The end and new beginnings of Dredd

[Andym]

What about these for an ape gang proxy.....



And the thread they're from....

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=95721.0;topicseen

[Ulfhednar]

Wow they're excellent thank you. I noticed Reaper do a cool Gorilla gunslinger that would fit with my Outlander Cursed Earth old West town and help tie it in with Dredd world (and tie in me using some of the Warlord Dredd apes in that army too). And for same reason those gorilla's you posted would make brilliant East Meg grunts, will definitely get some. I was even considering Daleks for East Meg grunts, but same problem as with any battle droids, the Citi-Def & civilian / ganger hand weapons wouldn't pen them, no problem with Apes though and they even have the East Meg star :-)

But it's a bit of a mare, the more I dig the more ace figures I find that would work for this or I just really want and could fit in (though I think I'm going to be gaming pulp as well as Dredd eventually), but as well, the more I notice figures that I'd love to get and even ones I knew about and have been on my want list for a while (but that I've been delaying getting as I was spent out chasing disappearing Dredd stuff etc), has either already gone OOP or is disappearing too. I guess it's necessary in the business to get people to buy (if they know it's available to buy forever they put it off in order to prioritise other stuff and may never get round to it), if you're up to speed with it all I guess it's easy to be ahead (like with kickstarters) and keep on top but it's a problem getting back into it from scratch and catching up.

Crooked Dice's Sarah Jane is long OOP :-( I've missed out on some of the Ganger Snowmen from WSD, Crooked Dice's Time Lift Security is seemingly disappearing (Captain Blue is already no more, was lucky to grab the last one on ebay - edit - checked & Time Lift ok, just out of shop-stock till January) and I discovered last night Artizan do a Dick Dastardly & Catch the Pigeon crew that I can't live without & am going to have to get as a priority in case it disappears too. (from wargamesemporium, they also have Martian / sci-fi 1st Boer War, a few of those would fit in great, as per pic below).

[Ulfhednar]

Eureka is a hard site to surf, I've tried to look through their listings before and not found anything. I've now found the boiler suit apes and they'll work brilliantly too, excellent, but I can't find the armoured ones with stars and heavy weapons that you posted, either on the Eureka site proper or UK distributor Fighting15's. Do you have a link?

[Mason]

Email Nic. They are brand new and not up on the site yet

I notice on the other thread that you already have them.
How do they size up with Nic's other apes.
I already have most of the others and wondered whereabouts these fella will fit in the 'family'.

[Ulfhednar]

Is Nic at Fighting15's?

Re the Blind Beggar Outlanders, I just received my post today and delivery of them (I live in a very rural area, the postman comes late and only if it isn't raining too much), they are absolutely superb the photo's don't do them justice. Every one is good enough to be a character in their own right, none just making up space and they're properly 360degree, a lot of figures can tend to be a bit flat & one dimensional, these have got it going on all around, but not too busy just right for them and realistic. They match up with Warlord Dredd perfectly, they match / don't conflict in comic style or scale but contrast in demeanour (confident hard slick shiny judges and these slightly awkward / furtive soft / very human, so they emphasis one another's qualities), and brilliant value alongside and to augment Warlord Mongoose, a big but top quality cursed earth gang / community that all go together.

I'm definitely going to be getting the rest of the Outlander / Copperpot town community when the Dredd stuff has calmed down & I've recovered my finances from it all, and the Blind Beggar People of the Sand when they turn up.

edit - and some will work in Meg 1 City too, the town mayor would (obviously) make a great arch criminal / gang leader (void 1.1 Vasa marines would make great Gotham type henchmen), the custom official and robots fit in too.

[Mason]

Is Nic at Fighting15's?

Fighting 15's are a Eureka stockist.
If you want Eureka stuff from them then you may need to email them as they do not carry the whole range all of the time, but will get it for you.

Re the Blind Beggar Outlanders, I just received my post today and delivery of them (I live in a very rural area, the postman comes late and only if it isn't raining too much), they are absolutely superb the photo's don't do them justice. Every one is good enough to be a character in their own right, none just making up space and they're properly 360degree, a lot of figures can tend to be a bit flat & one dimensional, these have got it going on all around, but not too busy just right for them and realistic. They match up with Warlord Dredd perfectly, they match / don't conflict in comic style or scale but contrast in demeanour (confident hard slick shiny judges and these slightly awkward / furtive soft / very human, so they emphasis one another's qualities), and brilliant value alongside and to augment Warlord Mongoose, a big but top quality cursed earth gang / community that all go together.

I'm definitely going to be getting the rest of the Outlander / Copperpot town community when the Dredd stuff has calmed down & I've recovered my finances from it all, and the Blind Beggar People of the Sand when they turn up.

edit - and some will work in Meg 1 City too, the town mayor would (obviously) make a great arch criminal / gang leader (void 1.1 Vasa marines would make great Gotham type henchmen), the custom official and robots fit in too.

