That pretty much covers it. It's a great model for the price. The quality is decent for what it is, and the details are crisp enough. It isn't the best resin and has an almost rubbery feel to the finish which is a little disconcerting, but for £4.99 I'll buy that every day of the week.

If you look closely, you'll see some zombies have guns. Two are from the Plague faction of Deadzone, the other two that look like riot cops are conversions using a mash-up of the Kings of War Zombies, some spare Maelstrom's Edge bits and some Anvil parts.


All in all, it made for a fun weekend project. I guess it's time to bring on the games! I'm planning to run a feature later on the actual games and how they go, so it should be good.

I haven't been working on my gang a lot lately, but I found a few photos of them that I hadn't posted. I made it to 7 finished gangers, so it really wouldn't take much to see them completely finished and ready to be fielded in all their painted glory.

Looking at them now really makes me want to work on them though - I think it's the old 90s Warhammer throwbacks like the red guns, hazard stripes and migraine bright hues! Did you spot the 2 original metal gangers in there?


I also did a piece of fiction to start the campaign:


He was now known as Bilge Master 4. It hadn’t always been that way, but an unfortunate encounter with a stray las blast had destroyed half of his cranium; melting away most of his sense with it. At that time several years in the past, he was called Korruk of Clan Goliath. His stricken body had been dragged to a doctor who had done their best to rebuild him with the only parts available. Unfortunately for poor Korruk, these parts had been hastily scavenged from the computer core of a sewage skiff and the programming was never fully wiped; leaving him with an identity crisis of sorts.

“Cleanse and sterilize!” As usual, the battle cant made little sense as the steely words left Korruk’s lips in a toneless boom.  He let fly with his stub-cannon into the darkness; lighting up the under-deck for a moment in the brilliant light of the muzzle flare. Somewhere in the distance there was a momentary sound of panic that soon grew still again.

Korruk had been patrolling the lower decks of the Brawndo production plant for several months after the Bennett Brothers had relegated him to a distant support duty. In truth, his delusions and obvious brain damage had made him a liability to the rest of his crew. For his part, it seemed that the newly self-coronated Bilge Master 4 was a lot happier wandering the tunnels aimlessly in a hallucinatory stupor.

Another noise issued forth from the darkness; it was closer this time. Bilge Master 4 cocked his weapon in readiness; just in time to see a huge rat bristle forth into the flickering halo of a wall mounted illuminator. The hideous beast skittered a few steps forward on misshapen legs. Its pudgy bulk reared up; sniffing the air as it moved. It seemed to realise that it was not alone, but it didn’t have enough time to put that knowledge into action; Korruk had already pulled the trigger. The dull, hollow bang of the weapon echoed through the maze-like structure as the rat’s body burst open in a wet puff of filthy viscera.

“Cleanse and sterilize.” Korruk repeated the words emotionlessly as he took a lumbering step towards the fresh kill. “Initiate docking protocol.” He reloaded the gun; a string of drool hanging from his mutilated lip.

……...............................................

“The plan is simple; that goon thinks he’s some kind of sewage processing plant. So all we have to do is flush.” The end of the sentence was punctuated by a wet popping noise as Tabby’s bubble gum burst. The Tabby Cats were in their den; the gang had managed to get some meagre digs in Bunk Town, but the room was packed to bursting as the Escher crew squeezed around a sector map that seemed to have been etched in crayon and splashes of hair dye.

“Care to explain that one boss?” The Juve received a quick slap to the back of her head for her audacity from one of the older gangers.

“We run around town flushing everything in sight right down on his head. He gets confused, and we slip by into Clan territory unnoticed … hurr hurr hurr.” Despite her slight stature, Tabby’s laugh was deep and goonish like a drunken Ogryn in heat. She had quite the complex about it too, and she shot a warning glare at the few who dared smirk at the simian sound she was making.

The dawn of battle would be trumpeted a few hours later by the sound of several dozen toilets ringing in unison.

