The Red Band: Desert Raiders 20mm Sci-Fi

In building out the world on the planet Sanctuary, my sci-fi setting, I've added a faction called the Red Band, a group of raiders, mercenaries, and local muscle that would look at home in any Mad Max, Gaslands, or other post-apocalyptic desert environment.

All of the Minis are from Elhiem's Dark Future range, except for the Gun Buggy crew, which are from Stan Johansen's 20mm Road Warrior range. The vehicles are done up with a mixture of the two lines' gun and armor add-ons for Matchbox cars.

I put something red on each Mini - a scarf, dye in their hair, tattoos, or article of clothing - to make sure that they look like they're on the same team.

Here's the leader of the gang, Nelly, in all her glory and at the head of her assembled crew.

Here's the whole gang (as currently constituted, there's more on the way) racing through a hole they just blasted in a settlement's wall.

Here's the War Wagon, which has a "hanger-on" who is removable. I painted one standing figure with the same red tattoos on his scalp and torso to represent the same guy once he has jumped off and charged into battle.

This is the Gun Buggy. No armor, but it carries a heavy machine gun and is plenty maneuverable on all kinds of terrain.

This is Kneecapper, which has a special attack against personnel that can be cut down by its tire blades. The double machine gun turret on top can lay down a wall of lead.

This is Bloody Mary, a 2-person gun car. Like Kneecapper she has a front-mounted gun that can only be fired when she is stationary, but is useful for breaching the walls of desert settlements. Both Bloody Mary and Kneecapper have turreted machine guns as well.

This is the Mothership, a battle transport that serves as the Red Band's primary means at spiriting away hostages seized from outland settlements. She's got a turreted machine gun and can carry a number of troops.

Here's the Red Band assembled and ready for battle.