Judge Dredd - Ape Town terrain Tuesday

 Sector 66 Ape-Town

Ape Town, not Lawless at all!  

“Many of the experimental animals were given permission to live freely in the city- a mistake in my opinion. They mostly stay here in apetown-a wild and lawless place” Judge Dredd


Ape-town the home the intelligent apes of mega city one, it is thought that it was once was a working neighborhood around the city zoo before the war. Under the mega city one bylaw Judges only enter here if humans are affected by an event or crime.


I am planning a Dredd game at the club in a few weeks and want to build some terrain for Apetown game. 

Construction plans

I plan to model Ape Town on a 1970s US run down, graffiti, neglected Bronx suburb. Lots of cabling, overgrown lots and brown brick buildings with boarded up shops and businesses. I plan to use some model railway card stock, plastic assorted bits and some MPM industrial buildings, plus art board etc. I plan to only have two or three central buildings, fast food shop, grocery, and bar. I want to have playable interiors for these three. The remaining buildings will be facade only for the table edges, the buildings with different street heights and cabling. I perhaps may do some neon lights and perhaps a monorail. In time this will become a demonstration table so will need to be a little rugged for transport etc, so MDF cut on the laser cutter I think. 

Cheers
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.


Cheers
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 

Cheers

Matt

Judge Dredd - more Citi defence

 Citi Defence 

Additions to my Citi defence unit for Hurley block, again Mongoose publishing plastic miniatures 

Judge Dredd -Citi-Def

 Citi-Def Hurley Block

My first unit is a Citi Defence unit for Hurley block using a mix Mongoose plastics with a bit of green stuff and a future soldier for the leader. I elected to use a simple brown and cream palette, really happy with the result, basing is simple grey to match my asphalt table top roads. 

Cheers

Matt

Judge Dredd - Vestal Virgins

 Vestal Virgins 

A start to my first Block gang for my Judge Dredd collection are the Vestal Virgins for the Liz Hurley block in sector 10. The Vestal Virgins are named after Liz Hurley‘s Punk Rock band, I have elected to paint them in bright red clothing, with white highlights, white boots, armour and pink hair. The figures are a mix of Warlord Games Resin Judge Dredd range and Mongoose Publishing Block Wars figures with green stuff added Mohawks and some sculpted body armour. Really happy with the result. Below are three juves, one lieutenant and one female perp. 

Cheers

Matt

Judge Dredd - mixed mobster, mutants, robots and apes

 Judge Dredd - Mobsters, Mutants, Robots and Apes 

A few bits off the table in preparation of the Analogue Painting challenge commencing next week, some of these figs have been kicking around for a long time. I found more this week whilst looking for Napoleonic lancers! 

Robot K7 - mongoose games 

Half Mutant - foundry 2000ad  range 

Zombie mistress Malexica mongoose publishing 

Snakeskin Mutant - Foundry 2000ad range 

Orangutan-  from Mongoose Apetown

Big Al mobster - Warlord Games 

Cheers

Matt