"Post-Apoc Shoulder Pads" Topic

I don't get the shoulder pads on Post-Apoc types. Are they expecting a football game to break out or is it supposed to be some sort of futuristic clothing feature? Personally I really don't care for the look.

It's all about intimidation. Like an animal, the pa wastelander attempts to make himself appear as large as possible in order to ward off enemies. This also accounts for the big spikey hair.

Seriously though, in some settings there are no fire arms, so protection in close combat may be helpful. Other than that, it's just the stereotyped image made famous by Mad Max II.

Look at the third world countries of today when they are fighting . they wear anything they think will give them some protection . Shoulder pads protect football players so it should protect me .

It's all about intimidation.

And seriously, if you're going to run around in buttless chaps, you need some help to be intimidating.

There was in Sierra Leone [IIRC] a gang of gun men called "The Buck Naked Boys." Wonder where they carried the spare magazines.

Better some cool spiked shoulder pads then some of the other alternatives.

If you have to dress like that, dying would be an improvement.

How did you found that second picture? Nevermind, at least the guy on the right seems to be wearing a football helmet so he hasn't got to worry about anything….

Part of my PA garb will be this:

A souvenir from my interesting youth…

It was the Butt Naked Boys from Liberia, a bunch of 14 year olds high on drugs with AK47s and your typical teenagers attitude problems.

It might just be the most common available form of armor around.

I know I'd rather have a kevlar vest with plates, but if I come across some pads, I might use them until better comes along.

Granted, they don't concentrate protection in the "right" places (vital organs, direction of attack) unless I'm playing a contact sport.

All that said, shoulder pads cover a multitude of sculpting sins. Perhaps these particular wastelanders are often greeted with a bat to the head instead of to the gut.

Hey! the guy to the far right could he make a good super hero figure? Seems to me he's got a good start!

They raided a Sports store. What would you grab?

Well, if we're worried about close combat, a cup for starters………….

Jeez, African warfare takes the cake on weird.

And seriously, if you're going to run around in buttless chaps, you need some help to be intimidating.

All chaps are buttless- a fact pointed out by one of my students. Interesting discussion that day.

All chaps are buttless

Yep. That is why us biker types wear jeans under them. 'Cept of course when we're feeling Post Apocalyptic of course ;)

I really like the look of those real-world insurgents… sure they'd go down easy once fired upon… but while they're standing they've got a whole lot more style than the tired old studded black leather jacket nonsense.

So who out there does make a figure in a wedding dress carrying a Kalashnikov?

And if I were the ref, I'd give them initiative under the assumption that their opponents are going to go slackjawed in dumb wonder and amazement of their sartorial style after they hop out of the pickup.

[memo to self: get an order in for 28mm modern skirmish, just so I can paint up the figures in that scene. Ambush Alley maybe?].

I don't even want to know, Jake…

Is that guy wearing a life preserver?

I wonder if he misunderstood the concept (Life-Preserver) and thought it would protect him???

But doesn't it?

I assumed the one in the dress was some sort of wizard.

The war(s) in Liberia did give us General Butt Naked and other wonderful characters, as well as fighters in womens clothes and other bizare gear. BUT (not butt as in look at my chaps), the picture of the crew led by Mr. Wedding Dress is (I think) from a movie called Johnny Mad Dog.

imdb.com/title/tt1042424

The dude with the life preserver is an actual combatant.

Jake

And people thought Foundry's Post Apocalyptic Zulu Gang were stupid looking.

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I assumed the one in the dress was some sort of wizard.

Oh man… coffee everywhere!
S'ok, I needed to rinse out my keyboard anyway…

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