The Gangs of Ankh-Morpork

Just a quick update I picked up couple of sets of metal miniatures that I thought would work.

Another building for the slums has been released and it looks awesome, I may be printing another building for this project.

Time to do some research on the various groups that might get into a scrap so off to the wikis I went and came back with the following:

Cockbill Street Roaring Lads (Sam Vimes old gang)

Shamlegger Street Rude Boys

Pigsty Hill Dead Marmosets

Cable Street Particulars (some rather corrupt and brutal Watch members)

DeBris Gang -trolls obv

Breccia -the troll mafia

Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night -fools who summon dragons

Grisham Fford Close Harmony Singers – A quartet of assassins

Jolly Good Pals -A pair of enforcers for the Fools Guild

Mohoks and Skats -rival urchin gangs

Tenth Egg Street Gang -troll gang , one of it’s members being a brick onna string

Looking at the gangs I am probably going to double on the first three, street gangs with the others more aligned to hired specialists within the game rules.

As for miniatures I am looking at Knucklebones as they have some characterful models. Also I picked up some Wargames Atlantic Roman citizens as I see potential there.

I am also going to work on a name generator

I printed and primed the remaining buildings from the slum set. I decided to make the buildings as one piece, there wasn’t really enough room to make them playable. They also had plenty of ledges and verandas to give a few height options to a table

Next step is adding various different colours to some of the bricks then give everything a dirty wash.

Finally I need to add a little moss. I also need to decide if I am going to lightly dry brush the wood or not

My 2×2 mats arrived so I popped one down and plac the not quite finished buildings on it just to see if I was on the right track.

Ankh-Morpork the greatest fantasy city of all time… hadn’t even crossed my mind when I started printing some of these Stls-that-looked-cool.

Before I got my Bambu I could only stare wistfully at fdm prints in the knowledge that I might get two pieces off before the flux capacitor died or the printer gods started demanding sacrifices.

But no more, the Bambu PS1 truly is the chocolate hobnob of the 3d printing world. I point, it prints and prints quickly.

I had at the back of my mind an Osprey book called Kobolds and Cobblestones, where fantasy gangs duke it out. I investigated further and got some distinct Pratchett vibes. And so the idea of making a section of the shades came to life.

I have another four of these buildings and a larger one in a similar vein, hopefully that will be enough. Also have some possibilities for the dwarf quarter.

Decided to add a bit of moss effect on the stone to create a bit more interest.