One example of this being the most important characters from everyone's favourite award winning superhero film, Joker's gang from Suicide Squad! (Not everything in that last sentence is true.)
These guys came in the somewhat mystifying Suicide Squad boxed set, which completely missed out the main villains of the film and instead seemed to focus on a non-existent conflict between the Squad and the Joker. What's more, the rulebook featured scenarios based on the animated film Assault on Arkham rather than the actual movie.
My own theory about this is that despite having the license to produce these miniatures, Knight Models were only given access to the trailers (which heavily featured the Joker gang) and so completely missed out on the whole plot involving the Enchantress.
The Grin Twins. Very straightforward job on these. I have no great love for the film or the characters, so I didn't take too much time over them.
Goat Head Priest. Similarly straightforward to paint. The ammo belt is somewhat flimsy and so I'll need to be careful with it.
Eyeball Man. Imaginative names these, aren't they? Essentially they're all just blokes in masks.
Can you guess?
Yep, Panda Man. Probably my favourite of the gang and the one I'm happiest with.
One if the reasons I abandoned these before finishing them is that I can't imagine a situation where I'd use them ahead of my more conventional clown-themed Joker gang. However, I've decided that I'll actually use them in my Black Mask gang, as he originally worked with a gang called the False Facers who all wore different masks...
...you see where I'm going here?
Anyway, that's five more completed, even though they didn't take much work, it goes some way to offsetting my recent purchases:
Acquired: 190
Painted: 178
Great job finishing these off. I do like Panda Man, so wonderfully absurd!
ReplyDeleteIt's a fun model. I just wish the others were as silly.
DeleteNice job mate. Love Eyeball man and Pandaman
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DeleteI wonder how panda mam was transported to do a job. The painting looks good to me.
ReplyDeleteI think they attack with surprise in the film. Not sure how a six foot panda pulled that off.
DeleteGreat looking models Kieron! You had me laughing out loud with your "not everything in that last sentence is true" 🤣
ReplyDeleteSadly, I actually think the film could have been a lot better with tidier editing and a slightly more coherent narrative because the performances and look of the film were really quite good.
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