Friday, 17 August 2012

Empire of The Dead Holmes And Watson


'Elementary dear Watson' (sorry couldn't help it) These two are sort of hired mercenaries for Empire of The Dead. Rules for these 'Gentlemen and Jackanapes' can be found here and are part of an official add on (free mind you) there are a number of similar characters, Cedrice Hyde, Circ Du Noir Ape Man, Lady Luck (no pic on the website but a beautiful figure), Mr Chop to name a few. They all offer various extra abilities to your starting faction. All very characterful miniatures they will be gracing the pages here as I acquire them. There are some rumours floating about of some additions to the range painted figures of Peelers (Police) Le Strade, Queen Victoria and some armed monks have been circulated about but nothing has been officially confirmed or denied yet.

The Holmes and Watson figures are fantistic Watson in particular is well tooled up with Sword, Stakes, Pistol and Lantern (pistol is optional as the figure also comes with a rifle). Holmes just has a trusty revolver but of course his main weapon is his sharp intellect.

I can see these getting a lot of use in various games. Perhaps even making an appearance in my NMRIH 1888 campaign mentioning that I've acquired some card buildings, ruins some hedges and other bits (warhammer/warhammer 40K)  from ebay they need a little patching and tidying up but I got them very cheap so I don't mind at all so have a fair bit of terrain now. (note to self need trees)

Enough waffle here are the pictures.










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  1. Xander17 August 2012 at 09:35

    Lovely stuff Brummie! you've done a cracking job on them, and it's interesting to hear about the options for Watson!

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 13:35

      Thanks Dude. I need to reread there rules because I couldn't see the choice for both weapons.

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  2. MrLee17 August 2012 at 09:41

    Nice work on them, especially on the cloaks. Also love how Watson looks bad ass, and Holmes is like.. mm lets go this way..

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  3. The Angry Lurker17 August 2012 at 09:57

    Great work on some iconic figures Brummie!

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 13:36

      Thanks Fran. I think I may need to get some more Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson figures. Its become and addiction

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  4. Vampifan17 August 2012 at 10:27

    Good work on both figures. Watson is really well tooled up.

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 13:37

      Thanks Bryan. Watson is great I may get another to do the Rifle option

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  5. Ray Rousell17 August 2012 at 10:32

    Excellent work! I love the lamp!

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  6. Clint17 August 2012 at 11:19

    Nice work on the figs Brummie.
    *Puts Anorak on* Holmes never said "Elementary my Dear Watson!" (at least not in the books... TV and Film maybe... but not the original books). *Takes Anorak off* I used to live with a girl who was writing her doctorate on the stories of Sherlock Holmes. (And likewise sorry but I just had to....)

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 13:38

      Thanks. To be Honest I haven't read the books. nor is it a proper quote it just's sounds like something he would say

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  7. Chris17 August 2012 at 11:33

    These are very nice, now all you need is a vampire Moriarty.

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 13:38

      Thanks I have a Moriarty Figure its a possibility

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  8. Michael Awdry17 August 2012 at 12:16

    Great work Sir! Love the Watson character particularly.

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 13:39

      Cheers Watson is the partially the reason I got hooked into EotD. Such a characterful figure

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  9. MIK17 August 2012 at 13:11

    Great paintjobs as always, and that Watson sculpt is killer, I wasn't familiar with these figs before.

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 13:39

      Thanks Mik as I said to Michael its what drew me into EotD

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  10. Lead Legion17 August 2012 at 13:51

    Very nice Brummie. Love what you've done with these guys. They have an almost Steampunk feel about them. I think it's Watson's glasses that do it. Very distinctive.

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 13:55

      Thanks the whole EotD theme though not quite apparent from the initial release of miniatures has a Steam Punk twist.

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  11. The Extraordinarii17 August 2012 at 13:52

    Two very cool characters you have there.

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  12. Zabadak17 August 2012 at 15:24

    Another pair of ecellent figures to add to the mix Brummie

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 23:47

      Thanks Joe. Watson is certainly going to get a lot of use tooled up as he is.

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  13. Stoelzel's Structures17 August 2012 at 15:24

    Lovely looking chaps Brummie.

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  14. Adam17 August 2012 at 21:12

    Fantastic figures and another great paintjob. Those coats look really good.

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    1. Simon Quinton 17 August 2012 at 23:48

      Thanks bought some new paints so have been experimenting. I found I kept using the same colours across all my projects so bought a few different colours to try

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  15. pulpcitizen17 August 2012 at 22:03

    Very spiffy! :)

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  16. lrqan18 August 2012 at 12:49

    Nice work. Love the character that you have in them.

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