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Monday 31 January 2022

Gangstas

 
As I hadn't got anything got prepared for this week's post, having only just got back from my all too brief recent holiday, I dug out one of the boxes I 'rescued' from the late, great Bryan Scott's collection.
As was all too frequent in Bryan's labelling what was in the box was not always what was on the label!
I was pleasntly surprised to see that this was not the case with this particular box as the box contained just over a hundred 'gangsta' types (btw I hate the term 'gangstas') , They're from a mixture of manufacturers some I don;t recognise, but a lot that I do - Bobby Jacksons gangsters, probably from Black Cat (when they did sell them), a lot of Foundry Streetfighters and maybe one or two Hasslefree types with possibly some Reaper minis too. I was surprised to see so many, though I did know Bryan had all the Bobby Jackson figures. 
Here's the photos of the contents:
This collection has some of the best figures Bryan painted imho
Wonderful detailing
Notice the flaking on the chap on the left's hat, Bryan didn't varnish his figures!
The vast majority of the figures have names on their bases
The Ak 47 gang, with one of many ladies on the right
More ladies,  I just love Lulu (second from the right)
Some big disparities in heights !
A couple or three Bobby Jackson figures there
Hasslefree or maybe Reaper central figure
Yardies ?
A few more ladies
I don't recognise the provenance of these
Boom-box and shotguns (and anothr lady)
More heavy weaponary on show
Wonderful mix of weapons, figures and poses
See above comment, bored now
Are we nearly there yet ? (yes - Ed.)
End of part one...
Part two...The Chicos and chicorittas

The rest of the Chicos etc. (Phew- the end)
That's some collection, ideal for drug wars or similar and whilst I have quite a few of these, I've nowhere near the numbers Bryan accumulated.

In the last few days of my holiday I gm's a rpg game called Og and great hilarity ensued as played had a very limited vocabulary for their cavemen (and women). I also played in a DnD adventure, playing as a Paladin - probably the hardest character I've ever played , but great fun and nostalgia.

Additional boardgames played were "Witches" and "Alchemists" that I didn't take part in (limited numbers), Fire Point (again) plus some of the other games were re-visited - a thouroughly enjoyable holiday. 

Hopefully I've also managed to get up to date with all my commenting  too, after being a bit lazy in this respect.

That's it then for another week, thanks for taking the time to visit, hopefully there was something here of interest, next week I'll be posting more figures from Bryan's colection - Zombicide humans !

As always your comments are both welcomed and truly appreciated.

22 comments:

  1. Bryan's collection was vast Joe, as shown just be this one box. some great looking miniatures in this bunch.
    Sounds like the gaming you had while away was lots of fun !

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    1. Thanks Dave, you're absolutely right, he ad alo more stuff than I ever imagined and in a lot more periods than I'd thought. What I rescued was less the half he had left (after the neighbours had helped the clearout by donating a lot of things to the local charity shop).

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    2. Wow such a shame, I noticed that Bryans copy of Judge Harry Heston is on Ebay for £80 !

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    3. The last thing I heard from Bryan's brother MIchael, is that the neighbours have been 'helping' again.

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  2. Bryan did have an impressive collection of models Joe, & you struck gold with that lot, I remember some of them were used in some of his last posts.
    Gled to hear you enjoyed the hols :)

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    1. Thanks Frank, when the remainder of Bryans collection is rescued, I'll be looking at re-distributing the majority of it.
      Holiday, short though it was, was on the whole very enjoyable.

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  3. What a fun collection - they've gone to a good home.

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    1. Thanks MJT, (always good to see you on the interweb too btw)just see my reply to Frank above. I doubt I have room for his entire collection.

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  4. Another eye's candies collection sir!

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    1. Thanks you Michal, shame how it came about.

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  5. Thats a really splendid collection of figures, they look great!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain, it's a collection I was surprised to find out just how big it was.

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  6. A cool looking selection of wonderfully painted figures Joe.
    Willz.

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    1. Thanks Willz, I was truly impressed by this collection too.

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  7. Excellent collection of minis!

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  8. That's really great that you were able to save that box of Bryan's Joe, some fantastic models there 😀

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    1. Thanks Ivor, I'm hoping I can rescue a lot more, but organising it is taking time.

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  9. That's quite a collection you have there Joe. I do like the Yardies!

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    1. Thanks Ray, the Yardies are probably the most colourful of the whole lot.

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  10. Amazing collection Joe, so many figures in there I've never seen. They have certainly found a good home to carry on the traditions!

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    1. Thanks terry, there a lot there that I'd never come across before too.
      Like most of Bryan's stuff, I'll be passing it on and spreading the joy, sometime in the future, but I need to get a record of it all before that happens.

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