Shanghai 1920s

[smirnoff]

Gents
With ‘The World’s First SWAT Unit’ winging its way to me be grateful if for views on the following as I have not really gamed Pulp (gamed BoB lots) :

Do most Pulp rules allow you to  do leader figures with supporting minions/police that work like a skirmish type games (leader plus 4 figs kinda thing)?

Are there any decent paper buildings out there that would work for 1920’s Shanghai (mix of European and Chinese building styles)?

[Poiter50]

You need to convince Bibbles to produce his Hong Kong 2 storey buildings on a commercial basis. He has some Chinese buildings but not shop types.

TVAG has some in his Mean Streets range. US based for Gangsters but parts may suit.

[commissarmoody]

Check out these offerings from old glory.
http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/products.asp?cat=586
And black army production does some stuff for a 1930s range set in Shanghai.
http://www.blackarmyproductions.com/index.php?option=com_redshop&view=category&layout=detail&cid=4&Itemid=207

[d phipps]

Do most Pulp rules allow you to  do leader figures with supporting minions/police that work like a skirmish type games (leader plus 4 figs kinda thing)?

Yes, that's how our Pulp Alley rules work. You can check out some of our battle reports at --- http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=54250.0


HAVE FUN

[smirnoff]

Thanks all
Various free pdfs downloaded

[FramFramson]

Gents
With ‘The World’s First SWAT Unit’ winging its way to me be grateful if for views on the following as I have not really gamed Pulp (gamed BoB lots) :

Do most Pulp rules allow you to  do leader figures with supporting minions/police that work like a skirmish type games (leader plus 4 figs kinda thing)?

Are there any decent paper buildings out there that would work for 1920’s Shanghai (mix of European and Chinese building styles)?

What minis are those, Smirnoff? That sounds pretty neat! Are you talking about the Black Army stuff (linked by commissarmoody)?

[smirnoff]

No Fram, I'm going to be using Copplestone figs from Mark's Chinese Warlord range; clothed blokes from BU13, Bergmanns with caps from BU12, Chinese Officers and a couple of the firing blokes from BU7 as the Sykes Snipers. No doubt I'll have a dabble on conversions but I generally don't with Mark's figures as they are so well done.
Got a rather nice bus from Lledo that will convert for the Red Mariah
Just need to work out how to create all those buildings......

[FramFramson]

What I wouldn't give for more Copplestone pulp-era figures. Oh for Copplestone Nazis! I even thought about trying to convert some using stahlhelms, but none of the bodies are close enough to wehrmacht uniforms.

[rumacara]

Fram, check the ones from Black Tree Design.
They have wehrmacht infantry and they are easy to convert if needed (some even have some nice heads that look similar to copplestone).

[FramFramson]

Actually I'm pestering someone on the WWII boards to see if the Foundry line (which seems to be agreed on as the best quality of the lines which are still in print) is close enough in size to the Copplestone line. Here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=74154.0

My understanding is that almost all the extant WWII ranges are of older make, and are all on the small side, but maybe not?

Anyway, better to continue this discussion there instead of cluttering up Smirnoff's thread.

[crabking]

And black army production does some stuff for a 1930s range set in Shanghai.

Black Army Production seems to be off duty. After long waiting, I got my money sent back via Paypal. It's a pity, they've got nice stuff.

[wolfen]

Black Army Production seems to be off duty. After long waiting, I got my money sent back via Paypal. It's a pity, they've got nice stuff.

Uh-oh, cos I just ordered with them after seeing the link in this thread...

[FramFramson]

Dang! That stinks - they have some nice stuff.

[commissarmoody]

That's lame, don't know why they are taking a break.

[aliensurfer]

Black Army Production seems to be off duty. After long waiting, I got my money sent back via Paypal. It's a pity, they've got nice stuff

yeh but have you seen the shanghai cops at the bottom of the linked page? they are bad sculpts and the paint job doesn't help - the rest look ok, adequate enough sculpts.