Lead Adventure Forum
Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: Vindice on May 30, 2015, 12:19:40 PM
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Howdy, pardners. I've been working through the lead pile and came across some Artizan varmints which has kick started my love of all things western:
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7786/17965642860_bc794e77b4.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tnyBH7)Al (https://flic.kr/p/tnyBH7) by ReanimatedImagery (https://www.flickr.com/photos/67779256@N08/), on Flickr
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7782/18262425545_ec314cc56e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tPMGRX)Rooster (1 of 2) (https://flic.kr/p/tPMGRX) by ReanimatedImagery (https://www.flickr.com/photos/67779256@N08/), on Flickr
There's a couple of more shots on my blog - http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/true-grit.html - but I'll add to this thread as I finish off more.
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A grand start
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A grand start
It certainly is!
You have really brought the character out in those fellas.
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:) That you Rooster!? :)
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Thanks chaps. Working on a few more - the biggest shock is how rarely Wild Bill in Deadwood wears dark colours. Lots of greens and browns. I am massively impressed with the Artizan sculpts. I'm going to have to treat myself to some more.
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!! Really can almost smell the whiskey on ole Roosters breathe!
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I've bought myself some rules and spent a bit of time with my friendly local laser cutter to produce this:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/309/18500463451_e71f59bf8a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ubPHeM)Fistful of Lead (https://flic.kr/p/ubPHeM) by ReanimatedImagery (https://www.flickr.com/photos/67779256@N08/), on Flickr
Some more details on the blog here: http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/a-fistful-of-wood.html
And some work in progress shots of some more cowboys if you can't wait for the finished articles I'll post at the weekend can be found here http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/i-your-huckleberry.html
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Howdy. The latest cowpoke to mosey into town is an ill lookin' hombre packing a shotgun and a deck of cards:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/434/18580283081_1c25c86dd9.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uiSNQi)I'm your Huckleberry (https://flic.kr/p/uiSNQi) by ReanimatedImagery (https://www.flickr.com/photos/67779256@N08/), on Flickr
The other men who came with him - the famous Wild Bill and a man o' the cloth - can be seen here: http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/weekend-painting.html
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Nice work. The Artizan figures are great, I've got those guys undercoated and in the painting queue now. I'm just painting some Artizan Pinkertons. Is the Rooster Cogburn from Crusader?
I've had a game of Fistful of Lead and it was great fun. It's fast and easy to pick up.
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I swear, I though ole Rooster was from Artizan as well. Now you've said that, I dunno where he came from...!
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Nice work.
More lovely characterful figures.
8) 8)
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I swear, I though ole Rooster was from Artizan as well. Now you've said that, I dunno where he came from...!
Looks like the crusader one to me.
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Looks like the crusader one to me.
Looks like it to me as well.
(http://www.crusaderminiatures.com/images/img71.jpg)
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Yup, that's the man with grit. I'm currently working on the mounted one as a 75th birthday present for my Mam as it's her favourite film.
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Yup, that's the man with grit. I'm currently working on the mounted one as a 75th birthday present for my Mam as it's her favourite film.
What a great idea.
Kudos!
8) 8)
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I've added a few more figures to the Posse:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o7RBrb8x5tw/VtdZJhHDrHI/AAAAAAAAB2A/k6TIPktwEEU/s1600/IMG_3989.JPG)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jq1Uq1R2W2M/VtNrbAtNFNI/AAAAAAAAB1k/dKuLm5-82A8/s1600/IMG_3980.JPG)
And sculpted some cacti:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s6Zk6IY_NXY/VtdZJqvADXI/AAAAAAAAB14/DD0OQGTn9DA/s1600/IMG_3995.JPG)
Some more details on the blog (http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/posse.html).
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Sheesh, and I thought I'd made some progress! :)
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Lovely stuff. Great little project.
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Lovely,I've got some artizan Wild West,great characters and reasonably priced.
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Love the wooden chits/markers you made! Great stuff!
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Thanks all. Currently stuck as I can't undercoat in the wet but some more to come.
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And here we go; The cacti in action...
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jDD5U2ANXO0/Vt838wkNbOI/AAAAAAAAB2c/LCdGg8j5WbE/s1600/IMG_4004.jpg)
...and the Earps:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6e5W484HhIc/Vt839SeKxlI/AAAAAAAAB2g/K9VUihmT9rs/s1600/IMG_4008.jpg)
Some more piccies on the blog. (http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/and-hells-comin-with-me-ya-hear-hells.html)
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What kind of lowdown two-bit sidewinder robs a bunch of cacti at gunpoint?
