CapnJim's Pulp Stuff (1920s/30s US Gangster Stuff Pics - Pg. 7...09 Mar 23).

[CapnJim]

Nice collection. Who are the gangsters by?

Thanks.  The vast majority of my gangsters are from Brigade Games, here in the states.

[CapnJim]

I'm now painting up some Warlord Bolt Action 28mm "British LDV Section" and "Defenders of the Realm" figures.   I'm doing them up to use with my 20s-30s US gangster wars collection.  I did a few conversions, and I hope to have them finished, photographed, and posted here before I leave on vacation March 14.  Stay tuned...

[CapnJim]

And here they are!

The first 2 pics show figures from the Warlord Bolt Action Defenders of the Realm pack.  I added a cigar to the dapper fellow.  I wonder what he is reaching for under his coat....and I really like the Boy Scout...

The next 2 pics show figures from Warlord's Bolt Action LDV Section pack.  3 of these chaps hold blunt instruments.  The pack came with several figures with no right hand, and several separate right hands with various improvised weapons.  As you can see, these guys got a club, a crowbar, and a sledge hammer.  The 4th chap will be an Officer for my Marines/National Guardsmen...

The 3rd 2 pics show guys with guns, again all from that LDV pack.  The 2 dudes with the side-by-side shotguns came that way.  The guy with the Winchester 1897 riot gun was one of the guys with no right hand, so I gave him one from a Warlord plastic American GIs sprue.  That hand just happened to have the shotgun molded with it...same for the smartly-dressed chap with the pipe.  He got a right hand with a .45 from that same sprue.

The last 2 pics show the whole bunch together...   

Hope all y'all like them...   

Next up, likely in April after I get back from Florida, should be Empress Miniatures' Brummie Mafia figures, which I will use for my US gangster stuff...

[Johnny Boy]

Clever use of the Warlord LDV pack Cap'n. I briefly dipped my toe into the Chicago Way which I'll revisit with a mind to completing it. . . .

[Cat]

A great menacing looking lot!
 
Hmm, that LDV section has a lot of good figures for a 'neighborhood watch' gang for Mean Streets...

[CapnJim]

Clever use of the Warlord LDV pack Cap'n. I briefly dipped my toe into the Chicago Way which I'll revisit with a mind to completing it. . . .

Thanks, Johnny Boy.  There is a lot of stuff out there to use for that genre...

A great menacing looking lot!
 
Hmm, that LDV section has a lot of good figures for a 'neighborhood watch' gang for Mean Streets...

Thanks, Cat.  And you could easily do that.  That pack has 6 of the 10 figures with no right hand, and enough right hands with "improvised weapons" to make a good gang...the other 4 have (as you can see) a couple double-barrel shotguns and that Officer-type.  There's also a guy with a tin hat and a bolt-action rifle (trim the magazine off, and it could pass for an M1903....

[Cat]

Those shotgunners could easily be carved into 2x4s as well.  Handy for lesser thugs in the gangsters ranks too.

[CapnJim]

...Handy for lesser thugs in the gangsters ranks too.

Yep.  That's my plan.  That gives me 7 or 8 guys who'll forget to bring a gun to a gunfight....