Saturday 10 January 2015

From SimonM - "Crooked Dice Game Design Studio" - Federated Security Guard Commander and Squad (25 Points)


This Federated Security Guard Commander with Balaclava is by "Crooked Dice Game Design Studio" and is from their excellent Federated Security Starter Set. Like the rest of their models in this (video-like) boxed set he's a ‘dead-ringer’ for the despicable black jump-suit wearing minions of the Terran Federation from the BBC science fiction television series “Blake’s Seven”. The figure was initially given a double undercoat of “Citadel” Abaddon Black before being rather roughly dry-brushed with “Vallejo” Heavy Charcoal. In my opinion this is an excellent paint to use when highlighting black, though I do find it still needs a few washes of “Citadel” Shade Nuln Oil just to tone down its contrast a little. Once dry I picked out his belt buckle and key chains with Mithril Silver and his Federation carbine rifle with Boltgun Metal. All of these areas were then washed with more Nuln oil.


In addition to my commander I also painted up four more Security Guards. Originally I had swapped two of the models' heads with those from a Balaclava head sprue "Crooked Dice Game Design Studio" also sell, as I'd hope to create a couple of non-commissioned officers. But I found the heads to be slightly too large for my liking and as a result they seemed to actually make the miniatures marginally taller than those wearing the helmets; something which irked me to the point where I swapped the heads back.


A previous posting of mine explains how I painted the Security Guards, which can be found here: http://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/from-simonm-crooked-dice-game-design.html

From Curt:

Great work Simon! They look to be a suitably nefarious and oily crowd to be sure, and a great addition to your existing Federated Security force. I really like the leader with his evil, evil moustache. As they say, 'Guns don't kill people. People with moustache kill people...'

So, Simon, how many points do you have logged for our 'Pulp Duel' right now? I have a sense I need to step on the gas a bit... ;)

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  1. More B7 figures! The boys will love these. You did a great job on the mustache and eyes of the Security Guard Commander!

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    1. Thanks Anne. I actually thought the eyes looked rather large in the photos but to the naked eye I was happy with them. Had to give him a brown moustache just to get some colour on him :-)

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  2. Nice to see the bunch of bad guys..certainly don't want to meet up with these lads

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    1. You're a bad man, Dave. You've completely thrown me off my track as I'm now "B7" mad... and have more Terran Federation on my table as I type ;-)

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  3. More federation goodness to swat those maggot criminals on board the Liberator. Nice work Simon.

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    1. Cheers Clint. Nice to get some 'easy' points with these guys, now I know how I like to paint them. More coming too...

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  4. Now, when can we expect to see their sexy President?

    Great work Simon :)

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    1. Hiya Tamsin. Many thanks and she is already based and both undercoat layers of white are drying ;-)

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  5. I'm loving these Simon. If CD end up getting an order (which is more likely by the minute!) then you deserve a commission :-)

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    1. Sorry my friend but I have at least another two submissions B7 themed to come... at least ;-)

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  6. The security force looks appropriately skilled, lethal, and disciplined...I think my Dr Dread will need to recruit a squad for an elite strike team to oppose my children's Supers! ;)

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    1. Thanks David. I can certainly recommend recruiting these lovely models. I think they're great.

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  7. Great painting work. They look as a very hard bunch!

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    1. Cheers Juan. You can never have too many black-clad jump-suit wearing Henchmen... as I'll show in coming weeks :-)

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  8. Wow, last time I saw so much shiny black outfits and metal it was in an 'adult' movie [joke] ;)

    Top stuff Simon. And now you've got all these 'baddies' you should put on a game where people control heroes and they see who can kill the most in one game, competitive competition style!

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    1. Thanks Roy. I'm actually waiting until after your PBB game, so I can swipe all the good ideas and then I might do a "7TV" or "ZombieTV" game ;-)

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    2. @Blaxkleric: I have ideas, but they might not be good when implemented.
      I've also modified those bits that I showed you last week, so there's not as many stats and also figured out the mental/psychological/RPG issue. Well, I think I have.

      Sorry, I've gone off [Challenge] topic.

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  9. Great additions to the bad guys

    Ian

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    1. Cheers Ian. Slowly building up my force ;-)

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