Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Mort very kindly offered to take me through a game of 'Pulp Alley' last week, suggesting I use my converted 'Peaky Blinders' vs his gang in a daring AVBCW type encounter. (Self-referencing link to my figures here) So, I jolly well got my figures out, and with a copy of the rules, considered what to make them all. The Peakies : Back row, left to right, with skills used: Arthur Shelby, level 3, bodyguard, Aunt Polly, level 2, Finn, level 2 long burst, Tommy, leader, level 4, sharpshooter. Front row three level 1 gang members, all with boosted melee attacks. The terrain, my church, some decent hedges, and Mort's rather spiffing mat. The scenario was to recover whatever was hidden in teh church safe. Simple smash and grab. However, the local big-wigs had the combination to the lock box, and would need to be interrogated for it first. " At 666 lives a Mr. Millar, he's teh local vicar and serial killer ." Our nearest source of the code was Lady Millicent S...

 Clarrise looked up from the bar, to see the landhare standing nose-to-nose with a drunken fox. She sighed as the fox yelled abuse at the gangly hare. This would not end well! *THWACK* Jab, jab, *THWACK* the hare had been a boxer in a past life before settling down with his wife to run bars. The pair of brass knucklees from his waistcoat pockets helped though! Another fox down... Clarrise the starling had been working at the 'Garry' for a good three moons now, the hiring fair in the summer felt like a long time ago, and as the drizzle came down, she glided in to the town sqaure to start her late shift after a nap on her split shift. As was her habit, she landed on the other side of the square to the well-built and well-maintained inn that commanded the west side; Fur's day was market day, so the bar was, as ever, heaving, she was glad to see. She thought of the reasons she was here. The pay was... okay, the job long and tiring, the roost was comfy, but their never ...