Having been playing 28mm Skirmish games recently the need for lots of terrain is amust so I ahve made acouple of largish purchases ,the first one is a terrain crate from Mantic games ,I grabbed it in their recent sale which saved me about £20 and included some bits that are normally not on sale .The crate in question is a sturdy cardboard box ideal for storing the terrain items .There are about 4 different crates ,the one I purchased was Campbell Heights which represents items you might find in and around a small town . The box is made up of 4 different sets plus a few items that were kick starter only giveaways ,the sets seperatly are around the £25 mark ,the crate set me back £79. so a bit of a saving plus the extra freebies.The sets are Two Trees Mall ,which contains ,shelves and various goods to display , magazine and clothes racks ,counters and cash registers , vending machines ,seats ,ATM's and lots of other bits. Next is Survivors stronghold which represents things found in old warehouses and factories that would be useful after the apocolypse .Next up is my favourite set Crystal peaks Campsite which contains some tents of various sizes ,sleeping bags ,camp fire picnic stuff ,camp chaiers and play ground bits ,there is also adestroyed tent and shredded sleeping bag , finally Abandoned office contains awierd mix of desks ,computers ,forklift truck ,bath ,wc;s etc .All nice quality and sturdy should add a bit of scenery to a lot of my pulp and modern games .
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Thursday, 18 March 2021
More 60's Tv
Finished afew more figures for Pulp Alley and 7TV based on 1960s ITV shows ,more for the nAvengers in the shape of Mother Brilliantly portrayed by Patrick Newell ,the Cybernaut a top villain that made 3 apperances in total ,Paul Beresford ,the Cybernauts creators brother out for revenge played by Peter Cushing .The next one is Roger Moores Simon Templar and finally the flamboyant Jason King played by Peter Wyngarde ,King had his own series and was also featured in Department S .Figures from Artizan and Crooked Dice
Sunday, 14 March 2021
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu R.I.P
Sad news that king Goodwill passed away on the 12th March due to covid 19 ,the controversial King who always showed a huge interest in the anglo Zulu war and attended many functions not only in South Africa but in the UK ,he was the first Zulu Monarch to visit the UK parliament since Cetshawayo attended after his capture . I attended one of his visits to the UK in 2019 .
The Kings visit to Brecon in Wales 2019
Thursday, 4 March 2021
More Zulu Goodness
A parcel arrived today from Ian Knight containing a few bits for my growing Zulu collection ,3 rather nice movie stills 2 of them framed ,featuring Micheal Caine , Nigel Green and Ivor Emannuel all in action poses from the film amd a nice booklet by John Labland for the KwaZulu monuments council a rare booklet made that bit more special as its signed by the author .
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Greystoke the Legend of Tarzan lord of the Apes
Another lot of figures for Pulp alley ,really loving these rules they work so well in solo games. Always a fan of the Tarzan books and grew up with the weekly tv show with Ron Ely and of course the regular Wiessmuller screenings although the Gordon Scott movies are my favourite Tarzan movies and of course the Christopher Lambert film whose title I pinched for this post is always worth a watch ,so below my first batch of figures for Lord of the Jungle .Figures a mix of Northstar and Copplestone
A few bearers villagers and Princeses to rescue
Monday, 15 February 2021
The Avengers --"Mrs Peel ,We're Needed"
One of my favourite 60's TV series also loved the 80's spin off ,the New Avengers so obvious I picked this for my Pulp Alley Legue and 7TV casts ,must admit its easier to portray as a Pulp Alley League using the Duo perk I dont need any other characters and can use Mother as a associate off table as he should be and also portray the fact Steed never used firearms , a characteristic patrick Macnee brought in as in real life he saw so much shooting during ww2 and lost so many friends due to it . I have so far found a suitable model for 2 of his early side kicks ,Emma Peel and Cathy Gale ,still neeed a Tara King ,also found a set of figures for the New Avengers which I will purchase at some point . A suitable Bentley in racing Green has joined my collection as well ,although especially in a lot of episodes Steed used other vehicles , the Bentley has become the icon of the series , it seems as well Patrick Macnee never mastered driving it and in long shots its a double driving it and in close ups its either in a studio in front of a moving screen or when outdoors he was pretending to drive it as crew pushed it along .. Figures all crooked dice
Friday, 29 January 2021
Haunted Forest
had these a while now but finally got round to doing them ,the plastic haunted forest set from Northstar ,I bought the special offer set which includes 12 trees ,6 stumps and 6 sets of mushrooms plus a few fantasy faces , They come as one piece mouldings with no flash ,the tree faces are seperate and I have used a couple of these but without them the treees could easily be used an awestern front batttlefield for WW1. A great set of scenary I have shown the 28mm shaggy and scooby as aguide to the scale of the pieces
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Some scenic items
Seeing as alot of my Games of Pulp Alley ,7TV ,last days and others will be set in the UK from the 1960;s up to modern times i thought i would dig out these bits I have had for years and get the done ,nice little items all I think were Black cat bases stuff
Sunday, 24 January 2021
The Battle of PotsNPans -A Burrows and Badgers game
Got the B and B stuff out for the Grandkids today a great game with a very rough link to the Jacobite Rebellion .The Scots led by Bonnie Prince Snarlie a Highland Terrior take on the Government troops of the Duke of Slumberland .
Bonnie Prince Snarlie and Clan McBeastie prepare for battle .
All figures Oathsworn ,Buildings the official Sarissa range other than the Castle ruins which are an aquarium piece ,mats by Loke