From TamsinP: Scum and Villainy (25 points)

What? You thought this was going to be a Star Wars themed submission? Oh well, never mind.

These three nasties are from the "Scum of the Universe" pack for the Strontium Dog game



Kansyr

Kansyr was an alien criminal, from the planet Laz, who had killed one of Johnny Alpha's earlier partners - Johnny severed Kansyr's right hand with a shot in that incident.

Kansyr was the villain in a very early storyline in Starlord (issues 6 & 7). He had stolen the Halugin device (which causes targets to suffer controlled hallucinations) during the incident on Laz and used it to establish himself as a crime boss on the planet Metastis.


Billy-Joe

A deadly mutant criminal, Billy-Joe is a two-faced murdering git. In case you are wondering Billy has the beard, Joe has the 'tache. He had been the Spice System las-whip champ for 16 years, when Johnny and Wulf were set after him by the corrupt chief of police on the planet Paprika.

Left for dead after their initial encounter, Johnny trains with the las-whip in a travelling alien circus*, eventually drawing Billy-Joe out to fight him. Johnny is outmatching him, so his gang try to intervene, in the ensuing chaos Billy-Joe tries to slip away but is spotted and followed by Johnny. Facing each other atop some animal cages, Johnny uses his whip to sever the bars under Billy-Joe's feet, dropping him into the cage of a hungry Smiling Chukwalla.


* It is in this story that Johnny and Wulf meet the Gronk (disguised as a Gypsy fortune teller, healer) who goes on to accompany them on many of their adventures.


Steelkreeg

On the planet Zdwhkkrswrld (Zed for short), an ancient death-rite "The Killing" is held annually where up to 100 combatants enter the arena (a cleared city quadrant) and fight until only one remains alive. The survivor wins a reward of one billion Zeddies (should the Despots of Zed permit them to survive...)

One year, knowing that most entrants are criminals with termination warrants on their heads, Johnny and Wulf enter with the intention of collecting bounties. One of their last opponents is Steelkreeg, the android murderer who has ensconced himself in the bell tower of a temple, hiding out until almost all the other combatants are dead. Despite all Steelkreeg's tricks, he is destroyed, leaving Johnny and Wulf to face their final opponents, the Osmongs.

As the last two survivors, Johnny and Wulf are expected to fight each other to the death, but slip away using a time bomb pre-set to deposit them on a different planet.

Even after his destruction , Steelkreeg manages more kills - when the Despots of Zed ascend the temple's bell tower, they set off a landmine he had placed in one of the steps.

These were another quick paint job during a long wait period on my Snowlord's Peak piece (which should be my next submission - it's almost there now!). As for points, these are actually bigger than the Stix from yesterday - Warlord seem to suffer scale creep between waves of releases for their games, especially weird when they are using the same sculptors and the waves were at most two months apart. I'd suggest that it's fair to score them as 40mm foot.

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Great work Tamsin! I have to say, when I saw "Scum and Villainy" in the title I just assumed it was yet ANOTHER post for Rousell's Sandhill...

These look great.  Kansyr in particular strikes me a blend of terrorist, monster and Sesame Street puppet character.  What a great combo, and what great colours.  Some fine brushwork all around here - in particular that las-whip looks super nice. 

I shall score these scale-creeping creeps as 40mm foot - BUT will toss in a few extra points for the coolness value.  So that's 25 points for you. 

And now we are all pumped to see your answer to the Snow Lord's Challenge!

GregB