With the release of the new edition of Necromunda, I thought it might be fun to compare the new figures to some of the original 90s metal figures. Going into the new set, I wanted to be able to use some of my older miniatures, but I was always concerned that the scale wouldn't fit. Obviously details and casting have come on, although I do think that a lot of the 90s Necromunda miniatures were way ahead of their time in terms of quality.

Plastic Escher in the centre, metals either side.

Scale wise, the Escher match quite closely. The new plastics are bigger, but not noticeably on the tabletop. If anything, it gives quite a natural variation in height. Detail-wise, the plastics took a lot of the elements from the metal miniatures, so they really do look quite good together and only an experienced eye is really going to be able to pick them out.

I also wanted to make this post as most of the time when you see them side by side it's a lovely new model with a really crusty old one. As I've painted these all recently, it seemed a lot fairer, as you're not swayed so much just by the paint/built quality, and can actually see what they look like painted and based next to each other.

All I can say is that I'm happy to have both in my gang!

Again, old metals either side of the plastic ganger.

Since Christmas I've been hard at work on the new Necromunda range. Rather than heading straight to the gorgeous minis like usual, I actually started with the scenery. I have to admit that I was a little surprised myself, but seeing the parts in person really captivated my imagination.

I wanted to get them ready for use in some games I had planned, so I chose a scheme that wouldn't bee too demanding technically. More importantly, I wanted to capture a really grimy worn underhive look. In my imagination I was aiming for some sort of ancient rusty waterworks/sewer looking thing. I wanted them to match the boards from the box closely as well.



It's strange, as I had originally intended to ignore the boards mostly and move on to playing multi-level style like the old Necromunda, but having painted the scenery and played a few games on it now, I can say that I really like the cramped conditions. It feels different; which is something I wasn't expecting and actually I felt added a lot of flavour to the game (which could have basically just felt like a 40k Infinity hybrid).



Paint wise, I started with some standard GW Black spray undercoat. After that I gave the whole set a coat of Leadbelcher. I generously stippled Ryza Rust on to the relevant areas. A few layers helped build up a bit of texture for the rusty bits. I then washed the whole thing down with black (which I mixed myself so as not to waste too much pre-made wash as I was using a lot!). The next step was to add the oxidised verdigris type parts. For this I made a mix of 1/2 Vallejo Blue Green, 1/4 Vallejo White, and 1/4 Vallejo Olive Green. I thinned this own to a wash and then applied it to the relevant areas (cracks and places where water would pool). I was quite generous in giving it a good coat as I wanted a strong effect. The last thing I did was give the parts a light drybrush (literally just for the edges) of Runefang Steel to bring out the shapes a bit and give it some depth. It also makes the edges look a bit more realistically chipped.

That pretty much sums up the painting. The only other thing I did was go back and add some OSL (Lights). This was pretty quick. I used the airbrush to spray the lights and the areas around them with white. I then went over this with yellow. I hit a larger area with the yellow to fade the effect across the surface a bit. after that, I painted the internals of the lights with light yellow.

Anyway, I'm happy with the way they came out and I think they match the boards well. I also painted all of the consoles and additional bits. I blasted some of them up pretty fast though; especially that tentacle thing that I wet-blended pretty messily!






If you enjoyed this article, check back later as I'll be working on my Escher gang. I should also mention my Necromunda ganger names generator, for those who missed it:

https://tabletopapocalypse.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/necromunda-ganger-names-list-over-500.html

I've been making some good progress on the Escher gang this week, and today I'm presenting the first finished miniatures. I actually meant to post this article when I finished the first one, but as I was a day or two late, I finished a second one! At this rate the gang will be ready to fight in no time!



For the colour scheme, I really wanted to evoke the classic look that Necromunda always had; with bright colours and patterns. I'd always fancied having a go at paining an army "2nd edition" style, so the gang was a great chance to take a trip down memory lane without having to commit to it as permanently as painting a whole army would've been (I think  have enough armies at this point too...).

