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I wish these were closer in size to Shadows or Brimstone minis, not that I won’t be getting some. Great looking kit.

Yep. Small or not, I'm getting a box. no idea why, but when I'm ready for them, there they'll be - tucked away in the dusty back of my closet!

Just got my shipping confirmation, I'm excited!

Someone let me know when a store in the EU gets them in stock, please

Battlefield Berlin in Germany stock the Dead Man's Hand range so probably worth asking them

(if they don't have an order in already knowing there is demand means it's more likely they'll get them)

https://shop.battlefield-berlin.de/katalog/nlayer/1116/dead-mans-hand?fbclid=IwAR0SOtGQruUYoaaAbW8AMMUIgXrT0FIRkt8aGHdVZdoqDgWyAJBD1brPFYI

I preordered from my FLGS here in San Francisco (they say it's the most European of US cities?), and hope to hear soon

 Sabotage! wrote:
Whoa! That is a gorgeous kit. I never knew I wanted plastic old west minis.....

Right?
I have no use for them at all, which is why I bought a box.

Sprue's a useful compliment to non-sprue miniatures in that you can select which weapons, poses, and even sides your miniatures will be, to flesh out your posse or build one. Frex, you need two masked bandits, one with a rifle, the other with dynamite. Well, this sprue has them. I think you can also have unarmed cowboys and maybe cowboys with their hands in the air. The set also comes with little tiny badges, so you know which side your miniatures on -- and you can use the badges on your other western miniatures as well. You could even glue a badge to a base to mark which side the miniature is on. GEG has single-pose metal miniatures, so one thought is to see which of their non-sprue miniatures suit your posse, and fill out the ranks with the sprue models.

Got my shipping notice so since they UK preorders were to be last out of the door it seems they're all going to be arriving as planned for the 16th

and delivered, so i'll do some size comparisons later

https://stronghold-terrain.de seems to be the only online shop on the continent taking preorders, they also carry the rest of the Dead Man's Hand range including joke sculpts like Doc Brown and Lucky Luke.

Right



WGA Raumjager, Great Escape Games Gunfighter, Frostgrave Cultist, Stargrave Trooper, Maelstroms Edge Broken, Great Escape Games Gunfighter, GW Genestealer Cultist

so size wise they fit right in, perhaps a touch less bulky than Stargrave & WGA

trying the stargrave arms on them they work but you'll need to trim round the edges to get a good fit (may work better with GW GSC arms, from the look of it but I don't have any of those spare to try)

Thanks! And a fine collection you got there!

Got a preview sprue, and painted up the heads. You get 11 heads, five top body halves, and five bottom body halves, per sprue, and two sprues per box (?). So that means you can have eleven unique heads, and ten bodies to put 'em on...

Well there's a haunting sight, a whole posse buried up to their necks

..... You can see the fear in their eyes!

I look forward to the finished painted photos.

Still working on it (that's putty that's holding them together

I assembled some cowboys based on what poses would round out my collection. Other metal figures are Pinnacle Entertainment Game's "7th Gun" figures, GEG's "Cowboys" figures, and Reaper's Chronoscope figures.

Hope you guys get some ideas so you can paint them up faster and better!

Nice, I'm looking forward to mine!

Just got home to my lovely gunfighters.

The sprue is nice and decently laid out.

I'll probably pick up another box and definitely would go for some banditos if they decided to make them.

Anyone got a pic of a new plastic one next to a resin wild west model from Black Scorpion?

Some desperadoes or bandits would be a perfect foil to this box.

After all, there's only one head with a bandana covering the face! We're going to need more of those!

Happy with mine as well. I'm sure they'll end up online in the next week or so.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Some desperadoes or bandits would be a perfect foil to this box.

After all, there's only one head with a bandana covering the face! We're going to need more of those!

Happy with mine as well. I'm sure they'll end up online in the next week or so.

I definitely see bandits and desperadoes happening before Brothel workers and bartenders, but the second box would be more unique

I would love a saloon worker boxed set. Not holding my breath, though.

If you're on the fence Brigade USA has them now.

https://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/Dead-Mans-Hand--Western_c_537.html

I might have to add them to my next Stargrave order.

Review posted on RPG.net :
https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/18/18968.phtml

The desperado's rope can be swapped with dynamite (sticky tack), and I used a few bits for an objective marker.
Also, finally a gunfighter who's unarmed!

To be fair, it is hard to be a 'gun'fighter when you're unarmed. You're more of a fighter at that point.

 CptJake wrote:
To be fair, it is hard to be a 'gun'fighter when you're unarmed. You're more of a fighter at that point.

gun
/ɡʌn/

noun
1.
a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise.

2.
muscular arms; well-developed biceps muscles.

 CptJake wrote:
To be fair, it is hard to be a 'gun'fighter when you're unarmed. You're more of a fighter at that point.

¸
Or unfighter

Sadly Dark Sphere's supplier can't get them currently, so i await my chance here in London to get my grubby mitts on them!

I preordered a 5-pack from Stronghold-terrain and they still have no stock as well.

EDIT: Spoke too soon, a tracking number was just created for me.