Thursday 1 February 2018

Moonraker Bikers

I'm glad January is over it wasn't necessarily the greatest start to the year. From more bouts of illness in the family and losing my other Labrador Brandon it was a pretty shit way to start 2018!

Anyway when you hit bottom the only way is up! The big multiplayer game of Across the Dead Earth a few weeks ago got me spurred up to clear some of my lead mountain. I had been meaning to get around to these bikers from Moonraker miniatures (Was EM4) they were really fun sculpts to paint simpler than the Savages as they have less trinkets.

My eventual plan is to have 12-14 figures to use as bikers or a trucker/convoy type gang. I am on the search for a big rig for them to drive about. I have some leads on where to find one I just need to get my arse in gear and go looking.

The gang so far. I still have the Reaper Biker with two pistols whom I stripped to a few years back to repaint (though this was from a storage box being dropped and a load of minis being damaged)

My Old Bikers painted waaaaay back in July 2011! These were my first figures I painted back when I restarted the hobby. They have been stripped and mold lines cleaned up (oops I didn't do that first time round!) Just need basing and then they are ready to be primed.




 I love this figure the coat and pose is particularly good. I modelled her paint scheme on my wife. Who also has wonderful blonde curly hair and has a similar outfit though her leather jacket doesn't have any tassles.



 Decided to have another try at different skin tones with this one. Its turned out better than I hoped. More playing with the highlights are needed next time.




 I love these helmeted Bikers my favourite from the Copplestone set is the one wearing a similar helmet. I had a play with tattoos just to break them up a bit from one another.



 Inspired by the Angry Flamethrower guy from the game of ATDE a few weeks back I enjoyed painting up this grizzled veteran who i've nicknamed Scorch. Bandana seemed a bit bland just green so add some white spots on it.



 Again another one of my faves from this set. I do wonder what the little comp is intended on representing. I am experimenting with greens still in preparation for painting my Crooked Army minis. I still have found the green I like enough yet. A friend has recommended a GW Paint which may suit my needs so will pick that up and experiment.



Another nice mini I love the big heavy chain he carries but I also like the sort of western type revolver he carries in his holster and the knife tucked away in his left boot. Nice little details that stand out but aren't to fiddly to paint. I envisage this one like Scorch as more of a veteran carrying the extra weapons so went for a more older look with greying hair.

28 comments:

  1. What a great bunch of bikers, or Grebos (spelling?) as we used to call them, smashing painting Simon :-)

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    1. Thanks very much Darryl. I like both Grebos and Biekrs :D

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  2. Excellent looking group of great models!

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    1. Cheers Michal. I am hoping to expand on this merry little band.

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  3. Those are some fun little figures, nicely painted and presented. Definitely they must be a morale boost for you after the bad start to 2018.

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    1. Cheers Roy. Yes I am hoping it gets better from here.

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  4. A most excellent set of figures. I love them all.

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  5. I do believe I have all those figures. I must say I did enjoy painting them myself and do so hope that you did as well. They look tremendous. Good job.

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    1. Cheers Clint! They are a lot of fun and easy to paint with no tricky bits to reach due to the poses.

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  6. Absolutely outstanding! Great details on the dew rag, tattoos, AC/DC shirt, but especially on the chest hair of that last bloke. Brilliant.

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    1. Cheers Ivor. Yeah It was fun to experiment. I am still not confident with tattoos tbh they either seem a bit to dark or to faint.

      I love that model as well. Its chest hair is just sculpted on though!

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  7. Very, very nice, Simon. I own the (slightly larger?) "Copplestone Castings" version, and this now a posting I've earmarked for when I tackle them. Nice to see the mojo flowing over at Brummies currently :-)

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    1. Thanks mate. Yeah I have the new ones to those are the ones I currently stripped as mentioned above. I am now debating whether to trim off the integral bases or not. As its not my favourite of tasks.

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  8. these are wicked! great figs and the painting is excellent as always

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  9. Like Clint, I have many of these figures myself :-) . Big rigs that are suitable for 28mm models are hard to find, but here are some toys out there which are suitable. Mind you, I ended up building mine from an old WorldWorks card kit...

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    1. Thanks Hugh. Yes indeed they are especially the type of cab I would like. I have some leads as to where I can find some 1/43 trucks so going hunting the weekend to see If I can snag one.

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  10. Why is it that all the burly, ugly blokes get all the best looking women ?
    Great looking gang and you'd never spot the re-paints.

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    1. Thanks Joe. Apparently they like bad boys!

      These aren't the repaints just the older grenadier version sculpted by the same guy.

      The old ones are staring at a sharp knife and snips!

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  11. Excellent looking gang mate, I think you should rightly be proud of them. :)

    I know it has been a tough start to the year but hopefully getting better.

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  12. Fabulous characters, Simon. Hard to pick out which one I like best, they all look so cool in their own way.

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    1. Cheers Dean. Yes Its hard not to find something to like on these old grenadier sculpts. They still mix in well with more modern sculpts.

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  13. Excellent additions one and all. Love how you have managed to bring all those details to life, especially at this scale. Lovely, lovely work man! :)

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    1. Thanks matey! These are nice chunky sculpts which make it that bit easier todo. The weapons aren't to clunky either meaning they can blend in with other ranges quite easily.

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  14. Goodness those are some big lads. Very fun sculpts though and painted up in your typical smashing effort.

    Scorch though - does he really want to be messing with flamethrowers with that long flappy beard hanging off his mug? Sounds like a workplace hazard to me!

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    1. They are big lads indeed!

      Scorch- ha yes very true or could it be he has grown the beard to hide hard earned lessons when using his flame thrower!

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