It seems that the classic colours for Escher gangers tended to be yellow, so I wanted to work that in there. I've also gone with bright blue and some reds (especially on the weapons) to get that old skool primary colour mash-up going on. I've done a few areas with hazard striping too as it is classic, and not that hard really. I got a lot of practice in on the technique while I was painting my genestealer cult.

Vertical striped leg? I don't know if I'll be attempting that again soon. I do like the green hair ends though.

The old miniatures stand up pretty well considering that they're about 20 years old! I think the original game had great styling for the time, and the proportions are pretty decent. When I think back on the old mono-pose plastics that I used to collect compared to these, I really have to ask myself why I didn't buy more Necromunda at the time.

Hazardous!

The pictures could be a bit better, but I really wanted to get these up on the blog before I painted any more of them. Hopefully they'll be facing off with Ed's Goliaths soon!

Over 500 names suitable for all houses! Inject some interest into your Goliaths, Orlock, Cawdor, Escher and Van Saar gangs; with names suitable for the lowliest juves to the mightiest champions!

Presented in alphabetical order, this table will give you a great source of names and inspiration to spin your own tales in the sprawling underhive. It can be fun to randomise, as I've handily numbered them, or even to pick 2 names to create even more dynamic characters like "Tobias Tripod" or "Felix Fingers"!

A 1)            Abel 2)            Abyss 3)            Ace 4)            Aldah 5)            Alpha 6)            Alphimaxx 7)            Ancient 8)            Annaconda 9)            Antoinette 10)          Armondo 11)          Arrus 12)          Artimus 13)          Arturis 14)          Astro 15)          Atlus B 16)          Baagren 17)          Bags 18)          Bakyru 19)          Ballista 20)          Ballistic 21)          Bane 22)          Banshee 23)          Barbaroi 24)          Bastille 25)          Bauma 26)          Baxter 27)          Berk 28)          Big Boss 29)          Big Mah 30)          Bigmar 31)          Bignimuus 32)          Bipod 33)          Bishop 34)          Bjorn 35)          Blade 36)          Blaggins 37)          Blambo 38)          Blango 39)          Blanigan 40)          Blazdemona 41)          Blaze 42)          Blazmo 43)          Blazmollicious 44)          Blekno 45)          Blorth 46)          Blurnz 47)          Bodybag 48)          Bolt 49)          Bomah 50)          Boomer 51)          Borgof 52)          Bort 53)          Bossman 54)          Braces 55)          Brad 56)          Bram 57)          Branigan 58)          Brannigan 59)          Braundo 60)          Breeze 61)          Breezy 62)          Brennan 63)          Brick 64)          Brierley 65)          Broadside 66)          Brock 67)          Brody 68)          Bro-hawk 69)          Bruckade 70)          Bubba 71)          Bugs 72)          Bungo 73)          Burk 74)          Butterfly 75)          Buzizima C 76)          Cain 77)          Calgorin 78)          Callendim 79)          Callus 80)          Cambo 81)          Cammy 82)          Cannibal 83)          Cerberus 84)          Cervantes 85)          Chaos 86)          Chip 87)          Chlomo 88)          Chrone 89)          Chronic 90)          Clarke 91)          Crash 92)          Crimitus 93)          Cromwell 94)          Crowther 95)          Crystal 96)          Cyber 97)          Cybo 98)          Cygnus D 99)          Damien 100)       Danger 101)       Dangerous 102)       Danziber 103)       Danziger 104)       Danziver 105)       Darneria 106)       De La Vega 107)       Deacon 108)       Death Toll 109)       Decimator 110)       Deco 111)       Del’Ragio 112)       Demon 113)       Despair 114)       Desperado 115)       Devil 116)       Digby 117)       Dinosaur 118)       Dixie 119)       Dogboy 120)       Dolph 121)       Doom 122)       Doughboy 123)       Drella 124)       Duke 125)       Dutch 126)       Dutchess E 127)       Eclipse 128)       Edragar 129)       Edwin 130)       El’Boneus 131)       Elbore 132)       Electrolyte 133)       Elgar 134)       Elle 135)       Estobar 136)       Estovan 137)       Estraga 138)       Eugene F 139)       Faith 140)       Fancy 141)       Fandango 142)       Felix 143)       Fingers 144)       Flaive 145)       Flesk 146)       Flisk 147)       Folvus 148)       Fomus 149)       Fortinbras 150)       Fox 151)       Foxx 152)       Fremus G 153)       Gabe 154)       Gambit 155)       Gambler 156)       Gastonne 157)       Gator 158)       Gazmo 159)       Ghost 160)       Gibbon 161)       Gigmar 162)       Gigmus 163)       Ginormotank 164)       Gizmar 165)       Gladius 166)       Glaive 167)       Gloom 168)       Gnoll 169)       Goblin 170)       Gogan 171)       Gogandantes 172)       Goldengaze 173)       Goomer 174)       Grado 175)       Grease 176)       Grid 177)       Grimer 178)       Grind 179)       Grinder 180)       Guardo 181)       Guiver H 182)       Hades 183)       Hairdo 184)       Handsome Harry 185)       Hardy 186)       Harkon 187)       Harkono 188)       Harkonus 189)       Harper 190)       Harpie 191)       Harpo 192)       Helix 193)       Hellebore 194)       Hex 195)       Hilda 196)       Hogan 197)       Hoolahan I 198)       Illya 199)       Indo 200)       Insomniac

