Monday, August 25, 2025

Scarlett and Browne, a very British Post-Apocalypse

 Jonathan Stroud (also the author of Lockwood and Co - made into a single season on Netflix) has just completed a British Post-Apocalypse trilogy.

After an undefined Great Cataclysm, Britain is divided into seven Kingdoms. Most of the people live in the highly regulated Surviving Towns, under the watchful eye of the Faith Houses who ensure orthodoxy, both behavoral and genetic.


The map of Britain is both familiar and different. Between the Surviving Towns are the wilds, infested with a whole range of nasty and deadly fauna, including The Tainted (think Rage Infected).

Scarlett McCain is a young robber, who specialises in robbing banks, and occasionally Faith Houses. She is deadly accurate with a revolver and has no hesitation in using it.

Her life changes after she finds a crashed bus with a single survivor, a teenaged boy.
The figure is from the Gunfighters II by Great Escape Games with a Stargrave head.

I still have to find a suitable figure for Albert Browne. I am hoping the Wargames Atlantic Male Survivors set will provide something suitable.

A Faith House Operative (book two).
The body is from the Great Escape Games' Dead Man's Hand Gunfighters set, the arms are from the Frostgrave Wizards set and the head is from the Stargrave Crew set.

The bowler hat seems to be the official headgear, occasionally colour coded for your convenience.

Two Town militia, in their official bowler hats and (when painted) tweed jackets. 
More Dead Man's Hand Gunfighters.


Operation Benevolent Prospector - Pastrian Yaygr

Pastria is a small colonial empire, whose holdings are in the polar regions of the world of Plan Red Reiver. They are a member of both the Continental Union and the Oceanic Alliance. Their expertise in polar warfare means they provide both training and training sites for the cold weather contingents of other Oceanic Alliance members.

Their special forces units are called Yaygrs and are specially equipped to live and fight in extreme cold weather.

Yaygr NCO with assault rifle and cold weather gear.


The figure was built from an Empress US Ranger. Unfortunately at Salute Empress did not have the French NVG helmets I was after, so this figure has removed his helmet showing the insulated hood worn under the helmet. This is a Crooked Dice balaclava head.
A scarf was added round the neck,and the shoulder ws tidied up.
At the back a poncho/shelter was added under the rucksack. I wonder if I should have converted the supplied tomahawk into an ice axe?


The figure was undercoated with Citadel Corax White spray.
The magazine, barrel and the blade of the tomahawk was Vallejo Black Grey.The gloves, straps, tomahawk handle, pistol holster and the furniture was Vallejo London Grey. Highlighting was with a mix of Army Painter Stone Golem and London Grey.





Quar Coftyran Specialists



The box has three identical sprues.



Trench Raider built from the box.

Quar Coftyran Command

 


There are two identical sprues.



Quar Crusader Command

 


There are two identical sprues in the box.