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Friday, September 26, 2025
A "tranche" of figures ready
168 figures for my pulp games. More 'detailed' photos later.
And now that it is later, here are a bunch more photos.
First up are what I call the Tylerites. Of course, if you look closely you will see a number of figures clearly meant to be Indiana Jones and related. But for my own purposes, I am creating an alternative story line revolving around a bunch of Tyler family figures and their close associates and various and sundry hangers on.
These first three photos are more the hangers on and less closely related.
This image has the Khurasan version of Inday on the left and the figure I've selected for my variation of Mutt on the right.
I even have a dismounted version adjacent to his motorbike variant.
My second favorite version of Indy cracking his whip - and over on the right is Senior.
And this last Tylerite group has my favorite Indy in the long coat with a whip with Marian to his right. The farthest right figure is the fourth of the Indy figures.
Just a view showing my favorite from the back with the long coat. While I have names for all of the figures in the above photos, I'm still tinkering a bit with who belongs where in the 8 figure groups (the motor bike is an 'extra' figure).
Next up are the 'civilians', mostly unarmed. This one has the muleteer and his mule for the coffee company Jitterbug Java and the spokeswoman for Carmina Burana Bananas. The third figure may be my representative for the local chocolate enterprise - as yet unnamed.
These eight men are the Italian section based in Central America of the Cavendish Family of 'the mob'.
A half dozen men and a half dozen women more or less in a panic.
These nine sculpts represent a dozen women and children including a couple of nuns.
And the last of the 'civilians' is a dozen figures, mostly men but one woman in the bunch, with around half armed - along with a dead figure who may get his coast dry brushed whiter since he is a downed scientist figure in his lab coat.
Third figure from the left is the Rightist wannabe dictator next to his main squeeze and his main supporters.
Far right this time is the Leftist wannabe dictator with his squeeze and principle supporters.
And El Presidente himself with his wife - and, shh! - his mistress and his inner circle of power.
As promised somewhere along the way, El Presidente is sporting a white tie for the tropics.
And now we come to the ship's crews in four groups plus a 'command' with the senior merhcant officer in port along with a heavy weapon (machine gun type) in this first photo.
The dark brown hat dozen unarmed sailors.
The ochre colored hat dozen unarmed sailors.
One of the two groups of armed sailors with one group having a woman in the mix.
The woman is the one front left of this armed group of sailors. As you can see, all of the ship's crew groups of 12 have a dead figure as well. The different colored hats make the unarmed easy to identify but the armed figures are a bit more of a challenge so I've added a colored dot to the bottom of the bases to make easier to keep coherent in a game and, especially, when putting figures away.
This lot gives a considerable variety in options as far as pulp scenarios go.
Newly moved to the painting table are the armed forces of El Presidente and each of the wannabe dictators along with 15 pieces for African archaeologists - though these are the lowest priority just now since not needed for the game in Central America which all of the above are targeted towards. Naturally, the figures can be realigned for given scenarios whether in Central America, Africa, or southeast Asia.
Monday, September 15, 2025
Forward progress on pulp items
Built a crane for my seaport, just used a bunch of blocks of wood and a few bits and pieces, still need to do some final touches - and, maybe, add some sort of means for movement, perhaps some toy tank treads if I still have them and can find them.
Painted all dozen pieces of pier I built. Debating wheter to add details glued in place or have them on stands. Probably the latter since I plan to use piers for many periods of history.
Again using bits of wood - and a little sawing this time - I created two warehouses for my pulp seaport. Thinking these will be banana warehouses. Going to add some more bits as machinery.
Forty-seven of fifty jungle trees based with a couple of tall jungle tress built as well as four of the smaller ones. Many more to assemble as time permits.
Three figures at the base of the two tall assembled jungle trees. Obviously the trees are not painted yet.
Finished the Nemonauts. That is his granddaughter in the center, his daughter with the gray hair, and his grandson. At some point I will post a backstory to go with these figures.
A dozen of the crew of the Naughtylust in their land based outfits.
Another dozen crew in their underwater capable outfits. Note the bases are textured differently.
All 27 of the painted Nemonauts. There are more crew if I want to add them at some point.
Two shots of a couple of the painted Kongorillians next to the painted Nemonauts for size comparison.
Monday, September 8, 2025
Painting Tallies for the last few years
Have every expectation that I will exceed one thousand figures this year but not sure I will exceed the 2021 total. Certainly hope to get to 1200 at least. Seems since I've been tracking this my montly average is right around 109 figures. So, if I hit the average, that would get awful close to 1300 figures. Hmm, so maybe - just maybe - hitting that 2021 number isn't completely unrealistic, only somewhat so.
2020 = 240...
2021 = 1475...
2022 = 1255...
2023 = 1265...
2024 = 1216...
2025 = 880 year to date
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