201)       Invictus 202)       Iron-Side 203)       Iron-Wall 204)       Isaac 205)       Isometric J 206)       Jambo 207)       Jamo 208)       Jamone 209)       Janboe Tigg 210)       Jazreko 211)       Jean-Paul 212)       Jehmboi 213)       Jesse 214)       Jessie 215)       John Boy 216)       Jom 217)       Jorick 218)       Jorrmughand 219)       Judge 220)       Judgement 221)       Juggernaut K 222)       Kain 223)       Kein 224)       Kesk 225)       Kibore 226)       Killer 227)       Kindler 228)       Kingsley 229)       Kisk 230)       Knight 231)       Knoll 232)       Krash 233)       Krass 234)       Kraus 235)       Kresnick 236)       Krystal 237)       Kurn 238)       Kurt L 239)       La Flaga 240)       Lacey 241)       Lafayette 242)       Lance 243)       Lariat 244)       Layla 245)       Layland 246)       Lazlo 247)       Lazmar 248)       Lazmo 249)       Leda 250)       Light 251)       Liligrith 252)       Lilith 253)       Lindengarde 254)       Liquid 255)       Lizard 256)       Longinus 257)       Lordaron 258)       Lorenzo 259)       Lorettica 260)       Lothar 261)       Luca 262)       Lucien 263)       Lucifer 264)       Luna 265)       Lunchbox 266)       Lupo 267)       Luther M 268)       Macaroone 269)       Mammoth 270)       Man-Hunter 271)       Manny 272)       Man-Tracker 273)       Marionette 274)       Markus 275)       Maroone 276)       Marv 277)       Marvin 278)       Master 279)       Mastodon 280)       Mastoone 281)       Maudr 282)       Maudrick 283)       Maverick 284)       McNelly 285)       McSteel 286)       Mekno 287)       Meknolite 288)       Mercury 289)       Merrus 290)       Molder 291)       Monk 292)       Monkey 293)       Mordo 294)       Mr McStabby 295)       Mu 296)       Mute N 297)       Nel 298)       Neptune 299)       Newt 300)       Nicodantes 301)       Nicodantia 302)       Nitro 303)       Nobby 304)       Noblar 305)       Nolt 306)       Noober 307)       Noobler 308)       Noth 309)       Nyx O 310)       Odarg 311)       Ogre 312)       Oily 313)       Old Fashioned 314)       Olly 315)       Oni 316)       Ophelia 317)       Orc 318)       Orpheus 319)       Oswald P 320)       Paz 321)       Peclaw 322)       Pecs 323)       Pecto 324)       Pegasus 325)       Perfect 326)       Perfecto 327)       Pez 328)       Phobos 329)       Pixel 330)       Pixie 331)       Plesk 332)       Pluto 333)       Pokaro 334)       Pope 335)       Prefect 336)       Priest 337)       Primal 338)       Prime 339)       Primus Q 340)       Quadraped 341)       Quadro 342)       Quasimodo 343)       Quiet 344)       Quill 345)       Quinn 346)       Quintus R 347)       Rathbone 348)       Reptile 349)       Rhino 350)       Ripper 351)       Riz 352)       Rock 353)       Rogan 354)       Rolendorph 355)       Rolo 356)       Rook 357)       Rory 358)       Roth 359)       Rotor 360)       Rotundicuus the Great S 361)       Saffron 362)       Saussage 363)       Schizo 364)       Screamer 365)       Sellford 366)       Septo 367)       Shade 368)       Shadow 369)       Shady 370)       Shallica 371)       Shalozar 372)       Sheera 373)       Shina 374)       Shogun 375)       Shotgun Smile 376)       Shrendo 377)       Shrent 378)       Sinner 379)       Sirius 380)       Skinner 381)       Skip 382)       Skuzmo 383)       Skye 384)       Slade 385)       Slave 386)       Sly 387)       Slybore 388)       Solid 389)       Sorica 390)       Sorilla 391)       Spazmo 392)       Spider 393)       Stanhope 394)       Statham 395)       Stitch 396)       Strato 397)       Stun 398)       Stunner 399)       Stunty 400)       Styx

