Favorite Figures of 2019 (In Chronological Order), Part 2

Continuing with the great year I had in painting figures; not volume, but definitely enjoyment in 2019.  As a reminder over the last few years I have been gravitated toward "skirmish" gaming from the Victorian Era to the late 1930's (though still sign me up for a big battle!). The gaming I have been doing is historically based, but with a Hollywood flair with some Pulp and Science Fiction thrown in for good measure. Continuing with my favorite figures I painted in chronological order:

8. Pulp Figures' Damsel in Distress. I must have been sleeping under a rock somewhere but I have recently discovered Pulp Figures. They have an excellent range of figures that are perfect for the late 19th Century to Mid - 20th Century. Under their "Weird Menace" category I purchased a pack of Cringing Captives (PWM 10) as they had an outstanding figure of Annabelle "Ann" Darrow, the fictional heroine from the 1933 movie King Kong as played by Fay Wray.

 Kong! Kong! Kong!

9. Gunga Din and The Sergeants Three. There is going to be a pattern in this post as most of the figures are from Pulp Figures.

Gunga Din (Sam Jaffe) and The Sergeants Three. SGT Archibald Cutter (Cary Grant), SGT 'Mac' MacChesney (Victor McLaglen), and SGT Thomas 'Tommy' Ballantine (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) sculpted during the part of the movie when SGT MacChesney orders and leads the charge of his command across the rooftops of the fictional town of Tantrapur.

10. The Mad Guru and Thugees. More goodies from Pulp figures also based on the 1939 Classic Gunga Din.

 

 

 

 

11. Pulp Figures Sikhs. My favorite Adventuring Company I created for In Her Majesty's Name is the 14th Sikh Special Action Company. I drilled a small hole in the officers left hand to add a sword.

 

The 14th Sikh's Special Action Company

12. Frostgrave Glass Spiders from North Star.

 

13."Wasteland Mutants" from Bronze Age Miniatures. Ummm . . . yes they are the Green Martians of Barsoom. I think the pictures say it all.  Also, at US $12 a figure you can't beat the price.

"The man himself, for such I may call him, was fully fifteen feet in height and, on Earth, would have weighed some four hundred pounds. He sat his mount as we sit a horse, grasping the animal's barrel with his lower limbs, while the hands of his two right arms held his immense spear low at the side of his mount; his two left arms were outstretched laterally to help preserve his balance, the thing he rode having neither bridle or reins of any description for guidance." From the journal of Captain John Carter.

"The men are trained in the higher branches of the art of war; in strategy and the maneuvering of large bodies of troops. They make the laws as they are needed; a new law for each emergency. They are unfettered by precedent in the administration of justice. Customs have been handed down by ages of repetition, but the punishment for ignoring a custom is a matter for individual treatment by a jury of the culprit's peers, and I may say that justice seldom misses fire, but seems rather to rule in inverse ratio to the ascendancy of law. In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people; they have no lawyers."  From the journal of Captain John Carter.

14. Pulp Girl from Pulp Alley. This figure is just cool.

"Pulp Girl". A female figure that actually looks realistic and I love the gauntlet!

15. Speaking of cool, The Rocketeer from Pulp Alley.