Glad to hear that you like them and they suit your needs, sir.
 

[Ulfhednar]

Back 100% on topic, if anyone is still looking for new Warlord / Mongoose Dredd figures, Spirit Games has a few things left including a Holo Judge set and Cursed Earth Desperadoes.

http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/results.php?search=dredd&menu=5

and Bad squiddo games has a Heroes of Mega City One box set

https://thedicebaglady.net/female-miniatures-sci-fi/

[Ulfhednar]

I assume the riders are resin as well as the bikes, but they sell those robot rider jet bikes with ape & human riders too (and indeed the robots on normal bikes), you can choose whatever bike style you want.



http://wargamesterrainworkshop.co.uk/?product_cat=biker-gangs

I will have to get some of those jet bikes at some point they look excellent.

[Ulfhednar]

I'm spent out but still looking :-P think I've found my perfect Dredd enemy to aid & abet Cursed Earth - Mexico City. Protectorate Guard in Killerb's Gafdoz range would work as general troops, would also work as Vatican City, and they even have figures that would make an Inquisition unit. (Their site says out of stock on some but I checked and apparently they've just had a restock not showing and they're all in stock no issues).





Does anyone know if that Gafdoz range scales well with Warlord / Mongoose Dredd? Though with stock no issue I'll grab just a couple and see, if no one knows I'll post to say how they scale, if they do some would work great.

Also, Black Tree Design have an even bigger Black Friday sale on than they had last week, a few in their Doctor Who range would work great (like this guy as an Inquisition robot, and the guy below for Citi-Def), they were formerly Harlequin Dr. Who figures, does anyone know if they scale ok with Dredd?

[Ulfhednar]

Altsain ebay more stuff...

[mcfonz]

West Wind do a nice biker gang.

Ulfy, if you could, there is one mini I am keeping an eye out for, I don't want the entire gang, just the one on the left here:



If you see it, can you let me know? 

[Andym]

Biker gangs? Look no further than infinity. Haqqislam bikers.



What about Klegs? Anybody got some good proxys for them? I did find what they call Krokodar, on the Mierce Minis web site. They might take a bit of work with GS to clothe though.....

[Ulfhednar]

West Wind do a nice biker gang.

Ulfy, if you could, there is one mini I am keeping an eye out for, I don't want the entire gang, just the one on the left here:



If you see it, can you let me know?  

I only have 1 of each of the Apes (got them as an after thought because they were good price from Altsain / Mongoose on ebay).

Altsain ebay has that figure in a group of Apes that's for sale right now, 12 Apes for £10 + £2.50 postage. I've not seen the one you're after for sale on it's own anywhere, but others go for at least £3.50 each + around £1.50 postage. If you could be bothered, it would make sense to buy the bag of 12, take out the one you want (it's not a set anyway), and sell the rest off on ebay for £2 each, it would more than pay for itself and your monkey for free :-)

edit - that bag of Apes was only put on ebay a few hours ago today, I don't expect it to be there long (was one of 2, only 1 left).

[Ulfhednar]

It just made too much sense :-P

I've bought that last bundle of Apes with multiples of those Orangutans in (both of them) so I have spare, when I get it & next time at post office later on next week I'll post it to you. There's one Ape in the bag I needed (the gangster one with the tommy gun), I was going to get it in a blister with the werewolf as I still need that, but was £9 and the werewolf is the least essential and will likely pop up on it's own sometime anyway cheaper. And I have lots of Dredd spares that I'm going to be listing here in the Bazaar in a week or 2 once I've sorted through before listing them on ebay anyway so it's no real extra hassle (not aiming to profit but just to move stuff on, I ended up with duplicates from buying bundles with bits in I needed, and some deals were just too good value not to get).

[Ulfhednar]

Re Kleggs, I avoided them because it was yet another thing that I'd end up chasing costing money, but still ended up with 2 in a bundle and they're excellent. And I was intending to play this with my brother, who I forgot had a big Citadel lizard man army (I still have it in a cupboard), so he'd probably be quite into Klegg's. And they make perfect sense as troops for East Meg too, and soft targets Citi-Def & civilians could deal with. I know where there's some Klegg hounds and a Judge Cals retinue box set, it's tempting. Foundry do at least one Klegg, Citadels were good and being Kleggs would scale fine (and are available on ebay at not mental prices).

Don't know of any proxies though, except old Citadel & other lizardmen stuff might convert ok, they don't need to be in the jumpsuit uniform, that was just for Judge Cal and them being uniformed for Meg1, without being an expert I'd assume as general mercenaries or gangs they could be in any or no clothes, just need sci-fi guns (though chopping weapons too would be fine, for slicing like they like).