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Author Topic: Dead Man's Hand Down Under  (Read 21590 times)

Offline greatescapegames

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Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« on: March 18, 2015, 12:37:53 PM »
« Last Edit: March 21, 2015, 06:38:30 PM by greatescapegames »
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Offline Grimjack

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2015, 01:02:13 PM »
Nice cover, sport!
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Offline Ray Earle

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2015, 10:03:08 PM »
 :D
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Offline Ray Earle

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2015, 03:35:50 PM »
Looking good.  :) I'm assuming you can use the campaign system from 'legend of Dead mans hand' along with this?

Offline Bugsda

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2015, 04:47:32 PM »
Strewth!  :o  Looking forward to a Ned Kelly figure  8)
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Offline von Lucky

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2015, 03:04:18 AM »
Is the overall title intentional?

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Along with the pose of Mr Kelly?

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Offline Lawful Evil

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2015, 05:48:35 AM »
I believe I'll be picking up all three of the Down Under gangs from my FLGS. Nice work. Any plans to expand the Down Under range in the future?

Offline Constable Bertrand

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2015, 06:41:24 AM »
Oh yes, thats cracking.  8)  8)  8)  8) Just what my OW town needs. - Though I'm surprised the whole Kelly gang is outfitted to the hilt with armour. - I think those constables will be a smart addition, as they are rather generic enough to suit a few genres.

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Offline greatescapegames

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2015, 10:17:25 AM »
Looking good.  :) I'm assuming you can use the campaign system from 'legend of Dead mans hand' along with this?

yup

Offline axabrax

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2015, 04:22:06 PM »
And hopefully also use some of the other gangs like Outlaws and Desperados?

I assume the game also comes with enough historical background to fill those of us unacquainted in? Or should I just rent Ned Kelly? Any must have reads or DVDs otherwise for the setting?

Will be preordering the whole shebang by the way; I love DMH!
« Last Edit: March 23, 2015, 09:30:47 PM by axabrax »

Offline Bugsda

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2015, 08:48:31 PM »
All the ned kelly movies are awful. From Jagger to Ledger they all did a crap job of it.


I thought Ledger was pretty good, the less said about Jagger the better  lol

I'll check out the other two, never seen either, cheers.

Offline von Lucky

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2015, 07:36:58 AM »
And there's a Wikipedia list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_Western_%28genre%29_films

It probably doesn't need to be stted, but I would avoid 'Lightning Jack' too. Never heard of it until today. 'The Tracker' is a little late period-wise but is a very good film.

Offline JArgo

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2015, 09:24:07 AM »
The film The Proposition is worth watching and fits the period perfectly.

Edit: just noticed that the new gang figures are 'inspired by' the film.
« Last Edit: March 24, 2015, 09:29:18 AM by JArgo »

Offline Bugsda

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Re: Dead Man's Hand Down Under
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2015, 09:54:08 AM »
I don't suppose anybody remembers the series "Whiplash", a weekly must see when I was about five  8)

 

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