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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Westfalia Chris on December 08, 2019, 05:35:48 PM
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Hi all,
some may remember that back in the late 2000s, I started a 2000AD project that took off properly during the years I lived in the UK. There was a large-ish thread here, titled "The Meknificent Seven and Friends", reflecting my then-focus on the ABC Warriors and Nemesis universes, with some Judge Dredd thrown in in the later phases.
Fast forward a couple of years, and like all my threads, it fell victim to the Photobucket purge, and I never truly felt like replacing the images (not that I was particularly active back then, in any case).
In recent years, though, I got increasingly interested in Strontium Dog, and having read most (if not all) of the stories had started out, mini-wise, with the various Foundry figures then available and, in my usual fashion, incorporating whatever figures tickled my fancy.
I will eventually fill up this thread with pictures of the older projects, but will start off with the Strontium Dog parts. This OP will we used as an index with links to the main sections and posts-of-interest (as I consider them, you may of course disagree, earthlets).
Strontium Dog:
Main heroes, villains and side characters on this page.
ABC Warriors:
Heroes, sidekicks and villains on page 2. (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=121372.msg1522644#msg1522644)
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First off, why Strontium Dog?
I must admit I wasn't quite so taken with it back in the day in that I only got the first collection of stories, which, despite some highlights, weren't all that much to my liking - but I did see that this was a subject the late Carlos Ezquerra's style was eminently suited to, much more than (to my mind) Judge Dredd, which IMHO worked best with the cleaner, more technical style of Messrs. Bolland and Jones.
Late on, though, I got the following collections as E-books, and from "Portrait of a Mutant", the thing really took off, with most of the "large arcs" being particularly interesting (although I really struggled with "The Final Solution", though mainly due to the art).
Additionally, the whole setting lent itself very much to Space Western gaming, which has been dear to my heart ever since I first saw "Outland" many years ago. I was fascinated when Warlord put out their overwhelmingly comprehensive game, which had also an excellent engine beneath it - I actually only manage to host a couple of games at a local games day and play some solo games, due to not having a gaming group interested in it, but it played pretty well and did a fine job of balancing the power levels.
Pics now, then! First off, the various "good guys", which is, of course, a bit relative, but what isn't in that universe.
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Johnny Alpha, Wulf Sternhammer and the Gronk. These are the old Foundry figures, which I must say I prefer to the Warlord versions - those on foot, that is. The hoverbike and Mork-mounted figures are superb (but not yet painted, shamefully).
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This is the alternate, slightly more dynamic Johnny sculpt by Foundry, with an alternate-paint-scheme Wulf.
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Fellow Stronts, namely Evans the Fist, The Torso from Newcastle, Middenface McNulty, Kid Knee and Durham Red. With the exception of Kid Knee (a converted Kryomek penal legionnaire), these are the Foundry figures. I must say I didn't like the corresponding Warlord set too much and so haven't bought it yet, but may eventually do so for completeness' sake.
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A comparison pic of the Foundry and Warlord (right) variants of Evans and Torso, the Warlord figures being from the "Mutant Army Generals" set (more of that below).
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Some "neutral" Bounty Hunters, from Normo to Mutie. A mix of old lead lying around or found at Bring-and-Buys.
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Now for the more villainous types!
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A quintet of Stixes, with the two Foundry figures at the right, the three Warlord ones on the left. The Warlord figures are a better likeness, but IMHO lack some heft. Still, good sculpts.
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The Weerd Brothers, three extremely good sculpts in my book, pretty much spot-on from the comics with good proportions and proper heft.
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This is the "Scum of the Universe" set, collecting characters from three different story arcs (Steelkreeg the Android, Kansyr and Billy Joe). Again, great likenesses, and a nice bit of movement in Billy Joe with those two laswhips.
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Max Bubba's gang, still not finished, though. The missing Warlord sculpts didn't really say "paint me" to me, so are only partially done so far (Bubba is the Foundry figure).
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That's it so far for the "character" figures, now to move on to some goons and sundry. I've still got a number of the character in the painting queue, plus Kreelers, cops and more goons.
