The Renascence of Hog Thief Bend!

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Hog Thief Bend made a few appearances here, back in 2017. On a whim, I started work on it again and thought it might deserve a new thread, after five years of storage! I think the photos on the old posts disappeared during the Photof****t debacle.

This first photo shows my initial set-up now, but I think it will look rather different later, as I progress.



D. M. D'Emfore the Mortician has just moved into town and business is booming. He'll soon be able to afford to paint his new premises!



I've been working on my Snake Oil wagon.







..and here we have the denizens of the Snake Oil wagon.

From L to R: Hercules (the horse), Splint who is Dr. Vagabond’s gopher, an enigmatic individual who  usually gets to carry the sandwich-board, Dr. Archimedes Vagabond himself (inventor of the Vagabond Elixir) and Francis Tumblety, a quack in his own right and inventor of ‘Tumblety’s Pimple Destroyer’. With Dr. Vagabond, he usually plays the part of innocent bystander, miraculously cured by the Vagabond Elixir.



More to come on this WIP...

[Doug ex-em4]

Lovely work, m’lud. The Snake Oil crew are marvellous although you’d have to be spectacularly credulous to buy anything off "Dr" Vagabong.

Looking forward to more developments in HTB…..

Doug
ps: most impressed by the use of "Renascence"

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Thanks, Doug.

Just found a picture of Hog Thief Bend in its early days, before the railroad brought prosperity (and much else) to the town.

[Doug ex-em4]

The old place has certainly come on since then; I know some of the old timers don’t approve but you can’t stop progress. We sure had some wild times before the railroad showed up








Doug

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

...ah yes, those were the days! Panther Piss Whiskey and the women!

In the Mexican Quarter, the Tequila Bandidos are posing for one of these new-fangled daguerreotypes.

Antiguo los Cojones, El Hombre de Sastre, Calabaza Cabeza, Excavado de Vaca, Chasquido el Caso, El Tequila Esponja, Rápido González and Corbata de Lazo.

[Doug ex-em4]

...ah yes, those were the days! Panther Piss Whiskey and the women!

Indeed, but, rough as we were, a real lady could still wheel her baby-buggy across Main Street and hardly get shot at at all….

In the Mexican Quarter, the Tequila Bandidos are posing for one of these new-fangled daguerreotypes.

Antiguo los Cojones, El Hombre de Sastre, Calabaza Cabeza, Excavado de Vaca, Chasquido el Caso, El Tequila Esponja, Rápido González and Corbata de Lazo.

Now they are a fine-lookin’ bunch of Hard Hombres…..!



Although, compared to these villains…………?



Doug

[CapnJim]

A.  Lovely town you have there.  I'm sure it's quiet and peaceful...

B.  Those Tequila Banditos look like they've had their share of tacos, too...

C. As for the 3 chaps on the couch, well what is there to say.....

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

A.  Lovely town you have there.  I'm sure it's quiet and peaceful...

B.  Those Tequila Banditos look like they've had their share of tacos, too...

C. As for the 3 chaps on the couch, well what is there to say.....

Thanks, CapnJim. As regards the Three Amigos on the couch, what can you say? One of them doesn't even seem to own any shoes!

[Vagabond]

I remember the old Hog Thief Bend thread, it's ashame your energies were directed elsewhere, good to see you back in the saddle so to speak.

[CapnJim]

Thanks, CapnJim. As regards the Three Amigos on the couch, what can you say? One of them doesn't even seem to own any shoes!

Well, he is Mad, is he not?

By the way, the pic with the undertaker and his coffins reminds me of that scene in A Fistful of Dollars..."My mistake, make that 4 coffins"...

[FifteensAway]

Looks suspiciously like there may be some dubious fun in the not too distant future.  I look forward to the shenanigans.  (Dictionary optional titling?  )

[MaleGriffin]

Fantastic looking town! Where did you get the backdrop?

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

MaleGriffin, I think I got it on eBay, it's an aquarium backdrop.

FifteensAway, plenty of fun and shenanigans coming up, even though it's 28mm, I'm afraid!   

Dictionary optional titling?

You like potatoe and I like potahtoe
You like tomatoe and I like tomahtoe
Renascence, renaissance, renascence, renaissance,
Let's call the whole thing off

    

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Trouble in Main Street!

Texas Red (on the left) goes for his gun.   

There was forty feet between them
When they stopped to make their play
And the swiftness of the Ranger
Is still talked about today
Texas Red had not cleared leather
'Fore a bullet fairly ripped
And the Ranger's aim was deadly
With the big iron on his hip

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

The Pinkertons are in town, but none seems to know why? Are they here to guard something, or are they looking for somebody?