Wanted: Dead or Alive

Legendary Jesse James invades the town of Wappelville!

But just when he thought the coast was clear, the clanking sounds of machinery could be heard coming from behind Le Flamant Rose...

Two mechanical beasts emerged from the shadows, which could mean only one thing!

That Wyatt Earp, a Legend himself, would appear.  Sure enough, a cloaked figure strode out from the ground floor of the Saloon.

Right away, the challenge to Jesse was issued.

Jesse attempted to grab a nearby civilian, thinking that she could be used as a human shield.

However, he quickly realized that the Lawmen had lost the trust of the citizens of Wappelville long ago... as evidenced by the burned out buildings newly rebuilt shops all around town!

No human shield would stop Wyatt from his ultimate goal.

It didn't take long before Jesse found himself surrounded by Lawmen..,

"I've got you now, Jesse!"

But Jesse did not come alone.  From out of nowhere, a Dustcuter and Blackjack sped down the street, spewing out lead along the way.

Could this turn the tables for Jesse?

We shall see, in this ultimate challenge of Wild West Exodus Legends!

Turning on a Dime

The tiny tanks get even tinier with the Hotchkiss H-35

While I was surprised at how small the Soumas were, this little guy is truly a 'light' tank.

This was a very common color scheme which I found...

To show that size comparison, here are some shots with the Soumas.

I will continue to test out a few other camo patterns on the future vehicles, so stay tuned!

Who's got the most pointy things?

This is a slightly converted Thran infantry figure.  The quiver of javelins was added to make her more in line with the rest of the set.

Thank goodness for paper clips!

Next up, some group shots!!

Darkness has Fallen

Here are some more amazing figures from the new Raging Heroes campaign!

These are truly spectacular, as this render boggles the mind.  To create a few signature pieces like this is one thing, but it happens over and over again!

In its full glory!

Yes...

These are mostly close up views, so that you can get a better peek at these details.

Fortunately, these details do transfer over to the final casts, which is not always the case.  After several years of making these massively detailed figures, that experience shows in the ability to get that fine detail in a production figure.

When you have figures with as many things going on as these designs. it's very important that those areas be cleanly designated!

And finally, I leave you with this.  Need I say more?

This is MY snow fort!

Look who's back, and playing King of the Hill!

I have been surprised at how many different poses there are of this type of figure.

I tried to import some seafoam green into the midtones here, since he had more of that white skin that many of the recent versions.

Most of the grays were created by mixing that seafoam green with a dark gray.  I also mixed blue and brown Reaper liner paints together, creating a fantastic dark grey base!  Depending on how much brown you put in, you get very different lighter colors... even when you only add white!

These types of grays are not 'dead' grays, but more interesting.  Cathy used to mix scorched brown and regal blue in a similar way.  When it was lightened, got very different results depending on how much blue or brown there was!

Of Darkness and Light

These remarkable renders are from the latest Raging Heroes campaign.

The concept art was truly amazing, but I almost thought there would be no way to translate those intricate designs into a three dimensional shape!

I knew that it would be possible for the ultra talented sculptors, and that faith is well placed!

Each of the characters maintains the incredible flavor of those drawings, and still has the hyper detail that I have seen on all the previous sculpts that I have painted.

There are so many 'layers' to sculpts such as this one... lots of flow and movement.  Intricacy and elegance.

And in true Raging Heroes form, there are options!  It's been this way since the beginning.  I have a number of original metal Vestal characters that had a fantastic array of head and arm options.  Those extra pieces made excellent conversion material for 'line troops' or even miniatures from other lines.

This is one of those multiple option characters:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2015/04/asharah-raging.html

I keep visualizing figures like this over some kind of glowing lava, or blueish ghostly hues...

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-binder-full-of-vestals.html

The close up of this face shows why I used a number of Raging Heroes figures for the various painting skin tone videos in my series.  I think I used at least two different Vestals and one Mantis Warrior!

Here is the Dark Elf version of flesh tone:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/10/in-full-command.html

And this is the Drow:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/12/in-full-command-drow-style.html

The Legend of Jesse James

At long last, Legendary Jesse James from Wild West Exodus!

He's one nasty Hombre, with some amazing abilities.

The Legendary characters come with their own unique diorama style bases, and this one is probably my favorite!

Bursting through these shattered doors over the body of the recently departed, he makes quite an impressive sight!

He can now square off with the other characters of Legend... Sitting Bull, Carpathian, and ultimately WYATT!  Wait and see how that final showdown ends...