Saturday, January 16, 2016

'Epic Fail' from PaulS - Showdown and the Hoedown

One of my aims for this year is to build up a small Old West project. With the kind present of some Black Scorpion models in the Secret Santa this year, the project had it's starting point, but the subject of one of the side-challenges this year gave me an interesting idea...

What could be more of an epic fail than a western gunfight with no survivors?


These six are all from Great Escape Games. The figures themselves are resin casualty markers for their Dead Man's Hand range. If I'd seen these in person before buying them I probably wouldn't have picked them up as they were full of bubbles, flash and casting lines. Some of them were pretty hollow underneath and the hands... oh my god. The hands are like thick slabs of steak rather than hands. One was so bad I just cut it off, so one of the crooks is left handed and only has one hand.

So as you can see... epic fail on two counts. One in the theme and one in the models themselves. 

16 comments:

  1. You have done a great job on them. I need to pick up a set ....

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  2. Good choice and you've recovered them well

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  3. Very inspiring! Despite the casting quality you make me want to pick up a set!

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  4. Looks like the last scene of Hamlet in here - or a recent Tarantino flick...

    Nice rescue job on these disappointing casts!

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  5. "They got me, Pa.....!" I love a Western.....great work on these, Paul

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  6. I totally agree with you on the quality of these figures. You done a great job with them though - well done!

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  7. Awesome - hilarious photos, great work Paul.

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  8. I like the take! Very nicely executed although the sculpts gave you an issue.
    You recovered from that really well!

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  9. Ha ha! Great idea. Sorry to hear about the crap casts. They turned out well though.

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  10. very nice Paul and very usable.

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  11. Great idea Paul, I can almost smell the cordite!

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  12. Great idea Paul and very well executed. I like the guy leaning up on the wall.

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