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[Mad Doc Morris]

Inspired by a fellow wargamer's presentation at my local club (back then), I couldn't resist anymore and bought some miniatures for the 'Roaring Twenties'. Originally, being a sucker for the Indiana Jones trilogy, I planned to do something 'adventureous' and only that. A wargamer's plan, you know it... 
Now a friend of mine and myself are about to stage a little campaign, combining elements both of pulp and adventure stories. The miniatures shown hereafter are the beginnings of this 'project'. Technically they were already finished for some time, only lacking their bases. After finally deciding which style to use, I've taken some pictures, and here they are. Hope you enjoy them.
In any case, please also visit my blog and let me know what you think!







Appropriate terrain is still an issue - as is storage room. Ideas welcome.

[Svennn]

They are lovely. The mustard yellow suit is awesome.

Storage problems? Just send them to me, I'll pay the shipping

[Froggy the Great]

The pinstriping and the stockings are very nice.  How did you do the stockings?

[Michi]

Appropriate terrain is still an issue - as is storage room. Ideas welcome.

Very, very good start for that period!


I found cobblestone roads, brick buildings and trams essential. My terrain for the roaring twenties:

[Mad Doc Morris]

Thanks, guys!
Completely forgot to add the police - just solved, phew.

Svenn, give me a second - erm, no.
Froggy, the stockings are crossed lines of white as a final 'highlight' to the lady's legs.
Michi, awesome terrain, I'm envious. That's exactly the kind of board I would want for my own gaming experience. Sadly ruled out by lacking space.

[Operator5]

That is some fantastic painting! I have to agree that the yellow suit with purple vest is awesome. I just may have to do the same soon.

[d phipps]

Awesome! 

[Captain Blood]

Beautiful paintwork, Mad Doc. Love the newspapers. A brilliant little touch. 

[Malamute]

Beautiful paintwork, Mad Doc. Love the newspapers. A brilliant little touch. 

yep the items of rubbish etc strewn across the bases is perfect. Wonderful stuff

[Gallowglass]

That's really, really excellent work. 

Could I ask where you got the cobblestones?

[traveller]

Wow! I need those guys for my trainstation. Can I invite them for a platform shoot out?

[Hawkeye]

Absolutely beautiful! The painting is so rich and clear, and it's set off brilliantly by the bases - are the cobblestones sculpted with greenstuff? They look great. And the rubbish on the bases is a brilliant touch. Could you run through how you did the newspapers? They look fantastic! And finally, the cars! They're great! Are they die-casts? If they are, they painted up beautifully. This is a fantastic project!

[Mad Doc Morris]

Once again, thanks a lot, fellows - I'm really honoured. 

Gallowglass, the cobblestones are made simply by scratching irregular lines into the not fully dried filler I use for my bases.

traveller, they are ready for a drive-by, if you are.

Hawkeye, for the first question see above. The newspapers are made of ordinary paper torn into little pieces; watered down brown colour was added (you might use ink instead) as well as some black lines indicating columns of text. Only hours after I added the newspapers to the bases, Operator 5 came up with this great PDFs which also bears some downsized real newspaper pages; that eases things a lot. The cars are from Matchbox's Yesteryears. Don't recall their actual title, but you should be able to find a lot of them. I repainted mine, but not really sure if I will do it again.

[Hawkeye]

Thanks, Mad Doc. I thought the cars - one of them, at least - looked familiar to me, and that's why. I have a few of them, and plan on painting them, but from what you're saying, I guess it's a lot of work. If it means anything at all, I think they look far better painted than in the original shiny colours! As for the newspapers - sounds simple, but looks amazing! I'll be doing it for my modern or pulp models in future. Oh, and I should have said the first time round that the faces on the models are brilliant - so full of character and emotion. Simply amazing.

[Alcide Nikopol]

Well done all around. Great work on all the little details. Quite remarkable!