"Bought a load of Knuckleduster....." Topic

This is what I bought.

Cowtown Chaos, Sidekicks, Working Men, Singing Cowboys and Cancan Dancers.

Bank Scene, Faro Game and Piano Player

Billiards Vignette and Gallows.

Now I know I'm going to need the hanging man from Dixon and I also want the coffin from there as well.

Previously I've been painting all fantasy and this is my first time in the Old West. So I hope you guys don't mind if I ask questions as I go.

Thank you.

I love Fantasy. IMHO The Old West can also provide a ton of variety! Welcome to the never ending collection.

I have been working on my Old West towns and game for 25 years. I continually keep adding characters, buildings and all sorts of little extras. My game sits on a 16 foot table with a Mexican and a US town. I situate them near the Mexican border. I have a train, mine, War wagon, Snake Oil wagon, Jail wagon, Stage, Federales, US Army, Apache, Banditos, Pinkertons, Lawmwen, Bounty hunters, Movie characters, Anti-Chinese League, Chinese Tong, Kane, US Secret Sevice Agents, Soiled Doves at Madam 'Or's house, Townsfolk, Peons, Gallows, Mr. Wu's Laundry and loads of other stuff. I love it!

Have fun,

John

Like John, I've been collecting Old West a long time. I have a few Knuckleduster figures. Do you intend gaming with them ? If so, check out "The Rules With No Name".

I also like the Knuckleduster range. The dwarf gunfighter in a top hat is probably my favourite miniature. Forrest's sculpting style has a real appeal for me.

The Old West is this eic, legendary era, like Homer depicts in The Odyssey, yet almost within living memory. Seriously, I talked with a lady from West Texas, who told me her grandfather knew Judge Roy Bean--didn't like him, but he knew him. And check out the names on the maps, some are really great--one of my favorites being No Water Creek (I checked, it was mostly puddles along the creek bed when I was there)! It is not, I think, such a big jump from fantasy to the Old West.

Grelber
Who hopes to buy a couple packs of Knuckleduster figures himself this year.

Grelber

The Old West is this eic, legendary era, like Homer depicts in The Odyssey, yet almost within living memory. Seriously, I talked with a lady from West Texas, who told me her grandfather knew Judge Roy Bean--didn't like him, but he knew him. And check out the names on the maps, some are really great--one of my favorites being No Water Creek (I checked, it was mostly puddles along the creek bed when I was there)! It is not, I think, such a big jump from fantasy to the Old West.

Grelber
Who hopes to buy a couple packs of Knuckleduster figures himself this year.

John, I fondly remember playing in one of your old west games many years ago. The highlight of the game was me and my buddy sneaking up to the jail and me hoisting him up to the window so he could shoot a rival…unfortunatley he unloaded his gun into an innocent drunk!

The Knuckleduster stuff has real character and Forrest Harris is a great guy to deal with.

I have a big order from them on the way myself-- it's primarily a bunch of Tri-City buildings with a few packs of miniatures to check size against my Foundry models. I'm really excited to get going on a big town with the wood kits. So far I just have a handful of resin Old Glory structures…

I bought a couple of the smaller bldgs from Forrst and they are pretty nice. You just have to remember to make sure all of the corners are at ninety degrees.

My favorite: Rules with No Name

Don't forget to add Dinosaurs and the Underground Empire.

Tom, that's one of the things I love about doing the Old West. So many memorable things occur in a game. They start to take on a life of their own over time.

You can do so many different style games in the Old West. You truly could never run the same thing twice even using the exact same characters and setup.

Simply too cool!

Like many folks here I too am a HUGE fan of The Rules with No Name.

Thanks,

John

I have to admit it was a shock to be reading a western and suddenly realize that I was right there where the action was taking place in the book (I was on a job in Arizona, about 40 miles east of Yuma, reading Louis L'Amour in my hotel room). It kind of accentuated the rest of the trip to be looking at the terrain with an eye for the cowboy story…

I can't buy any Knuckleduster until I paint up all my Old Glory Cowboys and Townsfolk.

Thank you all for the support. I'm a solo gamer, but I found this guy who just made his own set of rules and they can be used by someone like me. I really want to have my own town and table. The terrain is expensive so it will take years to do it all.

I'm going to start out by doing the billiards piece first and scratch build an interior for it.

Anne,
Check out ERTL cowtown or ranchhouse sets. Scale is about right, and you can pick them up on ebay. They are a great way to start your terrain.

I just got an order of Knuckleduster minis a couple weeks ago, and they look fantastic! That can-can dancer set was really unique and something I had to have.

I hope to get them painted up soon, and get back to the west…

Anne,

PM me if you're looking for Old West terrain. I'm selling off my old town as I build a new one. I'd be happy to set you up with some buildings for cheap to get you started off right.

Cheers

PS: If pre-made terrain is too expensive, hit up the hobby shop for some wood/plastic and start making your own buildings – it can be pretty fun!

Anne,

If you game solo try Two Hour Wargames "Six Gun Sound". Like all THW games it is set up to play solo.

"Chain Reaction 3" will give you a basic feel for the system and is free!!

Tim

I'm starting on my billiard vignette now and will do a scratch built interior. The can can dancers will come after that. I need to build a stage and make a theatre curtain behind them. I want to go very camptown with them.

I wish some of you guys would post your work here or give me link to your blogs so I can learn from you.
Thank you.

I love the Knuckleduster stuff. If I hadn't taken the pledge (you know, that foolish one where you don't buy more lead until you've painted at least half of what you've already got), I would sooooo grab up all those great civilian scenes.

I'm very envious.

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Grelber: Very cool points. I was born and raised in El Paso and met several people who's grandparents had known famous people, including Judge Roy Bean, Pancho Villa, and others. I've also met a few descendants of famous pistoleros (didn't like 'em, but met 'em). Until you've actually been to the American Southwest, you probably don't grasp that it is -- as you suggested -- a land with roots in an epic past that lies just outside of living memory.

As was said so well in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

For a good western game you'll also need some rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados,mugs, pugs, thugs, halfwits,dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, muggers, ers, bushwackers, hornswagglers, horse thieves, bul s, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, and @#$%-kickers. And I'm not going to repeat that.