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A bunch of "Galactic Rogues", not necessarily only for SD, but painted with a strong four-colour vibe to them.
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Various goons and ancillary characters, from Warlord, Heresy or Hasslefree (cannot remember), and from an older game that pretty much fizzled, as far as I can recall (the name eludes me).
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Darkus and his Howlers. Good sculpts, and together with the Bubo and the Bad Boys set (same species mounted on Morks) will be used for "native alien raiders" apart from their original appearances.
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Some spacefarer dudes from Statuesque and Antediluvian miniatures.
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Gonzo Brigsden and his space mercenaries. Will add to these later as I find more suitable figures.
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Some Robo-Killers from the Rogue Stars line. Beautiful desings, a bit rough casting here and there, but nothing insurmountable.
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This post will collect the initial Mutant Civil War figures, that is the ones below and a box of Kreelers currently being painted.
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The remaining "Mutant Army Generals" (Warlord Games), namely Clacton Fuzz, General Armz and Studs Boyce. Again, great likenesses, and in the case of Fuzz being useable for his son, too.
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This is the "Build-a-mutie" box set, which contains bodies for five figures plus limbs for some more - I'm still sieving the lead mountain for some other figures that might be suitable as bases.
More on the mutant civil war to come.
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Now for some scenery.
As I noted before, I wasn't much of an Ezquerra fan before I read the Strontium Dog stories, which work much better with his particular style. Still, he draws wonderful organic-looking buildings, the round shapes I aimed to replicate.
A year later, I think the bright colours don't work as well as I expected, and I will probably build some more buildings in more muted browns and sands, with some Tatooine aspects thrown in. The general shapes, though, still appeal to me, although they might do with some more vertical lines thrown in.
(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/140-081219182812-42751761.jpeg)
A generator-type building from Micro Art Studios. I originally bought it for Judge Dredd but never finished it, then repainted it with some blue to go with the next few buildings.
A large-ish command compound, made from styrofoam.
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A paddock of sorts (to house robots and delinquents). Again, scratchbuilt from styrofoam.
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A simple refinery building. This should originally go with more external pipelines, but I ran out of time before the convention and then turned to the Lost World project which you may have seen in my LPL entries this season.
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Two storage bunkers, again from styrofoam. These were the original ones I built a couple of years ago, inspired by the old Kryomek Nexus bunkers, which would have been perfect for my taste, if not for their size and scale, which sadly is diminutive next to those large, modern figures. I've got a set of the latter which I hope to supplement with a large-ish landing platform, then use as a table-corner set dressing complex where the scale issues aren't so bad.
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And finally an armoured vehicle of sorts (from Puppets War, I think) which I bought at a hobby Bring-and-Buy. It's got nice heft and is a good scenario objective, but I will build some vehicles (shuttles and maybe a tanketto) once I get back into the vibe.
That's it so far! I'll add more pics of Warlord Games sets over the next few weeks, I hope. Thanks for looking! If you have any questions, I'll be happy to discuss.
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Most excellent 8)
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Great looking project Chris
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Have to admit I'm not that familiar with Strontium Dog, but what a fun looking miniatures collection. Think I'll need to learn more about this world.
Thanks!
Chris
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These are excellent! I'm currently trying to reconcile mixing Foundry and/or Warlord figures in with my Citadel ones. I think if I'm selective, I can cope with a little variation in scale.
I really love your vibrant comic book colours and the scratch built terrain.
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These are excellent! I'm currently trying to reconcile mixing Foundry and/or Warlord figures in with my Citadel ones. I think if I'm selective, I can cope with a little variation in scale.
I really love your vibrant comic book colours and the scratch built terrain.
Size is all over the place re: Foundry and Warlord. I would, personally, probably draw a line regarding the old Citadel 2000AD stuff (I've got a couple of the Judge Dredd figures, and those didn't work out at all), but it's possibly more a matter of heft than size; I've got some Paranoia troubleshooters waiting to be painted, who are chunky enough to work next to the Foundry ones, albeit a bit vertically-challenged - but that could be explained as a mutation.
