Stargrave - The Brethren

 Another unit for Stargrave that will double for judge dread games also. Quick and easy, I had these done in a day and a bit, the skin tones and basing taking the longest 

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Matt

Judge Dredd - Walter the Robot

Walter the Robot

I have been looking for Walter the Robit for quite a long time. I recently picked him up with a Job lot of Warlord Dredd figures on eBay, paying almost as much in postage and import duties as the figures but still a bargain I thought.









Walter is the Mega City One's most famous servo droid, Walter the Wobot. This figure was produced by Warlord Games. Walter was once Judge Dredd's house robot. He is usually used in stories to provide comic relief, and he has a speech impediment which causes him to pronounce his R's as W's. (This was a defect caused by fear and stress.) He was originally a robo-servant at the Grand Hall of Justice, and was drafted by Judge Dredd during the First Robot War to help him infiltrate the robot stronghold. Unlike the majority of the robots, Walter believed robots should be diligent slaves for humans. It was Walter who landed the final blow on rebel leader Call-Me-Kenneth, being used to override the city's Weather Control computers and unleash a lightning storm, and he was made a free robot (the first ever) with the rights of a human citizen in 2099 for his loyal services. However he was so devoted to Dredd that he chose to remain in Dredd's employ and even got rid of his freedom papers in exchange for a Deed of Ownership giving him to Dredd. He eventually left Dredd's service after he sustained serious damage at the hands of Mean Machine Angel. This was an effort by the writers to kill him off when Judge Dredd stories were becoming grittier and more mature; in the same story, Dredd's landlady Maria was also written out.


He met Dredd again in 2115, helping him escape the forces of Judge Grice and wielding a vast amount of deadly weaponry, killing many ex-convict Judges in the process, but was ignored after he got Dredd to the safety of the other judges. The next year, Walter snapped over these two encounters and formed a cult around Call-Me-Kenneth, proclaiming he'd been wrong to betray him. He attempted to start a Second Robot War and actually shot Dredd to punish him for Dredd's harsh treatment of him over the years. He was arrested by Rookie Judge Giant and sentenced to thirty years.

However he was freed from jail during the actual Second Robot War in 2121. Reformed, he sought out Dredd and surrendered to him, asking to be reprogrammed so he could not commit crimes again. Instead, Dredd put him on probation and ordered him to work as a helper for the elderly Mrs Gunderson. Walter lives with Gunderson, helps run her Judge Death-based tourist attraction (and dealing with the Death actors who go insane playing the role), and attempts to keep her out of trouble (with great difficulty); he has made several reappearances alongside her.


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Matt

Judge Dredd - Deadlands scavengers

 Deadlands Scavenger's 

A selection of the plastic Stargrave figures that I intend to use for a Judge Dredd scenario. I have two groups to do, this first group will be part of the scavenger gang on the edge of the Deadlands. 

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Matt

Judge Dredd- Mining Robot

Mining Robot 

 This figure is a Stargrave figure but it will join my Judge Dredd collection. I have been adding more robots to my collection. For this chap Unit 4 I have a scenario in mind around a mining site in the future. Quite a simple job but quite happy with the results, the Caterpillar yellow works well. 

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Matt

Judge Dredd - old Rogues

 Old Rogues

Another pair of robots for my Judge Dredd collection, again from the Northstar Stargrave range. These figures will join the deadlands part of the collection. Perfect for rogue or security robots, I painted one in an urban camouflage cape so they can inhabit the wasteland city’s of the deadlands. 

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Matt

Judge Dreed - Mek Troopers

 Mek Troopers 

I recently purchased the ABC warriors set to add a bit of flavour for my cursed lands games and to buy some robots that could be used in scenarios. The Volgan AK-47 troopers fit the option to be Mek troopers. Mek troopers are battle droids only mentioned in cursed earth and Slaughter Margin role playing game. Perhaps an abandoned research facility or nuclear bunker type scenario. 

Mek Troopers rules 

Each time you encounter a Mek trooper roll a D6

1-2 deactivated 

3-4 Active but erratic. 

At the start of each turn roll a D6 :-

Odds - its remains static and may not fire or enter combat. 