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What kind of lowdown two-bit sidewinder robs a bunch of cacti at gunpoint?
Especially since they've got their hands up!
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Thankfully, innocent young cacti are safe from marauding bandits as the bandits are too busy building a townstead...
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dOQlcqXQPgA/VuM468ICuGI/AAAAAAAAB3I/BeasthkC6Q8wBdUEZbvyb55iZdGqFICqg/s320/IMG_4023.JPG)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LFtJd1RGLGA/VuM46t2CoRI/AAAAAAAAB3E/l2niZv30BtQ-ro1nDsIl7f17P9ialtm-w/s320/IMG_4022.JPG)
My first experience of Sarissa; I have to say, for the price they're lovely. Some more details on the blog as always. (http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/mosey-into-town.html)
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Sarissa are very nice. They're a bit simple compared to some other kits, but they're also the only kits where you can assembled an entire town in...20 minutes? My entire first town was Sarissa - simple, effective and lovely. You will want to add some additional doors to some of them as they never had rear-doors when I was buying them.
Love your work on the Earps.
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Thanks. The Sarissas are very nice for the price. They have come with back doors so they must have changed the pattern since your last purchase.
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Ah, cool. Yeah when I had them there was a "pitched roof" expansion but only that came with rear doors on most of the basic buildings. That's cool. I had glued a bunch of spare doors to mine! lol
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Developing nicely..
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Managed to make the two buidings look a bit more lived in, ready for the first game on Friday:
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vVg5IUm7wUM/VuhgYrA4McI/AAAAAAAAB3o/CopGhsbTfiA_h58okPcERj_zmoHAT_p6A/s320/IMG_4043.JPG)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XGGWoyEtpE0/VuhgYhpFnTI/AAAAAAAAB3w/kjP4OnDTj5MFQTYSdBvzjNQ8rTyG3Mjkg/s320/IMG_4044.JPG)
More pictures on the blog - as well as the reasoning behind a couple of the names: http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/welcome-to-ratwater.html
I've not been this excited to play a game for a long time :)
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Well done, they look the business.
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Al Swearingen has fallen foul of the law in the little town of Ratwater. The Marshall has locked him up wait the pleasure of Hizzonner Judge Roy Bean. But Al is not without friends, up in Dakota. And they’re comin’ to bust him out…
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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6IvAMvUyS04/Vu1Ze2T6FDI/AAAAAAAAB40/dvgWub9eRFIxhCrvyluBLOVDmtVKxY8jw/s320/DSC_2449.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JWQyE2mc18E/Vu1Za7sx0QI/AAAAAAAAB4c/4hpvELy1ETI6P4yXimvSdD_dJRNSBLdAA/s320/DSC_2440.jpg)
Played our first game. It was great. More pics and a writeup on the the blog: Prison Break (http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/prison-break-fistful-of-lead-aar.html)
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Awesome. I'm posting to the FfoL FB page and Yahoo Group.
-J
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Oh, and after reading said report, you were suspicious the author (me) was a Damnyankee. That could not be further from the truth. Being a direct descendant of one of Quantrill's Raiders, the only thing worse you could have called me was a Jayhawk.
-J
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I meant it more in the sense of 'revolutionary colonist' than north v south :-)
Just had our first go with the new posse creation rules from Reloaded. Looking good so far :-)
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Ahh, there's a differnce between "Yank" and "Yankee".
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Howdy pardners.
The town of Ratwater has been growing a while and a new posse has rolled into town:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PNyAYG_Azn0/WdEKpep6viI/AAAAAAAAEOY/uyr-uzwq7OUFl0Bf-iqriJ8xo13QCqzagCEwYBhgL/s1600/20171001_162508.jpg)
http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/deserves-got-nothin-to-do-with-it.html?m=1 (http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/deserves-got-nothin-to-do-with-it.html?m=1)
There's also a new bunch of desperadoes hanging around, lookin' to get rich quick.
http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-this.html?m=1 (http://critfailure.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-this.html?m=1)
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Beautiful work.
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Thanks:-)
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It is good to see that Ratwater is attracting the right kind of folks.
8) 8) ;)