Frankie's Fingermen, Gun Molls and a Swell Doll

Finally for now on the Mad Dogs with Guns project (although I know I want some cops and civilians at some point!), here's the Frankie's Fingermen pack from the Copplestone Castings Gangasters range.

This pack includes a couple more pistol-armed gangsters - one in full dapper suit, the other with his jacket off:

Completing the pack are a couple of tommygunners - bringing a little bit of heavy firepower to the collection!

The one in trenchcoat looks like he'll make a rather mean Torpedo in the game!

I knew that I needed some Molls for both of the gangs - I opted for the Gun Molls pack, which includes miniatures armed with a range of weapons:

The pack also included, for some reason, a miniature in her underwear.  This was totally at odds with the rest of the range and doesn't fit in at all so won't be getting prepped.

However, to replace the lost Moll, one of my regular pack splitters had one of the miniatures from the Swell Dolls pack so I picked her up:

As with the packs I've shared previously, these miniatures all feature nice period clothing details and they all work well together across the range.  Onwards to base texturing and priming!

Hired Hitmen and the O'Hare Boys

The next two packs from Copplestone Castings' Gangsters range are now prepped - this time round it's the Hired Hitmen and the O'Hare Boys packs.

First up, the Hired Hitmen - this pack of four includes three pistol packing killers:

And a rather dapper tommygunner who is checking his pocket watch - clearly wants to be punctual for his next appointment!

The O'Hare Boys pack includes a couple more pistol men - one in slightly fancier clothes than the other:

As well as a trenchcoat wearing tommygunner and a rather rowdy chap with a pair of pistols:

Just like the packs I featured previously these are full of nice period details - and also had the same slottatab issue (too tall for the bases - just required a bit of clipping). Really nice miniatures here - just gotta decide who will join which of my mobs!

Street Toughs and the Candy Kid's Street Punks

I've finally got round to picking up some packs from Copplestone Castings' range of gangsters (looked after by North Star) to use for some games of Mad Dogs with Guns.  The first couple of packs I've assembled are the Street Toughs and the Candy Kid's Street Punks packs.  Each pack has four single-piece minis and comes with round lipped slottabases.

First up, here are the Street Toughs.  This pack is themed around guys that like to get up close and personal!  A couple of practitioners of the pugilistic arts form the core of the pack:

The other half features a guy carrying his trusty baseball bat ("what officer, I'm a big fan of the Sox!") and a cigarette smoking tough whose cosh can be seen poking out of his pocket:

The Candy Kid's Street Punks pack is a bit more varied - although half is armed for close combat - one with brass knuckles and a knife, the other getting in a bit of batting practice:

The rest of the pack introduces some ranged weaponry into my collection - a fedora-wearing pistol man and a wild-haired shotgunner (shotguns aren't common in this range so I was keen to get this one in particular):

I haven't decided yet how I'll divvy these up amongst the couple of gangs I'm planning - one will be Irish (surprise, surprise) and the other I'll do as a rival Jewish outfit.  All the sculpts feature nice period clothing details and characterful faces - the casts were clean with minimal clean-up required.

The one point to note - the slottatabs on the minis (all of them that I got from this range) were too tall for the supplied bases, requiring me to cut them down a little to get them to fit.  Not a problem - but it did add some time and faff to what would otherwise have been a quick little prep job.