Evens - droid functions normally 

5-6 Droid acts normally, may fire weapon and engage hand to hand combat  

                        M     T   HC.  <>.  TS    S.    H

Mek trooper     4      2     2      -    5.       3.    2

Special rules 

Will not surrender 

                         SR.                  LR.                 Power

Pulse carbine.   8” M +2/+1*.  24” M-1/-2*  4

Two HE grenades 

I plan to have a game on the dead lands as soon as I complete my table 

Cheers

Matt

Judge Dredd - “Stop, it’s Hammerstein”

 Stop, It’s Hammerstein!  

When I purchased the ABC warriors set it came with several Mk1 Hammerstein figures, one of my resin figures had a broken leg and I thought I would build one standing and one sitting broken down. 

I then set about doing some cutting and sand with the Dremmel to get the figure to sit correctly for me. This figure will be a terrain piece for a rubbish pile or a scenario capture point.  The standing figure may make an appearance also in a game in the future 

Really happy with the paint job, both were painted in Vallejo German camo yellow than washed in Agrax earthshade, filled by sponge work for the rust effect, then pencil and paint chip work 

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Matt

Judge Dredd - Judge Anderson

 Judge Dredd - Judge Anderson 

I picked two of these figures from EBay recently, the other was in my collection, I striped them two weeks ago, then gave them a new paint job. 

The figures are from the old citadel range, and now complete my Judge Anderson collection, I still need to paint the law master after I complete some repairs. 

Overall very happy with the brushwork, these guys will go in the display case I think. 

 

Cheers

Matt

Judge Dredd - Nero Narcos

 Judge Dredd - Nero Narcos 

Leader of the Frendz mob crime syndicate, the leader of the robot revolution, and later a dictator of mega city, what’s not to like about the character. He will lead my robot revolution at some stage! Another figure from Warlord Games, again a resin figure. 

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Matt

Judge Dredd - Orlok the Assassin

 Orlok the Assassin 

Another character option from Warlord Games. Orlok the east meg agent bent on the destruction of Mega city one and Judge Dredd! 

Orlok has a few options for game play either political leader or celebrity assassination,  or poisoning a city. Starting a Block War and a general addition to a rioting resident mob to take pot shots at law officers. Quite a simple paint job on the warlord games resin figure and his robot UAV. I do like painting red and quite happy with the paint job. A few more characters to come this week. 

Cheers

Matt

Judge Dredd - The crime is life, the sentence is death

 Judge Death - The crime is life, the sentence is death 

Off the desk this week is Judge Death, the leader of the Dark Judges and possibly the most reoccurring bad boy of the Judge Dredd world. Another Warlord Games resin piece. Quite a quick paint job really, maybe 2 hours in total. More characters off the desk this week, then back yo normal programming for a week or two. 

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Matt 

Wip Wednesday - Judge Dredd - Skysurfers

 Judge Dredd Skysurfers -WIP

Playing around with some green stuff this week while assembling some figures for Judge Dredd I thought I would scratch build some Skysurfers boards. These are from hot wheels VW cars, I sandpapered the base then added green stuff for the propulsion engine. I have also assembled two Mongoose figures that will ride the board. I will add them to flying bases. A nice little side project and when completed addition to the collection 

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Matt

Judge Dredd - The league of the Fatties - Praise the Lard part 1!

 The league of the Fatties- Praise the Lard

The Fatties, bored citizens who have become Gluttons due to boredom of the dystopian world of Judge Dredd. They are so fat they require wheelies to prop up their bellies to get around. They have become the athletes of mega city, often partaking in eating competitions, organized or illegal. Mega city fat camps exist to train these people to compete and win fame! 

 They can be a criminal organization or just misunderstood citizens so it makes them very flexible on the table. From an outbreak of food refusal to an illegal food eating contest. Fatties are a great gang to have not just for scenario inspiration but for character building or just a single one as a NPC with cards or an ambient NPC in a civilian crowd etc. 

When the Warlord fatties were released I knew I had to have them.  I really am looking forward to painting them and I am looking forward to getting them onto the table. I also plan to add supporters using some civilian figures and possibly some more 3d prints from Papsikels to add to the gang, I may also add some gang supporters for the Marlon Brando block! 

Cheers

Matt

Judge Dredd - Judge and PSI enforcers

 Judge and PSI enforcers 

Another two pieces for my Judge Dredd collection, ready to enforce the law in Mega City. They are both resin figures from Warlord games, the resin figures are a little flat, obviously taken from a recast of an original metal mold. 

Cheers

Matt