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 Januine wrote:

You've got the Dark Judhes down pat, but wondering - did them ever made figs of Phobia and Nausea?

No official Phobia and Nausea miniatures to date AFAIK.

Soul Samurai wrote:
He looks good, but I'm having a bit of trouble resolving that "lens"; it doesn't exactly look like a lens or an eye, it just looks confusing to me.

Yeah, you have a point there. I think that the painting on the bottom of the lens doesnt follow the curve as closely as it should, although some of that is a lighting issue against the gloss finish. I will take a look at it.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Lovely stuff, thanks for sharing.
I might have missed it but where did the original construction crew come from? I realy like the guy in the exo suit.

Thanks. The other Construction Crew figures come from various sources, but the exo suit guy is "Barker Zosa" from the Sedition Wars game.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Lovely stuff, thanks for sharing.
Also where are the cool retro future cars from?

They are "Marx Cars of the Future", remoulds of kids toys that were made in the 1950s I think. They used to be available fairly readily a few years ago, but they are harder to find now I am told. I got mine on Ebay in 2010 or so. A lot of folks use them as terrain in Fallout themed post apocalyptic games. I like them as Mega City traffic too.



Some more details are here if you want them.

Its the next 25% of the Dark Judge spirit forms from me today, being the big cheese himself, Judge Death.

#21 Judge Death Spirit Form




Of the four Spirit forms, its probably my least favourite sculpt, but its ok all the same.  The spirit forms of the Dark Judges are so iconic that I get a kick out of the fact that there even are miniatures to represent them to be honest.



Judge Fires floating head will be along in not too long.  Mr Saturday will be posting next Monday as usual.

The Judge Death Spirit Form blog post is here.

Thanks for looking

The red car in the pic above is from Scotia Grendel (although cheetor has removed the chaingun that the actual model is inexplicably fitted with between the front wheels).

Also, it doesn't look like it's going to be Vinz's day ...

This week it's one of the dark brothers, Judge Fire. The dark judges remain my favourite Dredd villians by a mile. This is the Citadel version from the mid 80's. Small, but full of evil.



I wanted Fire to look like a blackened corpse that's burning internally. Fire can be tricky to get right, but I'm pretty happy with the result. Lots of washes and glazes over a bright yellow base was the order of the day, including a white wash for recesses where the heat is most intense. I also painted some highlights on his body to give the impression of heat emanating from within, like a burning coal. This also served to guide the eye to areas that would be lost amongst the black. Fiery toenails for the win.

#23 Judge Fire Spirit Form



This is the last of my Dark Judge spirit forms painted, which is very satisfying. The flame effect is a little bit comic book, not hugely authentic looking I reckon, but its an adequate swing at a difficult subject all the same.

Oddly, both Mr Saturday and I working on and posting Judge Fire related miniatures consecutively was a coincidence, rather than a plan.



I get a kick out of having that lot painted, Im ten years old again in some small way

The associated blog post is here.

Thanks for looking!

Great photo there with the whole "set" together.

sweet stuff.. I'm torn between Mortis and Fear as my fav. Mind you was the same back during the comic days. You can take your usual comics - 2000AD and Dredd ......best childhood ever. CHeers for the great figs guys

Too cool, you guys.

Great stuff! loved scrolling through those

This week it's the Citadel Judge Fear. There's a bit of a dark judge vibe going on at the moment.



That brings me up to three of the old time dark judges. Pretty obvious who I'll be working on next.

He looks good. I'm personally very wary of combining blue, green, AND red, but in this case it worked well.

Thanks. I think using the red as a spot colour just about let me get away with it. God bless that colour wheel.

#25 Rhode Island Red



A mid-eighties Citadel miniature today, the first old Citadel Dredd miniature that I have ever painted actually.  It was a fun model to work on.



The character of "Rhode Island Red" only appeared in a single Dredd story, in the Judge Dredd Annual 1981.  I stuck pretty closely to the palette as defined by the story.



Red appeared in recurring 2000AD promotional images for several years however, making him something of a poster boy for the mutants of the Cursed Earth.

The old Citadel Dredd range was 25mm rather than 28mm, so not all of the range really fit with my other models, so I dont have very many.  For things like mutants and robots and other less scale sensitive types, I am perfectly happy to mix them in.




The blog post is HERE for anyone who wants a look.  I reckon that the subject of next weeks submission from Mr Saturday is fairly predictable, but my next figure for this project will likely be another mutant.

Thanks for looking!

This week see the final addition to the dark judges, Deadworld's chief judge, Judge Death. He's probably my favourite Dredd villian, and he's dropped enough one liners over the years to show that he's definitely got more of a sense of humour in him than his brothers. It's probably the rictus grin. His recent outing in 'Dreams of Deadworld' portrays him in a much grimmer light, but still, he's ma boy.



This sculpt of Judge Death is TINY. He and his lieutenants are 25mm really, but it's still my favourite sculpt of the dark judge's leader. He was quite straightforward to paint, even if I kept finding parts of the model I'd missed sorting during cleanup. Nothing like taking a file to an almost painted mini. With Judge Death finished, that completes my dark judge project. I'll no doubt pick up the Mongoose spirit forms, and probably the Foundry versions too, but that's for another day. Next up I think it's time I took a crack at an actual judge. Judge Williams, to be precise. Bruce Campbell's block judge.

He looks like a fun-loving guy.

 Mr Saturday wrote:
Nothing like taking a file to an almost painted mini.

Yeah, that happens to me all the time. Dunno why I can never seem to catch all the mold lines before I start painting.

 Mr Saturday wrote:
Bruce Campbell's block judge.

Not sure what this means, is there a 2000AD character called Bruce Campbell?

Nice work on the Dark Judges. They all look great.

