Re Return to Rio Morpork

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Project Entry by bobcockayne

Way way back in the beginning times.

May 11, 2024

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This project was began between 20 and 30 years ago. Even then it was an attempt to re-create , Western Games played with old 54mm Timp and Britain’s Cowboys, most of which only needed slight painting modifications to make them Table Ready. ( I actually use a Plastic Timpo Train now, it actually works as out of scale as you have room to move figures in it.)

The then rehash was prompted by the then Guernsey Foundry issue of various 28mm Western figures( most are still available, the company later merged with Foundry to become Wargames Foundry)

Old West

Now I didn’t actually start initially with above, as way way before that I had brought a handful of Western Figures from would yo believe … drum Role for Gerry, Hinchcliffe. The few I found were used as my test paint figures and do you know what,

I think they’ve stood the test of time

Now at about this time, whilst waiting for my 1st Foindry order to arrive, I found I the Old Dungeons and Starship store in my home town, a box of Cowboys, which I think were by GDW, which gave me a set of figures to start factions wih.

The Good(ish)

The Bad

The undecided

Now all above we’re painted well before we had contrasts, washs and the Army Painter ranges, I imagine with mainly the older ranges of GW and MP paints as both were the range I could get. Shading wad done the old laborious , base dark ,and light shading all done by picking it out by hand, I would be lucky to finish 3 figures in about 8 hours!