Orderlies WIP.....The Asylum : M.o.O.S.(E). 1975 ...The Figures... (UD:19/01)

[Mason]

After seeing all the wonderful recent posts and projects on this board by too many talented people to mention (you know who you are!) I have had to cave in to temptation and start my own Spy-Fi thread.
That and the wonderful offerings from Crooked Dice coupled with the KKBB ranges from Copplestone and Artizan have proven too much for this weak-willed individual to resist.

The end result being:

M.o.O.S.(E)
The Ministry of Overseas Security (Espionage).


Seeing as my time available to this project will be rather limited for the next few weeks, I thought that I would cheat and see what I had already that could be utilised/stolen from elsewhere for it.
I have started to make some progress on some 'set dressing' for the first part of the future campaign, but until I take some proper piccies of that aspect, I will just post some things already in the collection that will be utilised.

Here are the first few things that I have found:




M.o.O.S.(E). 1975
The Ministry of Overseas Security (Espionage) is a secret branch of British Intelligence that deals with some of the stranger and less 'official' threats to national security.
Threats so 'unofficial' that the Government itself does not want to even admit to recognising.
Be it secret cults, evil masterminds or rogue nations, M.o.O.S.(E). may well be utilised to neutralise their threat.


M.o.O.S.(E). itself is headed by a mysterious individual known only as The Minister.



This Man of Mystery has been rumoured to have been the head of this secret branch of the intelligence services for eecades.
Whether this is true or not is uncertain, but what is without dispute is that he is very much the man in charge of M.o.O.S.(E) at present.




(The Agents themselves shall be provided by the players and added as and when they pull their fingers out and actually slap some pigment about! I shall provide the bad guys and scenery etc...).





The Enemies of the Ministry; The Khan.

There will be various individuals and organisations for the Men from the Ministry to come up against.

First up is the Khan.




(Painted by majorsmith and rebased to match my collection)

This leader of the rogue state of Khanistan, on the border of the Soviet Union, this despot is known to be attempting to develop and stockpile various weapons of potential mass destruction and must be stopped at every turn.

He surrounds himself with a fanatical, pistol toting, all female personal bodyguard known as the Harem.










Deadly shots, all of them have represented Khanistan at Olympic level in pistol shooting, gymnastics and judo before the nation was forced out of international competition due to the sanctions imposed on them due to their leader's activities.


More later as I find the pics of them....

[aggro84]

Very cool Mason!
I love the back story for the Khan.

I thought the last bit was going to be a steroids jab though. 

[Brummie Thug]

Very cool so far Nice story love the 'Harem' figures as well nice choice.

[Mason]

Very cool Mason!
I love the back story for the Khan.

I thought the last bit was going to be a steroids jab though. 

 
Cheers, aggro!
The background to the Khan will be fleshed out further as his forces are added to and games involving him begin.

Very cool so far Nice story love the 'Harem' figures as well nice choice.

Thanks, Brummie!
You are one of those responsible for my 'wnadering off' on this tangent in the first place.
 



The Khan will be one of the main protaganists in the initial campaign.
I have quite a few things to add to his faction including troops, vehicles (which will include a sizable motorbike detatchment to allow for a 'chase' scenario I have planned..) and some specific scenery for use in Khanistan.

There are also a few other independents characters that can be added to this to be used as and when needed.

Later I have plans for another major faction utilising some of those wonderful Crooked Dice Minions.
 

[uti long smile]

Excellent start!

[Doug ex-em4]

For heaven's sake Paul, will you stop it? Wherever I go on LAF, there you will be with some tasty, tantalising, tempting  topic threatening to lead the unwary in to all sorts of dangerous delights (including overdosing on alliteration).

I shouldn't be exposed to all this fabulosity at my age; have pity.

Naturally, I'm hooked already.

Doug

[Mason]

Excellent start!

Thank you, sir!
I shall certainly be bothering you at SELWG this year for some of those lovely Minions of yours.
Dr Hugh Jarse III needs some lackeys to die for him.
 

For heaven's sake Paul, will you stop it? Wherever I go on LAF, there you will be with some tasty, tantalising, tempting  topic threatening to lead the unwary in to all sorts of dangerous delights (including overdosing on alliteration).

I shouldn't be exposed to all this fabulosity at my age; have pity.

Naturally, I'm hooked already.

Doug

 
Cheers, Doug!
I shall be popping over to bother you at SELWG too.
 




Right, having had a dig around the pictures, I have found a few more things that will be 'doing a Bosman' over to the 1975 project.
I will try to keep the posts themed and, as the last post contained the Enemies from Khanistan, I shall continue with the finds appropriate to that particular faction first.


This fella will be one of the Khan's Henchman, the leader of the Khanistan Guard.


Major Jerkov


Another lovely paintjob by majorsmith.




And these two fellas, coloured in by myself, shall be perfect as a couple of shady Secret Police or Agent types of the 'not very nice' variety.

The Hoo brothers, Hoo Phlung-Dung and Hoo Phloo Poo.







Next up should be some vehicles for use in the 'stan, being of Soviet origin they should be just fine.

Just gotta get the camera out and hope for a decent piccie or two.
Fingers crossed.
 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

This is really great work. Looking forward to seeing more of this. You're tempting me into getting into this area!

[Brummie Thug]

The Hoo brothers, Hoo Phlung-Dung and Hoo Phloo Poo.

Nice additions the Hoo Brothers are just to awesome

[Mason]

This is really great work. Looking forward to seeing more of this. You're tempting me into getting into this area!

Tell me about it!
The bad boys on here made me do it.
Why should you escape?
 

Nice additions the Hoo Brothers are just to awesome

Cheers, Brummie!





With being stuck in the middle of decorating and moving house right now, not much time is available for the painting of miniatures or making of scenery.
In order to try and keep my sanity amongst this 1:1 scale modelling, I have managed to keep my eye in on this project by putting aside some die-cast cars to 'pimp-down' when I get the chance.

Here is the first, a Soviet-built Taxi for the Agents to travel around in Khanistan incognito.









De Agostini 1:43 Die-cast Taxi with a treatment of Modelmates weathering liquids and drybrushing.

Simples!

[Brummie Thug]

Very nice I have some of dem! 

[Elk101]

Nice taxi! Good bit of weathering on it too.

[Mason]

Very nice I have some of dem! 

They are perfect for this sort of thing.
In fact, it was your posting that involved the Land Rover-types that got me looking at this range in the first place.
Thank you!
 

Nice taxi! Good bit of weathering on it too.

Cheers, Steve!
Much appreciated.



Got some time earlier to have a pop at another one.
An ambulance this time.







Suitably dirty for those country roads in Khanistan.
 

I should also point out that it was Rivera who found these at a very good price, and was good enough to go back to the shop and get me some more when I asked.
Cheers, mate!
 

[Blackwolf]

Ooh,nice work mate And I think I have just the stuff for you too

[aggro84]

Lots of great stuff here Mason!