West Wind Werewolf Bikers

Carrying on from my review of the West Wind Vampire Bikers. I'm now going to review the Werewolf bikers from the same Road Kill range. I'll begin with set GRK003 Werewolf Biker Gang (A). As with the vampire biker sets you get four figures in each pack - 2 mounted on their bikes and 2 dismounted. Also, just like the vampires, these werewolves are designed for a contemporary setting.

The werewolf at the far left is the one that I'm using as the leader of this pack. I love the fact that the sculptor has given him a pot belly, which is something you almost never see on a werewolf! This is someone who enjoys his food... a lot! Even so, he still exudes menace. He is armed with a pistol and an axe, a useful combination. Upon reflection, I realise that I should have painted his gang "colours" on the back of his denim waistcoat. You can see his gang's logo painted on the fuel tank of his motorbike. Anyone familiar with White Wolf, producer of the RPGs Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse (amongst others) will recognise it is their company logo. All four bikes feature it in the same place.

 Next to him, is the first of two werewolves armed with a pump-action shotgun. Another nice touch, is that the sculptor has given him a pair of John Lennon style glasses. I like it! This werewolf is bare-chested and has a mane of hair running along the top of his head and down his spine. If you remember, I said last time that I'd swapped two of the front of the vampires' bikes with two of the front sections from these two sets. This meant that all four vampire bikes were identical and all four werewolf bikes were identical as well. As you can see, these bikes aren't as sleek looking as the vampire bikes but I think these fronts work better with the lupines. They look more ramshackle and rugged, which is just the image I wanted. Each bike has a human skull tied in place atop of the headlight.

This next set is GRK004 Werewolf Biker Gang (B). At the far left is the second werewolf armed with a pump-action shotgun. His dismounted version has him advancing menacingly. His shotgun is a Franchi SPAS12, which I've mentioned before, is my favourite shotgun. He is the only werewolf to be wearing leathers instead of denim. You'll notice that all four werewolves are extremely muscular. Even without their weaponry, they are killing machines.

 The last in line is another werewolf wearing jeans and a denim waistcoat. He also sports a pair of wrap-around mirror-shades to give him that "too cool for school" look. The dismounted version is armed with a pair of pistols. The mounted version has stuffed the pistols into the back of his jeans and he is the only rider with both hands on the handlebars. I had a lot less problems fitting the werewolves to the bikes as I did with the vampires. I thought this one in particular might be difficult just because he has both hands on the handlebars but he fitted like a dream, I'm happy to say.
This group of four complement the vampire bikers extremely well. Although I am more of a vampire fan than a werewolf fan I absolutely love these figures. They are so well sculpted and are crying out to be used in a contemporary horror game. Ed Teixeira of THW has confirmed that vampires and werewolves will appear in the After The Horsemen supplement, which is fantastic news. I can hardly wait for its release next year.
Both sets of werewolf bikers cost £9.99 each from the West Wind website. As with the vampires these are more "heroic" scale than true 28mm scale but surely for werewolves you want them to be larger than life. The West Wind Road Kill range is one of the best sources of contemporary horror figures. I just wish they made a lot more!