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Miniatures Adventure => Interwar => Topic started by: FramFramson on June 13, 2015, 05:03:45 AM
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Having seen the old Citadel Gothic Horror range (it's from 1985-6) I realized I have no Depression-era hobos! And I'm not sure who does!
Here are the two from the Gothic Horror line:
Hobo
(http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/images/thumb/c/cf/GoHo23.jpg/392px-GoHo23.jpg)
Down And Out
(http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/images/thumb/c/c5/GoHo61.jpg/392px-GoHo61.jpg)
They're wonderful figures with loads of personality, but finding them let alone finding them for a reasonable price is a tall order. Surely someone else must have made some good hobos in the intervening 30 years? Anyone know of any?
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There's a pack of down-and-outs in Dixon's gangster range.
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Seen that. They actually just look like normal civilians. That's still a useful pack though!
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There is one in the west wind super heroes civilian packs but figures are mixed bag
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There's a couple in the London Victorian Civilians set from Blue Moon that may be suitable.
https://www.bluemoonmanufacturing.com/view_product.php?product=BMM109 (https://www.bluemoonmanufacturing.com/view_product.php?product=BMM109)
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Some of the foundry old west range might not be a bad shout.
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I have one of those down & outs doing nothing in the attic, make me an offer. I will only say yes or no.
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Cheers Svenn, PM sent.
There's two in the Blue Moon pack which might do as well. As for the West Wind Superfigs, it looks like they're no longer offered anyway.
Considering how closely the hobo is associated with the Dirty 30's, I'm seriously amazed there aren't more such figures.
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Maybe model railroad people, less detailed, so you could paint the clothing to look however you want. If you want some hobo atmosphere, read "The Street of No Return" by David Goodis.
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Oh there's plenty of model railroad figure hobos, but yes the quality is subpar and more important they tend to be kind of bland and mannequin-like.
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Matt you do a thread on inter war figures,and you never think to add this into the mix? lol
Civvies or squaddies was the idea.
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I only just realised how acute this shortage is. I honestly never would have guessed that no one made any hobos or tramps, considering they're about as "30's" as any rugged adventurer, sinister fascist stormtrooper, or dashing aviatrix.
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I only just realised how acute this shortage is. I honestly never would have guessed that no one made any hobos or tramps, considering they're about as "30's" as any rugged adventurer, sinister fascist stormtrooper, or dashing aviatrix.
True, but not very glamorous from what ive read.
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Well, neither are sinister fascist stormtroopers. ;)
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Say what you want about sinister fascist stormtroopers, they could cut a dash lol
I say if we're going for the typical 'look' it'll be dirty with lots of browns, not the most exciting for some to paint.
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I thought of this thread when I chanced upon Eureka's modern "African mob" pack just now. I think at least one of the figures (second row, farthest right) would make a decent American hobo if the feet were resculpted to be wearing shoes instead of sandals. A head swap might also be in order for a more Caucasian-looking hobo. The two other trouser-wearing adult males in the pack might also suit the purpose, although the loose-fitting T-shirt on one of them doesn't quite scream "1930s" to me (but I might be wrong, I'm not a fashion historian and Wikipedia does say T-shirts were common work-wear by the time of the Great Depression). Obviously these will be some expensive hobos if one doesn't need the other figures in the pack. One of the females looks very suitable as a pulp-era African-American matriarch, though. The other female might look at home in pulp-era Africa. That just leaves the two boys who don't quite look dressed for the period to me, unless they're wearing their fathers' T-shirts while helping out at the farm/factory/docks/wherever (again, I'm not sure about the status and cut of T-shirts during the 1930s), and the male in the kanga/kitenge-type garment, whose suitability or unsuitability for pulp-era Africa I couldn't hope to know about.
http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_126_138&products_id=12730 (http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_126_138&products_id=12730)
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Yeah, those look a bit too modern. The problem with the T-shirts is that they're modern ones i.e. oversized and hanging freely instead of tucked in.
I suppose you could do even more conversion, but at that point you're practically sculpting new figures.
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OK, I see your point. The shirts and T-shirts not being tucked in was the thing I couldn't quite put my finger on but kept bothering me.
Still, that shirt on the first figure I mentioned could just as well be a tattered old jumper.