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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: Mr. White on December 05, 2007, 01:43:46 PM

Title: Tongs
Post by: Mr. White on December 05, 2007, 01:43:46 PM

Any good sources for a Tong gang?

The Foundry website has a Chinese listing, but no pictures available. I'd love to get some minis in that scale, since it looks like the one the group wants to go with.

Title: Tongs
Post by: Hammers on December 05, 2007, 01:53:57 PM

Copplestone Chinese bandits. A few examples:
(http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/images/bc21.jpg)

http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/images/bu45.jpg

Pulp Figures (Murch) has a wjole range:

http://www.pulpfigures.com/cat.php?range=Yangzee%20Gangs&catalog=PYG&custID=2172121811196861862

Brigade Games:
(http://www.brigadegames.com/images/BGGL/BG-VA08_lg.jpg)

Title: Tongs
Post by: Malamute on December 05, 2007, 01:58:41 PM

As Hammershield says Pulp Miniatures. I would go with those, loads to choose from and very nice figures as well :)
Westwind/Old Glory do a Tong gang in their Cowboy Wars range. I have never seen the figures so don't know what they look like.

Title: Tongs
Post by: Auton on December 05, 2007, 03:03:03 PM

Old Glory/Westwind ones (image grabbed from OG US site)

(http://www.nick101.f9.co.uk/T/LA/Tong.jpg)

<edited as image link didn't work>
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Title: Tongs
Post by: TadPortly on December 05, 2007, 04:00:14 PM

Brigade Games do some nice Tong Gang figures:

http://www.northstarfigures.com/shop/brigadegames28mm/victoriancharacters1800s/index.html

Title: Tongs
Post by: Hammers on December 05, 2007, 06:18:22 PM

What's the deal here? My link to Grigade's Tong gang not good enough for ya? ;-)

Title: Tongs
Post by: Westfalia Chris on December 05, 2007, 07:00:00 PM

He no rlespect yourl ancestorls! He make you rlose face!

:lol:

There was a nice pack of Tong railway workers in the Great Rail Wars figure line for Deadlands. However, they´d be faaar to big to be used next to the usual run of 28s; however, I think they´d work perfect with the Black Scorpion stuff. You know, in a "They hardly come up to your knees, and they´re always happy and eager to please" way...

Title: Tongs
Post by: 6mmfan on December 08, 2007, 10:44:55 AM

Here's my Chinese posse for LOTOW which are most Pulp with one figure from the Foundry boxer rebellion range, The figures arent up to the satndards on this forum, but they look good on the table.

(http://www.6mm.wargaming.info/photos/chinese4.jpg)

A couple of pulp figures with six guns added. I did this before the showdown supplement came out and now they cant have sixguns  :(

(http://www.6mm.wargaming.info/photos/chinese1.jpg)

Some more pulp figures converted to carry shotguns

(http://www.6mm.wargaming.info/photos/chinese5.jpg)

The bosses

(http://www.6mm.wargaming.info/photos/chinese2.jpg)

Hope this helps

Title: Tongs
Post by: JollyBob on December 08, 2007, 11:20:24 AM

Not up to standard?

Don't be too hard on yourself mate, they look pretty good to me. Nice vibrant colours on the silks too, very nice work.

Title: Tongs
Post by: Vanvlak on December 08, 2007, 11:31:42 AM

Very nice, 6mm - especially the Fu Manchu type.
Better than these too....
(http://images.homecouture.com.au/products/product_image/mini_tong_p.jpg)

Title: Tongs
Post by: Lowtardog on December 08, 2007, 12:13:39 PM

I think a mixture of all of the above would work, the Pulp ones look nice you just have to avoid the Tommie guns etc. Some of the Foundry Chinese Pirates would work too as would some of their Chinese range but you need to carefully select from the range.

I dont think it would be too hard to use either Amazon or Hasslefree martial artists either. One day when I finish my Gangs of Newyarok figures I want to do Tongs to fight them...one day :roll:

Title: Tongs
Post by: Mainly28s on December 08, 2007, 02:09:09 PM

I'd also add using Old Glory's Boxer Rebellion figures (admittedly 30 in a bag is a lot), or those from Redoubt's Boxer Rebellion range.

Title: Tongs
Post by: 6mmfan on December 09, 2007, 12:23:33 AM

I brought four packs of Pulp figures to create my posse. It was a few more figures than I needed, but I had to the pack with this in it :-

(http://www.6mm.wargaming.info/photos/chinese7.jpg)


You just have to be careful with which packs as some of the weapons look too modern. I didn't have any Foundry or Old Glory at the time but they would work well.

Title: Tongs
Post by: Hammers on December 09, 2007, 04:34:50 PM

Quote from: "Vanvlak"

Very nice, 6mm - especially the Fu Manchu type.
Better than these too....
(http://images.homecouture.com.au/products/product_image/mini_tong_p.jpg)

GOT to get me some of those. Are they Foundry?

Title: Tongs
Post by: white knight on December 09, 2007, 04:40:27 PM

Quote from: "6mmfan"

The figures arent up to the satndards on this forum, but they look good on the table.

I hate it when people say that of figures that are better painted than mine.  :x

Title: Tongs
Post by: 6mmfan on December 13, 2007, 04:17:35 PM

hammershield

They are all Pulp except fot the guy in a blue top with a polearm, who is Foundry