Avenging Angels Get Ready For Gunfighter’s Ball Shootouts
April 15, 2021 by brennon
Knuckleduster Miniatures has released two new sets of metal miniatures for their Wild West shooter, Gunfighter's Ball. The main focus of this month's releases is the Avenging Angels pack which comes with quite the motley crew.
The Avenging Angels // Knuckleduster Miniatures
There are six characters in the set that you could use to form your new posse. From left to right you've got the mountain man known as Liver-Eating Johnson plus the female gunslinger Diedre. Next to them, we've got the US Marshal known as Buzzard Cohorn and then the outlaw Johnny Welsh. The former slave, Daniel, then makes up the group alongside former Confederate Evans who is searching for his niece.
Get ready to hunt down some bad guys and get into some intense shootouts with these folks! I like that the majority of them are posed as if they are in the middle of a shootout although I can also acknowledge the "cool factor" in Danny being ready to draw his gun.
Inevitably, most shootouts are going to end up with dead horses. So, if your mounted characters get knocked out of the saddle you can now put some markers down to show where their steeds are.
Horse Casualties // Knuckleduster Miniatures
Even if your horse is down you can still rush back to them to snap up the rifle you left behind! With the two releases for this month, we got a new pack of characters to have fun with plus some pieces that help to add colour and narrative for your gaming experiences. A good haul!
Are you going to be playing as the Avenging Angels?
"Even if your horse is down you can still rush back to them to snap up the rifle you left behind!"
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Knuckleduster are the best metal old west miniatures in the business. And still reasonably priced.
It’s a pity they are continuing the “hollywood” version of history (as most Cowboys were either African American or Latino (as driving cattle was a nasty job and nobody really wanted it). I don’t mean EVERYTHING needs to be all “woke”, but perhaps the option to paint up a more “historical” gang of gunfighters might be nice to have as an option 🙁
Yeah, it’s really not something you see in any of the companies producing models for the time. It’s one of those time periods that doesn’t seem to get much of a proper examination. I remember watching a documentary a few years ago that was filled with famous actors from Westerns rather than historians – it was bloody awful stuff.
The KDM line does have historical Vaqueros https://knuckleduster.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=1_70_81&product_id=484 While yes it would be a good add to include groups as well.
These are lovely looking miniatures. Having a look through their website, they are clearly improving as time goes on. Had some Black Scorpion Tombstone minis on my wishlist for an upcoming project but these might get a look in.
Nice theirs a new marshal in town.