The Meknificent Seven and Friends - 2014/10/26 Meks and Mercs (p.16)

[Westfalia Chris]

Thats a fantastic update, great work.  Mad Ron is very recognisable but the Paranoia 'bots steal the show.  What is Rons head made out of?

It's a Quar head with helmet - obviously, the shape is a bit off, but close enough. The shotgun barrels are also a Quar accessory, wire cutters IIRC.

Before they closed down Mega Miniatures had a range of cheap, small-ish robots in humanoid and non-humanoid configurations, both armed and unarmed.  They are worth tracking down as MC1 style service bots.  A number of them were quite cute.  I regret not picking up the Mongoose Paranoia robots a few years back as they would also have been ideal.

I got some of the Citadel MC1 robots on Ebay last year. They are also tiny but perfect as rebellious household robots (rather than military surplus or security or demolition or whatever).

Yes, I'd seen the MegaMinis bots, which would be perfect in style. Couldn't really justify the purchase at the time, though, what with limited resources and all, and now it may well be too late. I only bought the Paranoia figures because they were so cheap at a recent local "hobby boot sale" (1.25€ per figure in damaged blisters), and the SJS judge came to 2€.

[steders]

Lovely Lovely stuff, Mad Ronn is great

Not sure if I really need Call-Me-Kenneth and the Heavy Metal Kids, as those are a bit awkward for my taste,

WHAT!!
Wash your mouth out!
I demand you make CMK and the Kids!
I used Lego to recreate the Rebellion when it was first published. Lego Bots V plasticine Judges

[Westfalia Chris]

Lovely Lovely stuff, Mad Ronn is great

Thanks!

Not sure if I really need Call-Me-Kenneth and the Heavy Metal Kids, as those are a bit awkward for my taste,

WHAT!!
Wash your mouth out!
I demand you make CMK and the Kids!
I used Lego to recreate the Rebellion when it was first published. Lego Bots V plasticine Judges

Ah, ye gooden olden dayes.

I'll have to adjust my original verdict on that - I gave myself the E-book versions of the Complete Case Files 1 and 5 as a birthday present and am halfway trough #1. The robot rebellion is much better than the isolated snippets led me to suspect at first, and while I'll probably do some more East-Meg One stuff first, the robot characters (especially those robot overseers, whose whips weren't the only thing on acid in those days, apparently ), have moved up considerably on my list.

Also, comic book dealers.

[Andym]

I've just spent a good half hour going through this thread, and when I say good, I mean well worth the time! The big green tank/robot has to be my fav, but that's an amazing amount of work! Well done sir!!

Just one question....have you actually managed a game with them so far? I don't remember seeing anything!

[Westfalia Chris]

Just one question....have you actually managed a game with them so far? I don't remember seeing anything!

Aaaand... that is the shameful part. No games since I started out with it, partly due to the difficulty of getting non-Brits (and Germans in particular) interested in 2000AD stuff and the fact that I didn't yet manage to build some proper terrain.

On the other hand, I recently helped my brother build an urban board for 40k games, and we plan to use the Showdown rules for some Judge Dredd games. I originally wanted to do a Cursed Earth setting, as the terrain would be more generic and therefore more usable for other settings, but I've been revisiting the Making of Judge Dredd book by boxtree, and am considering doing some Mega City One pieces for a bit of block war now. Maybe a mix of both, or I'll go back to doing the "crossover approach" that pits characters from various 2000AD series in a royal rumble across the time wastes, but that will be an even tougher sell.

Really, it's hard to believe how unpopular 2000AD in general, and JD in particular, is over here.

At the moment, though, I'm contenting myself with just modelling and painting and building up the forces. Not too bad, as I'm more inclined to that part and can live without gaming if need be.

[OSHIROmodels]

Sometimes mate its just worth doing something for the love 

cheers

James

[manatic]

Before they closed down Mega Miniatures had a range of cheap, small-ish robots in humanoid and non-humanoid configurations, both armed and unarmed.  They are worth tracking down as MC1 style service bots.  A number of them were quite cute.  I regret not picking up the Mongoose Paranoia robots a few years back as they would also have been ideal.

Mega Miniatures is still open (for five more days), and they have the following, as well as a bunch of others:









You can get them at http://freeboardgamesnow.com/

[Andym]

I don't know if its any help, some guys over at the Crooked Dice forum came up with some rules based around the 7TV game. It kinda favours small skirmish style gaming where the characters have skills and stuff. Maybe worth a look?

http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/forum/Blah.pl?m-1360010010/s-0/

[Westfalia Chris]

Hi all,

a bit of an update!

I recently went on a trip to Berlin for job interviews coupled with a weekend holiday and found a couple of Mongoose minis to round out some factions.

