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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: Major Weenie on July 20, 2008, 08:49:09 PM
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On the left is a stock Wargames Foundry 'Boer with Pistol' painted up in colors that, one hopes, are more suitable to an American Banker of the Wild West. On the right is the same figure, converted into a Mexican Federale officer from around 1913.
The brim of the bowler was cut off from the back and sides, but left on the front where it was filed into correct shape for the peak of the cap. Then a bit of putty was pressed onto the top of the bowler, and sanded to the correct shape for the cap.
Not many Federale officers would have worn beards in 1913, but filing it off was just too much work. Looking back, I'm not certain why I didn't just change heads.
(http://thebengalclubla.com/images/boer01.jpg)
Oh, and here's an Apache in a Federale shako.
(http://thebengalclubla.com/images/apache01.jpg)
More images over here at the gaming club's web site.
http://thebengalclubla.com/tbc_gallery.asp (http://thebengalclubla.com/tbc_gallery.asp)
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From Boer to Federale.
What a cool conversion based on a headgear change!
Impressive accomplishment there.
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Nice work, but what kind of Bank are you running if the President has to go armed like that!
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For a while there in the club's Wild West game the Pinkertons were doing so badly... Their poor performance based entirely upon dice rolls... That the membership looked for another name to use. Then in one scenario some 'East Coast Bankers' exited a train, and shot the town to pieces. Voila! "Banker" or "East Coast Banker" became slang for 'Heavily Armed Non Player Characters, in bowler hats, who do well on their shooting dice rolls."