of yet, he has not been gamed with. I hope to change this very soon.
A Fencer cybertank, painted up to match my Paneuropean forces. Like all of my ogres, the front and back halves have been permanently joined together by judicious use of Milliput and brass strips. The joint is quite strong, and has shown no sign of failing.
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A Paneuropean GEV, flanked by a rather fuzzy LGEV. Of all of the Ogre miniatures, the basic GEV is my favorite design. Why? I haven't the slightest idea.
A GEV-PC, flanked by an infantry stand. The picture is a bit dark, but I'm just pleased that I was able to get a perspective shot like this using a flatbed scanner. The Infantry figures are plastic GW Space Marines -- the scale is good, and I have tons of them.
The newest addition to the page: Shere Khan, a Class III Ogre. This was just an experiment to see how a tiger-striped unit would look, and I'm very pleased with the results. It looks pretty good in the scan, but it looks much better on the tabletop. When I get a proper digital camera, I'll have to take some better pictures.
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