Thursday, November 28, 2019

A Dangerous Duo for The Rockies Ablaze

Hello friends.

My pulp project set in Western Canada in the 1930s needs some baddies, and I found the perfect pair in two of Bob Murch's Pulp Figures sculpts, from his "Mad Trappers of Rat River" set from the Yukon Peril range.

On the left, Phil Turcotte was never the same when he got home from Passchendaele, and doesn't say much except "Get off my land!"    On the right, Sven "The Hatchet" Olsen shows up in the trading post once every three months with a sack of furs and a baleful stare.  According to local legend, he once killed a man in Pincher Creek for suggesting he needed a bath and a haircut.


As always with Bob's figures, these were a delight to paint.  As I see it, besides being ornery, smelly, armed and barking mad, they will have some special abilities, like possibly being able to turn into wolves or bears, which is why the German zeppelin might be looking for specimens.   I am sure there will be wild doings afoot.


The frozen Canadian north needs as much scenery as a table will hold, so here are four terrain stands made of Christmas village trees on old CDRs (remember them?).


I discovered this white texture gel at a local art supply shop, which being white, takes paint and Woodlands Scenics snow quite well, for a pleasing final effect.



They look like trouble.

Fortunately there are some good guys to show off soon.  Thanks for looking.  Blessings to your brushes and stay vigilant, chaps.

15 comments:

  1. These are absolutely superb! Bags of character, I love them.

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    1. Thank you Michael, that is high praise from you. One of the pleasures of painting these sorts of character minis is that it is a fun break from a horde of uniform and uniformed minions. I hope they will eventually be part of a small convention game.
      Glad you like them.

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  3. Those are nice figures and you've done a nice paint job on them.

    Ah yes, the tree bag for the Christmas Village at Michaels. There's a Youtube video of someone removing the white stuff from them (Black Magic Craft possibly) to make a summer version. I didn't see it until after I trimmed that white stuff off of mine:

    https://littleleadwarriors.blogspot.com/2015/03/coniferous-trees.html

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    1. Thanks, I looked at your blog and you did a really good job de-winterizing those trees! I often buy craft paint at Michael's for basic jobs like blocking, making terrain, etc, although lately I've been using Curry's art store for more of that. Definitely going back to Michaels after Christmas to see if I can find another bag of trees!

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  4. Nice work! Yeah, you wouldn't want to be in a snow-bound cabin with either of them.

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    1. Thanks Edwin. Yes, somebody would definitely be killed over a bad hand of gin rummy on day 2, for sure.

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  5. Great baddies. I wonder if they would be enhanced by some really vicious dogs to guard the baddie camp? Christmas village trees are so useful . I got a fair number in a January sale in a local garden centre. They continue to serve me well.

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    1. That's a lovely idea, my dear Duke. They would have to be especially mean looking, junkyard dog sorts of sculpts. I must look for some.

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  6. I preferred old software cd's for terrain bases, esp for bark mulch rock formations but other people's music works. Great looking figures and terrain. I can see this being a lot of fun.

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    1. Thanks Ross. I think I still have some America Online CD_ROMs stashed away for this very purpose!

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  7. I’m pretty sure I’ve encountered these two at my local Peavey Matt! Fortunately their aromas give one fair warning is approached from downwind. Great work on the snow effects, it looks like my backyard.

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    1. Thanks Peter. They were probably buying up all the duct tape. My backyard looked like that for the first week of November!

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