The League is set.

[Ironcladman]

Here are the latest recruits for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Once again From the talented Martin Baker and should be available from next week from the emporium of Ironclad Miniatures, purveyors of fine miniatures to the gentry and like.

Captain Nemo


Skinner


Dr Jekyll


Mr Hyde (35mm tall)


I am sorry to say for those of you who complain about how many figures you are going have to get at a show, I have some bad news for you,
there are more figures to come!

[Calimero]

Cool figures, I like them all

[answer_is_42]

Captain Nemo

Argh!
Yes, I am going to bring it up - he doesn't look anything like this in the Novel. Unless, these are based on the (awful) film? In that case I'll forgive you. Just. EDIT: Whoops, the Graphic novel, right. I'll go now. Ignore this comment. Nemo still shouldn't be a silly indian man, though...

On the other hand, I do like the Invisible Man.

[The_Wisecrack]

answer_is_42 i have to argue, the main image (the 'iconic' if you will) from the graphic novel of captain nemo is an INDIAN man in that exact atire, except that his coat is a bit longer, but if you so wish to have an extremely dull looking coated non indian gentlemen then buy your nemo from elswhere.

a couple of us LIKED the film.

personally i think Martin has done an outsanding job bringing the characters to life.

TW
(sorry to rouse debate)

[Red Orc]

Can I be the first to agree that those of us who complain that you're releasing too many good models are going to complain that you're releasing too many good models... again? Aaargh! Still, at least we can order them all in one go!

I can see that Nemo particularly making its way into a good many collections... in fact I feel a fantastical force of North-West Forntiersmen coming on... or maybe some Punjabi Sky-Pirates, but even so. Great work! As soon as finances allow, put me down for some Ironclad grooviness!

[answer_is_42]

answer_is_42 i have to argue, the main image (the 'iconic' if you will) from the graphic novel of captain nemo is an INDIAN man in that exact atire, except that his coat is a bit longer, but if you so wish to have an extremely dull looking coated non indian gentlemen then buy your nemo from elswhere.

a couple of us LIKED the film.

personally i think Martin has done an outsanding job bringing the characters to life.

TW
(sorry to rouse debate)

Yes, sorry, I'm rather a purest when it comes to these things. I wonder where they got the idea for an Indian in the graphic novel?
I stand by my point on the film, though. (Post-WW1 British and German uniforms in the 1890's! Pure ignorance!)

[OSHIROmodels]

It is subtly hinted at in the book that Nemo is not Western and I have no idea where the Indian influence came from, but I like it 

Cracking figures there John, I might just have to send one of my minions to go and get some at Salute 

cheers

James

[Plynkes]

I wonder where they got the idea for an Indian in the graphic novel?

From Jules Verne.

Captain Nemo was an Indian, the Prince Dakkar, son of a Rajah of the then independent territory of Bundelkund.

[Mancha]

Love the first two.  Never really got into the Jekyll and Hyde idea, for some reason.

[Elprez]

From Wikipedia (there used to be a cracking website with annotations of the League graphic novels, but it appears to have disappeared,  ) :-

Nothing concerning his past is revealed in the Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, excepting his having reason to hate the countries of the world and his having lost his family at some point in the past.

In The Mysterious Island, it is revealed that Captain Nemo is Prince Dakkar, son of the Hindu Raja of the Kingdom of Bundelkund in India, and also a descendant of the Muslim Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu of the Kingdom of Mysore in India. The latter famously fought a series of wars with the British, employing artillery rockets, which led to the introduction of military rocketry in the west.

He was deeply antagonistic to the British Empire, due to its conquest of India. After the bloody Indian Rebellion of 1857, one of the most devastating wars of the Victorian Era, in which he lost his family and his kingdom, he devoted himself to scientific research and developed an advanced submarine, the Nautilus.

[Elprez]

Lovely figures by the way, and definitely on my "buy list". 

[Skrapwelder]

Excellent, extraordinary even. I particularly like Nemo.

[Steve F]

there used to be a cracking website with annotations of the League graphic novels, but it apears to have disappeared,  ) :-

They've been published as books.  The author is Jess Nevins, who has also produced an enormous encyclopaedia of fantastic Victoriana.  He's been working on an encyclopaedia of pulp characters, too, but I don't know if that's out yet.  Monkeybrain Books, I think. 

[Elprez]

Thanks Steve. Something else for my "buy list" definitely.

Really loving all the VSF character figures from Ironclad. Keep them coming, 

[Axebreaker]

Fantastic looking miniatures! Always more miniatures to buy,but not always more time to paint them!

Cheers
Christopher