Monday 16 March 2015

From Curt - More Pulp Adventurers (20 Points)


I ran a Strange Aeons scenario for some of the Conscript lads last week. I based the game on a seemingly derelict whaling ship. The title of the adventure was: 

'The Mysterious Occurrences & Strange Events on the Whaling Ship Pequodrangle'

The boys really got into the spirit of the game which goes a loooong way in scenarios like this and so we all had a real hoot. 

To make things a bit simpler, and to  get the game off the ground quicker, I decided to make up characters for each of the players beforehand, playing to their personalities, backgrounds and sense of humour. Manus 'Mug' MaEoghan, who I profiled last week, was created for Dallas who I suspected would enjoy 'Mug's' psychic abilities and his quirky IRA background. 

For Greg I decided to give him a manic guns 'n bombs team as I knew he'd appreciate the mayhem they could cause on the table. So without further ado, here is 'Team UK'.

First up is the leader of the team, Major Sir Humphrey Birch aka 'Bark', Scots Guards, DSC and Bar, MC, ret. Sir Humphrey has been seconded to the League of Nations League to represent His Majesties' desire to have the United Kingdom play a leading role in the secret war against the Cthonic threat. 'Bark' has a long history of leading men in combat and is no shrinking violet when it comes to horrific missions. He is armed with his trusty Lewis Gun, 'Der Kaiser', which is always at his side during operations and with which he is very proficient. Figure from Artizan Designs.





Sir Bark's batman is Fagan McBride aka 'McBoom' who is the team's demolitions 'expert'. 'McBoom' lost most of his face in a botched bomb disposal attempt and so often wears a gasmask to hide his visage. We see him here hauling a jury-rigged fuel bomb to help confound the enemy. 'Don't trip McBoom!' Figure from Musketeer (now Footsore Miniatures) Inter-War range.





The third member of Sir Humphrey's team is James 'Jock' Campbell. A past member of the Scots Guards 'Jock' is a large, very dim-witted man (yes, it takes one to know one) but has one redeeming quality: he is quite proficient at using a wide variety of very large weapons, his current favourite being a Boys anti-tank rifle, which, as as a testament to his strength, he can fire from the hip. Indeed, nothing ruins a Mi-Go's day like a wee .55 anti-tank round through the brain-case. Casting from Pulp Figures.



The last figure is actually not from the game but a new addition to the League. This is Christopher 'Crash' Higgins, big game hunter and private detective. Miniature from Pulp Figures. 



Here are a few shots of the same scenario I ran previously for the guys at home. Please excuse the crap iPhone photos, but you can get an idea of the wonderful ship mats from Deep Cut Studios. Great stuff. 

The teams come aboard and go into overwatch (denoted by the yellow markers)

A team opens the Captain's cabin door and finds... a Formless Spawn. Note the red 'Oh Sh*t' exclamation mark...

Here you can see two of the decks on the table. There were three in total.
Zombies attempt to overwhelm and feed on one of the the adventurers.
Action in the middle deck. Blood spatters mark where action has occurred. The yellow 'WTF?' question mark denotes a place of mystery.

41 comments:

  1. These are great, makes me proud that they are fighting for Blighty

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    1. Thanks! Yes, they did sterling service to the Crown that day.

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  2. Very nice Pulp figures once again! That ship mat is great! I've been put off from playing skirmish battles on ships by the sheer size of terrain/ship that you'd need to do it handily, but something like that mat would really help with storage (and build time) issues!

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    1. Yes, the mats are brilliant. I have two so I can do pirate boarding actions.

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  3. So which one is Strange Ian...?
    ; )
    Lovely work, Curtmeister, you've nailed it again!

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    1. Actually I've had the pleasure of playing a game with Ian and I think he'd be a great addition to our group of miscreants.

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  4. Great looking figures

    Ian

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  5. That is a great team of thugs!

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  6. Lovelly looking figures and that mat looks great. I may need to pick one of those up... it just sparked plans for a SA missing based on something in one of the Achtung! Cthulhu books

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    1. I'm doing precisely the same thing. Our group enjoys Strange Aeons so I'm just going along and converting the AC scenarios to our purposes.

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    2. So was the ship the Star Mother from the Terrors book?

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    3. No, this one I cooked up myself. It's set in 1934 as I want a long lead-up to the war itself.

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  7. lovely paintjobs on this band of heroes, the backstories really add flavour too.

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  8. I am getting sick and tired of such lovely painting from you. I am running out of superlatives! Just for once paint something us mortals can do!

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    1. You're too kind dear sir. I painted most of these without my glasses as my optical prescription was getting updated so now with the photos I see all the mistakes. I hate macro photography. :)

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  9. To borrow the hideous parlance of the modern era, this group is "solutions oriented", particularly McBoom :)

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    1. Haha! Yes, you definitely took these characters and ran with it Greg. McBoom turned out to be an excellent 'challenge troubleshooter'.

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  10. Excellent team of adventurers Curt :)

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  11. Fantastic painting work again, my friend. Great characters all of them. And the ship mat is wonderful! Do you know if they have an U-Boat one?

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    1. Oh, a U-boat one would be brilliant. So would one based on a Zeppelin. I must mention that to them...

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    2. Oh both of those would be great!

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  12. McBoom?! Amazing. Fantastic characters well-realised. Fabulous basing too.

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    1. Thanks Phil! One day we have to get together with each of us running a separate Pulp game.

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  13. Some outstanding work here Cut! As with all your stuff it's a real eye catcher as well as highly inspirative. That tartan on Mr. Campbell really tuned out nicely. Would you mind telling me what make the figure is?

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    1. Oh drat, I forgot to mention that in the post! I'll have to amend that. The Highlander and the dual pistol fellow are from Pulp Figures, the demo guy is from Footsore and Bark (the chap with the Lewis Gun) is from Artizan.

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  14. Lovely looking mini's Curt. I like the ship mats you use, I might give these a go later in the year.

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    1. Cheers Peter! Yes, the mats are terrific (4 decks/areas in the pack, so good value there).

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  15. That game layout looks amazing. You can feel the "fun" oozing out of them. And those figures. Just fantastic all around.

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    1. Thanks David! Yes, we've been having some chuckles with the whole Pulp phenomena.

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  16. Very nice painting. Lovely mats. cheers

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    1. Cheers Brendon! Yes, the mats are ace.

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  17. I like the team! Very nice work! They look to be a very able team, but you are missing a Great Lakes Pathfinder for a point man! ;)

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    1. Sorry, he wouldn't be a Pom so couldn't be part of the team (ie. Brits only). Besides, most folks associated with these nuts end up deader than a dead thing.

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    2. ;)
      A Pottawatomie girl married a Col Colburn who tracked French ship and troop movements in the French and Indian War. My last name comes from another officer who went Native in Michigan and found a nice Pottawatomie girl....how much Pom ya need? There is also Tommy Prince an Algonquian nation tribe of the Abenaki who was a very capable scout and Canuck!.....all those lost opportunities for a tribesman! ;)

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  18. Wow that's great! Especially like the kilt...

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