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Showing posts with label Wild West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wild West. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Gangs for Dead Man's Hand

Who can resist a good old shootout among the tumbleweed and dust of the Wild West?

I fondly remember GW's Wild West games. Great fun. A year or so ago I picked up a few figures from Artizan Miniatures (great sculpts on the whole and a dream to paint) after being hooked by a game called "Dead Man's Hand". A few old skirmish photos and reports will no doubt follow.

I tried to tie the gangs together by colour but I wanted to keep their clothes somewhat random. The edges of the bases tie them together too, hopefully not too obviously. I guess this approach is a nice contrast to endless white and blue in the Napoleonic era or the various shades of WWII uniforms. It was good to paint individual characters for a change - I actually prefer that approach deep down. This lot are standing on an old Citadel hill. Remember those? Yes, like a lot of people, I covered over the skulls with flock ...


First up, Lucky Juan's Desperados



Joaquin; Cherokee Bill; Felipe de Mierda


Three Fingers; Kiko Lopez; Chucho el Roto


The Gunslinger and the Boss
Quick Draw Jose and Lucky Juan


The Cowboys/Outlaws, led by Belle Starr


Belle Starr


Ike "Kid" McMasters; Hoodoo Brown; Rattlesnake Dick Barters


Lame Jonny Donohue; Dutch Charley Burns; Pistol Zip Ellsworth


The Lawmen


Whoops, fuzzy
Ramblin Hoot Milton; Morgan; Virgil


Deacon Jim McCrea; Doc Bose Dalton; Cowboy?!


Wyatt; Texas Jack Reed