More Dredd -MattW
Another week of mixed bits off the desk, a mix of gangs and individual characters from the Dredd World, plus a Star Wars figure and two figures from my 70s ganglands of Brooklyn game.
The Blints
The perfect murderous couple, the couple are one of Mega Citi serial killers. Homer would find the target and his wife Oola Blint “the Angel of Mercy” a bored housewife would then remove the unfortunate citizen. They began as utilitarian killers, removing those they thought were not offering Mega Citi any benefits, but later randomly killed any citizen, leaving behind their calling card, a red rose. It is thought they have killed over 300 citizens of Mega Citi, the Blints escape to Brit Citi before being caught by Judge Dredd.
East MEG agent - Nardia
The eastern communist agents had many roles, assassin, sabotage, espionage, they sowed decent, sponsored protest and sponsored block wars among the citizens, anything to cause unrest in society following the Socialist playbook of disruption.
Futsie Citizen
A “Futsie” a citizen that has snapped and has future shock and is delusioned about the future and effectively has gone mad at the world around him. Many working assembly jobs that require human hands doing repetitive brain numbing work such as Charlie the riveter below.
Karl Raider Vigilante
Karl Raider is a tragic, a rogue ex-Judge, a contemporary and rival of Joe & Rico Dredd. Raider became a vigilante in City Bottom after leaving the force due to love and loss. He's remembered as a skilled gunslinger embodying the dark side of justice in Mega-City OneJoe Banana, Character, a fine chimp!
A main member of the east side monkey Mafia Gang of sector 10, a genetically modified ape, they run the distribution of illegal goods, fresh foods and spread political pamphlets printed in sector 66 (monkey town) and infiltrate the whole bottom of mega city. A GW Dredd figure
Vestal Virgins
More additions to the Vestal Virgins, more punks and a Heavy, all Warlord Games figures
Citi Def Hurley block sector 10
Two more for the Hurley Block Citi Defence, both mongoose plastic figures
Muties Among Us
A Mutie from Citadel 2000ad range, I need to find some more to get my gang up to 10 figures at least
Star Wars
A certain pilot of a certain starship! Not sure of the manufacturer
I have commenced writing a set of skirmish rules for 1970s, Dirty Harry style police game with car chases, bank robberies and dealing cookies!
One of the Jackson 7….. a resin figure from Reaper
Squirrel - 1 point Ganglands East Brooklyn
Cheers
Matt
From Millsy:
What a cracking collection Matt! So much to like about these miniatures - crisp brushwork, great colour choices and wonderful sculpts.
I particularly like Joe Banana. His pin stipes are absolutely amazing, consistent and following the contours of his suit perfectly and his face is so expressive.
Lovely brushwork mate. 75 wonderful points. Love em!
Cheers,
Millsy
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Cheers Millsy, some of the warlord sculpts and old Citadel sculpts are an absolute delight to paint with lots of detail for picking out. I do wish Warlord had continued with the development of the range.
ReplyDeleteI had the CEO of Rebellion stay with me for a wargames holiday last year and we discussed Warlords failing to truly capture the skirmish game market with the figures, the figures were nice, ( a little overpriced IMHO), incomplete and did not follow the JD 200ad world story well. The rules were clunky and offered nothing new and exciting, little direction for scenario driven games or character development especially to those who did understand the culture of the late 70s- 80s punk-glam music /anarchy of students and socialism movements - high cost of living - anti war sentiment off the back of Vietnam - anti big business vibe.
A missed opportunity IMHO to create a unique game system
Cheers
Matt
A lot of really good stuff here. Obviously Joe Banana is the standout
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed viewing these figures - great painting!
ReplyDeleteYou've done an excellent job of capturing the 2000AD look with these figures - great work!
ReplyDeleteLovely looking 2000ad types, I really like your 1970s shaft type ganger, very nice!
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"Futsie", you say? No risk of that at all...
ReplyDeleteExcellent brush work!
Totally off my radar, yet cracking work. Obviously best dressed monkey wins the day.
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