Foundry Street Warriors 01

For this figure review (and quite a few upcoming reviews) I'm going back to one of my favourite ranges of figures, Wargames Foundry's 28mm scale Street Violence miniatures. The pack I'm looking at is SV035 Young Plugs. I'm not familiar with the word "Plugs" in this context, but no matter, here they are.

 

One of the things I like about the Foundry Street Violence range is that every figure is given a name. Most times I use that name for the figure but sometimes I'll change it. You'll also find that Foundry will give their figures a Christian name or a surname but rarely both. Such is the case with this set. Everyone was given a Christian name but no surname. However, I have given them all surnames to make them more rounded characters.
First in line, wearing the brown leather jacket, is Denny Townsend. He is armed with a sniper rifle that I cannot identify. Note that it has a pistol grip and it has a big scope sight on top of it. He is dressed in casual clothing, as are all of this set. He stands in a relaxed pose with his rifle pointing to the ground.
Next up, in the orange hooded jacket, is Les Kemper. He is also blond and bearded. He appears to be armed with a 5.56mm 33E Heckler and Koch assault rifle, which is not a weapon you see very often. His pose is slightly more alert than Denny's.
In the centre of the group is a Goth guy, typically dressed all in black. He is named Ronnie Hitchcock and I painted his skin tones a lot paler than the rest of the group. He is armed with a 9mm Heckler and Koch MP5 sub-machine gun variant that comes with a pistol grip handle next to the gun barrel. Note how his hair flows well past his shoulders.
Fourth in line is Tracy Moreno, who I made of Hispanic origin. This little lady (she is far smaller than the others) is a real danger, being armed with a disposable rocket launcher and a holstered pistol. She wears a mini skirt to show off her fishnet tights (drawn on with a tiny-nibbed Rotring technical drawing pen). She is full of character and very much larger than life. She is my favourite character out of this group.
Last but not least is Vicky Ross. She comes armed with a standard MP5 sub-machine gun and a holstered pistol. Vicky is a keen skateboarder and music fan. I love the portable CD player she's wearing, although it does rather date the figure as technology has moved on since she was sculpted. Even so, she is a beautifully sculpted figure.
This is a very useful set to use as Gangers or Survivors in a game of ATZ. They don't have any unifying features, which makes them a group of individuals. That's not a bad thing for using them in ATZ where groups form from people with very different backgrounds. A word of warning for those of you who hate scale creep, although they are described as being 28mm most of them are nearer to 32mm. The exception is Tracy who is exactly 28mm tall from sole of feet to top of head. This set retails for £10.00.