...of which there were several.
When I was playing the Batman Miniatures Game, I didn't immediately go for collecting the Penguin Gang as having not played the Arkham City video game, the look of them didn't really speak to me as being right for my vision of the Penguin and his cronies.
If I'm honest, they still don't (I've always viewed Oswald Cobblepot as being more of a monster - a vision the TV show supports).
However, Arkham City, and therefore the Batman Miniatures Game, went for a more uniform, paramilitary look, which I suppose is fitting given that they are a large gang trying to rule an open-air prison by force and it also made them visually distinct from the other gangs.
Therefore, in my original paint job (which I set out to emulated) I went for a blue grealy urban camo effect on the trousers, contrasting with orange elements from the prison issued gear.
I like the overall look but I was struck by how awkward and janky some of these 'premium' metal sculpts seem now.
To be honest, I can see why Knight Models made the switch to resin when I compare them with this unfeasibly large gang lieutenant, unimaginatively named Big A.
He's a model from the third edition of the game, which is where I stepped away, and it is just a much cleaner sculpt, although a bit boring in his stance.
Resin also allowed them to get smaller details (I still carry the trauma of trying to attach separate metal hands in spindly wrists) and so made these armed penguins possible.
They are clearly inspired by the ones that appeared in Batman Returns, but I chickened out of trying to paint stripes on the missiles, opting instead for an easier military look.
Whilst I was working on the gang and trying to match models I painted years ago, I took the opportunity to tidy up the handful of Penguin's goons I'd already painted.
I added a bit of highlighting to brighten them up and give more definition on faces and weapons. The baton had also broken on the armoured guy and so I opted to give him hand swaps ashus were tiny and would have been a nightmare to reattach a weapon to.
And so my Penguin gang is finished and looks suitably large. The only time I ever used them was in a tournament, backed up by my hulk proxy of Solomon Grundy. I believe I did okay with them but I remember Penguin as being one of the better 'swarm' gangs.
The only thing I can imagine I'll ever add to them is a Duck Tank like the one in Batman Returns.
Acquired: -73
Painted: 423
Lead Mountain: 349
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