Wednesday 6 November 2013

EotD Kickstarter part two: Reinforcements

The next two packs are reinforcements for both Gentlemen and Brotherhood faction. Both packs add more long ranged punch to there parent factions. Both have been cleaned and prepped with a minimum of fuss.

First up is Set 3 Gentlemen with guns. It contains five figures all armed with long guns. Top left to right are Repeater Rifle, Shotgun and Volley gun. On the bottom row both figures have Man Portable Gatling guns. I've blu-tacked the guns on to show where they go the gent on the left is pretty easy to assemble and the gun fits well it will require pinning I think.

The Second is a bit odd ot assemble. Its held in a really awkward position its took a few of us to work out how to attach it as the location holes don't quite match up with back of the gun. A bit of filing and mine no fits as it is displayed on the Westwind painted versions. I'm not sure whether mines going to stay the same yet as I think the rigours of game play and storage will knock it off quite easy. I may have to pin it in a different way as the location lug for the left arm is quite small and the other is non existent.

See fellow Empire of the Dead Lunatic Robert Audin's view on this same figure. Link to his Great blog.




You can see the loosely held pose on G5.


Second set cleaned and prepped this week is Set 4 Armed Brothers. Again filling some gaps in the range with various fire arms. Top row two more crossbowmen (They are nicely posed figures but the original set had 4 Crossbow armed Brothers so didn't need more in my opinion) and a blunderbuss armed brother. I quite like blunderbuss's I find them characterful looking weapons. Bottom row left to right two rifle armed brothers I really like the firing pose I like the fact his hood is raised up. Third brother along has a shotgun and finally a brother equipped with a volleygun. All single piece castings quite easy to clean up.




21 comments:

  1. So glad to see your EOTD models showing up. They look nice. Curious on how they will look after you put some paint on them. You going to go boxart style or a different style altogether?

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    1. I'm really pleased with them assembly issues aside. The Brothers will continue in the same style as my Brotherhood done previously. The gents can be all individual. I suppose really it will depend on what mood i'm in when I start each figure or faction.

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  2. Very nice models Simon .
    Greetings .

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  3. I've spotted the same issue with mine. I'm yet to embark on it but I think I will pin it because I don't trust it staying in place. Only model from West Wind where there's been an issue really.

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  4. There are some very talented sculptors around now, aren't there? It will indeed be nice to see how you paint them up (and play with them, of course!)

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  5. They look mighty fine to me Simon.

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  6. These look so nice, that I can't wait to see them painted by you!

    Greetings
    Peter

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  7. I must admit I do like the brothers!

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  8. I think the gents with guns will be my first pack to do... as theres a local bunch of werewolves to deal with ;-), though at the mo' I am still busy with terrain...

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    1. Better start melting down the chandeliers and the cutlery then!

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  9. Thanks for the link Simon, I haven't done the second Gatling gun armed Gent but I think the one pin to the body will hold it just fine.

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    1. Yeah I think he looks fairly straight forward to do. Trying to decide how the wings go on mechana bat at the minute lol

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  10. They are very nice looking figures!

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  11. Yet more nice figures. I am sure there are more to come as well. I am sure I would find a use for them, but buying so many in one go would stump me and I would get nothing done. It must be daunting seeing a lead pile like that.

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    1. LOL its about 90+ figures added to the pile in one go. Saying that though I've been trying to work on what I already have the past few months. Only getting 1-3 figures per month added to the pile.

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    2. 90 figures, hmmm, let's assume 5 finished each week. That's 18 weeks. That's 4 months. That's a long time for me to try to stay on one project. You are by far a better man than me. I wish you luck and I know that they will look good in the end.

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    3. Some will wait longer than others as they aren't all really required but will get done eventually. I will have to stick a note of the time and see how many I get done in 4 months. Consider it a challenge!

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  12. Looking forwards to seeing them painted; by tomorrow on the blog then? :)

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