Saturday, 18 February 2023

From ChrisW The Good, Bad, Ugly and Weird [441 points]

 Limo ride to the International studio

For the limo ride, she can guide us


 International studio (two productions) [6 x 28mm]

So not one but two international films here, one the inspiration of the other. A total of 6 gunslingers. First up is a classic Spaghetti Western brought to you by Artizan miniatures. The second movie is a more recent entry from Korea (south) that is way over the top with humour and action. These figures came from Empress Miniatures.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.



The Good, the Bad the weird



A cross over movie!


Back of Beyond Return to VSF Mars

First off, you may notice, that these are not Back of Beyond Bolsheviks, White Russians or even Chinese warlord cavalry. Those fine figures (around 72 more or less) remain untouched on my gaming table. I certainly thought I was going to do them this week, I sat down with them on Monday all ready to go, but colour choice indecision hit me (even though they have a limited colour range) and so I shifted focus to Mars, something I have done before and even recorded the colours used!

Hill Martians [20 x 28mm]

 


Keener eyes than mine might have noticed there are only 19 figures in the pictures above. Well somehow Bob here failed to make it to the light box.


So, here are all 20 Hill Martians

 

Canal Martian rocket launchers [2 crew served weapons & 5 crew 28mm]

 Old Parroom Station miniatures, mostly, the two bald Martians are by RAFM. They had to sub in as rocket crew because the actual crew had already been painted years ago!


 Martian personalities [5 x 28mm]

The two swordsmen and the priest are by Parroom Station, the lady with the raised are is a Mithril miniatures Elf. The last figure was a freebee figure possibly from Alternative armies.


German lizards on Mars [10 x 28mm]

These are all RAFM figures. They hail from Venus but the Germans have decided to deploy them on Mars. They do have a chameleon like quality to their skin hence the orange/red tinge to their skin. They were to have had rifles but the Logistics officer seems to have mislaid them. So, instead, they have their native shields and 'traditional' weapons. These weapons are actually spars from the old GW Man O War game. 

 




Frankenstein & his creations [8 x 28mm]

All but the really big monster are Pulp Figures miniatures. The big guy is a Reaper bones figure. So many scientists so few henchmen (I will get to them next week)
 


Mad science run amok [11 x 28mm figures]

Tell me how you feel about the transformation?

A real mix of figures, the monsters are all Crooked Dice while the mad scientists are Black Cat Bases. Some assembly required for the assistant and janitor, so a choice of mutations.
Failed(?) experiments


Calm, collected & cold hearted; the worst type of mad scientists!




Tekumel monsters (The Hlutrgú)     [14 x 20mm figures] 

These figures come from the Tekumel Club operating in Kingston Ontario. A nice range of human figures that would look good in many fantasy games. He also has some interesting alien races, like these guys.


Points total this time

  • 20 points for the Limo ride
  • 20 points for the Studio 
  • 300 points for 60 x 28mm foot 
  • 45 points for 28mm Martian rocket & 5 crew
  • 56 points for 14 x 20mm

Total of  441 points

Squirrels this time around [+8]

  1. Gunslingers
  2. Hill Martians
  3. Martian artillery
  4. Lizard infantry
  5. Tekumel monsters
  6. Failed experiments
  7. Dr Frankenstein and monsters
  8. Cold hearted mad scientists

 New squirrel total 43

You know, if I am doing my squirrels wrong please feel free to correct any errors. I am just taking advantage of my low attention span and butterfly like qualities.

 Previous squirrels

  1. Back of Beyond
  2. Mad figures (Top hat toffs and companions)
  3. Greek skeletons
  4. Sisters of Sigmar
  5. Ancient Germanic women
  6. ECW cuirassiers
  7. Monsters large
  8. Post apocalypse
  9. Tekumel Palanquin
  10. Empire Pike
  11. Jazz Band
  12. French Cuirassiers on Mars
  13. Court of Dr Koo
  14. Movie makers
  15. Gothic/movie Vampires 
  16. Gladiators
  17. Women rocket corp
  18. Supers
  19. Forest scenery
  20. Robin Hood
  21. Gorillas 
  22. Dr and his pets
  23. Nuns
  24. The flying squad 
  25. Mechanical spiders from Mars 
  26. The Gorgons
  27. Cthulhu creatures
  28. Mad gardeners and their plants
  29. Pulp mummies
  30. Pulp Egyptian skeletons
  31. Jason and the Argonauts
  32. Asylum residents 
  33. Dwarf Roman style troops
  34. Hatchet/axe wielding maniacs
  35. Free range lunatics

 Another fine assortment of strange and fantastical minis, Chris. I love the science projects, they look like they may have been a terrible accident or maybe terribly intentional. Should the Tekumel models have spears? It looks like their hands are all in a stabbing position, they just lack any kind of weapon.

Anyway, another massive boost to your already staggering totals, both for overall points and Squirrel side duels. 

20 comments:

  1. Super stuff and a great entry

    Cheers
    Matt

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  2. Good catch on the spears. Apart from the two obvious nasty figures they are slated to be used in a Pulp Alley campaign game as peaceful creatures, so no weapons for now.

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  3. Another great mix of figures, Chris! :)

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  4. Is it the Bride of Frankenstein or the Bride of Frankensteins Monster? Great post.

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  5. Lovely mixed post, they're all great!
    Best Iain

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  6. Nice work, Chris! I like the mad scientists and their experiments the most...that is quite the horde of villains for pulp heroes to challenge!

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    1. Trying to get the group back into Pulp Gaming just setting up some villains

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  7. Great stuff Chris, I can't believe how far and wide your figure collection is or haw you paint so many in a week!

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    1. Yes I am unable to focus. some stuff done in a week but a lot of it was started at the start of the challenge and just finally just got completed.

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  8. Wow. Great post, I love the colourful Martians!

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  9. Great bomb post. Martians ar excellent and who doesn’t love a woman with lightning in her hair.

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  10. 43 squirrels is mad - my favourite in this post are the mad Scientists!
    Cheers Jez

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  11. Great work, love the scientists!

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