Sunday 30 March 2014

The Inspectors

Introduction

This will be just a short post tonight, as I've not been doing much recently (related to the hobby, at any rate).  I've nothing new to show, so here are some older figures of mine that haven't been made public before, so far as I remember.

The Inspectors

Logo for the unnamed corporation

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away I saw that Heresy Miniatures produced a set of 28mm figures that are collectively referred to as "The Inspectors".  These are delightful miniatures and I bought a set just because I liked them.  Having said that, they could be used for almost any modern or near future government or corporate types.  I've painted mine in a style that is deliberately reminiscent of the officers of the Imperial Navy in Star Wars...

From the left: Johnson, "Knuckles", Kane, Bob Jones and Camille Van Towe.
At the left hand end of the line up is Johnson.  Note that I'm using the names from the Heresy catalogue in this article as I haven't got round to adding names of my own.  Johnson is the supervisor, I think.  Both his sunglasses and his posture & attitude suggest to me that he's quite confident as an overseer.

Next in like is "Knuckles".  I've no idea what his real name is, but I suspect that this guy enjoys discovering minor transgressions in his job as an inspector.  Woe betide the poor victim who falls foul of this giant!

In the middle, Kane is examining a data pad and listening to instructions over his headset.  I imagine that he's a stickler for rules and regulations; he will check everything very thoroughly indeed.

In contrast, Bob has been in the job too long.  He's not really interested in anything except making life easy for himself as he waits for retirement.  Smugglers or infiltrators will find him an easy touch, I think.

Finally, Camille is the new recruit.  She's still quite unsure of herself and possibly a bit naive as well.

This shot from the rear shows 2 things quite well:
  1. All of these figures have shoulder patches which display a logo; there is a larger version of this symbol at the top of this article.  It's traditional to invent a fictional corporation (usually evil) and associate goons such as these with that entity, but I haven't really got round to doing that yet.  I have the logo on the figures, but no names for the evil company for which they work.
  2. The bases are all plastic and come from Champ Industries.  This is an American producer with a small, but very nice, range of 25mm bases.  Individually the bases are very cheap, though as always intercontinental postage is a killer if you're not already in North America.  I bought my bases many years ago, so I've no idea if this company is still operating.
So, what's a good name for a fictional corporation, then?  Not one that's already taken, of course...

19 comments:

  1. Nice job those inspectors from Heresy look great. I love the guy cracking his knuckles. I can imagine someone refusing to comply and him standing there in the background.

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    1. Oh, yes. He's the classic hard man/bully in a position of (some) authority!

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  2. Those are great! Very characterful poses, they really pop out as individual. S

    Surely the corporation has to be a "Sun" something. Or a snowflake something. A flake something? :D

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    1. Thanks, Mathyoo. While I can imagine a company with the word "sun" in the title, I don't think that "flake" will work. Too much associated with crazy people :-) !

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  3. Absolutely wonderful, what a great job!

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    1. Thanks, Michael. Looking at them now, I think I could have done better. I painted these figures a long time ago.

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  4. Funny, I am just about to showcase these on my blog as well. Yours are awesome. I may have to wait as mine pale in comparison.

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    1. If you change your plans on my account then I'm going to feel all guilty. Please carry on :-) !

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  5. I do like these figures a lot, you've done a great paint -job on them.
    I've had an odd figure around for a long time whose orgigin I think I now know (Camille)
    As for a corportation name I posted a site that had a random name generator for corporations etc. on the BotLL a good while ago that may give you some inspiration

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    1. They're excellent sculpts, though not as chunky as many other manufacturers' items.

      Good idea on the random corporation generator - there must be plenty of these around the internet!

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  6. Really nice figures dude. Like your paint scheme too. As for evil corporation names what about Big Bad Corp (BBC), that's just generic, name might have something to do with specific areas corp. was involved in.

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    1. Thanks, Bob. "BBC" would work, but it sounds kinda obvious :-) . I suppose I was thinking along the lines of something with words like "cyber", "tech" or "industries" in the name?

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    2. Why not Cybertech Industries then?

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  7. Fine, fine work there. You commented on HRTH, on a comment, now they'd be ideal for Pro-Corp characters.

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    1. Thanks, Irqan. I think they'd work for pretty much any faceless mega-corporation :-) .

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  8. Thank you for pointing out where the bases come from. I really do like them.

    The Inspectors are also nice and look like they will work well with Crooked Dice miniatures. I think the colour scheme is especially effective. Nice one mate.

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    1. I do like the Champ industries bases. Just wish they had a bigger range and the international postage was a bit less!

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  9. Great work on these, Hugh. I do like your colour scheme for them. It works very well and is not something I've seen before on these particular figures.

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    1. Thanks, Bryan. I think the "Lichen Grey" uniform makes them look soulless and bureaucratic - which is exactly what I wanted, of course!

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