Re Return to Rio Morpork

With all I have shown, most are probably wondering why I’m putting it in Spring Clean challenge as it all looks done.

1. I actually needed to dig the figures out, , they have been on a shelf for years and I forgot what I had .
2. They are all metal figures, with nice paint jobs,
3. The new Plastics are lighter,  more wear resistant and easier to transport for games outside the home
4. I can now build some of the newer Icons such as the Firefly crew and the new Magnificent 7
5. Town always needs to expand so new 2 storey building brought, May get more catwalks etc.

Anyway a I decided to build my 1st bunch of Plastics,  to represent the crew of Serenity

1st up was Zowie, the figure herself was easy to build from stock parts from Gunfighters 2.

But how to arm her, in the show she has a sawn off Winchester Shotgun, from what I can see, not to sure on date it came out ,so gave her a hefty sidearm and had her carrying  Henry Rifle

Next was Wash, again from stock parts from Gunfighters,  Put him in shirt sleeves ( not going to be the outrageous Hawaian type) given him a conventional pistol, and as no ship to pilot so made him demo man with pack of Dynomite.

Then came Mal Reynolds, again mostly stock parts apart from the head, most had beards moustaches etc, and wasn’t sure about hat  then found suitable short haired clean shaven head in all things the Frostgrave Wizards Box. For suitable weaponry went for large Navy Colt and my old Favourite a sawn of Shotgun

Wayne was the last of my initial builds ,and by far the most divergent from the base Figures,

The body and legs were standard from Gunfighters,  as was the head as their was a suitable Cigar smoking head , not in wooly hat but the slouch hat will do.

The arms and wpns come from Wargames Atlantics Britih Bulldogs their Steampunk British Figures. Wayne is the character who is the most not western look of the group, in dress and wpns.

I wanted him to have a longer range wpn, Noe I could have gone for a Sharps Buffalo gun. But I wanted something that looked a bit out of period but not too overpowering, so thought Lee Metford , perhaps a prototype design, now it came out in 1888 so not too out of period. How did he get it you ask… He is friends with Pete ( see previous Photos) who is the English owner and mad gun tinkerer of the Rio Morpork  Gunsmihs Lon G Shot. Infamous for his rotating shot pistol

So it’s one of his designs and who better than Jayne to test it.

In addition the Bulldogs had a heavy duty pistol, which looked close to the one Jayne has in show.

As for the arm pads on the arms, I figured padded shoulders!!@.