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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Gutbukkit on July 30, 2017, 02:44:02 PM
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Rifling through my assortment of unpainted minis I came across some Copplestone Gangsters, a project that never got started from about two years ago. So wanting to paint something different and with Boardwalk Empire on in the background I set to painting the seven gangsters I currently have. I thoroughly enjoyed painting these as I always do with Mark Copplestone's work. I think this is some of the best painting I've done for a long time.
I don't have any terrain made yet for games so I mocked up a section of wall to photograph the gangsters. More minis have been ordered and a copy of Mad Dogs With Guns too.
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Awesome looking figures. We're a big fans of Boardwalk Empire. And its a great setting to use with Pulp Alley rules.
I hope we get to see more of your miniatures.
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Nice. You can't go wrong with a Copplestone Gangster. :)
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They look great - nice setting too :-*
(Reminds me, I really must watch the final season of Boardwalk Empire!)
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Copplestone are my favourite range of figures and you've done an excellent job of painting those. :-*
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Great job! Very atmospheric photos.
LB
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Thanks all. I'm really fired up with this project so far. When the miniatures paint up so easily it makes the project a joy to work on. I managed to paint up 3 more gangsters today. Now to wait patiently for my order from Northstar to arrive.
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Awesome work! :-* :-*
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Very nicely done. Gritty, yet sharp - as befits the theme.
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Shiny :D
cheers
James
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Here's a look behind the curtain at the little cheat scene I made so I could photograph my gangsters against something a bit more interesting than a piece of paper. In a few weeks I'll begin making scenery proper for the project.
In other news my copy of Mad Dogs With Guns and more gangsters arrived today. Can't wait to get some paint on them.
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I like that, very clever. The weathering is particularly effective.
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Nice work on the Gangsters and the backdrop, sir.
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(Reminds me, I really must watch the final season of Boardwalk Empire!)
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You have not finished it??
You really should.
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Lovely work 8)
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:-*Magnificent yet a period that gives envy
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Thanks all. I'm going a bit slower with the painting now my holiday is over, only managed to paint one guy this week.
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Nice work, sir.
He looks like a proper hood.
8) 8)
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Something a bit different now. A gun moll. The eagle eyed among you may have noticed I've "borrowed" Kev Dallimore's paint scheme for all of these so far with a few tweaks. It was his work being shown on Northstar's fb page that inspired me to start this project in the first place.
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Those are ace!
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She looks great, especially that jacket.
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Fantastic work!
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GREAT brushwork and colour palette, CONGRATULATIONS! ;)
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Nice painting! :-*
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perfect selection of characters - done well
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Another thread of mine resurrected. As I seem to be in the mood to paint anything by Mark Copplestone, here are a couple more gangsters to add to the roster.
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Great painting and backdrop idea - who makes that tin rubbish bin?
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Thanks for the thread necromancy, I seemed to have missed this before!
Great work! Very inspiring. Hope to see your minis in a game.
Matt
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Lovely work, Mr Bukkit.
You have really captured the character is these wonderful sculpts.
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Great painting and backdrop idea - who makes that tin rubbish bin?
It could be the Black Cat Bases one?
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Thanks all. The rubbish bin was part of a set from TTCombat. They have all sorts of street scatter, mostly modern though.
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Lovely figures,and I really like the idea of the backdrop.
I'm still unable to make anything nearly as detailed at those faces though. Do you have a magnifying lens to paint under?
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Lovely figures,and I really like the idea of the backdrop.
I'm still unable to make anything nearly as detailed at those faces though. Do you have a magnifying lens to paint under?
Thanks. I find painting faces easy when the sculpting is characterful. Some miniatures faces I struggle to paint because they can be featureless. As yet my eyesight is still good enough that I don’t need magnification.
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I spent a long time away from this project, but it’s nice to come back to and paint a figure or two for every now and then.
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Great painting!
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Very nice work, especially the pinstripe. The Copplestone range is my favorite for the pulp era. The figures are fun to paint, and with the slotta base tabs, easy to mount on clear bases. I do wish though that he would add another pack of Beat Cops.
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No, I'm not Nick! :o
Recently took the gangster plunge from the Blue Moon Range (have the Rebel Minis already) and need to order the Khurasan packs (cops and 'bad guys'). Very cool that Blue Moon has great civilian packs to go along with the gun toters. Rebel has one pack of 5, too, which I doubled up on. For others who like 15 mm who might dive down this hole, don't overlook the Stay Off The Moors set from Khurasan, very useful figures there.
This thread will make a nice painting guide, so keep busy and keep posting! lol
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Another very nicely painted character 8)
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Back once again with another addition. My local gaming store had a few packs of Copplestone gangsters that I didn’t have so I picked some up.
I’ll hopefully have a couple more chaps painted today.
Honest citizen? Or bagman for the Mob?
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As promised I finished another two today. Despite the photo looking that way, the chap in the blue-grey suit isn’t wearing a mask.
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Really lovely! The backdrop really adds to the overall effect!
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Agree, and very nice painting - they have a real earthy (for the era) feel.