In which I blog about my miniature wargaming and whatever else takes my interest!

In which I blog about my miniature wargaming and whatever else takes my interest!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Pulp: part 4 Marines

And in a very strange divergence from gangsters we have some Marines.

An entire platoon in fact.

Platoon HQ and MG detachment
Since I didn't need THREE officers, I gave one of them a rifle from my bits box slung over the shoulder and turned him into the Platoon Gunnery-Sergeant. The rifle sling is made from a strip of foil. I figure he's an old fashioned guy who likes the trusted Krag Springfield rifle he's carried since he joined the Corps instead of one of the new fangled Thompsons. But right now he's got his M1911 .45 out for some up-close-and-personal shooting.

Section 1

Section 2

There's a third section as well, but you get the idea. They are all from Bob Murch's excellent Pulp Figures line. A couple of packs of PYS 8 "Marines in Montana Hat 1" and PYS 9 "Marines Unit Builder" to fill out the rifle sections.

To reinforce them I have a section of armed sailors in my box of unpainted figures too.

Even though it's somewhere in the mid-west, Pottersville has a large Naval station for rigid airships. Dr. Evil and the Nazis are always causing trouble, so the Marines are constantly being called out to reinforce the police. Gunboat actions against Pasha Dan's Chinese Warlord troops aren't out of the question either.

I'm really pleased with how these guys turned out. The Pulp/Gangster project actually represents a turning point in my growth as a painter. The individual characters really pushed me to try some shading and highlighting. Plus the sculpting on the Pulp Figures really rewards such efforts.

Somedays I'm tempted to sell off the gangsters, cops and G-Men. But I'd keep the Marines and perhaps build some of Wargames Factory's Shock Troops to fight them. Although having a horde of cheap gunsels around as Dr. Evil's minions has an appeal too.

10 comments:

  1. Nice figures (and nice blog too)

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  2. Thanks! It's a bit of a pot pourri, but I blog about whatever takes my fancy (which is mostly wargaming).

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  3. Great unit - am picking up a few packs of these Marines and Sailors myself - how do you find the unit builder packs? Off-putting in a skirmish game to have so many identical poses?

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  4. I don't mind them. There's enough variety with the other packs and I don't want every squaddie to be an individual. I'm also more from a big battle background so having everyone looking radically different (standing firing, kneeling, running, advancing etc. all in the same unit) I find disruptive.

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  5. Really nice figures and great paintjob.

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  6. Great paintjob!

    Since you don't waver and flinch in face of some... imaginary setting, were you ever tempted by a Lace Wars Mantovia?

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  7. Oh I definitely am! I'm pondering uniforms currently. The flags will have a rabbit motif obviously. I have an awful lot of Croats (more than the Austrians really need) so I'm thinking the Mantovian Landwehr might use those figures, but in a practical grey with coloured facings. Torn between economics and using excess Prussian fusiliers for the Mantovian Liebgarde and grenadiers or holding out and paying for Austrian grenadier figures.

    As you can see from the margin, the Duke of Mantovia has been presented with the Order of the Wombat by the Duke of Hoche-Affeburg (click on the picture to take you to his blog).

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  8. Aye those Pulp Figures do have a mysterious but delightful attraction... I think Bob Murch has some form of gamer attraction ray pointed at Europe... the fiend!

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  9. His sculpts are very characterful. I have a few more Chinese characters waiting to be painted up.

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  10. No matter which one you pick. That service is the best for job it's assigned to to. I was in the Marines, Army and Navy

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