Saturday, 7 January 2017

From SanderS: 80s Pulp Officers of the Law (25 Points)

Hoi,

As the first entry for my '80s Pulp Project, I hereby present my Policemen and woman. Since I plan to play a lot of small story-driven skirmish games, I needed some cops. Some of the best available police figures must surely be the new ones from Cooked Dice, so I picked some up at the Crisis in Antwerp.

The blue uniformed policemen as well as the State Trooper on the right are metal CD miniatures. The figure on the left has a commercially unavailable head, his name is Fred, more on him later on in the Challenge...The State Trooper on the left is a Warlord Games survivor plastic figure with a CD head.





All the uniforms are a fictional combination of US police uniforms I stole off the net. My favourites must be the State Troopers, the blue accents were really fun to paint. What does bother me is that I seem to be unable to find a black-and-white or two over here. All toy cars here are based on European types...





Another small entry for this Friday's minions to put up. I am currently painting some Dark Ages figures and am toying with the idea of turning them into a small pointbomb, we'll see ;-)

Cheers Sander
Regular Challenge-watchers will know that I love me some Pulpy Goodness! And these lawmen fit the bill nicely, that blue on the uniforms really pops, and nicely ties in with the accents on the state troopers. You definitely need to get these guys some wheels though - perhaps one of out Stateside Challengers might be able to help? Where's this project going to go next? Who is the cryptic Fred?  Wow, I;m on tenterhooks, look forward to hearing more!

A neat 25 points to you.

Phil


Posted by Phyllion at 2:22 am
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33 comments:

  1. Duke of Baylen7 January 2017 at 03:04

    There used to be a very nice die cast black and white looking suitably dusty/battered available in England and linked to "The Blues Brothers". I was tempted but had no use when i saw it. Whether it's still around I don't know but it would have fitted with 28mm. Perhaps someone will remember the car i mean.

    Stephen

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    1. Sander7 January 2017 at 11:45

      I haven't heard of these Stephen but thanks for thinking along!

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  2. TamsinP7 January 2017 at 04:14

    Nice cops Sander :)

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  3. Clint7 January 2017 at 04:59

    Very nice police. I can see these figures being used a lot!

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    1. Sander7 January 2017 at 11:46

      Thanks Clint, there's no doubt they will!

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  4. Barks7 January 2017 at 05:13

    Very useful figures- great work!

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  5. Paul O'G7 January 2017 at 05:26

    Nice Bronze there Sander - really great detailing you've done there too
    They'll come in very useful I'm sure!

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    1. Sander7 January 2017 at 11:47

      Thanks Paul, they are all Valejo colours I used.

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  6. Peter Douglas7 January 2017 at 08:45

    Great looking figs Sander. I love the Smokeys with the blue accents.

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    1. Sander7 January 2017 at 11:47

      Thanks Peter, I take that "Smokeys" means State Troopers? Where does the nickname come from?

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    2. Peter Douglas7 January 2017 at 12:47

      It's trucker slang as featured in the 1970s song "Convoy". The Stetson hats look like the one Smokey the Bear wears.

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    3. Sander7 January 2017 at 14:44

      ah thanks for clearing that up!

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  7. Rod7 January 2017 at 08:50

    Nice work Sander!

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  8. JamieM7 January 2017 at 10:54

    Cracking start Sander! I really like the crooked dice figures and you've done a really nice job on these.

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    1. Sander7 January 2017 at 11:49

      Yes CD make brilliant stuff, a lot more of their miniatures will pop up during my Challenge entries in the future. I am also thinking of obtaining some of their coppers with long-arms and perhaps riot-gear.

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  9. Mad Padre7 January 2017 at 11:22

    Excellent US police, they will be very useful in all sorts of games, I am sure.

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  10. Sander7 January 2017 at 11:51

    @Phil: you will hear more from Fred and his brothers in the rest of the "80's Pulp Project" series, but since I've only started, I will not yet disclose where it's going to...

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  11. Ian7 January 2017 at 13:07

    Great looking work, they look perfect for the job

    Ian

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  12. Ray Rousell7 January 2017 at 13:14

    Great work Sander! Excellent looking Coppers!

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  13. Iannick7 January 2017 at 14:44

    Excellent work Sanders, the blue is very good, they look the part!!

    (my only criticism: I hate photobucket, takes ages to load on my computer. There, I said it ;- ) )

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    1. Sander8 January 2017 at 06:39

      so basically it's your PC that's to blame? :-P nah mate I understand and am sorry.

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  14. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)7 January 2017 at 17:34

    Very nice work Sanders.

    Christopher

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  15. Greg B7 January 2017 at 19:12

    Great work Sander. The blue is fantastic.

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    1. Sander8 January 2017 at 06:40

      thanks Greg, it took several tries to get it the way I wanted it to.

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  16. James Brewerton8 January 2017 at 01:22

    great entry, love these figures and you enhanced them with your painting

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    1. Sander8 January 2017 at 06:41

      great praise indeed, thanks for that mr Brewerton!

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