401)       Su 402)       Sydell 403)       Sykes 404)       Syndro 405)       Syndrone T 406)       Tabby 407)       Tag 408)       Tammy 409)       Tank 410)       Tankjr 411)       Targarro 412)       Tarquin 413)       Tartarus 414)       Tattoo 415)       Tekno 416)       Teramorph 417)       Terraformer 418)       Terror 419)       Tesla 420)       Tessic 421)       The Baron 422)       The Beast 423)       The Body 424)       The Boss 425)       The Butcher 426)       The Master 427)       The Mule 428)       The Toupee 429)       The Unit 430)       Tiberius 431)       Titan 432)       Titanicoor 433)       Titus 434)       Tobias 435)       Tony 436)       Total 437)       Tribore 438)       Trick 439)       Tricks 440)       Trip 441)       Tripod 442)       Tripp 443)       Troll 444)       Twin 445)       Tybun U 446)       UFO 447)       Ulf 448)       Ultimatum 449)       Ultimore 450)       Ultus 451)       Unicorn 452)       Ururu 453)       Utilitus V 454)       Vagabond 455)       Valeria 456)       Varnogrand 457)       Verrick 458)       Vex 459)       Virus 460)       Voldo 461)       Volton 462)       Voltron W 463)       Walleye 464)       Walloon 465)       Walton 466)       Wayland 467)       Weapon X 468)       Werewolf 469)       Weyland 470)       Whistler 471)       Wiggins 472)       Wild Cat 473)       Wild Dog 474)       Wilderness 475)       Wilf 476)       Willamena 477)       Willendorph 478)       Wintleberry 479)       Wirt 480)       Wisk 481)       Wistler 482)       Worthy 483)       Wrinkly 484)       Wyrt 485)       Wyvern X 486)       X 487)       Xander 488)       Xill 489)       Xorpo Y 490)       Yanus 491)       Yeoman 492)       Yoof 493)       Yosef 494)       Yugo 495)       Yulantee 496)       Yurem Z 497)       Zack 498)       Zak 499)       Zandimuus 500)       Zardon 501)       Zeelix 502)       Zephyr 503)       Zill 504)       Zillonia 505)       Zoltan 506)       Zonethrope