"28MM Boxing/The fix is in!" Topic
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War In 15MM | 25 Jan 2016 8:32 a.m. PST |
Since completing my 15mm-18mm French and Indian War collection in October, I have been working on a 28mm Pulp Gangster collection. Among the many figure groups I will be including in this collection is a boxing group. Most of the "boxing figures" are from Bob Murch's "Pugsy Flannagan Goes Down In d'Third" set (PGJ10). For a little added variety, I have also included in the collection Butch "Killer" Davis from Reaper Chronoscope (50094) and a modified Old Glory 25s' US Cavalry dead figure from their War Paint line (WP-25) who is down for the count. My boxing ring is a toy I found at the swap meet for $1. USD It is admittedly slightly large, so to reduce the impact of the height of the bas I constructed a raised platform area around two sides of the ring where the managers and trainers can stand. The raised platform area is made from Duplos covered by Evergreen Plastic. The real head scratcher in this project was where I would get my fans… my audience for the main event. Fortunately, during a visit to my local train store I came upon some packs of Model Power O scale unpainted figures (6172) on the bargain table. Each pack included a dozen seated figures and while they are not raging boxing fans they do offer a nice audience feature to collection. As stands for my fans, I again used Duplos covered with Evergreen Plastic. I'm pretty happy with the way it all came out. I've provided some pictures below. Hope you enjoy them. Richard [URL=http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/IMG_1732_zps4jp4mi5p.jpg.html]
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JonFreitag | 25 Jan 2016 8:38 a.m. PST |
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Hafen von Schlockenberg | 25 Jan 2016 9:22 a.m. PST |
Great idea.I suggested something like this to Bob Murch at Historicon some years ago--maybe making a "reinforcement" type pack or two for a rowdy audience. I recommend The Adventures of Dennis Dorgan,by Robert E. Howard. Dorgan is both a(not too bright) boxer,and an able seaman on a tramp steamer in the South China Sea. Plenty of pulp inspiration! |
Winston Smith | 25 Jan 2016 9:23 a.m. PST |
Nice! Although one or two of the gentlemen in the crowd seem to have dozed off. Maybe they know it's fixed? What rules do you use, or is this "just scenery"? |
War In 15MM | 25 Jan 2016 10:38 a.m. PST |
Thanks to all for taking the time to write, and I am very glad you enjoyed the boxing. Hafen von Schlockenberg and Winston Smith, the audience is the hard find when trying to put the boxing scene together. It simply requires more imagination than I have to see the boxers in the ring with the ref if there is no audience watch. I had some serious thoughts about looking for a usable picture of an audience that I could print in black and white and mount on form board. I still think it's an interesting idea, but when I found the Model Power figures I decided to go with them despite the fact that it is far from a rowdy group. All in all I'm very happy with the back ground they provide. As to rules used, I'm afraid I'm not a gamer. Almost four decades ago when I began painting figures I believed I would be gaming, but that just never happened. Despite that my love of the figures, and the painting and construction of my "little worlds" has only grown. This boxing scene will ultimately be placed in a "boxing arena" composed of two walls and a floor and that will be part of a much larger setting that will include approximately 600 figures, a city of 30-plus buildings, a sewer, a harbor area with warehouses and a lighthouse, many, many trucks and cars, ships and boats and on and on. I probably won't be done until October or November 2016. It looks to be a wonderfully fun project. Richard |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 25 Jan 2016 11:05 a.m. PST |
What? Build all those wonderful things and not play with them? Horrors! |
War In 15MM | 25 Jan 2016 12:33 p.m. PST |
Vince (aka Hafen), I guess my only response is fun is where you find it… and I do have fun with my version of the hobby! Who know there may come a day when I find a group that draws me into gaming. I have watched many, many games played over the decades by many, many people, but I have just never found the mix of personalities that could make a game work in a way that drew me into the period/the look/the feel/the characters rather than a focus on the rules and the dice throws. Once again, thanks for writing. Richard |
Bobgnar | 25 Jan 2016 1:57 p.m. PST |
Thanks for showing us this great diorama, and how to make it. It's an inspiration for anybody who wants to make such a thing even if someone does not want to do boxing with miniatures. Does anybody make such a set of rules. I have to remember every so often that this Is the "miniatures page" Not the gaming page. Thanks too for pointing out those sitting figures. I'll keep my eyes open for them as they would be useful for sitting in buses and trains at bus stops. War in 15 mm, please keep showing us your work even though it is not gaming stuff, it's still great miniature stuff. |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 25 Jan 2016 4:19 p.m. PST |
Well,I was only half serious.Or maybe three-quarters serious.Yes,sometimes a little thing can be a stumbling block. Many east coast gamers probably knew the late Ed Mikus and his wife Trudi,from buying books at conventions,if nothing else. Ed collected figures for decades,which he used to make dioramas. Some may remember the neat little ships he made out of kipper tins.But he didn't game. Trudi told me he'd had a bad experience with some kids who got him into a game. I don't know what happened,or when,but it obviously left an extremely bad,and lasting, impression. That's unfortunate,and I regret that I never got to take them up on their offer of a visit--perhaps I might have been able to help change his mind about gaming. It sounds like you'd enjoy something like the games put on by Howard Whitehouse--never played in one,but my impression is they're not for "rules lawyers". |
War In 15MM | 26 Jan 2016 7:01 a.m. PST |
Bob, thank you for writing and the very kind words. When I work one of these projects I am devoting hours of time, and all of whatever creativity I have. My main objective is to have fun doing the "work" and as I said above I DO have fun with this hobby, but it's also nice to share for reasons of vanity and to give back a little in terms of all the creative ideas and lessons I have picked up from the work of others. TMP offers a great outlet for both of those, and I deeply appreciate those who take the time to write. Vincent, who knows, one of these days I just may find my group. Thanks again to both of you. Richard |
The Shadow | 26 Jan 2016 9:15 a.m. PST |
Playing with a group can be less than fun at times. Especially groups with unsupervised teenagers. At large conventions, when the kids come with their dads they are generally well behaved, but at gaming stores I've found many of them to be rude, impatient and frequently smell bad. Not *all* of them of course, but enough to put you off. It can take a little time to find a good group of mature gamers to play with. As it turned out, my neighbors teenaged son asked me about wargaming, and he was a good kid, so I invited him over to play "Memoir '44" and we ended up playing regularly for years until he went into the army. So (shrug) ya never know. |
mwindsorfw | 26 Jan 2016 3:31 p.m. PST |
Those fans look like it's Boxing Nite at the Ladies Temperance Society. |
War In 15MM | 26 Jan 2016 3:36 p.m. PST |
Mike, my suggestion to you is don't buy them. |
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