Two Kleggs and a Klegghound (sounds like a sitcom title):



And a bunch of outright rebellious robots:



Bit of indulgence, really. Still, after reading up until ca. 1984 in the Dredd collections, I could kick myself for not exploring the Dredd branch of the 2000AD universe earlier - much wittier and funnier than ABC Warriors, and such grandiose art. I've started work on some refinery pieces from an old Hexagon/Platformer/Chemical Plant kit I had lying around for half a decade and dug out some raw material to do some proper MC-1 terrain. Hopefully, some in-action shots will follow soon!

Regarding the minis - not much to be said on the robots, quite well-done in sculpt and production, and fun to paint - although except from the demolition bot, they aren't quite as retro in design as I would have preferred. The Kleggs are quite nice, too. I'm still baffled by the pose of the cleaver-wielding crocman - looks OK from the front, but downright weird from the rear. Double the size of the Citadel Kleggs - but even alien mercs need some juves, I guess. Even the Klegghound is taller than the Citadel figures. Times, they are a-changin'.

Thanks for looking!

[Mason]

Lovely additions to the collection, Chris.
 

I know what you mean about that 'wonky' Klegg.
That cleaver arm just looks so wrong.
I feel a little conversion work could be called for on that one.
 

I am glad that you have mentioned their height in comparison to the Citadel offerings as I have never seen the Mongoose versions and was not aware that they were so much bigger.
Not that that will stop me getting some eventually*...like you said: Juves!
 



*I want to use them as an alien 'gang' for Inquisimunda.

[Westfalia Chris]

Lovely additions to the collection, Chris.
 

I know what you mean about that 'wonky' Klegg.
That cleaver arm just looks so wrong.
I feel a little conversion work could be called for on that one.
 

Yeeesss... but I am getting a wee bit lazy in my old age. 

I am glad that you have mentioned their height in comparison to the Citadel offerings as I have never seen the Mongoose versions and was not aware that they were so much bigger.
Not that that will stop me getting some eventually*...like you said: Juves!
 



*I want to use them as an alien 'gang' for Inquisimunda.

Maybe I need to clarify that. In pure height, it's more like 1.5 times the height of the Citadel figures as illustrated here:



I wasn't too clear in using "size" as I had the overall bulk and dimensions in mind. It is noticeably larger, though, and the heads are different in style, but I think they could work together. That said, despite the deplorable lack of poses, I think the Mongoose models are the better choice in that case, especially considering the scarcity of the old Kleggs and their price, I assume.

If you want imposing, go for the Mongoose figs. Those are very much like those in the comics when it comes to "threatening".

[Mason]

Thanks for the tips and comparison, Chris, much appreciated.
Luckily I already have the Citadel versions so that is not really an issue.
 

[Vanvlak]

Slicey slicey oncey twicey
Claw and fang'll kill Dredd nicely....

Grand show 

[Westfalia Chris]

Hi all,

I had an unsually productive week and finished a couple of additions.

First, Judge Minty from the previous Frothers Charity Thing. Found that one on the Ainsty stall at Crisis (later realised it may have been Dags who sold it to me, but it didn't click right then). Lovely figure, superb sculpting and fine cast. I based it to go with the rest of my Dredd stuff and will use the scenic base as a marker of sorts.

I put a bit more effort into this one (with multiple highlights on all colour areas, especially the face) and I think it turned out quite nicely.



Next, three Wardroids from Robert L. Booth's "Legion of the Damned" (mainly based on the Mills/Brashill story). Excalibur Minis from 1998, and the moulds show their age now; but anything for variant Hammersteins.



Moving on, three little service drones (Ainsty Castings) who wonder how the drokk they got into this setting. Somebody must have misprogrammed their punchcards, I assume. Maybe they'll find work tending to Block parks or as Block physicians.



Next, a Mongoose Mechanismo Mk1 which I got from Cheetor. Interesting figure, although a bit stiffly-posed in the Mongoose way. Fun to paint, though, especially when trying to figure out how to best paint black metallics.



And finally, a Volgan Killbot which I actually painted a couple of weeks ago (in October) but forgot to photograph until now, somehow. This is originally a Warzone Cybertronic "Chemiman" which I found by accident in one of my mini storage boxes.



Thanks for looking! I've also done a couple of terrain pieces and game boards which I hope to take pics of during the week, although those may end up in a separate thread as they are not exclusively for 2000AD.

Cheers!

[Michka]

Hot damn those are lovely. You Minty is really fantastic. I got one of him from Cheetor a while back and still haven't painted the thing. That may change this week. I feel inspired by your work. It doesn't hurt that I just read a couple issues of Judge Dredd.
(I know they're 'progs' in the UK, but these were the Eagle reprints from the US, so I'm using the term issues. I have lots of issues. Just ask my wife.)