Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Ambi-shooters



When one pistol isn't quite enough...




This Hasslefree model is one of my favorites.  The look and feel of the model is quite good.




She means business.






This guy is another from Pulp Figures.





He's got a great pulpy, muscular action hero look to him.









With two guns and a big knife, he's ready for a fight.






Like all the Pulp Figures models in my collection, he has a definite plane to his pose.

Monday, July 17, 2017

Minding Their Own Business

Can't have enough civilians.




This merchant marine officer is from Pulp Figures and I have had him laying around with nothing to do, really.  Perhaps he is captain of a Black Atlantic steamer.






Like all of Bob Murch's models, he is sculpted to be easy to pain, but look good.
It's such a generic figure, he could fit in many different periods.






Grandpa, here, is another OOP Alpha civilian.





The sculptor of these tried to sculpt eyeballs on them.  It gives them an unusual look that I haven't seen anywhere else.










Sunday, July 16, 2017

Gift for a Fellow Fan

Being a Dredd fan in the U.S. is not always easy...  I am a late fan (since around 2013) and don't subscribe to 2000ad, preferring to read the collected works in graphic novel form.  There is an American publisher of the Complete Case Files, but for nearly all the other releases I rely on ordering from the U.K.

In particular, I've been picking up select copies of the Mega Collection from Hachette, but they are not available for sale in the U.S.

Long story long, I couldn't find an issue of the Mega Collection and asked the 2000ad community if they knew of a source I could order from.  That's when one of the members offered to pick up a copy and send it to me.  This was a very nice offer.

In return for the kindness, I wanted to send something to show I appreciated it and came up on the idea of painting up a Dredd as thanks.