I enjoy Bob Murch's Pulp Figures 28mm ranges. My favourite is the Rick Barlow gumshoe type in a trench coat. How I wish I could shrink him down to 1/150 !
He would be my CIA station commander in all Cold War (and hot war) scenarios. The dice decides the survival and Intel quality of his team.
Ideally a few other station operators (body guard with signature Carl Gustav) would be useful.
In other lives, "Rick Barlow" could play (i) Arms dealer (always a good bush war scenario), (ii) Politician whose escape must be guaranteed, (iii)
UN diplomat trying to get that beleaguered peace keeping (sic) force out of a jam. (Falklands Brits in blue berets). (iv) Rocket scientist to be kidnapped.
Yes, "Rick Barlow" - do have a look at him on Bob's site www.pulpfigures.com - is a key player in post gaming. My point is that Pendraken 1/150 are now so well sculpted (Phil's craftsmanship) to merit one or two personality figures.
To prevent others from having to search haf the catalog to know who it is about, here is the above mentioned rick barlow:
http://pulpfigures.com/products/view/74
Quote from: petercooman on 04 December 2016, 02:03:15 PM
To prevent others from having to search haf the catalog to know who it is about, here is the above mentioned rick barlow:
http://pulpfigures.com/products/view/74
Thanks for this. But
please do have a look at the catalogue - or even
haf the catalog - as Bob is giving me 10% on sales. Sunray's Christmas appeal !
Neat sculpt is Barlow - he reminds me of a CIA type I met in Belfast. He was called "Mr Lynch" - a very common name amongst Langley farm boys.
We want him sculpted in 1/150.
Quote from: Sunray on 04 December 2016, 01:36:30 PM
I enjoy Bob Murch's Pulp Figures 28mm ranges. My favourite is the Rick Barlow gumshoe type in a trench coat. How I wish I could shrink him down to 1/150 ! Thanks to Peter you can view the figure type at http://pulpfigures.com/products/views/7c.
He would be my CIA station commander in all Cold War (and hot war) scenarios. The dice decides the survival and Intel quality of his team.
Ideally a few other station operators (body guard with signature Carl Gustav) would be useful.
In other lives, "Rick Barlow" could play (i) Arms dealer (always a good bush war scenario), (ii) Politician whose escape must be guaranteed, (iii)
UN diplomat trying to get that beleaguered peace keeping (sic) force out of a jam. (Falklands Brits in blue berets). (iv) Rocket scientist to be kidnapped.
Or in Si Fi games, our Rick Barlow could be the "Government expert on Zombies " whose proximity to a group of fighters gives a +1
Or, in WW2 scenarios we have at last the Mr Big to lead and organise the Maquis. French resistance games set après D Day have a lot of scope on the table top.
Right, that's FIVE applications for a basic figure. Any more suggestions?
Yes, "Rick Barlow" - do have a look at him on Bob's site www.pulpfigures.com - is a key player in post gaming. My point is that Pendraken 1/150 are now so well sculpted (Phil's craftsmanship) to merit one or two personality figures. ]
Rick can be seen in the group of civvies observing action at Checkpoint Charlie, 1961
(http://i2.wp.com/www.blog.oneholidayrentals.com/wp-content/uploads/checkpointcharlie.jpg)
The Rick Factory. 1950
(http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/oldheyday.jpeg)
Rick (at the front) bringing vital information about the German's heavy tank, 1944
(http://homepage.eircom.net/~nightingale/graphics/maus.jpg)
Rick in a line up, 1929 ... but which one is he?
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/20/article-2345395-1A68BEC4000005DC-408_964x579.jpg)
Rick (by the tail) inspecting an overturned aircraft, 1914
(http://www.kingstonaviation.org/js/plugins/imagemanager/files/100_years_ago/nl038wb_2nd_SS_overturned_Farnborough_on_delivery_6_May_1914_-_Copy_800x362.jpg)
OK, I'm convinced. Rick seems to have utility throughout the C20!
Thanks Victor - two votes and counting. On 1 April 2017 Leon will launch a special offer of a free Rick Barlow figure with every Centurion :o :o
I don't think I need 34 Ricks?
Use as spare commanders.
IanS
Quote from: fsn on 09 December 2016, 07:55:42 AM
I don't think I need 34 Ricks?
I thought you were going to re-create the Rick Factory ! ;D ;D
Quote from: fsn on 09 December 2016, 07:55:42 AM
I don't think I need 34 Ricks?
Paint them with silver faces, and they could be cybernauts from the Avengers. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Can you add my vote please
Take care
Andy
My humble thanks to the growing masses of Rick Barlow voters. You know its a just cause.
Quote from: fsn on 09 December 2016, 07:55:42 AM
I don't think I need 34 Ricks?
Can you ever have too much Rick?!
Okay, I'm in
Fsn, your mastery of image databases is nonpareil. ;D
I have been looking at the militia and crossover stuff at Minibits so some pulp figures could be in the mix as well - I'll climb in.
we few, we happy few
we band of Pendraken brothers
for he today who votes "Barlow" with me
shall be my brother, be he ne'er so vile
Shall gentle his condition.
Thank you brethren - the creation of CIA types opens up a new area of 10mm gaming. The intelligence and role play dimension. The French manufacturer Rallyman does a nice line of 1/144 scale 1960s/70s cars that will compliment these black ops heroes. I look forward to reading what roles will be offered to Rick Barlow.
Bucket of cold water, my spidy sense suggests strongly this one where the answer will "we'd like to, but it's just not economic".
