15mm Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel

In the Fallout video game the basic Brotherhood of steel Power Armor looks like this.

While it looks cool in game, in 15mm scale on a gaming table, frankly it was going to look a bit dull. My 7 year old son told me I should paint them *exactly* the same color as the grey buildings. While I applaud his tactical thinking, figures need to stand out a little more than that.

There's another version of the Power Armor that looks like this, and that is what I used as my inspiration.

I've noticed other people using the Eureka SciFi Germans as Enclave, and when I purchased them that was my plan. But, when I became convinced that the Khurasan Control Battalion Riflethings were awesome Post Apocalyptic baddies I decided to use the Eureka figures as the "good guys".

The Eureka figures are clearly inspired by the Anime movie "Jin-Roh" which has some good scenes but really isn't a favorite of mine. Masamune Shirow's "Ghost in the Shell" and his other works are much more my speed. At any rate, the weapons on these troopers fit the bill (Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifle, SAW, and Flame Thrower) When I finished painting them they were still lacking something, so I decided to give them red eyes like in "Jin-Roh". Since I plan to use these in skirmish size scenario I bought one of each pose. It's a fun little force.

One possibility with these is to swap the heads with the GZG Post-Apoc heads. There's a few gas mask heads in the mix. If I were to do it again I might do it with the leader figure. I'm not really a fan of his hat.