Iron Ace and Starship Troopers

This model came from eBay and I am sure it is long out of production.

I think it is a former Heller kit.  There was no pilot so I rounded one up and now there is one.

Iron Ace, his plane, and Rubberman and Black Mail his two main rivals.

I think it is an interesting little WWII group.

Working on my Action Fleet Starship Troopers figures.  I liked all the movies but I always figured it was rather stupid that they did not have any ground vehicles.  If they were not going to do the Mobile Infantry as jump troopers, then at least a few tanks and APCs would have been in order.  And don't get me started on their tactics.  I have added a few additional figures to the unit by painting other science fiction figures in the Starship Troopers colors.

I have also obtained and repainted a number of Matchbox, and Hot Wheels items to give them greater ground mobility and reconnaissance capabilities.  Also a large drone.  Last summer I stripped all the paint off these vehicles, except the drone, and repainted them. I also began adding decals but the weather got too cold for that and they will wait for summer again.  I also painted about 100 figures for this group from other non-Starship Trooper sets I had.
 

Dewoitine 520 Iron Ace Airplane

Here is my Iron Ace single seat fighter plane, painted in the same metallic blue with gold wash as the Iron Ace himself.

In the comic the Iron Ace I don't think they specifically mention what kind of plane he uses.

But since the guy who gives him the plane is French and in France, a French plane seemed a good choice.

Since Iron Ace is British and by this time France had fallen to the Germans a plane in French markings seemed like a bad idea.

So I put British decals on it.

I don't normally do RAF planes but some of my USAAF plane models had RAF decal markings included in the model so here you go.

I always do my planes with wheels down so they can sit on a runway.
 

Black Mail

He is wearing plate armor that is magenta but he is called, Black Mail.

He is a robot super villain that works for the Germans in WWII.

Iron Ace is his primary opponent.

Super Toy Soldier Collector Billy Hill gave him and host of other figures to me.  Thank you BH!

Iron Ace faces off against Black Mail

Also Rubberman.

Rubberman, Black Mail and Iron Ace together.

Along with an Airfix US Army WWII military police officer for scale.

Part of my small but growing super hero collection.  Mostly I do super heroes and villains from the late 1930's until about 1980, but mainly WWII and Batman 66 related.  Many of them like these three are largely forgotten today.
 

Rubberman

Rubberman is a WWII German who has had an accident that makes him stretchy.

Not unlike the abilities of Mr. Fantastic from the Fantastic Four.

This is a figure from the spares box, and I added a sword from Caesar Miniatures.

I repainted this guy to match Rubbermans costume.

Interesting and distinctive figure.

Iron Ace who was painted a blue metallic with a gold wash.

Painted purple.
 

Iron Ace

Iron Ace is a comic book hero who as a British pilot gets shot down in WWII and rescued by a Frenchman.

He eventually dons the armor of Charlemagne when the Germans search the castle. 

He has magic armor and a magic airplane that is given to him by the Frenchman.

Actually the magic is some kind of technology that makes them impenetrable. 

This is a Caesar Miniatures European Knight with a head swap from another European Knight, mounted on a new base.
 

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.