I getting ready to expand my Wild West town and am looking to purchase some of the new
GameCraft Miniatures Wild West 28mm buildings. As a result, I did some "research" early this morning (woke up way too early and couldn't fall back asleep) and watched (on Netflix) the 1959 classic western,
Warlock, staring all my favorite actors: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quin, DeForest Kelley, and more. The
blurb at IMDB reads: "The town of Warlock is plagued by a gang of thugs, leading the inhabitants to hire Clay Blaisdell, a famous gunman, to act as marshal" You just know there will be problems! I won't spoil the movie for you!
As I often mention, I use the blog as a visual notebook for myself. Below are a series of screen shots I captured for inspiration, ranging from building shots to outfits. Why should I guess what colors to use for buildings or figures when I can screen capture? I know this post is picture-heavy, but the images are fairly small, averaging less than 200k each. If this is too many photos, please let me know. I'd hate to bring folks's readers to a crawl!
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The opening scene of the town Warlock. I need a model of that water wagon! |
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The saloon, very muted. This will be repainted white later in the movie. |
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The stone sheriff's office is great. I love the other buildings, too. Must remember to dirty up my models! |
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This is a great outfit. Must paint stubble on my figures. |
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Seeing this photo, I realized we need figure facing rules in Western games, for that shot in the back. |
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A nice collection of dusty outfits for painting inspiration. |
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Inspiration for townsfolk painting. |
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Windows are not empty. Remember to add curtains! |
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The villain gamblers always wear flashy vests. I doubt the small print pattern will survive shrinking to 28mm. |
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Masked bandits. Remember to make a handkerchief green or blue! Red gets old. |
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Love the livery colors. I need water troughs (basic water boxes are fine it seems) and wagons. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpCkT9uRxWd7V8c3P8t6vLPhPrDPWg8qjH7S862pZQh2-XEsiAMtp9JD3zs8dCJPzZD5NPAOH7O1MB_-qjuOunqDSTlkqzr7vUDDuFTz1eU7I6YOcpBWTtGsuvm_1Ya3_baVpqcPP71a7/s400/warlock19.jpg) |
Another collection of great costumes to paint. Notice how gun barrels are not black? |
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This doesn't look good! |
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Richard Widmark makes a stand. Again, love the costume. |
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Is Henry Fonda a good guy or band guy? Classic outfit and pose. |
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I love that jacket on the right! I must try it. Plus, buckskins! Nice inspiration for painting. |
I love this film ,can i suggest my free western rules FOR A FEW DICE MORE ?
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Downloaded them tonight and will take a look. They look like you put a lot of work into them! I've been eternally working on my own rules for years but always enjoy trying new rules. I just have to find time to play!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff,
ReplyDeleteBTW have you ever thought about using Red Dead Redemption (Yes I do mean the playstation/pc/xbox360 game ) as an inspiration ? Its loaded with inspiration and soms of the best horses you will have ever seen in a videogame !!
It's classic forever.
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