Friday 7 January 2011

28mm Painted Pulp Figures Villian: The Crimson Scorpion?

This 28mm figure is from http://www.pulpfigures.com/ and is called The Crimson Avenger from the Weird Villians pack, quite a nice figure and I have been thinking about getting into Pulp/WWW2 gaming and using him for this period because I like the bad guy in movies or gaming (as long as he is a good bad guy?).

When I wargamed WW2 I focused more on the germans, Lord of the Rings I focused on Saruman and the Urak-Hai, WW1 again the germans etc........in the movies I like a good bad guy like a bond villian (Blofeld, Auric Goldfinger) with the right amount of madness (but not the lunacy in Tomorrow Never Dies) and even better an organisation (SPECTRE). I do not mention Oddjob or Jaws as they are henchmen (and henchmen are a topic all by themselves) and a critical part of the villians team, I even rooted for a while for Damien in the Omen's, mention has to go to Hannibal Lecter, The Punisher, Darth Vader, Joker (Heath Ledger) etc........there are many more and while we may not condone what they do, they do do it well.

It's all about the conspiracy and the what if's with me.


L to R, 28mm foundry and copplestone castings as size comparisons.
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24 comments:

  1. WarRaptor7 January 2011 at 12:46

    Very cool! He kinda has that Cobra Commander look! Your paint job looks good too.

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  2. The Extraordinarii7 January 2011 at 13:31

    You did a good job on him, he looks very cultish

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  3. Porky7 January 2011 at 13:52

    He's definitely a weird villain, and the number of possible uses must be high.

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  4. Whiteface7 January 2011 at 13:52

    Nice minis with a good paintjob. How do you paint firearms: black base colour and grey edges? I tried metallic edges on black, but yours looks good and my firearms looks crappy...so it's either my painting or my choice of colours.

    Whiteface / Oliver

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  5. The Angry Lurker7 January 2011 at 14:10

    Whiteface / Oliver

    Black with vallejo gunmetal grey and sometimes a black ink wash.

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  6. Whiteface7 January 2011 at 14:30

    @TAL: OK, if gunmetal grey is a metallic colour like citadel bolt gun metal...then it has to be my painting.

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  7. Fire Pursuit7 January 2011 at 17:36

    lol. that was quite funny.

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  8. Vapor7 January 2011 at 17:44

    The Punisher, like Deadpool, is more of an anti-hero than a villain.

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  9. Wesh7 January 2011 at 17:48

    wow, really nice job.
    looks like a lot of work.



    http://kind-of-informational.blogspot.com/

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  10. Doo7 January 2011 at 17:50

    Great as usual :)

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  11. Ray Rousell7 January 2011 at 18:20

    Blimy Fran....I think you need to re-order the tablets!!!

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  12. Jimmy Fungus7 January 2011 at 18:36

    Hannibal Lecter, The Punisher, Darth Vader, Joker all have certainly acheived a lot... when it comes to DEATH and DESTRUCTION.

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  13. colinmnash7 January 2011 at 20:13

    Very nice TAL - like it a lot. Might have to get one of them myself!

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  14. Sam7 January 2011 at 20:19

    Great work, they loks awesome

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  15. JayPower7 January 2011 at 20:58

    Lovely paintwork ;D

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  16. MikeyB7 January 2011 at 21:59

    unreal, really

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  17. noog8 January 2011 at 00:58

    he reminds me of one of the bad guys from GI Joe... Kobra commander or something

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  18. Unknown8 January 2011 at 01:26

    Love that crimson avenger, he looks so evil

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  19. Anonymous8 January 2011 at 05:10

    I like his scheming pose

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  20. Anonymous8 January 2011 at 20:07

    A nice figure, full of self-righteousness and insecurity, just how I like my villains.

    The most entertaining bad guys never think that they are the problem I reckon: Magneto is very much in the vein of that anti-hero mentioned earlier, and all the better for it (the very start of the first X Men movie is great in that respect).

    Dr Doom is one of my all time favourite "bad" guys, and he definitely reckons that he is the good guy, its just that the plebs wont listen ;)

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  21. The Viking8 January 2011 at 20:08

    This stuff is awesome. Following! :)

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  22. BTN Hip Hop8 January 2011 at 20:09

    great models, fantastic paintin work

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  23. Monster Madness8 January 2011 at 23:19

    Cool stuff, dude!

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  24. pulpcitizen4 June 2012 at 12:25

    I have always like that mini and I really like your take on it Mr Lurker. :)

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