{"id":1392,"date":"2012-08-28T01:06:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T01:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2012-08-28T01:06:16","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T01:06:16","slug":"female-hussars-riding-death-jaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1392","title":{"rendered":"Female Hussars Riding Death Jaws"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few months ago we were playing a GASLIGHT fantasy game, run by Dave Wood. \u00a0He had some tremendous figures that we all coveted. \u00a0They were orcs riding on dinosaur-looking creatures. \u00a0Dave had the stock number from an old Ral Partha catalog on the bottom of the bases. \u00a0We found that Iron Wind has all the old Ral Partha molds. \u00a0After a little work and a little luck, Jim Fox, the current owner of the molds, agreed to make a bunch of Death Jaws for us. \u00a0Most of us didn’t want the orcs. \u00a0I wanted mine for VSF games. \u00a0Anyway, Iron Wind made a bunch of them for us, and we were able to get our hands on a bunch of them at Historicon this Summer.<\/p>\n

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Ral Partha Death Jaw unassembled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The figure came in five pieces: \u00a0central body, left body, right body, a bag of stuff, and the reins. \u00a0The bits went together, but green putty was needed to fill in some gaps.<\/p>\n

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Death Jaw assembled and primed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below is a picture of a Death Jaw after the first coat of paint.<\/p>\n

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Death Jaw after the first coat of paint dry brushed over the black primer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They look even better after the second coat of dry brushing.<\/p>\n

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I plan to use them in a Mars or desert-based Victorian science fiction game, so I wanted them to have an orange hue to them.<\/p>\n

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A view of a finished Death Jaw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Death Jaws have skulls hanging from the back of the beast. \u00a0While they looked okay with orcs riding them, I didn’t think that my lady hussars would travel with skulls on their mounts.<\/p>\n

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Fimo baggage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To cover the hanging skulls, I made some boxes and bags from Fimo. \u00a0I molded them around the skulls and then carefully pealed them off. \u00a0After cooking, I primed and painted them.<\/p>\n

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A view of the finished Death Jaws<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hinterland sells the mounted female hussars with or without horses. \u00a0I ordered a unit mounted on horses and another set without horses, specifically to mount on these Death Jaws.<\/p>\n

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Some dismounted female hussars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the same time I was painting two units of mounted female hussars, I painted a few dismounted ones to go with them. \u00a0I really like these figures. \u00a0They look like women without being pornographic.<\/p>\n

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A second view of the figures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A GASLIGHT unit consists of 10 figures. \u00a0This picture shows just four of them, but I have a full ten-man (or woman) unit. \u00a0I can’t wait to put them on the table. \u00a0They will be quite an imposing sight.<\/p>\n

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A close-up of one of the lady hussars on a Death Jaw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I highly recommend both the Death Jaw figure and the entire line of figures from Hinterland.<\/p>\n