Made Men

Wargames Foundry makes this guy.  I wanted to use him as a corporate/mafia enforcer, as they would be more likely to have the resources to obtain a grenade launcher.  His clothing suggests jeans or work pants, so I painted them black to look more 'dressy'.

He'll bring some serious firepower to whomever he is fighting for.

This next guy is a Blue Moon gangster/fed that I had laying around.

He works for that classic look and will fit in just fine with the other enforcers.

The Blob

The Great Cthulhu faction of Cthulhu Wars has two Shoggoths available to it as part of it collection of monsters.

These blobs with loads of 'eyes' are not the most exciting units to summon in the game, until you obtain their ability to eat your own units, giving them super strength.  The Great Cthulhu faction is a combat focused one.  Including some cultists or Deep Ones to accompany hungry Shoggoths is an inexpensive way to increase the combat strength of your forces.

This little guy is in trouble...

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.

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.

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.

Execution Style

I didn't get my hands on any of the Assassinator droids from Warlord/Mongoose, but these two pulpy power suits from Dust work just fine.

They are plastic and come pre-assembled on their bases, with a single color paint job.
They possess enough detail to be interesting, although not always consistently, and are easy to paint.

Role Players

Continuing with my Judge Dredd cultists.  Unlike the red-robed guys (who are from North Star), these are from Mongoose/Warlord (although, now available from Rebel).

I can't help but think, with a little laugh, about the Chick Publications "Dark Dungeons", which tells the story of role players that get turned into Satanists by virtue of playing the game.  (It's a completely serious comic warning you that your soul is in jeopardy by playing games like this.)

These are "official" MC1 cultists, with elbow pads and rayguns.

The look of them actually works great for pulp sci-fi, from the retro-future rayguns, to the fins on their shoulders and elbow pads.

The barrel tip of this one's gun broke off.  Still looks good.