Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Two Film Noir Types from Gorgon Studios

“Midnight, in a city that knows how to keep its secrets …”.  Fans of  the old Prairie Home Companion radio show (I’m outing myself as an old here) will remember the well-trod opening line of each Guy Noir skit.    Certainly these two hard-boiled types seem to have stepped out of an old film noir movie.

These two 28mm sculpts are marketed by Gorgon Studios as a pair of OSS agents, though in truth they’re suitable for pulp and gangster games.  I grabbed them for my on again, mostly off again Weird War Two project when I purchased their British infantry in Norway 1940 figures to serve as interwar Canadians.    I don’t have an immediate plan for them, but but found them a pleasant diversion when painting a small legion of SYW Prussians.  The man is painted in Citadel blue contrast paint, and as I’m partial to blue suits, it looked ok with a nice striped tie.  My wife Joy advised me on the colours for the lady - a white hat with red jacket seems perfect.

 “Say, Biggsy, that’s one big city."

“Sure is, doll face.  Let’s start at this little gin joint I know over in Harlem.”  

Once again, I used a printed image inside my light box, and it worked a treat.

Cheers and blessings to your brushes.  

MP+

16 comments:

  1. What a couple! Good colour choices all around too and that background is perfect. Are the bases finished though? They look a little rough around the edges.

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    1. Thanks Dai. Yes, the bases do look a little dodgy, I must fix them. Glad you like them otherwise.

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  2. Nice work Padre the colours look really good on them both!

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    1. Thank you Simon. I had my doubts about the blue contrast paint for the suit but I think it worked out ok.

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  3. The background really enhances very nice figures. Excellent work!

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    1. Thanks, the background was just a bit of fun, it worked better than some black and white movie stills I found online.

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  4. Fun stuff, the lightbox effect is grand, very pulpy.

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    1. Cheers. "Very pulpy" is exactly what I was going for.

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  5. Nice figures, and nice to find another Prairie Home Companion fan!

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    1. Thanks! I miss PHC even though I'm a bit conflicted - am I still supposed to like Garrison Keillor or is he fully cancelled? The Guy Noir skits were always my fav bits.

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  6. "Just swell, Padre! Now where can I find a new gat?"

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    1. A new gat, a new suit, and a new pair of shoes makes a man feel like a million dollars. Or makes a man feel like a million dollar heist!

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  7. Very atmospheric figures and background, they look great.

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  8. Right off the Silver Screen.

    (or the inner mind if listening to radio drama)

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  9. Thanks, Ross. My dad had some reel to reel recordings of old Shadow radio plays that enthralled me when I was a kid. I loved the sound effects and the hard bitten dialogue.

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