IanS
I tend to agree. I, from time to time, buy stuff for the good of the cause, things I have some interest in but given my age may never get to.
Is there any appetite for a mini-kickstarter plan within the confines of Pendraken for those interesting ranges with possible low commercial viability? There are some that I would support, including this one. Obviously I would be all over an Aztec project! 😀
This Barlow figure.....Is everyone going to want me to make Robbie Williams and the other two or three from that musical combo, whose names I can never remember ?
Cheers - Puzzled of Wales.
Two bishops in a bar, one looks at the other and says "I've never met an actress!"
The other looks shocked, and says "Me neither!"
Quote from: d_Guy on 09 December 2016, 02:47:14 PM
Is there any appetite for a mini-kickstarter plan within the confines of Pendraken for those interesting ranges with possible low commercial viability?
I think I suggested this for personality figures - cowboys, gangsters, superheroes, etc, etc.
Quote from: d_Guy on 09 December 2016, 02:47:14 PM
Obviously I would be all over an Aztec project! 😀
You see, just when I start to think there's hope for you d_Guy, you have to go and post something ... like that.
I warn you, my friend, Xmas is coming, and that means the FSN Xmas thingy. You have been warned!
Quote from: fsn on 09 December 2016, 05:28:39 PM
I warn you, my friend, Xmas is coming, and that means the FSN Xmas thingy. You have been warned!
Do I get to play air guitar, keyboards or drums, again ?
I've decided on my song for this year.
Better run downstairs before I burn another saucepan. X_X X_X X_X X_X
Cheers - Phil
The FSN Xmas thingy :o
Mentally prepare before reading because he doesn't before writing
Quote from: Matt J on 09 December 2016, 07:13:01 PM
Mentally prepare before reading because he doesn't before writing
I'm not sure one can prepare for it at any level. I would call it extra-dimensional - but that would imply an order that is not present. its more like seeing music and tasting color - a pale metaphor I know.
Quote from: fsn on 09 December 2016, 05:28:39 PM
I think I suggested this for personality figures - cowboys, gangsters, superheroes, etc, etc.
So you would be voting "yes" then? :)
Quote from: fsn on 09 December 2016, 05:28:39 PM
You see, just when I start to think there's hope for you d_Guy ...
There is no hope. I was made aware of that when I saw the sign over the door when I first entered the forum. You'll recall it
I'm sure - the one that begins, "fasciate ogne speranza..."
Quote from: ianrs54 on 09 December 2016, 02:31:09 PM
Bucket of cold water, my spidy sense suggests strongly this one where the answer will "we'd like to, but it's just not economic".
IanS
Five years ago I would have agreed with you. But the bus has moved on. First, the cost is making 10mm more appealing, secondly the level of detail now possible makes character types possible, and thirdly, a set of rules that gives the figure a meaningful role in a wargame. Espionage makes a nice preamble to a game. Dice deciding if the spies are undetected and the quality of their intel.
This Christmas I am running the Firefox game for the family. With WW2 Russians, a Mig 31 and French resistance figures for the Jewish underground. Just finished the hanger. If I had a Rick Barlow he would be in the thick of it.
Ok,
you can put me down for a spook but only if it's non-periodist :)
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 09 December 2016, 10:12:33 PM
Ok,
you can put me down for a spook but only if it's non-periodist :)
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
That's a most profound observation Vic.
The strength of the Rick Barlow sculpt is that he is "non period" . Burberry supplied the first trench coat to the British Army as an officer's raincoat in ...1901. With slight variations it has been worn well into 21st century. The character even has kudos as si fi pulp hero. I purchased a classic coat in light grey with trenching in Harrods in 1980. I still wear it as a raincoat. Timeless.
Selling a figure and making it pay is all about marketing. Rick Barlow in 1/150 is the ultimate ubique figure.
From WW1, Chinese war lords via SCW to WW2, Korea, Cold War, Middle East, Vietnam, all those little bushwars....and then there is Si Fi. Rick Barlow is a "player".
Quote from: d_Guy on 09 December 2016, 08:09:06 PM
So you would be voting "yes" then? :)
There is no hope. I was made aware of that when I saw the sign over the door when I first entered the forum. You'll recall it
I'm sure - the one that begins, "fasciate ogne speranza..."
"
Lasciate ogn
i", pazzo! Porca miseria, as if trying to save English from the ravages of the internet weren't bad enough....
Oops! :-[
I'll claim "ogne" - "fasciate" was spellcheck - although my post, my responsibility.
Ah, ok.
Thank you for votes, comments and interest. I am now signed up to hordes of Aztecs and "Duckmen" . I hope you are worth it Barlow - a +2 at least when you come onto the table.
The Rick Barlow campaign will now go "black" and be conducted at other appropriate levels. Locks- are as we speak being changed at a certain Unit 2 D, Vaughan Court.
The reliable [sic] Pendraken Rumour Control will keep you informed.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Wales, a veteran sculptor sits by the crackling radio and waits for the "John has a long moustache" signal to "spring " into action start the dollies......
Quote from: Sunray on 10 December 2016, 04:56:59 PM
Meanwhile, somewhere in Wales, a veteran sculptor sits by the crackling radio and waits for the "John has a long moustache" signal to "spring " into action start the dollies......
... all the while whistling a jolly seasonal tune as he puts the final touches on the battle dress of an Aztec captain. :)
Quote from: d_Guy on 10 December 2016, 05:36:05 PM
... all the while whistling a jolly seasonal tune as he puts the final touches on the battle dress of an Aztec captain. :)
That battle dress wouldn't happen to be a well worn trench coat ? :-