Monday 27 March 2017

JDMG MC1 Perps - Apathetic Anarchists Street Gang 02

In this second part of my review of my Apathetic Anarchists street gang I'm highlighting the punks, who make up the bulk of the gang. All of these figures were produced by Mongoose Publishing for their Gangs of Mega City One game. They proved quite controversial at the time they were released, due to the fact that they were made of a strange, hard plastic that proved resistant to polystyrene cement. I had to glue mine together with superglue. This made them unpopular with a lot of gamers and when Warlord Games started selling the GOMC1 figure range, this set was dropped. The idea of making multi-part perps is a great one, but if they were made from the same plastic as say for example, that used by Games Workshop or Mantic Games, I'm sure they would have been more popular. My own feelings on them is that I found them quite acceptable once made and I'm glad I have them but they were such a pain to glue together.
At the far left is Dougie Dull, a Level:1 Punk Infantry Hero armed with a Spit Gun Rifle and wearing Leather Armour. His two talents are Brave and Luck of Grud. He is worth 125 Credits.
Next to him is Barry "Bazza" Blase, who is identical in every respect to Dougie Dull. Note how similar these Spit Guns are to the German WW2 MP40 Sub-Machine Gun.
Second from the right is "Boring Bob" Torpor, the gang's stealth specialist. He is also armed with a Spit Gun Rifle, albeit from a different manufacturer (yes, I'm sure you can recognise it as a plastic Games Workshop Space Marine's Bolter) and he also wears Leather Armour. He is a Level:2 Punk Infantry Hero with the Talents, Silent Action, Silent Killer and Stealthy. He is worth 150 Credits.
At the far right is Pascal Passive, the gang's sniper. He is armed with a Laser Rifle (taken from a set of plastic Games Workshop Imperial Guardsmen) and he wears Pad Armour. He is also a Level:2 Punk Infantry Hero and has the following three Talents - Accurate, Brave and Crackshot. He is worth 175 Credits.
Moving on are two Level:0 Punk Infantry Minions, Len Lethargy and Blake Blase, who is the younger brother of "Bazza". Both are armed with a Long Rifle and they wear no armour. They are worth 40 credits each.
Next up are Ian Insipid and Hugh Humdrum, who are also Level:0 Punk Infantry Minions armed with a Long Rifle each. They are also unarmoured and they cost 40 Credits each.
Less well armed are these four Punks. At the far left is Ted Tedious, who is armed with Handgun pistol and a Knife. He is an unarmoured Level:0 Punk Infantry Minion worth 35 Credits.
Standing alongside him is "Sluggish Sil" Slugg, who is also a Level:0 Punk Infantry Minion armed with a Handgun Pistol and a Knife. He wears no armour and he costs 35 Credits.
Second from the right is Luke Warm, yet another Level:0 Punk Infantry Minion. He is armed with a Handgun Pistol and a Wooden Club. He is not armoured and he costs 35 Credits.
Finally, is Lester Listless, yet another Level:0 Punk Infantry Minion. He is armed with a Handgun Pistol and a Cleaver. He is unarmoured and he is worth 40 Credits.
For these figures I kept my paint palette to blues, browns and greens, which ties them in with the rest of the gang. I do not expect the Apathetic Anarchists to perform well against a team of Judges. I will make sure they outnumber the Judges both in terms of figures and Credits ratings but with so many Minions in their gang they ought to crumble easily. However, Major Apathy and the three heavy weapons specialists will prove to be dangerous and therefore, should be treated with caution. Expect to see this gang in action soon.

18 comments:

  1. Pah! Judge Nash will sweep the streets of MC-1 clean of this rabble!

    nice looking gang though B, will look even better face down on the rockcrete or cuffed to a holding post....

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    1. That's the right attitude to have, Andy. Let them know who's really in charge!

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  2. A Tatty and Untidy bunch of perps. While they look like trouble I doubt the lot of them would equal even a rookie Judge.

    Nice painting and always good to have extra targets erm I mean Perps!

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    1. That's a very fair assessment, Clint. I can't argue with your reasoning.

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  3. A wonderful assortment of perps, Bryan, with some very nice brown and greens. You've also clearly spent some considerable time naming these criminals too, with "Sluggish Sil" Slugg being my fave.

    Good to see you've got some low-level opposition for Judge Webb to tackle. I suppose he can't always rely on having numerous Senior Street Judges to support him when he's tackling a rusty robot (as per your prev BatRep), so it makes sense create some foes which are more manageable for his 'Academy of Law' standard ;-)

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    1. Many thanks, Simon. Having a hefty thesaurus helped me immensely in coming up with their names.

      Now that he has had more street experience I reckon Judge Webb should cope well against this lot. But he'll still need some back up. No doubt the presence of Judge Moore will inspire him!

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    2. Great idea for a BatRep, Bryan, you could call it "Webb's Hotdog Run" or "Webb's Final Assessment" ;-)

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    3. Both are sound ideas, Simon. Although I can't help but feel that Roger may disagree with you, [Chuckle!].

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  4. Great looking rest of the crew Bryan, they should make an effective gang until they end up in the cubes !

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    1. Thanks, Dave. Yes, either in the cubes or in Resyk! :-)

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  5. More excellent additions! Really enjoying these posts Bryan.

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  6. They all look excellent. Time for Block war!

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    1. Many thanks, Simon. There will indeed be a block war.

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  7. What a sad bunch of wasted meat! I don't expect any of them to rise very far in the leagues of crime.

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    1. Nor do I, Hugh. And being an apathetic lot, I doubt if they think so either.

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