A couple of years ago I played a Hollow Earth game set in the 1920's.
It was a fabulous adventure which leaned heavily on the pulp serial aesthetic of Indiana Jones, Doc Savage Man of Bronze, King of the Rocketmen, Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon to name just a few.
My character was the intrepid adventuring archaeologist Yorkshire Smith who was never more than a few feet from his faithful Bulldog Buller. A few weeks before the game began I ordered a set of Bob Murch's 28mm Pulp Figures PHP2 Rugged Personalities which contains 4 iconic pulp adventurers (an Indy, a Doc Savage, a pith helmet wearing British explorer, an American pilot and a bulldog.
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| Yorkie Smith vs The Doom Turtle |
Whilst I quickly painted my character I just couldn't find the enrgy or inspiration to paint the dog. I've never been any good at painting short haired animals like horses or dogs which often have their own pieballed patterns breaking up the solid colours of their body. These are complex and hard to pull off without making the mini look like it's been painted in some sort of innovative camoflague pattern.
This week I managed to crack it with Buller and finally got round to finishing him.
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| Buller the Wonderdog |
Now if only I could find where I've stored Yorkie I could reunite him with man's best friend.
"Buller, go find Yorkie!!"
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