Wednesday 25 January 2017

[Wednesday] From PaulS: Wednesday Madness (Ready)

Much like previous weeks, we're going for another very mixed batch of games and manufacturers in this entry with no thought to consistency of theme, other than "That's weird..." and I suspect that will be your response to the selection too.

Starting with some bits that very nearly got finished for the last entry, but didn't quite pip the post. These are all for Bolt Action/Konflict '47 or the Achtung! Cthulhu skirmish. The first two figures are a german super  soldier and Canon from the A!C skirmish game from Modiphius. The figures are more true scale than Warlord's which makes the Canon a little small, hence him being on a thicker base than the other guy.


When I picked up the plastics for the last batch of Germans, it included some tanks (in the queue). One of which was a choice of SD.KFZ 251 kits. Rather than grabbing the normal one, I opted for the mortar carrier... but opted to build it as a normal 251 and made the mortar into a medium mortar team instead




There is also a lone flamethrower from the Pioneer box set. I still need to make his partner in crime to complete the team, but that involves getting out the green stuff, so rather than delay things further with more modelling, I'll leave that until after the challenge. For now a generic rifleman will have to do.



Next up we have two characters from the Pulp Alley range. These are some of the nicest models I've painted in a while. I think it is the clean sculpts and just enough detail to make them characterful, but not over the top so that it takes forever to pick out the bits and pieces

Pulp Girl has been done up as a German super soldier or mystic with a powered/magical gauntlet... not quite decided which she will be.


The other figure in the pack has been painted up as Lobster Johnson from the BPRD comics. What pulp/weird war setting would be complete without his appearance?!


After the deviation into Pulp, we return to the Weird West with three giant, two headed rat-type things from Shadows of Brimstone. Like most of the earlier sculpts, the detail is soft, but not as soft as the original sets. There are also less gaps caused by poor casting design and warpage or plastic, so I have some hope that the rest of the KS figures will actually be worth while when it turns up. Lobster Johnson is fighting these off to give you a sense of scale on these things. They are massive...


Last, but definitely not least, is a deviation off into 30K with 5 Custodes from the Prospero box set. These guys make Terminators look small and weedy!


This totals to 16 28mm figures to add to the totals so far. 

ByronM: Another great eclectic post Paul.  Everything here looks great, but my two favourites are the giant rats and the pinup.  The rats I really like as they could be used for so many different games and fit right it, and your neutral / normal paint scheme for them looks great and helps them be universal.

The pinup girl is my other favourite as I love the contrast from the grey uniform to the blue glove and back to the blond hair. Speaking of which blond hair is always so hard to pull off, but it looks spot on with her, and that is what helps sell it.

The rats look big enough to be considered cavalry, so you get 95 points for today's submission. Great work!


19 comments:

  1. Wacky stuff indeed, but very nicely painted. I agree withByron on the girl.

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  2. Lovely stuff Paul - I particularly like Pulp Girl :)

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    1. Thanks! Still feels odd to have turned what is supposed to be a hero into a super villain... I should post it on LAF and see what Wolf Girl thinks of her figure becoming evil ;)

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  3. I like the Lobster a lot - an odd name for an heroic vigilante, but it fits in with the off-centre goofiness of Mignola's universe.

    The Weird War 2 stuff is grand as well!

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  4. Great to see the Custodes models...I have those somewhere in the painting lineup. Great work all around.

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  5. A wonderfully eclectic post. I've painted that Pulp pair a few years ago and agree they are beautiful castings and an joy to work on.

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    1. Thanks! I'm having to restrain the credit card from buying the rest of the Pulp Alley figures until I've cleared some more of the backlog. Maybe next year I'll do Pulp as a mini theme instead of Weird War

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  6. Nice job, those turned out great. Really like the pulp figs.

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  7. Nice variety of painting subjects here and everything is really well done. I fall in with the others on the excellent job on Pulp Girl.

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  8. What a mix and so well done

    Ian

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  9. That is all weird war 2 pulpy magnificence. A variety of exciting figures.

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  10. Great mix,love the pulp weird war2.
    Best Iain

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  11. Great stuff, especially Lobster!

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  12. Great mix, those pulp figures are ace. I'm something of a GW fan but I'm not convinced on the fussiness of the Custodes.... but you've done a great job of painting them.

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    1. They are *very* fussy. All the scrolls make me think of some of the not-40k characters that you can buy. I'm not sure I'd want a full army of them, but for a small squad they are nice

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  13. Excellent looking figures Paul.

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  14. Man, those Pulp WWII figures are fantastic! Making me want to use minis next time I run A!C...

    I appreciate the artistic framing of Lobster Johnson, too. :)

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