Mad Dogs With Guns - The Citizens of Paradise City.

Say hello to the Citizens of Paradise, Illinois. The movers, shakers and average schmuck in the street.

First up, The Mayor "Hizzhonor" Joseph Horatio Gunther III with his wife Mabel and the newly appointed Judge Horace Caplan. Pictured outside the Mayors country residence in Cedar Hill, Donnybrook House...

Head Councilman Willard H. Wright and his wife Ellie-May...

A press conference held outside the offices of the Downtown Central Precinct. Head Councilman Willard H. Wright is joined by Chief of Police Ryan O'Healy as they await the arrival of Hizzhonor The Mayor...

Mayor J.H. Gunther III with Councilman Wright and Chief of Police O'Healy shorty after the announcement of increased Police funding and presence in the neighbourhood. Judges Caplan, Kessler and Whitlock can be seen in the background, joining in an unprecedented show of unity in the City Government...(pictures by Paradise Times-Dispatch correspondent James Martine) 

Staged photograph of the upcoming bout between Shawn "The Brawn" Horne and Don "Moxie" Skinner to be held at the Paradise Arena in Riverside...

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Some of the leaders, citizens and potential victims of Paradise City.

The Paradise Bearcats, with Biff Holman on sax, Marvin Bobb on double bass, Chick Bose on trumpet and Wingy Malone on clarinet. Pollyanna Randall joins them on vocals....

Mrs. Doherty is not a fan of door to door salesmen...

Doc Whiteman, Paradise banker Ronald Riffenberg and his 'assistant' Micky Murphy...

Local butcher Evan Jones and truck driver Danny Krankovitch...

Some of the hard working folk of Paradise...

Old Mrs. Craddock and her great-niece Mabel...

Mavis Kelly loading Pa's shotgun whilst Betty Flatt and son little Jimmy look on...

Group shots of some of the other citizens from all walks of life...

Figures by Copplestone, Artizan, Footsore, Pulp Figures, Bad Squiddo, Wargames Foundry and Woodbine Design. Painted by me, Matt Slade and Dags.

Mad Dogs With Guns - The Gangsters.

Despite a busy summer, I have not been entirely forgetting my gaming projects!

Here we have a few tough, no nonsense gangsters ready for action...

First up, the Cabbageville Mob...

The Southbridge Rats (seen here in better days)...

The Hogan Boys...

Camorristi.....

Cosca Magaddino...

Hitmen for Hire...

Tommy Gunners...

The Purple Gang...

Figures by Copplestone, Pulp Alley, Crooked Dice, Warlord and Artizan.

Mad Dogs With Guns - Screamin' Wheels!

Picked up a handful of diecast 1910's - 1930's style vehicles for our Mad Dogs With Guns campaign from a recent visit to the Cavalier show. Of course these are also suitable for any games set in a similar period including Pulp Alley.

I have a huge amount of the Lledo "Days Gone" cars and trucks, but most of these are just that little bit too small for a 28mm figure, especially on a plastic slotta-base.

After a bit of research and some really useful pics on Tamsin's "Wargaming Girl" blog I decided that the old Matchbox "Models of Yesteryear" would be a better scale, despite being around the 1/43 mark. Although I understand a lot of these models can vary in size, they tend to 'look right' on the tabletop so I am more than happy with this little selection.

Jenkins the gamekeeper has generously volunteered to model the majority of these vehicles.

First up, we have Jenkins with a 1911 Model T.

Next we have a 1914 Stutz.

Next is a Packard Landaulet.

A resplendent green Benz limousine.

Another Stutz with the canopy up.

A Maxwell Roadster.

A Model T Ford van.

And another one.

A 1927 Talbot van, probably my favourite of the lot.

"Yes officer, of course it's soap in the boxes..."

A Crossley truck.

Next up is a Ford Model A van from about 1930.

A Packard Victoria. Shiny. Just as any self respecting Boss would want.

A 1911 Daimler. Also shiny.

The last two ridiculous gold plated ones were probably ash tray toppers and will definitely need a lick of paint. The rest I could maybe get away with putting straight on the table. Not ideal but when I have so many other things to paint they are hardly a priority!

7TV - The Cast (pt.8)

What would a cast be without a shed-load of minions for the "Evil Genius" to send to their inevitable doom?

This time we have a whole bunch of no-name minion types adorned in matching red and blue jumpsuit attire. Mind you, that lovely shade of blue is gonna stain...

These chaps and chapesses were painted by the wonderful "Dags".

Figures and vehicles are from Crooked Dice, Copplestone and Ainsty.