Indy!

More pulp action! It's the best not-Indiana Jones that I've seen so far in 28mm, from Old Glory's Blue Moon line. Sculpted once again by Bob Naisnith. I've seen (and have) the not-Indy sculpted by Mark Copplestone and, while I like it, I still think that this one is better. Bob Naismith hit it out of the park with this one!

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Shadowrun: Ork Mystic Adept!

Shadows of Mumbai continued Saturday night with another installment run by Andrew--I got to play again!!!


Anyway, I thought it might be cool to finally show off my character miniature for the game.  Just as bit of background, my character is an Ork Mystic Adept named Hasti.  He was trained in a Hindu monastery and came to Mumbai when he reached adulthood to pursue his dharma.

In Saturday's session, we hunted down a Somali pirate named Shah Shaz, battling him and his crew in their watery abode (he was a Magician).  My character is slow (only 1 Initiative pass), but deadly in unarmed combat, while also adding Astral Sight and an ability to shutdown opposing magic users (lots of Counterspell and Banishing). 

I had Bob Naismith sculpt a figure of him for me, and this figure will later become available as a limited reward for backers of my buddy Joe's Ghosts of Hefei Kickstarter.  In Ghosts of Hefei he'll be The Oni--an augmented street thug with plenty of attitude!

I'll be sure to let folks know when this whole thing launches. I am consulting with Joe on the rules, but it's his project, dove-tailing off of his highly successful Department Goalsystem release from earlier this year.

Here are the pics!

He comes with a molded base, and he's mounted on a  25mm wooden circle from Litko.

Comp shot with a Judge Dredd mini.

As always, thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Blue Moon Alien Joins the Crew

I painted up one of the aliens from the Blue Moon Supreme Alien Commanders boxed set.  I feel like this guy would be a great alien adviser to my Cobalt-1 crew.

Check him out:

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Cobalt Space Merchant

Managed to block out some time to paint one of the Cobalt miniatures from my backlog. Cobalt figures are available from Black Hat Miniatures, and sculpted by Bob Naismith.

I did a weapon swap with one of the excellent pistols from Heresy Miniatures.

Here he is!

A quartet of figures from the Cobalt-1 line.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

The Inquisitorial Agent

I've really been enjoying getting after the Cobalt-1 figures from Black Hat. So much character and dynamism, and lots of easily paintable details!

Tonight I knocked out the Major Callon character. Sculpted by Bob Naismith, this guy features some very cool gear and attire, but after priming him, I decided I did not like his gun. Instead I busted out the jeweler's saw and removed it and the right hand entirely, replacing it with a right hand from a plastic Catachan Jungle Fighter and a metal blaster pistol from Heresy miniatures.

Here he is:












And here's a comp shot for scale:



I really like the results. If I played him as a Dark Heresy or Inquisitor character, I'd make him either bounty hunter, or a Psychic Blank--those untouchables used so well in Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn novels.

Hopefully I can get to another one this week, but I do have Dwarves to paint and an RPG adventure to prep for! We'll see....

Cobalt Aruks!

Bob Naismith will always be my favorite sculptor. Not only is he an extremely accomplished professional, but he is a joy to work with and quite capable of designing almost anything sent to him.

His alien Aruks from his own Cobalt line are among my all-time favorite models from Bob's studio. I thought I'd share some pics of some Aruks I've painted over the last couple years.



The big guy below is Manchos, one of the coolest alien figures I have ever painted! He's the bodyguard of the the little guy, Erkon-7.











Here's a close-up of one of the great sergeant types Bob did for the line:



They come with slot tabs, but I put them on washers.

These figs are currently in production limbo, but if enough folks clamored for their re-release, I am sure Bob would oblige!

--Scott

They Came From My Backlog!!!

Sounds like a bad horror movie, but no, they're just a few figures I had languishing in my backlog. The first is a little seen, limited release figure from Pinnacle (the folks who did Deadlands and Hell On Earth, and who now do Savage Worlds). When they released Hell On Earth way back in 1998 or so, they had a special offer with a t-shirt and 4 - 6 limited edition miniatures. This is one of those minis, sculpted by the inimitable Bob Naismith!









The pics are a bit blurry, but in the game this figure is a gun-toting rad-mutant, and one of the "iconic" characters for the game. A very cool and dynamic figure that will work well as a PC in any number of Pulp or sci-fi games.

Next up, a lone Shield Drone from the SuperFigs line. This little guys was just sitting in a pile of stuff on my painting desk and I had a spare half hour on Saturday, so I whipped him out and voila, instant automaton companion!









--Scott