the volcano queen - more news from Bob Murch

[argsilverson]

As seen in the What's news section


http://www.pulpfigures.com/new.php


The volcano queen!
Excellent for the south seas!

[uti long smile]

Lovely stuff!

[d phipps]

Looks great. Can't wait! 

[Calimero]

Lovely figures

[Hammers]

There's a quite a long list of Pulp Figures which I don't have but would like to paint.

[Wirelizard]

Pic yanked from Pulp Figures' site for those too lazy to go visit the link.

The Volcano Queen (and whatever other figures Bob creates to round out the pack) will finally give the Melanisian Islanders some leader figures. Can't wait! The earlier Islanders Bob did have tempted me for ages; I have boxes full of jungle terrain so adding some islanders would finally give me some locals to interfere with the various colonial powers, adventurers and safari types I have in abundance!

[Hammers]

For completeness:



Above looks very promising.





The above I must have.

[Daysman]

The Volcano Queen (and whatever other figures Bob creates to round out the pack) will finally give the Melanisian Islanders some leader figures.

Very nice !!

I don't think she is melanesian. The feathers hat and the weapon (a macuahuitl) makes me think about an Aztec warrior.
Anyway, she will lead my Aztec Caïman Warriors by Eureka Miniatures.

[Dr Mathias]

The Volcano Queen is probably Murch's most 'animated' figure to date.

Don't get me wrong, I like his work- I have almost the entire CoC range he did for RAFM, and lots of Pulp- but his sculpting is pretty rigid and blocky.

[No Such Agency]

"The other figures in the pack"... sigh.  I understand the business/logistical reasons for a small studio selling everything in multiples that are presumably cast together.  But it's also the reason I have yet to order anything from Pulp Figures... I don't need a whole pack of arch-villains or German sailors or Rocketeers.  I can't justify the cost just to get a few figures I really want to paint.

But Murch's lineup is amazing, if you don't mind that.  A distinctive sculpting style is always nice, and the subject matter is a lot of fun.

[Conquistador]

"The other figures in the pack"... sigh.  I understand the business/logistical reasons for a small studio selling everything in multiples that are presumably cast together.  But it's also the reason I have yet to order anything from Pulp Figures... I don't need a whole pack of arch-villains or German sailors or Rocketeers.  I can't justify the cost just to get a few figures I really want to paint.

But Murch's lineup is amazing, if you don't mind that.  A distinctive sculpting style is always nice, and the subject matter is a lot of fun.

Split a pack with someone or "someones" perhaps?

Gravias,

Glenn

[shadowking1957]

I have all Bobs female minis and you know what they look  right on the table! perfect his style is just amazing for miniatures and painters, can't wait for this  young lady...

Copplestone could and should have done some ages ago, the cave girls were excellent sellers and still are

[Captain Blood]

The Volcano Queen is probably Murch's most 'animated' figure to date.

Don't get me wrong, I like his work- I have almost the entire CoC range he did for RAFM, and lots of Pulp- but his sculpting is pretty rigid and blocky.

I so agree with you Matt. I love his invention and subject matter, and the characters he creates. But just cannot get over the oddly stodgy bulk of the figures in their curiously stiff poses. I appreciate this is a style he has deliberately chosen for his own Pulp range, because if you look at other stuff he's done for other manufacturers, it's not like this.

But I agree, the Volcano Queen is much more natural than usual, and so much better for it.

[Dr. The Viking]

I'm stunned that anyone could not like the pulp figures because of the poses! (or am I getting it wrong?)

I think - poses or not - that the figures are among the most imaginative in many aspects and an absolute treat to paint.

The poses are actually also to my liking because they don't suggest too much of something specific. I find it more anyone with very vivid and lively figures.. they often look out of place in the situation.

Ah well.. De gustibus non disputantum est as they say. 

[Tars Tarkas]

I just this week returned from the fabled South Seas and I desperately need that jungle queen!  Please, Bob, drop all other projects and finish up that pack.