The only thing that irks me a bit with the Warlord stuff is that some of the key figures are much more lanky than the rest of the range, notably the Stixes shown above and the original Johnny and Wulf from the boxed game. The other releases are all more realistically proportioned than other 28-30mm ranges, but also pack some heft that hides it a bit.
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Holy smokes, Chris! What a collection!
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Fantastic figs. I have a couple of 2000AD figs still lurking in the painting pile and this is inspiring me to shake off the dust.
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Wow :-*
You have been busy, Chris!
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Excellent collection and great to see. Looking forward to seeing it progress.
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Excellent collection and very nice painting, Chris! I still have a similar hit/miss relationship with SD. I want to love it, but many thing (sadly also some of the newer sculpts) don’t really do it for me.
Yet, therefore, it’s great to see how your mouthwatering collection is growing!
Greetings from the Hanoveranian province.
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Ooh, I am so jealous! Loving this, Chris, excellent work.
I really have to get some of my stash done at some point. I haven't got round to most of the SD range yet as I thought they looked a bit willowy, but on the whole they work pretty well, with the only exception being the Stixes.
Unless maybe two clone brothers just really like pies.
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Wow! Great start! :-* What are you doing for a table for your various terrain pieces? Doing a desert setting?
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Thanks all for the kind words!
Wow! Great start! :-* What are you doing for a table for your various terrain pieces? Doing a desert setting?
For the convention game, I was a bit pressed for time and had to resort to a concrete slabs (4x4") surface, 40x40in.
Desert is the obvious choice. I would like to do it in a sort of greyish ash-waste style that would work for a nondescript mining planet, the Burrito Badlands, Milton Keynes mutant ghetto in 2167 and other similar hell-holes. Hull comes to mind for inspiration. ;)
Captain Blood kindly sent me a couple of those rockface offcuts which I hope to integrate. The whole scenery thing is on the back-burner right now, though. Have to do new boards for the Lost World participation game for next year first.
Ultimately, though, buildings etc will be much more interactive with some interiors. I don't know if I'll stick with the domes, as they aren't so great for drawing line of sight. I thing the next set will need some extensions, maybe gangways and the like. I'm trying to get away from those very linear setups I did in the past.
The scene below is very close to what I would like best. Could also double as a quarry for Doctor Who.
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So, having sorted the old piccies (2009-2011, mostly), here's a re-run of the ABC Warriors stuff that originally started this collection.
These are mostly the old Foundry figures, except otherwise noted.
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Hammerstein, the big (40mm base) and small versions.
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Blackblood, pre- and post-"The Black Hole".
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Mongrol is a sculpt, a bit soft in places. I still want to do a new version but never got around doing so.
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Mek-Quake, in "three-welded-dockers" (Foundry) and Kill-Dozer mode (scratch).
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Now for some ancillary characters, conversions, mostly.
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Mad Ronn, from "Nemesis The Warlock: The Gothic Empire".
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ABC robo-recruits. These and Mad Ronn use the old Grenadier/EM-4 terminator robots as a base, with West Wind US Gasmask Heads and a Quar head, suitably modified.
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Spike, Blackblood's robo-pooch from "Hellbringer".
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Terri, from "The Black Hole".
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Nemesis the Warlock - the Foundry figure, slightly re-worked for a slighly less awkward pose.
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So cool.
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Bad guys!
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Imperial Rottweilers from "Khronicles of Khaos", based on Viridian Assault Marines (plastic).
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Eternal Warriors based on the original VASA troopers from the "Void" miniatures game. Slighly modified helmets to resemble the designs in "The Black Hole". Could do with a bit more craziness and a chainsaw or two.
That's it for today's update. I'm not sure if I'll return to this part as well, as the balancing issues for scenarios are even worse than with Strontium Dog; but that worked out well in the WG rules, so it's not totally out of the picture. At least, I would like to add some Termight Terminators using the new Necromunda Goliath gangers, but would need to sort out heads first (looking into 3D-printing, but those heads are devilishly tricky).
