Knights and Iron Ace

There is a forgotten comic book character called Iron Ace.  A WWII British RAF pilot who takes on the armor of Charlemagne to fight invaders.  One of many enemies he fights is a giant Nazi robot called Black Mail. 

Here is a partial page for the battle between Iron Ace and Black Mail.

Noted Toy Soldier Enthusiast Billy Hill sent me some magnificent Armored Knights when I asked him about what would work for Black Mail.  Thank you Billy Hill for your kind gift.  They are very action packed figures, molded in plastic.

I painted one of each pose in turquoise and the other in magenta.  Then a couple go overs with the black wash to bring out more detail and look like the knight in the comic.

Not sure what I will do with all these figures, but I suspect maybe Black Mail will be one of many enemy robot soldiers, or perhaps the Allies developed their own in a different color.  Or maybe use these as stand alone figures against dragons or something.

One guy was missing his sword so I gave him a hammer.

Most of my super hero figures get a black base that is a triangle, quadrilateral, or hexagon.

I think these are very nice figures.

Thanks again to Billy Hill for making this possible!

The 1/72nd scale figure here is a Caesar Miniatures European Knight figure, with a head swap to a closed helmet.  He has been painted metallic blue.  Since this photo Iron Ace got a gold wash and looks even better.  All of the large knight figures got the dip into an acrylic floor wax to make them shine and to make their paint jobs more durable. It seemed to work very well, it's the first time I have used it.  It's a product called Quick Shine.