Life On Snickers

Bit of variety needed I thought so I've painted up the last four 28mm 'Geezers' toys. Once again I've gone for a palette of beige, grey and 'you're not going to wear that are you?' colours. Seems legit.

Anyway here's two intrepid members of Toytown CID: one by the book the other not so much. DCI Jack Hunt and DI Sam Carter.

Here's their arch-enemy: Ron Andreg. I was going to photo this slap-head outside the Rug Palace but he knows where I live.

Mr. Andreg outside one of his legitimate business concerns. Well known for its use of choice cuts of horse, dog, cat and gangster in all its dishes.

Our heroes, with Detective Constable Knuckles, pictured outside 'Hendy's Café & Restaurant' . RESTAURANT?!?!?!?! Anyway, it's well known in downtown Toytown as a  haunt of smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers, pickpockets, peddlers and even panhandlers. And therefore a mine of information.

Move along please!

Cozzers!

I mentioned a week or two ago I'd painted up three 28mm uniformed plod for Geezers. Well here they are on an aggressive patrol of their manor. They own these streets, well, they keep them in trust for Gene and the 'tecs. You know how it is with the CID wide-boys.

The buildings are for O-gauge railways so are a little big but who cares? My other buildings are 20mm scale but it's the look of the thing that's important!The offy was cobbled together from left-over bits from the terraces. The cars are die-casts from some maker or other, I got them cheap down the market.

The adverts are all genuine 1970s jobs just copied and re-sized - blindin'!

Be lucky!

Get Your Trousers On! You're......etc etc

Back on the backlog clearance trail and I've opened a box of figures & rules for Geezers! Shut It! Yet another project that's been languishing in development hell for, oooo, ages. I do remember sub-contracting some of the figure painting out to a girlfriend of mine. We split up not long after but I don't think this had anything to do with it. She did quite a nice job considering she'd never painted 28mm figures before. Their time spent in storage porridge had left them knocked about. So I was forced to tidy up the blaggers she'd done. I also painted up two armed coppers; one chap with a Sterling SMG; two women, sorry birds. One of whom looks like she's on her way to a Lambs Navy Rum photo-shoot via a Hai-Karate advert. The Lynx of its day. The other bird is best left undescribed........

I've been watching 'The Sweeney' & 'Life On Mars' DVD box sets over Christmas. For entertainment value but also for, vibrant, background colour. Especially for the clothes of that decade. The clothes.............

The toys are painted in what I believe are authentic renderings of 1970s fashion, colours and taste. Whether that is good or bad I leave to you, Dear Reader. Any migraines or flashbacks induced by the images posted below I apologise for.

I also have a collection of vehicles and buildings for the game but more of them later. I've also left out the pic of one female figure who would be described by my Mother as 'A Right One'.

Theresa Thruppnees

Local Bird, likes eating at Berni Inns

Nostrils Newman with his trademark sawn-off.

I originally painted his balaclava in the style of the ski-masks sported by the villains in Chalk & Cheese. The toy looked like he was sporting a tea-cosy and was the laughing stock of the gang. 

Soft Terry says No shootahs! 

This chap is wearing one of his trouble's stockings. Hence his slightly flayed alive look.

Jimmy the Git

Just gimme the moolah and no-one gets 'urt. Right?

Pump-Action Paul

'E was wearing ox-blood Doctor Martin's, officer

Copper, Special Branch or Insane Villain?

Flying Squad Skipper

Drop it!

Flying Squad Guv'nor 

You're nicked!

They just need their bases doing in an urban style, bit of high-lighting and then varnishing. 'Andsome!

As always comments are very welcome.

All the best!