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Brilliant stuff Chris! And Nemesis,always my favourite.Credo!
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What a great collection.
We are looking to do more Dredd in our group, so its good to hear the Warlord SD rules work well.
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very nice work on those ABC conversions well done! There used to be a scratch built Mek Quake around on line somewhere do you think you'll do the full set?
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very nice work on those ABC conversions well done! There used to be a scratch built Mek Quake around on line somewhere do you think you'll do the full set?
Well, I pretty much have done a full set of the Warriors, although there's colour variants (like the blue-ish steel Mek-Quake from the Volgan War storyline), and yes, I am still missing some characters not released as minis, e.g. Happy Shrapnel, Steelhorn, Hitaki and Zippo. I've actually found a base figure for Happy, but haven't gone around to converting that one.
I think, though, that if I revisit this part of the collection, I guess I'll focus on more opponents, such as Volgan robots, the aforementioned Termight troops and maybe the Soy cowboys from the original Mars storyline (those could double for "Flesh!", too).
Right now, though, I'll try to finish the Strontium Dog minis still in my painting queue. There's also the Judge Dredd part of the collection remaining to be re-posted, and some crossover figures.
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Wow! What an awesome collection.
I liked especially one very unusual resistance fighter. >:D
Credo!
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So, following on the heels of the ABC Warriors stuff, here's the third major block of my 2000AD collection, namely Judge Dredd-themed stuff (with some oddities thrown in).
First off, Justice Department!
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Justice Department street judges and specialists:
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Moving into perp territory!
I'm obviously lacking in actual MC-1 perps, but I also have a large number of Street Violence figures kicking around whcih could be press-ganged to act as such, if need be. I must admit, though, that I din't find those particularly interesting.
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And my favourite pastime, robots galore! Obviously, the wardroids could double for ABC Warriors as well.
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And then some odds and ends! I've still got the Angel Gang (plus variant Mean Machines) somewhere but would need to photograph them first.
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That's it for today! Any questions and (ideally constructive ;)) comments welcome!
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Vicky Pollard Block Citi-Def lol
Love your collection.
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Man! I love this project! :-* :-* :-* Nice to see it come back to life! 8)
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Stunningly good collection
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Lovely work on all of them. I especially love the Klegg, and dearly wish I could find proxies for them in 54mm!
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Excellent.
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Fantastic collection Chris!
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Keeping an eye on those service droids, else Rob Schneider might pop out.
Nice work!
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Brilliant!
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More lovely painting. When did you paint all of this?
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great collection :-* :-* :-*
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Superb collection!
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Thanks for all the kind words!
More lovely painting. When did you paint all of this?
I started the project when I moved to the UK back in 2009, with most if the ABC Warriors items being painted in the following two years, plus the initial Judge Dredd stuff. When I got back to Germany, it went somewhat on the back burner with various jobs and moves, but I resumed Judge Dredd in 2013. Since 2014, I finished the Dredd part (more or less) and then did some odds and ends, focusing on SD when we did the two Astropolis Kickstarters for Lead Adventure Miniatures, since IMHO those had a nice 2000AD flair to them if given a suitable paintjob.
In a bit of a detour, in 2018-2019 I also did a bit of Sláine, originally as an addendum to my Old-without-a-hammer fantasy collection, but with more specific items added when North Star re-released the Roy Eastland fantasy celts. Those I still have to show, but I'll do them as a separate thread. Still lacking good terrain for that , though.
I basically just painted what I found which looked suitable until the Warlord Games SD game came along and I got the starter bundle to be finished in late 2018. Then I focused on these, did the aforementioned convention game in 2019 and now have almost all of that done. I'm not too enthusiastic about the Judge Dredd WG range but will certainly get some more odds and ends from that one to round out what I've got. It'll probably become a "multiverse setting project" as I may add some more items where the source material doesn't warrant a comprehensive approach such as Robo Hunter, Halo Jones, and Ro-Busters - I'm basically happy with modelling and collecting, though getting to play more than two games in 10 years would be a nice bonus.
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Loving this!