D

 Mr Saturday wrote:
Bruce Campbell's block judge.

Not sure what this means, is there a 2000AD character called Bruce Campbell?

Not a character - The name of the 'Block' (giant towers where people live - 60,000+ people per 'Block' IIRC) is 'Bruce Campbell Block'

Not a character - The name of the 'Block' (giant towers where people live - 60,000+ people per 'Block' IIRC) is 'Bruce Campbell Block'

Exactly. Each block, in this case, Bruce Campbell Block, has an assigned judge, or block judge. Judge Williams seems a fitting name for this particular judge.

OK, I get it now. Bruce Campbell block must be one groovy place to live.

#27 Cursed Earth Mutant Quaid



Mr Saturday and I have been chatting and we have decided to expand the scope of this project ever so slightly.  Up until now all of the figures shown have been licensed Dredd figures of one sort or another.  We have decided to give scope to let some of the other suitable figures that we own into this project, as long as they fit in very directly.  Its a thematic tightrope, but I reckon that we can walk it



Quaid here is a rather sorry specimen but a really great little sculpt to paint. Its an old Demonblade minature from the 90s, currently for sale from Worlds End Publishing.

I see the mutants in the Dredd setting less as monsters and more as oppressed "others", so I plan to continue in a vaguely "Spartacus" sort of vein with these mutant freedom fighters for a while.



The figure also has plenty of crossover potential for other sci-fi games, but I tend to mash all my sci-fi up anyway.

The associated blog post is here.

Mr Saturday has a groovy submission planned for next Monday as far as I know.

Thanks for looking!

What is... I don't even... MY EYES!

Did those cars and diorama shots.

I was going to ask if you have read the recent Dreams of Deadworld outings in 2000AD, but I see that you have. Easily the best Dark Judges stories for many a year, and probably the first time Fear, Fire and Mortis have really had any decent development as anything other than supporting cast for Death in the last twenty years or more. Great stories.

I have the Fear, Fire and Mortis models from the 80s too, but not the Death that goes with them. Some sod paid out LOADS for Death on eBay but didn't even bid on the lieutenants, so I got them for peanuts, well below my max bid, but the main man himself cleared my sizeable limit. :(

Oh man, I would love to do something like this, but alas I barely have time for my 40k army...

Great work in great subject matter!

No Judge Campbell this week, he's still en route. In the meatime we have the start of an undercity terrain set. Concreted over and left to decay, the under-city is the abode of mutants, troggies and werewolves. You heard right, werewolves. These pieces are from the Mantic Mars Attacks range, pretty much prefect for urban ruin. This set will get plenty of utility for modern and near future settings. The modular buildings from the same range are bang on too, and will give me a few multi-storey ruins.



I think I'll soon add a chem pit, and start looking about for some terrain mats. There are loads of great ones out, so I'm sure I'll find something to match. Course, I'll eventually need some denizens too, so troggies and werewolves are definitely on the list down the road.

This week sees something of a red letter day in my submissions for Judgement Day. An actual judge. It was a real treat painting him, and seeing the familiar colours of the Mega City One judiciary come together as the paint went on only added to the enjoyment. I see a lot more judges in my painting future. I may even give old stoney-face himself a go.

Judge Williams here is not the most by-the-book judge, but several commendations for insane bravery have kept him off the Titan shuttle. He is currently kicking his heels as Bruce Campbell block judge, and it time he will lead an Apocalypse War resistance unit with the BC Block Citi-Def. His faithful boomsti... I mean lawrod will come in handy. It'll be...

...groovy.

This also defines my approach to any zombies for Judgement Day. It's deadites all round.

Oops, I managed not to post up #29 last time. An oversight.

Ill put up #29 and #31 today in that case.


#29 Servo Droid VAL-8



Another robot from me, a Pig Iron miniature this time. It sat on the table half painted since I painted the servo droid during the the Summer, so with time being a bit short at the moment I finished it off for this weeks submission.



The sculpt is quite nice, with a slightly downtrodden, perpetual servitude sort of vibe. Pig Iron make another variant, but it isnt available separately, so I dont have it. If anyone reading happens to have the other version of that model for trade then let me know please



The blog post is HERE for anyone interested.


#31 Butlerbot P3R-C



An OOP Megaminis figure that I decided to press into service in Mega City, P3R-C is intended to represent one of the many robo-sevants seen in the pages of Dredd stories.



The figure is a little crudely sculpted, but it has some character. I particularly like the idea of it being the head of the robot staff in an "Upstairs Downstairs" sort of environment.



The colour scheme is a continuation of the previous too servo droids in this project.



The associated blog post is HERE. Thanks for looking!

I LOVE this stuff!

Where is the scenery from, and the cars?

This thread is an absolute treasure and it's so great to see so many Dredd models so well painted.
(And it's always great to see Rhode Island red!)
Well done, all around.

Don't think I posted yet, but absolutely loving this thread and the updates are so reminiscent of when I was regularly picking up 2000AD, 25+ years ago, at the newsagent

We head below city bottom this week to the undercity. A less well know denizen of the old cities are the werewolf packs. Dredd himself spent a little time running with the wolves during one of his undercity excursions during 'Cry of the Werewolf'. Originally caused by a convenient radioactive compound, the wolves are one of the many dangers lurking in the undercity.



This particular fellow is an alpha, as he is enormous. The 'giant werewolf' from the Citadel Night Horrors range. He comes with a separate head, so some fur sculpting was required to give him a mane on the back of the head and neck. He also has his junk out. Fair enough.

I wanted to go a bit further than a grey or black wolf, so I tried a little patterning on this guy. I'm happy with how it turned out, making what could be quite a plain mini into something a little more interesting.



The alpha, Prager, is the start of a group of unsavoury uncercity dwellers I'll be adding to over the next while.