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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => In Her Majesty's Name => Topic started by: Maldred on January 28, 2014, 12:00:44 AM
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Can anyone tell me if they have plans for either a New York or Chicagoan crime gang to complement the companies of the Kentish Men or the Brick Lane Commune?
As a "literary dilettante relying on Wikipedia and lead adventures contributors for my research" I confess I haven't read the book :) but Wikipedia sounds promising:
"saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys of the Bowery and the notorious Five Points district of Lower Manhattan, The Gangs of New York dramatically evokes the destitution and shocking violence of a turbulent era, when colorfully named criminals like "Dandy" Johnny Dolan, William Poole (aka Bill the Butcher), and Hell-Cat Maggie lurked in the shadows, and infamous gangs like the Plug Uglies, Dead Rabbits, and the Bowery Boys ruled the streets. A rogues gallery of prostitutes, pimps, poisoners, pickpockets, murderers, and thieves"
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I don't know who's doing lists, but Bobby Jackson sculpted a whole line of these, called "B'hoys!" They're available through Virtual Armchair General, apparently.
http://www.thevirtualarmchairgeneral.com/210-bhoysfigs.html (http://www.thevirtualarmchairgeneral.com/210-bhoysfigs.html)
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Brigade Games also has a bunch of figures designed for Gangs of New York, some straight from the film.
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There are a few really nice ones from the Perrys as well.
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I had all three manufacturers, all fit fairly well, you can also throw into the mix some of the victorian thugs (westwind) and various wild west and other characters form many of the VSF ranges.
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Thanks for the recommends, there's always a lot of lovely lead to collect :)
But is anybody out there putting together a Company list?
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I started to create a Company based on Johnny Marcone's Chicago syndicate from the Dresden Files series of books by Jim Butcher (I had previously posted a Company featuring the other characters from the series). Having also researched the Pinkertons, and reading much about Adam Worth, the Company morphed into the Whitechapel Syndicate, below.
Worth and Bullard were actually Americans, although much of their crime was committed overseas, and there is no reason why this group couldn't populate the streets of New York or Chicago instead.
Miss Gard is a holdover from the Dresden Files, as is Donar Vadderung in the story line. No need to keep the Valkyrie or adhere to the story line: make of it what you will, change the names, or whatever.
(http://www.wrgmr.com/images/worth1.jpg)
(http://www.wrgmr.com/images/worth2.jpg)
PDF here:
www.wrgmr.com/whitechapel.pdf
Mike O
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Thanks for the follow up .... interesting how international crime was in those days, it seems criminals were way ahead of the public in taking 'package holidays' (well I guess they were actually 'business trips')
Johnny Marcone's Chicago syndicate from the Dresden Files series of books by Jim Butcher
One of the only book series my wife & I have on our 'must buy in hardback as soon as it is published' list.
Worth and Bullard were actually Americans, although much of their crime was committed overseas, and there is no reason why this group couldn't populate the streets of New York or Chicago instead.
Which perhaps explains why they don't appear in my copy of The Victorian Underworld by Donald Thomas, a curious omission though given his success, I'm sure I have Macintyre's book on Worth in the attic.
Nice that IHMN caters both for political empires and criminal empires vying for the top spot.