Dug’s Dead Man’s Hand
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About the Project
The unboxing of Dead Man's Hand and some other videos online was enough to tempt me in. I received my starter box and began building. I think there is plenty of scope to play this game quite quickly as long as I can bodge some terrain together to play around. No hefty bestiary to get bogged down in. Here goes.
Related Game: Dead Man's Hand
Related Company: Great Escape Games
Related Genre: Western
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Ramshackle Barn
Renedra plastic terrain. I still have some ladders and pitch forks etc. to paint up for this kit, but the building and painting of the main structure is done.
I used mostly spray paint to get this done. Army Painter Leather Brown, Halford Red primer on the doors, Halfords Grey on the roof. Then I used some model mates Mud brown spray over mostlt the walls. It still didn’t look quite right so I dry brushed everything with wraithbone to bring out the tiles and boards and then dulled it all back down again with Contrast Paints. (Snakebite Leather on the doors, Watered down Wyldwood Brown on most of the boards, and some Creed Camo moss / water damage on the roof.) The windows are straight Wraithbone white and some Nulin Oil, orange and Leadbelcher were used on the rusty hinges.
I like the Army Painter skeleton bone over spray effort around the floor level to give a dusty look.Golden Button. Yay!
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Got a lovely pat on the back for this project on the XLBS show last weekend. It made my Birthday weekend especially nice. The cactus sprue and the packaging red stone pillars got a special mention and Mad Dan McGillicuddy with his GW head got some love from the team.
Thanks for all the likes so far, but the project isn’t complete yet. There will be some female gunslingers added for fun options because due to a mix up… I have the Gunslingers 2 box. Lol.
Adding 10 women to my collection would seem a bit excessive, but I will add a couple as options for either side and probably kitbash most of the others into Sci-Fi cowgirls.
And at some point I will bodge together a battle report.
The O'Neill Gang. - Desperados.
The gang is finally painted and I am close to getting some games started.
I guess I am glad that they don't look too alike as criminals don't always want to easily recognisable in town if there's potential for a heist there someday.Desperados with pistolas.
Mechanicus Standard Grey heavy on these guys. Contrast Blood Angel Red here and there, plus Skeleton Horde contrast and Guillimen Flesh. Mostly because these were my latest paint purchases.Cactus sprue
I found some sprues where there were curves rather than the usual straight 90 degree connections between parts of the sprue. I cut them out and cut back any component connection points that were too big or angular back to the circular nubs that you see coming out from the "trunks" of the cactus you see above. Primed Deathguard Green. Washed with Camo Green Contrast Paint and hit with dozens of little white lines to try and give an impression that there are spines.
The GW modern sprues throw up a lot of curves for this type of terrain.Felipe Gonzalez - Desperados.
Argentinian cattle rustler and raconteur slayer extraordinaire he is the best shot in the gang. Even encumbered by saddlebags he's still speedy."Pretty Boy" Price - Desperados
"Pretty Boy" Price. Shotgun toting desperados. No one outside the gang seems to know his likeness, making it hard to pin down if his nickname is ironic or factual.Fleshtearer Red Contrast trousers with a Bugman’s Glow and red mix as a highlight. The mask is Steel Legion Drab and the shirt is Wraithbone.
Calamity Kelly - Desperados
The hide chaps get a return. Quite happy with my technique for these now. Mostly a Wraithbone base with sponged on Rhinox Hide. Calamity Kelly, the bosses nephew, is about to drop that dynamite and go for his gun… This is no surprise to his fellow gang members because he is the Jonah to all their efforts. They’re just glad the dynamite isn’t lit this time. He whacked a bank teller with a saddlebag and nearly tipped all the cash on the floor. Who knows? Maybe they’ll get away this time.
